BTK Textile Implements And Goes Live With Datatex Now Suite Of ERP Solutions

MILAN, Italy — July 28, 20975 — Datatex has announced that BTK textile in Shakhty, Russia, has gone live successfully with its full NOW ERP suite of solutions in in high-tech (smart) textile manufacture.

The selection of the Datatex solutions was made after receiving responses to its RFP from  the world’s leading ERP solutions, and included very detailed sessions of presentations, system demonstrations and question and answer sessions. From BTK textile part selection team was made out of consultants, executives and the group IT team.

The implementation process was more challenging than average as it involved a totally new business process which was being created while implementing so procedures could be modelled and modified in real time.

The system covers all customer related activities, all production planning and machine scheduling, production management and control up to the level of data collection from each machine including automated real time fabric inspection.

Datatex also was required to set up all required local Russian documents to accompany the sales and purchasing cycles which are now in full operation. The system and outputs are provided both in English and in the Russian language and characters.

NOW also manages inventory items at all levels at the required detail, standard pre-costing, actual costing of each order and detailed process quality assurance.

The on-budget and on-time project was successfully executed by a very professional BTK textile team of application engineers, IT team and a group of dedicated Datatex consultants who helped implement the system while guiding the business process definition process from its birth.

Commenting on the successful ERP implementation, Vered Dotan, Datatex head of operations said that this is a very good example for how an industry specific solution, implemented with total management commitment and a dedicated team leads to a running solution that not only manages all logistics and execution of the company’s activity but will also optimizes its process and business results. All this based on very strict customer service requirements and extremely tight quality demands of this specific industry. Vered added that BTK textile can now be proud of world class performance in all the above aspects.

Posted August 4, 2015

Source: Datatex
 

Q-Lab Corp. Celebrates Milestones In China

WESTLAKE, Ohio — July 31, 2015 — Q-Lab Corp., the worldwide leader in accelerated weathering and corrosion equipment and exposure test services, announced that 2015 marks the 10th anniversary of its representative office, Q-Lab China.  It also commemorates 30 years of sales in China through its extensive sales and distribution network.

Coinciding with these anniversaries, Q-Lab is proud to announce that Q-Lab China is now officially a Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise. This achievement allows Q-Lab China to expand its ability to serve Chinese customers, providing faster response on replacement parts and calibrations through its ISO 17025 accredited facility.

Q-Lab first began selling its industry-leading testers (like the QUV accelerated weathering tester) into the Chinese market in 1985. Due to overwhelming demand, the company opened a technical support office in Shanghai in 2005, which has grown steadily in staffing ever since. Q-Lab China holds many seminars and webinars each year and its employees maintain an active and leadership role on dozens of local, technical GB standards committees.

Doug Grossman, President of Q-Lab Corporation, said, “The 10th anniversary of our office in China represents a tremendous milestone for the company. Over the past decade, we’ve reinforced our reputation as ‘the most trusted name in weathering’ in this important region. I am extremely proud of our China team, our distribution partners, and their accomplishments – they have made the name ‘Q-Lab’ synonymous with superb quality, unparalleled technical expertise, and exceptional service.”
 
Posted July 31, 2015

Source: Q-Lab Corp.
 

The Rupp Report: Quo Vadis ITMA Europe?

Everybody who is involved in textile machinery knows that ITMA Europe, as it is known today, will be held from November 12-19, 2015, at Fiera Milano Rho in Milan, Italy. The show will happen later than is usual because from May 1 to October 31, the World Expo is being held at the venue.
 
Many people in the industry are still wondering if everything will go well later this year in Milan. The Rupp Report has expressed its doubts in some already published reports. Over the past months, lots of information has arrived at the desk of the Rupp Report reporting about all kind of organizational challenges facing ITMA 2015.
 
Italy Is Inviting
The Rupp Report received an invitation from the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT) regarding a press gathering for the international textile media to learn about the forthcoming ITMA 2015. The international textile trade press would receive some firsthand information about the progress of the forthcoming event — at least, that was the guess. The program was very promising. First on the agenda was a visit to Expo Milano. Most of the attending journalists were certain to get some information about the ongoing work for ITMA at this fairground, and possibly visit the halls of ITMA 2015.
 
