Mount Vernon FR Debuts Expanded Resilience® Line Of Flame Resistant Fabrics, Engineered For Enhanced Durability

TRION, Ga. — June 23, 2016 — In keeping with the brand’s commitment to manufacturing high-quality products, Mount Vernon FR has launched the newest additions to its Resilience® line of flame resistant fabrics that are engineered to take durability to the next level. Purpose-built to deliver significantly higher abrasion resistance, the new fabrics — Arapaho R, Hopi N2X and Navajo N2X — feature cotton blended with high-tenacity nylon or Kevlar® for increased durability. The new fabrics will be showcased at Mount Vernon FR’s booth #2735 at the American Society of Safety Engineer’s (ASSE) SAFETY 2016 exposition.

“Our survey of 400 environmental, health and safety (EHS) professionals found that the greatest challenge they experience is the need for more durable flame resistant clothing,” said Mike Woods, vice president of FR fabrics for Mount Vernon FR. “It is important that EHS professionals invest in flame resistant clothing programs that ensure the maximum level of durability to better protect their employees and fully take advantage of the lifetime of a flame resistant garment, which is what we aim to provide with our expanded collection of enhanced Resilience fabrics.”

Arapaho R is a 7.5-ounce cotton, nylon and Kevlar blend. The filling yarn of the fabric, which rests against the wearer’s skin, is comprised of cotton, making the garment feel soft and comfortable on the inside, while maintaining a tough and highly protected exterior. With a durable exterior incorporating nylon and Kevlar, the fabric is perfect for industries requiring flame resistant garments that can stand up to intense wear-and-tear.

Hopi N2X and Navajo N2X fabrics are cotton blends with 25 percent high-tenacity nylon, which contributes to more durable flame resistant clothing that doesn’t sacrifice comfort. With two times the nylon, N2X fabrics have been shown to withstand up to three times the abrasion compared to conventional fabrics. The higher nylon content also serves to aid evaporative cooling and faster drying times.

Hopi N2X is an 8.5-ounce basket weave for maximum tear strength, making it ideal for industries that want lightweight, durable FR clothing with exceptional wear life. Navajo N2X is a slightly heavier version weighing 9.5 ounces, designed for flame resistant bib overalls or outerwear. Like the rest of Mount Vernon FR’s extensive flame resistant fabric collections, these fabrics meet all industry standards including NFPA 70E, NFPA 2112 and ASTM F-1506; and are produced in Mount Vernon FR’s vertically integrated manufacturing facility in Trion, Ga. — from fiber to finished FR fabrics — with quality controls throughout all processes.

To learn more, visit Mount Vernon FR for SAFETY 2016 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, June 26-28, booth 2735.

Posted June 24, 2016

Source: Mount Vernon FR

Texworld USA: Brand Integrity And Lab Testing — Do Lab Results Ensure Your Brand Is Protected?

MIDLAND, Mich. — June 22, 2016 — Jim Krueger, co-founder and managing director of the International Antimicrobial Council (IAC) will be part of an expert panel offered at Texworld USA at the Javits Center in New York City on July 13 at 3:00 p.m. The panel discussion will explore the important roles accurate lab testing and independent certification can play in protecting global brand equity in today’s complex textile market. The IAC panel is part of the Texworld USA Industry Boot Camp education program offered free of charge to registered trade show attendees. Texworld USA runs July 12-14.

“Accurate, science-based lab testing is absolutely critical to understanding if a product will perform as advertised,” said Krueger. “Marketing a product that fails to meet a consumer’s expectations can be disastrous for a brand’s reputation, especially given today’s review-centric social media reality.”

The IAC is committed to improving the consistency and reproducibility of antimicrobial test results to assist brands and retailers with effective product development. The IAC Certified Lab Program trains lab personnel to select the most appropriate standards and test methods for particular antimicrobial and substrate applications. The IAC also instructs technicians in uniform testing techniques and reporting protocol in compliance with industry and international standards. By encouraging better test method consistency within and across laboratories, the IAC intends to increase the confidence that brands, retailers, and, ultimately, consumers have in antimicrobial and odor control technologies.

