KARL MAYER: Pooling Knowledge In Hybrid Lightweight Technologies

OBERTSHAUSEN, Germany — February 18, 2016 — Lightweight construction is absolutely indispensable when operating in areas that need to conserve resources and, as a construction philosophy, has many supporters – and this also applies to the Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau, VDMA (German Engineering Federation). This is why this well-known professional organisation set up a new Working Group specialising in this field on 22 January 2016. This new platform will be known as Hybrid Lightweight Technologies and will replace the existing Forum Composite Technology, with its 175 VDMA member companies, one of which was KARL MAYER Technische Textilien GmbH. The Managing Director of this company, Jochen Schmidt was present at the inaugural event, and was elected as a member of the board of this new group.

KARL MAYER Technische Textilien GmbH manufactures high-performance machines for the composites industry and is extremely experienced in this field. Its biaxial and multiaxial machines can process all the latest technical yarns, such as glass- and carbon-fibres rovings, to produce reinforcing textiles for classic composites, which are being used successfully in a variety of applications. “We have already made a name for ourselves as a reliable and expert partner in the automotive and wind sectors especially. With our technical know-how and experience, we can make a useful contribution to the Working Group Hybrid Lightweight Technologies,” says Jochen Schmidt. The company’s machines for producing multiaxial and biaxial textiles also offer a great deal of potential for designing advanced material composites and thus for opening up new applications. One of the main aims of KARL MAYER Technische Textilien in participating in the VDMA platform is to evaluate these possibilities and further develop the technologies. “We are a successful pioneer because we are constantly improving and developing our company and our machines to give our customers the edge over their competitors by offering them innovative solutions. We are hoping for industry-wide impulses and completely new ideas in our quest for innovation,” explained the Managing Director of KARL MAYER Technische Textilien when speaking about the reasons for cooperating in the new VDMA technology group.

Posted February 18, 2016

Source: KARL MAYER Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH

INDA Announces Call For Presentations For Hygienix16

CARY, N.C. — February 18, 2016 — Industry professionals interested in presenting their expertise in absorbent hygiene and personal care nonwovens at Hygienix16 are being called on to submit abstracts to INDA by March 11.

Hygienix — an event for the absorbent hygiene and personal care markets — will be held Oct. 24-26, 2016, at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel in Orlando. The 2015 inaugural event drew more than 600 industry professionals.

INDA is seeking brief summaries on these topics: materials, product construction, product innovation, packaging, production equipment, test methods and standards, sustainability/life cycle assessment, and marketing. Hygiene encompasses adult incontinence, baby diapers, and feminine hygiene products.

“Based on the huge success of the inaugural conference, presenting at Hygienix is an excellent opportunity for experts to share their latest research and knowledge to a global audience of leaders in the hygiene and personal care markets,” said Dave Rousse, INDA President. “Hygienix speakers will gain recognition for their work amongst the industry, potential partners, and customers.”

The 2015 edition covered market trends and statistics; achieving product thinness in hygiene and personal care products; the refinement of incontinence markets; fit and form; and material and technology advancements. Speakers included researchers, product managers and developers, scientists, technical managers, engineers, and business heads.

Posted February 18, 2016

Source: INDA

VDMA Garment And Leather Technology: Optimistic Expectations Of Texcare International

 

Frankfurt — February 18, 2016 — German and European manufacturers of laundry and textile cleaning technology are optimistic as they look forward to Texcare International which opens its doors from 11 to 15 June 2016 in Frankfurt. This leading international trade fair is globally the most important technology platform for the laundry and textile cleaning sector.

“Across the world there is an ever increasing demand for automation, sustainability and workplace safety and this continues to set the industry new challenges” says Günter Veit, chairman of the VDMA Garment and Leather Technology speaking at the international press conference for Texcare in Frankfurt. “What is more, the textile-care sector is a rapidly growing market all over the world with large growth opportunities, as for example in the areas of textile rental, information technology and inventory management systems,” adds Veit. This increases the demand for new cutting edge technologies.

Texcare International is the ideal platform for the manufacturers of laundry and textile cleaning technology to present their new product innovations to an international audience – this time across an extended floor space in Halls 8 and 9 due to high demand.
Texcare International’s main themes will include, amongst others, Industrie 4.0, sustainability, resource efficiency and hygiene.