Italy Is Successful
The event started with some excitement: The same day, ACIMIT was celebrating its 70 year anniversary with its member companies. This occasion presented the opportunity to shake hands with many Italian industry leaders and friends. ACIMIT can be proud of its achievement: Italian textile machinery sales in 2014 were 2.3 billion euros, with exports accounting for around 1.94 million euros. Exports to Asia amounted to 41 percent in 2014; and exports to Europe 40 percent, with a further 16 percent sold within Italy itself. In the first three months of 2015, sales of Italian machinery within Europe increased by 9 percent; with those to France, up 29 percent; to Germany, up 23 percent; and to Portugal, up by 100 percent.
 
Exports of textile machinery represent 84 percent, going to some 130 countries. In the first quarter of 2015, Italian exports of textile machines were divided as follows: Asia with 42 percent; followed by Europe with 41 percent; Latin America, with 7 percent; North America, with 5 percent; and Africa, with 5 percent. In the same period, the biggest contribution to Italian exports of textile machinery came from China, valued at 58 million euros. China is followed by Turkey with 47 million euros, Bangladesh with 31 million euros and India with 25 million euros.
 
Italian textile machinery exports by category for the first quarter of 2015 show the following split: 22 percent spinning machines; 8 percent weaving machines; 14 percent knitting machines; 29 percent dyeing, finishing and printing machines; 24 percent accessories; and 3 percent other machines.
 
While China remains the biggest destination for Italian machines, exports to the country fell by 25 percent in 2014, and dropped by a further 14 percent in the first three months of 2015. A full recovery in exports to China, however, is anticipated for the remainder of 2015.
 
Italy Is The Largest Exhibitor
At the press conference, ACIMIT President Raffaella Carabelli said that some 30 percent of the total exhibition space at this year’s ITMA is reserved by Italian machinery manufacturers, which equates to 430 companies occupying 31,000 square meters of space. And she added that this would be an increase of over fifty percent compared to the last ITMA 2011 in Barcelona. The textile machinery sector, Carabelli added, is moving towards more competitive production processes, where reduced production costs, through savings in the consumption of water, energy and raw materials, are combined with greater attention to environmental issues.
 
Alessandro Liberatori, director of the machinery division of the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) in Rome, said in his short speech that Italy is the second largest exporter of machinery in Europe with exports of around 200 billion euros annually. ITA is heavily supporting ACIMIT’s activities. “The role of generating public support for internationalization is our key role, and the support of international fairs is crucial to this,” said Liberatori. “The last ITMA in Barcelona attracted over 100,000 people from 150 countries, and we are sure we can increase this significantly in Milan this year.”
 
Italy Is Quiet
However, there was no news about forthcoming exhibits at the next ITMA 2015. This was of course no news because no one is disclosing any novelty at the moment. In this context, three specialists from the industry talked about possible news and trends. Mentioned was a detailed history about knitting technology developments by Lonati and Santoni over the past 20 years, yet without mentioning any names.
 
Another speaker mentioned considerable savings in fabric dyeing in terms of reducing water, energy and dyestuffs consumption, and also of the significance of digital ink-jet printing. As a matter of fact, this technology was driven to a certain extent by Italian technology and provides just-in-time production, low energy consumption, waste reduction and easy operation.
 
Italy Is Not Responsible
There was still little news about ITMA 2015. The people from ACIMIT are not able to answer questions about it beyond their participation. It is somewhat strange for an old horse of this industry who has attended ITMA shows since 1987 in Paris. For decades, it was virtually common sense for an ITMA in Europe that the corresponding textile machinery association in the host country would help organize the event. However, with the start of ITMA Asia in 2001, this is not the case anymore. ITMA Europe is today organized by a company from Singapore. There is no doubt about it — this company is a professional show organizer. But CEMATEX should ask itself if this is the right way to maintain the high level of ITMA in Europe. The Rupp Report has heard rumors from exhibitors that there are some mainly logistical problems with Milan for ITMA 2015.
 
Another question mark is also the fact that ITMA Europe 2015 has organized many events during the show. The question remains if exhibitors who pay a lot of money for this event are very happy with the fact that many visitors – and their own people — are absorbed in a lot of events and away from the show floor. Quo vadis ITMA? Where are you going?
 