“Brand equity is an incredibly valuable asset,” Krueger continued. “Companies need to select the right labs that understand the correct science to accurately quantify product performance. That should be a fundamental component of any responsible brand owner’s quality control strategy. Brands these days simply cannot risk assuming their products will perform as designed. They need to know for sure.”

Posted June 24, 2016

Source: International Antimicrobial Council

Kiian Digital’s Digistar Hi-Pro Series Awarded Nike’s Restricted Substance List Certification

COMO, Italy — June 13, 2016 — On June 13 JK Group announced that is officially listed as a Nike-approved ink manufacturer through its Kiian Digital brand. The Digistar HI-PRO series from Kiian Digital has been awarded Nike’s Restricted Substance List (RSL) following its compliance with the global sports brand’s rigorous regulations to meet or exceed worldwide legislative requirements, and is now licensed by Nike, Inc. for use in its substantial supply chain.

Verified by qualified laboratories, including the Bureau Veritas, as adhering to Nike’s exacting chemical criteria, the Digistar HI-PRO series is a great sublimation solution for high-fashion apparel, endurance sportswear, equipment and household textiles thanks to its ability to produce striking, high-quality graphics across an array of textile and rigid materials.

It enables existing users to perfect designs early and allows accelerated time-to-market as these approved products do not require additional testing. For print companies looking to increase their commercial opportunity, the Digistar HI-PRO series opens the door for them to be considered as an official Nike supplier as it guarantees that all the prints conform with the company’s RSL requirements.

As one of the leading digital inks manufacturers, Kiian Digital’s vast portfolio has a host of accreditations. These include the Digistar HI-PRO series and the Digistar PES HD ONE range being awarded the Adidas A-01, OEKO-TEX® Standard 100, Clear to Wear and Safe to Wear authorisations.

Posted June 24, 2016

Source: JK Group

Beaulieu Fibres International Delivers Watertight Support To Manifattura Fontana For Panama Canal Geotextiles

WIELSBEKE, Belgium — June 22, 2016 — High Tenacity ultraviolet (UV)-resistant fibers from Beaulieu Fibres International (B.F.I.), a European polypropylene (PP) staple fiber supplier, are the secret strength behind Manifattura Fontana’s state-of-the-art geotextiles helping to waterproof and protect the new Panama Canal extensions.

The Panama Canal Expansion is the largest project at the Canal since its original construction. The project will create a new lane of traffic along the Canal through the construction of a new set of locks, doubling the waterway’s capacity. The Panama Canal is approximately 80 kilometers long between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The new locks will create the increased canal width and depth necessary to support modern container ships. At total of 18 Water Saving Basins, 9 on the Atlantic side locks and 9 on the Pacific side locks, were waterproofed with PVC geomembranes and geocomposites. Members of the construction works consortium include the Spanish contractor Sacyr, Salini-Impregilo of Italy, Jan de Nul of Belgium and the Panamanian company CUSA. The waterproofing contractor is the Dutch company Carpi Tech.

To successfully waterproof and provide long-term protection support to the canal Water Saving Basins, Manifattura Fontana S.p.A. supplied advanced PP geotextiles to act as an anti-puncture layer and to increase the tensile strength of the waterproofing liner, a PVC geomembrane, satisfying Carpi Tech’s technical specifications for SIBELON® CNT PVC geocomposite. The resulting geocomposite is capable of meeting the extensive physical requirements and high mechanical demands.

Having used fibres from B.F.I. in geotextiles for many similar hydraulic applications around the world, Manifattura Fontana worked with B.F.I. once again to develop a tailored High Tenacity fibre for this application. The UV-resistant PP fibres were transformed by Manifattura Fontana into specific geotechnical nonwoven fabrics for use at Panama. The 100-percent PP nonwoven was heat-bonded to a SIBELON® PVC geomembrane produced by Mapei for Carpi Tech, to achieve a robust liner where the mechanical characteristics of the waterproofing layer, the PVC geomembrane, are improved by the properties of the geotextile layer – a challenging process requiring close technical support from the B.F.I. team.