Industrie 4.0 will be key to competitive edge

Industrie 4.0 is already ubiquitous in textile-care encompassing themes such as digital logistics and production in textile services and in laundries. In textile services, for example, permanent traceability is already standard practice, with laundry, once cleaned appropriately, being re-assigned to the individual user. Other examples are laundry cupboards which register removal of linen or apps with which it is possible to continuously trace the path the textiles take. The digitalisation of the textile-care sector is dependent on textiles already being labelled and identified at the time they are manufactured, using identification technologies such as RFID, for example. Full interlinking of machines, systems and data is also essential for a smart, self-regulating laundry.

German laundry and textile cleaning technology continues on course for growth
German manufacturers of laundry and textile cleaning technology can reflect on two successful years: in 2014 order intake was in real terms 17 percent above the previous year’s results, with turnover increasing by 34% in real terms. Likewise it was also possible to increase exports by 6 percent from € 466 million in 2013 to € 494 million in 2014. The most important export markets for German laundry and textile cleaning technology in 2014 were China, France and the USA.

It was also possible to increase turnover again in 2015 by 5.5 percent compared to the previous year. Only order intake in 2015 registered a small minus of 2.6 percent, although this is compared with a high base figure for the previous year.

Posted February 18, 2016

Source: VDMA Garment and Leather Technology

Quality Fabric Of The Month: Sustainable Machine-Washable Wool

Südwolle’s eco-friendly Naturetexx® Plasma treatment uses electricity and air rather than chlorine to make machine-washable wool.

By Janet Bealer Rodie, Contributing Editor

For some years, the standard, most cost-effective treatment for producing machine-washable wool has involved the use of chlorine and Hercosett, a thin polymer resin, to prevent the scales, or cuticles, of the wool fiber from interlocking and causing felting and shrinkage. However, adsorbable organohalogens (AOX) can form as a byproduct of the chlorine process, and the AOX, if not properly treated, can pollute the process wastewater.

One environmentally sustainable alternative to the chlorine-Hercosett process is a plasma treatment, branded Naturetexx® Plasma by Germany-based yarn manufacturer Südwolle Group, that uses electricity and air to make the wool machine- washable. This treatment, which has been in development for about 10 years, is already featured in organic Merino wool and wool-blend performance apparel offered in niche markets, and it is on track to become a viable commercial alternative for broader performance apparel markets. It complies with the Global Organic Textile Standard and Naturtextil IVN Best standard for organic use, and the bluesign® system for sustainable textile production. The technology received an Industry GOLD Award at the 2015 OutDoor trade show in Germany, where Naturetexx Plasma yarns were featured in Germany-based Engel GmbH’s Engel Sports collection of Merino wool/silk athleticwear. Südwolle also presented the technology at the latest Outdoor Retailer markets in Salt Lake City and reports serious interest from a number of brands.

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Engel Sports’ machine-washable activewear collection features Südwolle’s Naturetexx® Plasma yarns in a Merino wool/silk blend.

Hamish Allan, Südwolle’s marketing manager, explained how Naturetexx Plasma differs from the Chlorine-Hercosett process: “In the chlorine treatment, the chlorine basically damages the cuticles to make the surface smoother, and then a resin is added in a wet solution to smooth the fibers so they can move past one another in both directions during washing. The plasma treatment essentially achieves the same outcome, but an electricity discharge between two electrodes creates a field of energy that reacts with the surface of the wool fiber and reduces the scales without damaging the fiber itself.” No resin nor process water is required in the plasma treatment, he added.

Allan said the resulting Naturetexx Plasma wool is more hydrophilic and has a slightly drier hand than conventional Superwash wool, and offers comparable strength and good pilling performance. To add to its ecological credentials, the plasma machine runs using renewable energy. Südwolle also notes that other company facilities generate more solar energy than is needed for the plasma treatment.

Südwolle offers its Naturetexx Plasma yarns in a variety of counts and blends.

The wool top going into those yarns is processed at the company’s dyehouse and treatment plant in Germany, which has sufficient capacity to service customers with supply chains in Europe and in Asia.

For more information about Südwolle’s Naturetexx® Plasma wool, contact Hamish Allan, yarns@suedwolle.de.

 

January/February 2016

PA Group USA Acquires Cloud Nine Solutions

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based PA Group USA has acquired Cloud Nine Solutions, a certified partner for Microsoft Dynamics Customer Relationship Manager (CRM).

“I’m very excited about the acquisition because it gives us entry into key public sector verticals such as economic development and education that are very strategic to our growth,” said Jon Buchan, CEO, PA Group.

In addition, PA Group was accepted into the Microsoft Cloud Solutions Provider program.