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2 1955 Brussels, Belgium
3 1959 Milan, Italy
4 1963 Hanover, Germany
5 1967 Basel, Switzerland
6 1971 Paris, France
7 1975 Milan, Italy
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9 1983 Milan, Italy
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14 2003 Birmingham, England
15 2007 Munich, Germany
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Bayer MaterialScience Launches INSQIN® Partner Manufacturer Program

LEVERKUSEN, Germany — July 14, 2015 — Bayer MaterialScience is building upon the launch of its innovative and unique offer of waterborne and solvent-free PU coating technology for textiles, INSQIN®, with a first of its kind Partner Manufacturer Program which seeks to foster and realize true collaboration between upstream suppliers, manufacturers and brand owners. Leading PU synthetic materials manufacturer Duksung Co. Ltd., headquartered in Korea, has signed up as the inaugural partner manufacturer of the Program.
 
Responding to the fast-growing applications of coated textiles especially in sportswear and fashion apparel & footwear, the INSQIN Partner Manufacturer Program is developed with the full recognition that materials innovation must need to go hand-in-hand with sustainable development, as well as the consideration to strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of the supply chain. As such, the INSQIN® Partner Manufacturer Program would act as an agent to connect players at various stages of the supply chain, especially to open up direct conversations between material manufacturers and brand owners.  
 
“The textiles industry is extremely complex and often brand owners and retailers are not in direct contact with material manufacturers. However, higher expectations from consumers on the origin and quality of the products that they consume mean that brand owners and retailers care and are demanding more transparency within the supply chain on the materials as sourced”, commented Nicholas Smith, Global Head of Textile Coating at Bayer MaterialScience. “This is certainly a two-way engagement, while brand owners want to source new sustainable materials and would mandate greater certainty on the sourcing of materials, material manufacturers also require more insights into the expectations of the brand owners. Our Partner Manufacturer Program facilitates the alignment of their common interests and drives closer partnerships.”
 
The Program verifies through professional third-party audit the management system and production processes of manufacturers of PU synthetics and other PU-coated fabrics using INSQIN technology. The Program will also deliver new opportunities to material manufacturers as they would be able to connect to more brand owners and retailers who are interested in sourcing such materials, via a mechanism of validation and recognition.
 
The inaugurating partner of the Program, Duksung Co., Ltd., has a long history collaborating with Bayer MaterialScience which includes co-developing the official footballs for three previous World Cups. The joining of the INSQIN Partner Manufacturer Program is another demonstration of Duksung’s commitment to customer-centric innovation.
 
B.G. Lee, CEO Duksung Co., Ltd., commented on the Program, “We are witnessing a paradigm shift in the synthetic materials manufacturing sector, and expect that PU dispersions will be a game changer as consumers are demanding higher quality but more sustainable products, whilst brand owners are responding with increasing supply chain transparency in material sourcing and the production processes.
 
Mr. Lee continued by illustrating the benefits that Duksung could get by participating in the INSQIN Partner Manufacturer Program, “Firstly, we would be able to receive world-class technical support from Bayer MaterialScience for the implementation of waterborne PU technology; secondly, we would receive validation of our production of sustainable materials from a global leader in conformity assessment; and thirdly, with this recognition we hope we can receive new business opportunities through being recommended to brand owners who are interested in sourcing for more sustainable materials.”
 
Mr. Smith welcomes Duksung to be the inaugural partner of the INSQIN Partner Manufacturer Program, and looks forward to welcoming other forward-thinking manufacturers to the Program.

Posted July 28, 2015

Source: Bayer Material Science
 

JEC Asia Conferences To Highlight Composites Developments In Eco-design, Simulation, Aeronautics, Automotive And HP Tanks In Asia

SINGAPORE — July 20, 2015 — JEC Group reveals the program of its 5 conferences organized alongside with JEC Asia Composites Show 8th annual session at the SUNTEC Center in Singapore next October 20-22, 2015. A panel of 20 speakers from 10 countries will share and exchange with delegates expected from 43 countries. 2 of these sessions are organized in partnership with TUM Asia in Singapore and Hanyang University in the Republic of Korea.

Eco-designs And Recycling
Nowadays, being environmentally conscious is no longer a suggestion but a requirement. Governmental legislations are increasing in order to gain better control over which products are manufactured in a wide range of products. Composite materials in particular, have for a while now been encouraged to go “green” by developing the use of natural fibers, cleaner resins and recycling opportunities.

With speakers from Ashland, Cobra International, Ecole des Mines d’Albi and Solvay.