For this project, Manifattura Fontana supplied approximately 800,000 sq. metres of lightweight geotextile for the PVC waterproofing membrane and more than 100,000 square meters of heavy-duty geotextiles for the protection function where the waterproofing liner was covered by ballast.

Francesco Fontana, owner, Manifattura Fontana, comments: “For such a significant, large-scale project our customers need to rely on the best mechanical performance and hydraulic characteristics, as well as state-of-the-art durability of materials. Consistency of these high standards is essential in order to guarantee the final result. On the basis of 15 years of technical collaboration with Beaulieu Fibres International and its fiber expertise, we knew the company would be the right sole supplier to help us achieve geotextiles reaching the high standards required, within the tight timescale. We were proved right.”

“B.F.I. was pleased to provide Manifattura Fontana with the right fiber performance, consistent reliability and the technical and commercial support to ensure they could deliver large quantities of high-performance geotextiles across the Atlantic for this complex engineering project,” comments Donald De Deygere, Sales & Marketing Manager, Beaulieu Fibres International.

Posted June 24, 2016

Source: Beaulieu Fibres International

Browzwear, Wink Software To Unveil Social Product Development Platform At PI Apparel

NEW YORK CITY — June 24, 2016 — 3-D pioneer Browzwear and upstart Wink Software LLC will partner to demonstrate their powerful integration of a 3-D tool with an innovative view of effective workflow at the upcoming PI Apparel event on Jun 27-28 in New York. Wink Software will unveil its BeProduct™ Social Product Development (SPD) platform. This fresh new approach to leveraging cloud and social media technologies promises to improve the way fashion and consumer goods companies design and develop products by simplifying the user experience and enabling new levels of collaboration.

The latest innovation from longtime fashion systems developer and former Yunique Solutions Inc. founder Daniel Pak, BeProduct automates many of the time-consuming tasks and upkeep that limit the effectiveness of manual, spreadsheet, email and PLM-managed processes, while taking into consideration and applying the increasing use of 3-D tools in the industry.

Browzwear CEO Sharon Lim says “Product development driven by 3-D and then going back to 2-D data workflow for execution has been practiced by engineering companies for more than 2 decades, while in the fashion industry, product development is 2-D driven which leads to a fragmented product life cycle”.

This view is coherent with Pak who adds, “After spending years developing PDM and PLM capabilities, I saw an opportunity to apply smarter, more user-practical technologies to create a simpler and more productive product development platform. BeProduct does much of the work for designers and developers by automating tasks and providing more powerful search capabilities. We also wanted to help companies better leverage the power of their teams and extended business community through increased collaboration. We are pleased that those companies that are evaluating and adopting the platform confirm that BeProduct is the breakthrough that we envisioned.”

Examples of the highly intuitive BeProduct usability include social media sharing capabilities and Excel®-like information reporting capabilities. The solution automatically coordinates all available metadata associated with images, colors, locations, and other assets to improve search capabilities and results. The flexible platform comes with a wide range of productivity apps that can be used out-of-the-box or easily adapted by users to their specific needs. An online BeProduct App Marketplace is available to the user community where they can download and optionally share apps that they may build themselves. The cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform delivers advanced integration with Adobe® Illustrator® and Dropbox® and is compatible with most computers and mobile devices.

BeProduct will co-locate with Browzwear in the PI Apparel exhibit space to demonstrate its integration with Browzwear’s 3D design solutions.

Posted June 24, 2016

Source: Browzwear

55th Dornbirn-MFC: Communicating The Future Of Man-Made Fibers

DORNBIRN, Austria — June 2016 — Dornbirn-MFC is the global flagship event and innovation platform where approx. 800 researchers and technicians from 30 nations meet this year. The considerable interest and the rising number of participants of the retail and the brands complete the innovation network. Like every year, the guiding principle of the event is “sustainability”. This is not only manifested in the content of the lectures – our consequent attitude will be further expressed by the fact that Dornbirn-MFC is a certified “Green Event“ and that the catering will be“Green Food“.