January/February 2016

Schlafhorst Sells 1,000th Rotor Spinning Machine

Germany-based Schlafhorst, a Saurer Group company, reports it has sold its 1,000th rotor-spinning machine to Turkey-based Emateks, a member of the Emre Tekstil Textile Group. Emateks is completing its vertical integration with the addition of a spinning mill, and the Schlafhorst Autocoro 9 will be installed in the new facility. The mill will produce approximately 20,000 metric tons of yarn per year in counts ranging from Ne 10 to Ne 40.

“We of course only want to use state-of-the-art rotor-spinning technology in our own yarn production,” said Gürdal Adal, owner, Emateks. “The Autocoro 9 has impressed us in particular with its high flexibility and economic efficiency, as well as through the huge energy savings of more than 20 percent.”

January/February 2016

Oerlikon Reports Orders For Neumag Technologies

Switzerland-based Oerlikon’s Manmade Fibers Segment reports it received orders for Oerlikon Neumag staple-fiber plan engineering technologies totaling more than 50 million Swiss francs ($49.7 million) following ITMA 2015 in Milan. Orders came from Europe, and Asia outside of China. The orders will be fulfilled over the next two years.

“We are pleased that key customers continue to place their trust in our technologies and have selected our latest Neumag solution to expand their staple fiber production,” said Dr. Brice Koch, CEO, Oerlikon Group. “We will continue to develop competitive technologies in order to create more value for our customers, including those in growth markets.”

January/February 2016

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Phifer’s Phifertex 2015-16 Stock Line Additions Cards

Phifer Inc., Tuscaloosa, Ala., has unveiled its 2015-16 Stock Line Additions Cards. The swatch cards highlight new designs and updated colors for its Phifertex® sling and GeoBella® lines.

Carmel, Ind.-based Top Value Fabrics has introduced eight new fabrics for printed banners, flag, exhibit graphics, backdrops and retail displays. The fabrics are available in widths up to 126-inches-wide and are designed for color consistency and image sharpness.

Safety Components, Greenville, S.C., has introduced an 80-inch-wide WeatherMAX high-performance fabric.

Cleveland-based National Safety Apparel has introduced HYDROlite FR™ Rainwear featuring Gore® Pyrad fabric.

Hong Kong-based Intertek has introduced Chemical Smart Screening, a service designed to detect the presence of restricted substances in chemicals and auxiliaries used in the textile, apparel and footwear manufacturing process.

Brussels-based CIRFS: European Man-made Fibres Association has published the 51st edition of its, “Information on Man-made Fibres” report.

Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based AATCC — the Association of Textile, Apparel and Materials Professionals — has announced its 2016 Metamorphosis Concept 2 Consumer® Student Design and Student Merchandising Competitions. Entries will be accepted until April 8, 2016, and winners will be announced May 24, 2016, for the design competition; and entries are due April 20, 2016, for the merchandising competition with winners announced by May 31.

Trion, Ga.-based Mount Vernon FR has developed a line of flame resistant clothing with Peoria, Ill.-based Caterpillar Inc.’s CAT® Apparel as well as Fort Worth, Texas-based Westmoor Manufacturing Co.’s Rock and Roll Cowboy brand.

January/February 2016

CeramTec Introduces Standard S Friction Disc With Super Surface

Germany-based CeramTec GmbH has engineered a new surface structure for its Standard S friction discs used in the nylon texturing processes. According to the company, when the new discs were used on a Barmag eFK machine with a 1/6/1 setup to produce 78/68 decitex nylon 6,6 yarns, elongation improved by more than 6 percent, and strength increased by more than 5 centiNewtons per tex when compared to yarns produced using the standard discs.

The new surface modification process creates a disc with a roughness of Ra 0.85 ± 0.15 micrometers, but finer roughness also is available on request.

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The new surface structure of the CeramTec Standard S friction discs can improve the properties of textured nylon yarns.

January/February 2016

SDL Upgrades Three Core Instruments

Rock Hill, S.C.-based SDL Atlas Inc. has upgraded three of its core laboratory testing instruments. The Martindale Abrasion and Pilling Tester, the Rotawash Colorfastness Tester and ICI Pilling and Snagging Tester — now known as RotaPill Pilling and Snagging Tester — now feature a state-of-the-art multilingual touch-screen controllers. All three models also were redesigned for function as well as appearance. The Martindale’s new design incorporates a storage rack for the light weight motion plate. The Rotawash now is constructed using stainless steel, and the washpots press into place on the new design making changes easier. The RotaPill now features magnetic cork-lined plates that can accommodate snagging points for easy cork changes and to eliminate the need for a second set boxes dedicated to snagging.

January/February 2016

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