Simulation/Robotization
As the use of composite materials becomes more widespread in every major industry, the need for efficient and well-adapted simulation tools has equally grown. Indispensable for behavioral predictions thanks to the structural analysis and optimization they provide, software tools provide reliable and pre-manufacturing solutions in design.

Along these lines, the pressure of productivity rates and mass production has brought an increase in the use of flexible robotics which will be delved into during this session.

With speakers from TUM Asia and their partners including Duo Machinery Equipment.

Aeronautics: The Challenge Of Light-weighting
Thanks to their high strength and lightweight properties, composite materials are becoming increasingly widespread in the aerospace industry. Light-weighting is a particularly important challenge for the industry, as it allows for fuel reductions, but it is a difficult one as aeronautical parts possess stringent quality requirements. Other major current challenges for this industry when it comes to composite materials include: reduced assembly time and maintenance, and greater impact resistance in airframes.

With speakers from Chomarat, Republic Polytechnic and Surface generation.

Cycle-time Reduction In The Automotive Industry
High-speed production is one of the biggest challenges of the automotive industry when it comes to composite materials, notably in order to achieve cost parity with metal equivalents. Thanks to process innovations and adapted epoxy resins, cycle-times for high-performance structural parts have already been significantly reduced during these last few years, but the incentive to lower them even more and thus attain the crucial one-minute cycle time.

With speakers from Hanyang University, RWTH Aachen and Lamborghini.

Composite Vessels For High Pressure Storage
Over the years, these types of vessels, which hold liquids and gases under pressure, have been through different stages: from all-metal to metal or plastic lined composite tanks, and finally to a linerless tank.

These high-pressure storage tanks are one of the fastest growing market for advanced composites and this session will focus both on market trends and the latest innovations.

Posted July 28, 2015

Source: JEC Group
 

Invista Focuses On Lycra® Beauty Brand Shaping Denim And New Options For Boyfriend Jean At Ny Kingpins Denim Show

NEW YORK CITY — July 20, 2015 — INVISTA, co-sponsor of the Kingpins denim show in New York City, showcased the latest LYCRA® BEAUTY branded shaping fabrics from around the world at the recent Kingpins show.  In addition, the company also featured the latest performance offerings with COOLMAX® and THERMOLITE® fabrics, as well as new options for the boyfriend jean using lastingFIT technology by Lycra brand.
 
Response to the Lycra Beauty branded platform has been excellent according to Jean Hegedus, INVISTA’s global business director for denim. “Today we have over 200 certified Lycra Beauty branded denim fabrics and the first garments will appear at retail later this fall,” said Hegedus. “By sourcing fabrics that meet Lycra beauty quality standards, brands and retailers have the tools to develop garments that provide comfortable shaping, resulting in a high degree of consumer satisfaction.”
 
To provide further information about how Lycra Beauty fabrics work, Hegedus was part of the “Denim Makes the Shape” panel on Tuesday, July 21at 11 a.m.  Other panelists included Panos Sofianos of Tejidos Royo and Jack Matthews of ADM Denim.  Both of these companies have developed a variety of high quality Lycra Beauty denim fabrics which was on display at Kingpins.
 
In addition to Lycra Beauty branded fabrics, INVISTA also showcased new fabric options for boyfriend jeans.  Made with lastingFIT technology by Lycra brand, these fabrics incorporate Lycra T400® fiber for comfort stretch and long lasting shape retention. 
 
“By using fabrics with corespun Lycra T400 fiber, brands and retailers can achieve authentic denim aesthetics, along with the freedom of movement their consumers desire,” said Rita Ratskoff, INVISTA’s North America marketing manager.  “Women — and increasingly men — have become accustomed to the comfort and performance that fabrics with Lycra brand technologies provide. Now they don’t have to sacrifice that comfort and can still get the look of traditional denim.”

Rounding out the global fabric collection at the INVISTA stand was the latest Coolmax and Thermolite fabrics for the growing category of performance denim.

Posted July 28, 2015

Source: Invista
 

Première Vision New York Leading The Way To Bold Innovation In Design

NEW YORK CITY — July 24, 2015 — A total of 306 exhibitors from the world’s finest mills, textile design companies and accessories manufacturers packed New York City’s Pier 92 for the 31st edition of Première Vision New York on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 21st and 22nd, 2015, welcoming New York and the North American fashion design community while celebrating new product releases for the Fall/Winter 2016/17 season. Attendance was at an all time high with 4,246 visits in two days, up 6 percent from the January 2015 edition of the show.