Sponsors contribute a lot to Dornbirn-MFC`s success

Dornbirn-MFC is being organized by the Austrian Man-Made Fibers Institute on a nonprofit basis. Long-term sponsors, such as the province of Vorarlberg, the city of Dornbirn, Lenzing AG, the associations CIRFS, IVC, and for the first time EDANA, the European Association of the nonwovens producers, constitute the basis of the success of the innovation congress.

In addition to Lenzing AG (AT), the world`s largest cellulose fiber producer, the congress management has managed to get the European “Carbon player“ SGL Group (DE) along with its subsidiary Fisipe (PT, acrylic fiber producer) as main sponsor on board. The German polyester fiber producer Märkische Faser and Messe Frankfurt/AVANTEX join the esteemed group of main sponsors and utilize the innovative potential within the Dornbirn-MFC network.

Further the creme de la creme of the European fiber producers as additional sponsors is worth mentioning and gratifying in this regard; Advansa GmbH (DE), Glanzstoff Industries GmbH (AT), IFG Asota GmbH (AT), Dralon GmbH (DE), Perlon GmbH (DE)

For the first time, machinery- and chemical industry will provide sponsorship: CHT Beitlich GmbH (DE), Groz Beckert KG (DE), IKV Innovative Kunststoffveredelungs GmbH (DE), Lindauer Dornier (DE), Rieter Holding AG (DE), SAURER AG (CH)

The innovation platforms, such as Ecoplus GmbH (AT), Smart Textiles Plattform (AT), as well as the largest Austrian industry consulting group SYNGROUP (AT) and the Linz University of Art (AT) appear as sponsors.

Exploit synergies and joint forces

An essential part of the success of Dornbirn-MFC is the cooperation with international partners. Also this year, there will be close cooperation with prominent institutions and organisations.

Cooperation with the Community-Platform SALTEX in Dornbirn

On 5th and 6th of October 2016,  the SALTEX – the Community-Platform for Smart Textiles and  Composites and its industrial automatization will take place on the exhibition grounds in Dornbirn for the first time. The focus will be the interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge transfer and the progressive interlinking of the sectors involved.

Cooperations with Turkish Specialist Publishers

Collaboration with Turkish specialist media aims to raise awareness of Dornbirn-MFC in Turkey which is the most potential market place for the European textile industry.

Teknik Fuarcilik is the editor of “Tekstil Teknoloji“ and “Nonwoven Technical Textiles Technology“ and also co-organizer of the machinery exhibition ITM in Istanbul. The publisher supports Dornbirn-MFC as well in the print sector as online. www.teknikfuarcilik.com

There is further partnership with “Textile Dunyasi“. Also this cooperation enables comprehensive coverage and presence on the Turkish market.

Cooperation with EDANA

EDANA is the single, powerful “Voice of Nonwovens” – the association represents more than 240 companies along the nonwovens value chain which has a turnover value of about USD 30 billions. With the support of EDANA a block of international, high qualitative lectures could be organized with specific focus on the fast growing global nonwovens segment.

Partnership with Messe Frankfurt/AVANTEX Paris

AVANTEX Paris is a textile fair where fashion and HiTec meet together. It is held in Paris twice a year (February and September) organized by Messe Frankfurt France.

According to the motto “Fashion and Research links together”, a symbiosis of the 2 events is created where HiTec fabrics are developed being shown to a great audience on the fairs in Paris – Dornbirn-MFC Congress, respectively the network “Dornbirn-MFC Innovation Community”, works as an idea generator for the HiTec fabrics.

Dornbirn-MFC enriched with several side events

Dornbirn-MFC is the innovation generator and communication platform. Several side events will be scheduled around the congress and co-organized by Dornbirn-MFC.