To be noted an increasing presence at the show of Canadian visitors, up 35 percent over last January’s show.
Brands who attended the show included 3.1 Phillip Lim, Aeropostale, Alexander Wang, Alice + Oliva, Ann Taylor, Anthropologie, Aritzia, Badgley Mischka, Banana Republic, Bcbg, Bergdorf Goodman, Billy Reid, Brooks Brothers, Calvin Klein, Carolina Herrera, Chico’s, Citizens Of Humanity, Club Monaco, Coach, Diane Von Furstenberg, Donna Karan, Elie Tahari, Forever 21, Gap, Helmut Lang, Hickey Freeman, J Brand, J.Crew, John Varvatos, Le Château, Lilly Pulitzer, Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Narciso Rodriguez, Nautica, Nike, Nordstrom, Opening Ceremony, Perry Ellis, Public School, The Men’s Wearhouse, Theory, Todd Snyder, Tory Burch, Vera Wang, Yigal Azrouel, etc.

“I appreciate coming here for the forecasting and the mood of the season, especially seeing the first approach to color for winter,” said Director of Design for his own collection, Christoforos Kotentos. “The consumer doesn’t want another white T-shirt–that’s everywhere–people will spend money on something that has a twist, an edge. It’s about quality. I’m seeing so many wonderful fabrics that have a modern appeal due to the influence of technology.”

“I’m excited about seeing innovative fabrics from some of my regular mills, but it’s always fun to see new brands and new mills doing cool and exciting things,” said Luis Fernandez, Creative Director of CRAFT ATLANTIC. “I’m seeing a lot of innovation in the wool category, laminated wools, and those that are made waterproof and breathable, all great attributes to have for fall.”

“We found inspiration and direction at the show, specifically finding fleece and pique fabrics,” said Creative Director Jeff Jacobs and the team from SLATE & STONE. “We come here first to find color direction for the season.”

The Fall/Winter 16/17 version incorporated the fashion and business leadership the industry has grown to expect from Première Vision New York, including Trend Tasting seminars, presented by P.V.’s Deputy Fashion Director Sabine Le Chatelier, on color and product highlights forecasted for the Fall Winter 16/17 season. Cocktails and refreshments were served at a dynamic party on the Pier’s outdoor terrace overlooking the Hudson River at sunset.

A Tuesday evening roundtable focused on anticipating a new fashion system, and featured P.V’s own Le Chatelier as well as Philip Fimmano, Director of Trend Union/Edelkoort, Inc.; Nicolò Zumaglini, CEO of Lanificio Subalpino and Marie Saint Pierre, fashion designer of her eponymous brand. The roundtable, moderated by Brazilian fashion consultant Olivia Merquior, provided insightful commentary on the direction of fashion trend, resisting the traditional marketing model to fostering innovation and creativity, and embracing the fashion industry’s role in design leadership. The importance of industry collaboration, communication and training was emphasized by the panel; as was the recognition of growing consumer interest in sustainability and humane work conditions for garment laborers in the purchase decision-making process.

Annelie Schubert, Grand Jury Prize Première Vision 2015 Winner of the Hyères International Festival of Fashion and Photography, was feted at the show with an area showcasing several of her award-winning garments, as well as large-scale fashion sketches. Schubert was also in attendance, meeting and greeting American press and fashion luminaries, as well as connecting with Première Vision exhibitors who provided the fabrics and accessories incorporated into her work.

Exhibitors were enthusiastic by the generally upbeat and excited vibe of the show. Accessories company Reca Group’s U.S. Sales Manager Paolo Diacci, said: “I’m excited about how truly global the industry has become. We are seeing customers at Première Vision New York from all over the world, particularly South America.”

Bruno Hansen of Brazilian studio Elaia, said: “This is our first time here, and we had a great day on Tuesday, and people are buying! We’re very pleased with the results. We are seeing a very positive reaction to our bright strong colors, particularly from the California market.”

Harry Vostantzoglou of Vostex, also a first-time exhibitor, concurred. “We’ve had a very successful show, and are prepared to do the next edition, as well,” he said. “We found we were right on-trend with our offerings of ethnic-style ribbons featuring gold and shiny yarns, and introducing printed elastics with jacquard effects.”