CIRFS, 15th Global Meeting of Chemical Fibers Associations

Workgroup Textiles in Automotive

The semiannual meeting of the workgroup ”Textiles in Automotive” takes place in Dornbirn as many times before under the supervision of Ms Eveline Weber, Adam Opel AG/GM.

Fashion show on the legendary Major`s Evening

Fisipe from Portugal, the highly specialized subsidiary of the main sponsor SGL Group will provide wonderful artificial furs and other fabrics out of acrylic fibers for the catwalk.

Eyecatcher TexCar in the Foyer

Groz-Beckert is the world’s leading provider of industrial machine needles, precision parts and fine tools as well as systems and services for the production of fabrics. The company will present the longitudinally cut car of a major European car brand in original size in the foyer to demonstrate the various aspects of fiber usage.

Novelties for this Year`s Congress

In order to facilitate interaction and experience the congress more lively some panel discussions and workshops will be scheduled in the programme.

Young Scientist Forum

The day before the beginning of the congress approx. 15 young research talents nominated by the sponsors will hold a workshop organized by a Managing Partner of the biggest Austrian Industry Consulting Group SYNGROUP.

Topic: ”Future Design of the Innovation Process – Challenges & Opportunities“

CEO Panel as a novelty on the opening day

A high-caliber panel discussion will conclude the plenary on the opening day. The panel will be led by the owner of the most reputed global consulting company in the textile segment, GHERZI. The CEOs and board members of the top fiber producers Indorama Group, Lenzing AG, Advansa, Fisipe, Märkische Faser and Dralon will be on stage and discuss Asia`s dominance and remaining Europe in this context and how the economic environment will change in the future.

“Sportive and Functional“ Panel on the Closing Day

The closing of the whole congress will be a panel discussion supervised by a well-known marketing professor at the University Niederrhein. Top managers of the brands Adidas, Skinfit, Urbanrock, Icebreaker and others will be on stage and create a challenging discussion concerning the requirements on the innovation pipeline and which influence new communication channels (eg. social media) will or might offer.

Thematic Focus on the 55th Dornbirn-MFC

This year you can find more than a 100 expert lectures in the programme, whereas close to 50 percent of the industry and it is worth mentioning the international origin (more than 10 percent from Japan):

  • Fibers and textiles in automotive;
  • Fibers for nonwovens;
  • Fiber innovations;
  • Finishing and functional additives; and
  • Textiles.

The details to the expert lectures you will find in the main programme on the newly designed homepage including a download function.

Posted June 24, 2016

Source: Dornbirn Man-made Fibers Congress

Toray Increases Carbon Fiber TORAYCA® And TORAYCA® Prepreg Supply For Airbus

CHUO-KU, Tokyo — June 21, 2016 — Toray Industries Inc. has announced that its TORAYCA® prepreg with high strength and intermediate modulus carbon fiber T800S has been approved as a material for the primary structure of the A380 aircraft by Airbus S.A.S., and Toray has started supplying the material to the Airbus plant in Germany. The A380 is the world’s largest, most spacious airliner and is designed to offer passengers the smoothest, quietest flight. In May 2010, Toray signed a long-term basic supply agreement with Airbus Group S.E. to supply carbon fiber prepreg for aircraft applications primarily for Airbus S.A.S. and the approval of the TORAYCA prepreg material is based on this agreement. Toray has been supplying carbon fiber TORAYCA for Airbus aircraft, and this is the first time for Airbus to use TORAYCA prepreg.

In addition, Toray is increasing the supply of its high performance carbon fiber TORAYCA to the Airbus business. For instance, the fiber is selected for the fan case of PW1100G-JM engine made by Pratt & Whitney. PW1100G-JM is the engine of the new single aisle aircraft A320neo, which was delivered for the first time in January, 2016. Moreover, high performance carbon fiber TORAYCA has been adopted for the primary structure of A330neo. Ever since TORAYCA was selected for the secondary structure of A320 for the first time in 1970s, Toray has been supplying high quality, high performance carbon fibers for a wide range of Airbus aircraft such as the A320, A330, A350 XWB and A380. Toray continues to promote development of its materials for Airbus Group companies including for next-generation planes. Under its medium-term management program Project AP-G 2016 launched in April 2014, Toray positions the carbon fiber composite material business as a Strategically Expanding Business that leads the Group’s profit expansion over a medium- to long-term. The company aims to globally expand the business led by the aircraft application by focusing its management resources on the business.

Posted June 23, 2016

Source: Toray Industries Inc.

Lectra Appoints Céline Choussy Bedouet To Its Executive Committee

PARIS — June 23, 2016 — Lectra is pleased to announce the appointment of Céline Choussy Bedouet, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer to the Executive Committee, starting on July 1, 2016.

“Céline’s experience, demanding nature, expertise, as well as her knowledge of our market segments have made Lectra’s marketing a strategic asset. This has been demonstrated by the many initiatives she has successfully undertaken over the last three years,” declares Daniel Harari, Lectra CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee. “By reinforcing the Executive Committee, represented today by Edouard Macquin, Jérôme Viala, Véronique Zoccoletto and myself, we will be in a stronger position to attain our 2016 objectives and prepare for the future. Céline will play a critical role in Lectra’s next strategic cycle, which will be presented in February 2017,” he added.

The marketing division’s development was an essential component of the strategic roadmap and the company’s transformation plan, launched at the end of 2011 and supported by an investment of €50 million throughout 2012-2015 for the future. Its workforce was strongly increased at headquarters and in the main subsidiaries, especially in China and the United States. Lectra’s image and reputation have been strengthened, through a range of innovative solutions, worldwide marketing and communications campaigns in the fashion, furniture, and automotive industries, major international events at the Bordeaux-Cestas technology campus, as well as customer testimonials with even more impact.

“I am honored and delighted to be appointed to the Executive Committee, especially given that Lectra is preparing to announce its 2017-2019 roadmap, which will enable us to reach the next step in our development. I am pleased and proud to be able to contribute to innovative projects that are being planned, all the while understanding the importance of the new mission I have been given,” explains Céline Choussy Bedouet.

With a master’s degree in management from ESC Bordeaux (Bordeaux Management School), France, Céline Choussy Bedouet began her career in 2000 at Dassault Systèmes where she headed up the implementation and monitoring of the company’s strategic partnership with Mircrosoft in the United States. In 2008, Céline Choussy Bedouet joined Autodesk as Marketing Manager for Europe. Later on, she was in charge of global manufacturing marketing campaigns before joining Lectra in September 2013.

Posted June 23, 2016

Source: Lectra

Resource-Optimized Shrinkage Technology For Basic And Sensitive Denim Fabrics

By Hans Gerhard Wroblowski, A. Monforts Textilmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG

The textile industry consumes huge amounts of energy and resources in all the textile manufacturing stages.

For example the shrinkage finishing process particularly requires large volumes of moist chemical apply and thermal energy — but a significant part of these resources is wasted.

Energy is lost via hot exhaust gases, effluent and hot waste air (cylinder dryer) in particular. The handling of thermal energy as well as raw materials in an efficient and sustainable way is therefore currently a hot topic in the textile industry.

Sustainability: Target Of Textile Machinery Suppliers

  • Save electrical energy, oil, gas, compressed air, chemicals;
  • Reduce specific energy demand;
  • Save valuable raw material;
  • Reduce life cycle cost; and
  • Reduce emission load in atmosphere.

Over the years A. Monforts Textilmaschinen has been concentrating its intensive R&D activities on developing energy-saving machine concepts and systems, focusing on efficient water and chemical apply units — so called eco — application units.

One of the most recent pioneering innovations to emerge is the development of the Eco Applicator with its controlled kiss roll (tangential application) technology.