Luca Fioravanti of Nuovatess/Sally Tomato, said: “We’ve had an overall good experience, seeing great interest in the soft hands and drape of our cupro knit product, particularly for ‘fashion’ clients, while leather effects are of particular interest for our ‘casual’ customers.”

Overall the July 2015 edition of Première Vision New York offered amazing energy and innovation to the market, and we are already looking forward to the January 2016 program. Watch for the talented designer David Hart to be featured as Première Vision’s spokesperson in its exciting new international communications campaign. David is one of the designers chosen from the New York, Istanbul, Sao Paulo and Paris regions, because they each embody their area’s culture and creative flair. A Maryland native, David won a Fashion Group International Scholarship Award at 17 years old, and is a Fashion Institute of Technology graduate. He’s designed for Anna Sui, Tommy Hilfiger and Ralph Lauren, launching his neckwear line in 2009, and his first menswear collection in 2013.

Posted July 28, 2015

Source: Premiere Vision
 

Sawgrass Industrial Is Joining Forces With Kiian Digital And J-Teck3 To Create The Largest Industrial Digital Sublimation Group In The World

COMO, Italy — July 24, 2015 — Sawgrass Industrial, the business division of the Sawgrass group operating in sublimation and pigment inks for industrial applications, is joining JK Group, the company which includes the brands Kiian Digital and J-Teck3, to extend the group’s technology capabilities.

As a division of the Sawgrass group — well known innovator and pioneer in digital sublimation with a large portfolio of intellectual property rights — Sawgrass Industrial is a leader in the high-end market of digital sublimation and water-based pigment inks with a wide portfolio of brands, including SubliM and M-Inks. The main applications addressed by Sawgrass Industrial’s products are fashion, sportswear and home décor. Sawgrass Industrial is present mainly in Europe and the Americas, serving key clients both directly and through dealers.

Kiian Digital, J-Teck3 and Sawgrass Industrial have in common a track record of innovation, quality, reliability and are regarded as trusted commercial and technical partners of companies that supply top brands in over 100 countries worldwide. Together they create the largest industrial digital sublimation group with leading technologies, a global presence and a world class manufacturing capability for textile applications.

The Sawgrass Industrial acquisition further enlarges JK Group’s portfolio of advanced inks which are compatible with a wide variety of digital print heads including plotters and high-speed machines. JK Group will maintain its focus on high quality industrial standards and on driving market expansion internationally.

JK Group President, Dennis Wilby, stated, “Following the combination of Kiian Digital and J-Teck3 last year, the addition of Sawgrass Industrial takes the JK Group into a global leadership position in the digital sublimation sector and at the forefront of the textile pigment inks market development.”

JK Group CEO, Alberto De Matthaeis, concluded, “We believe that the synergies of working together will add significant value to the three brands while retaining their independence with separate sales, customer service and product development.”

The CEO and Founder of Sawgrass, Nathan Hale, explains, “We built the digital sublimation business starting in 1988 and expanded into industrial markets a decade ago.  Now that digital mass production is a reality for printing onto textiles, this is a perfect time to form a strong alliance to deliver on what was just a dream.”

The CEO of Sawgrass Europe SA, Dr. Mickael Mheidle, who has led the start up in Basel (Switzerland) in 2006 and the Sawgrass Industrial Division since 2009 and will continue to manage the commercial efforts of the Sawgrass Industrial brands in Europe, stated, ”I am glad to become partner of the JK Group which will significantly increase the market potential of our brand. We will continue to deliver the same outstanding products and technical services to our customers on a platform of increased investment and strategic focus.”

Sawgrass Technologies will continue to operate as an independent company serving the needs of digital printing applications on printers less than 42 inches addressing non-industrial customer needs.

A binding agreement between the parties has been signed and the transaction is expected to complete by the end of July.

Posted July 28, 2015

Source: JK Group
 

DyStar® Participated In Fourth Bluesign® Conference

SINAGPORE — July 22, 2015 — DyStar recently participated in the fourth bluesign conference to proudly support the introduction of blueXpert, the new, revolutionary tool for higher resource productivity.

With blueXpert, bluesign® technologies offers a solution for one of the biggest challenges for the textile industry — to dramatically reduce water and energy consumption in the textile wet processing. To build this innovative system, bluesign technologies cooperated with leading chemical suppliers, to collect the latest chemicals and process knowledge.