This innovative system comprises a new application technique and a highly efficient adjustable moistening system that enables — in combination with the latest developed efficient Thermo-Stretch unit (skewing, stretching and drying) — thermal energy and resources to be utilised in a target manner.

Thermo Stretch Unit

An innovative combination of 3 processes (skewing / weft straightening, stretching and drying) within one:

  • Stretching unit with more cloth content (softstretch) with width control;
  • Skewing/ straightening and stretching under warm and moist condition(soft skew);
  • Skewing / stretching with up to 10 times less tension;
  • Pick counting and control before shrinking;
  • No crease marks during the stretching and skewing process; and
  • Drying: automatic residual fabric moisture control before shrinkage.

Eco Line System

The Eco Line system reduces energy losses and energy use, increases thermal transfer and keeps the drying energy on the textile material longer, i.e. so that it can be used very efficiently.

As a result energy savings of up to 50-percent can be achieved.

Exhaust air energy can also be reduced to a minimum, which has a positive effect on the emission load in to the atmosphere.

The main advantages of Eco Line, respectively the Eco Applicator, is its potential to optimise the liquor applied, which is the result of using an individual use of two tangential application units in one.

A decisive factor for using this technique is a factor which represents a milestone in the ecologically sound use of chemicals whilst achieving the best minimized chemical or water application result.

The quality of the tangential process can also be optimised by applying a specific moistening film – Softener or product to increase dye fastness of the dyed denim.

The Monfortex Eco Line with his tangential Eco Applicator technology offers a real potential for reducing processing time and costs, thereby recouping the investment outlay of the innovative system very quickly.

Posted June 22, 2016

Source: A. Monforts Textilmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG

Epson To Acquire Italian Textile Printer Manufacturing Company Robustelli

TOKYO/COMO, Italy — June 23, 2016 — Epson Group company Epson Italia S.p.A. has agreed with the Robustelli family to acquire 100-percent of the capital of Fratelli Robustelli S.r.l. The agreement aims to drive synergies and further increase customer value by expanding the scope of the two companies’ longstanding collaboration in digital ink-jet textile printing.

The entry of Robustelli into the Epson Group will allow it to leverage Epson’s manufacturing capability to bring the advantages of its digital ink-jet textile printers to more customers around the world. The move will assist Epson in using Robustelli’s expertise to accelerate the development of digital ink-jet textile printers that further enhance the companies’ abilities to meet customer needs with a wider lineup of products. As part of the enhanced acceleration, the two companies plan to focus on joint R&D efforts to achieve this goal.

The digital textile printing market worldwide is expected to grow at an annual rate of approximately 25 percent. In addition to using its manufacturing network to meet this growing demand, Epson will deploy its worldwide sales and service network to provide Monna Lisa to more countries and regions around the world.

Sunao Murata, COO of Epson’s Professional Printing Operations Division, is scheduled to be appointed as president of Robustelli. Murata commented: “This is a very exciting development for the Epson Group. As the market for high-quality digital textile printing expands, I believe that formalizing our partnership with Robustelli in this way puts us in a great place to meet the needs of the growing numbers of customers who are seeking to leverage the advantages of advanced digital solutions that will help drive their businesses forward. We will work closely with our colleagues at Robustelli to take Monna Lisa to the next level and remain leaders in the field.”

“We are happy and proud to become members of the Epson Group”, said Valerio Robustelli, one of the proprietors of F.lli Robustelli. “Our cooperation with Epson led to the development of Monna Lisa, an industrial digital textile printer that is today a market benchmark for high-quality textile printing. The combination of our respective skills is the natural conclusion of a process of innovation to satisfy customers in Italy and the rest of the world.”

Located in Como, the heart of the Italian and European high-quality printing textile industry, Robustelli specializes in the development, manufacture, and sale of digital inkjet textile printers, notably the Monna Lisa series, which it began developing with Epson in 2003. This product has established a strong brand image by providing beautiful gradations and color reproduction, winning plaudits from customers.

Posted June 22, 2016

Source: F.LLI Robustelli s.r.l. 

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