For many years DyStar’s focus has been to reduce the environmental impact of the textile industry. They designed their econfidence® program to help the textile industry optimize their processes and to enable Brands and Retailers to select clean chemistry for their production. One of many recent innovations to reduce the water and energy usage in the dyeing process is the Sera® Eco Wash process that was also presented at the event.

DyStar is proud to be part of blueXpert implementation and will continue to support bluesign® technologies and the further development of blueXpert with their expertise on BAT processes and products.

Posted July 28, 2015

Source: DyStar
 

The Rupp Report: How To Present Yarn Production In New Media Channels?

Or the other way round: How to present yarn production for young target groups in a modern way? Over the summer, it is not always easy to find interesting news for the global readers of this column. Many companies are closed and have annual holidays for their premises. News, rumors and even gossip are quite rare to end up on this page. However, the coming months will create stress because of ITMA 2015 — to be held in November in Italy.
 
New Media
This phrase, which can be seen everywhere stands today for all kind of electronic communication tools in the continually exploding internet and on social media platforms such as Facebook and YouTube. For people over 40 (or younger?), it is sometimes strange to see that a group of young people doesn’t talk to each other anymore, but rather push like fools the buttons of their cell phones. Manufacturers of cell phones are doing everything to get these phones or better communication tools even more user friendly. Not least, young people use social media as an important part of their communications activities. Without any doubt, the rise of new or social media is unstoppable, but it also has its possible dangers and traps.
 
In the fashion trade, social media have an indispensible tool to communicate with the outside world for quite a long time. Many famous labels have a well maintained website. On the other hand there are many interest groups who communicate in a lively way with each other in forums. Not to ignore the ongoing debates on the internet and social media about life cycle analyses and the unknown number of “green” labels and standards. So the question remains, what can the upstream sectors such as textile machinery producers do to communicate with its existing, and more importantly, with its future customers? For years, direct mailing was the biggest opponent of the classic advertising in print media.
 
Also For The Textile Machinery
Now the textile machinery industry, has discovered new or social media for the communication with future clients or interested parties. Recently, the Rupp Report got a message from the Switzerland-based Rieter Group about a movie called “The World Of Spinning” referring to yarn spinning. The company’s explanation was how to show ordinary people yarn production. Clicking on the attached link took only a few seconds.
 
And, surprise, surprise, opening the link revealed numerous short films about textile production and textile machinery. Yet the number of clicks wasn’t that impressive at all. However, as in every new activity, the start of something new is in most cases not that easy and fast. But before going into that let’s talk about the video — or is video already an outdated word?
 
The seven-minute long production starts with the declaration that Rieter offers equipment for all four existing spinning technologies: ring-spun yarn; compact yarn; rotor-spun yarn; and, the latest, air-jet spun yarn.
 
Detailed Information
The film aims to educate non-professionals about yarn production in a rather detailed, but not overloaded way. Each of the four processes starts of course with fiber preparation. Then as every professional knows, the following production steps are different. Ring spinning is declared to be the “classic product with an enormous flexibility.” Compact yarns feature — of course — less hairiness. Furthermore, rotor yarn is acknowledged “to be manufactured with high productivity.” And finally, is the air-jet yarns. “Air-jet machines also provide high production rates,” claims the voice in video.
 
The whole production is shown with animations and the viewer is guided through all four technologies of the spinning process with clear pictures and comments. Most of the sequences look very clear and the animation is good. The advantage of new media is the fact that one can stop the film whenever he wants and repeat to get the message even clearer.
 
The Rupp Report assumes this movie was produced mainly for people working in downstream sectors, and this movie would eventually provoke a push-and-pull effect in the market. However, the video’s impact could probably be intensified: The viewer may be left with the question — for which end-product should I buy fabrics made of ring, compact, rotor or air-jet spun yarn? The production is attractive, however, and a promising start into a new age of education.
 
In a previous paragraph it was mentioned that: “… the number of clicks wasn’t that impressive at all. However, as in every new activity, the start to do something new is in most cases not that fast.” Maybe this Rupp Report will open the eyes of some readers for their own activities in this field. If you, dear reader, want to watch the film please click here.
 
If you wish to share your comments with other readers of the Rupp Report, please write to jrupp@texileworld.com, and we will gladly put your comments in the frame of a global audience. And that’s what social — or new — media is all about.

July 21, 2015

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