Microban Relaunches Global Textiles Division This Month

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Aug. 2, 2016 — Microban® International Ltd. announced it will relaunch its textiles division globally this month. Leveraging its 30-year heritage of providing innovative protection solutions for extended freshness and odor control in textiles, Microban will introduce a complete brand refresh, including a new website launching in October and revamped marketing collateral for its brand partners. Microban will also expand its product and sales team with seasoned apparel industry executives. In addition, Microban will host a “Fresh Bar” experience at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, August 3-6, in Salt Lake City, where show attendees compare apparel and footwear fabrics treated with Microban technologies against untreated fabrics.

The relaunch of its global textile division builds upon Microban’s debut of its recent odor capture and antimicrobial products including Excalibur® and Scentry®, now being used by top apparel and footwear brands and manufacturers. Additionally, Microban recently received bluesign® approval for its ZPTech®, a wide-spectrum antimicrobial technology for textiles used by more than 60 leading sports, athleisure, apparel and footwear brands.
“We are relaunching the textiles division because the global marketplace is changing dramatically,” said Pablo Perella-Berdun, president of Microban. “Consumers are demanding more from their apparel and accessories and how they perform during strenuous conditions or extended wear. We now have a more robust toolbox for communicating the features and benefits of our proprietary technologies. We will not only be providing an increased ROI for our brand partners, but also, more advantages for the end consumer.”

Brand partners and consumers will see an entirely new Microban, from next generation technologies and freshness solutions to a new logo, positioning and tagline. The branding will debut at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in a redesigned booth, where visitors experience the latest in odor control science at the Microban “Fresh Bar,” comparing products that have Microban technologies against products that do not.

In conjunction with this relaunch of the textiles division, Microban expanded its consumer facing website, TheCleanerHome.com, providing comprehensive home cleaning tips and products using Microban. It will add “the closet” as its latest installment featuring more than 15 brand partners including Calvin Klein, Dansko®, Hook & Tackle®, K-Swiss®, Reebok, Rogers Corporation, Spanx®, Teva®, Under Armour®, amongst others.

Posted August 2,2016

Source: Microban

Texo Trade Services Introduces Carpet 820

WADDINXVEEN, the Netherlands — August 2, 2016 — Texo Trade Services, expert in transfer print media and printable textiles, brings a new promotional carpet to the market: Carpet 820. The number refers to the weight per square meter: 820 gram. The carpet has a 100% polyester non-woven front that is printable with every desired design by using sublimation transfer. Carpet 820 is cost-friendlier than ‘normal’ carpet and ideal for mats, exhibition carpets, catwalks and other promotional events.

High print quality: is beautiful, remains beautiful

The printing method by means of sublimation transfer is ideal for numerous promotional purposes: logo’s, photographs and illustrations are printed dead-sharp and in very deep and vidid colours. This gives a high attention value.

Safety aspects

Not only the weight and printing quality are important unique selling points of the Carpet 820, safety is also one. The special backing ensures that the carpet lies perfectly flat and doesn’t need to be taped to the floor, which can give a sloppy effect. It remains where it is, without the risk of slipping. In addition, the carpet meets the fire retardancy stand Cfl-S1 in accordance with EN 13501-1. This is one of the highest standards in the carpet industry and is similar to DIN 4102 – B1.

Available from stock, easy to cut to any size

Customers can be served quickly, because Texo Trade Services can deliver Carpet 820 from stock in rolls of 133 cm x 25 m. Carpet 820 can be cut to any size easily to use the carpet a for instance as promotional mat on a bar or counter. The flexibility of the product makes it suitable for many purposes and applications.

Posted August 2, 2016

Source: Texo Trade Services

Cocona® 37.5® And Point6 Announce Partnership For New Line Of Advanced Wool Socks

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — Aug 2, 2016 — Point6 and Cocona® announced today an exclusive partnership for wool socks powered by 37.5® technology. Merino wool is one of the top performance fabrics in the outdoor industry, so combining wool with 37.5 nylon creates a higher level of performance sock that delays the onset of sweat, dries faster, increases comfort, and helps control odor.

“Wool is Mother Nature’s miracle fiber, thanks to moisture, temperature, and odor controlling properties,” says Peter Duke, Point6 CEO. “Bringing 37.5 technology fiber into the mix elevates wool’s benefits to a whole new level.”

Managing the microclimate next to the foot extends the user’s comfort range and improves cooling. An in-depth study conducted by the Department of Physiology at the University of Colorado, Boulder reported that by changing from a wicking shirt to a 37.5 shirt athletes extended their performance and reduced their core temperature build up. This same technology can now be found in socks.

The team at Point6 worked with scientists from Cocona to perfect the combination of 37.5 particles with nylon. By layering the 37.5 nylon between 100% compact spun New Zealand Merino wool, Point6 can make a sock that maintains a comfortable level of humidity by delaying the onset of sweat and drying faster, even during high-intensity exercise.

“Peter Duke has had a long and successful history as an innovator with merino wool, so it was exciting to partner with Point 6 on this development,” said Jeff Bowman, CEO of Cocona Inc. “The product they’ve created is fantastic; 37.5 fibers pair very well with natural fibers, turbocharging the inherent properties of merino.”

The active particles in patented 37.5 fiber are permanently embedded in the nylon fabric of the socks and won’t wash out. These active particles provide 800% more surface area to the fiber, while providing a unique driving force to remove moisture vapor unlike any other technology. The particles, naturally derived from coconut shells and volcanic sand, capture heat from the body’s infrared energy to speed evaporation and significantly reduce dry-time.

“Adding 37.5 technology to our socks makes Point6 a far superior product to all other wool socks,” says Duke. “Period!”

Point6 will introduce nine styles powered by 37.5 technology for Spring 2017, plus several tactical styles that are being developed for the military.

Posted Aug 2, 2016

Source: Point6 and Cocona®

Valdese Weavers Names Janet S. Kuck CFO

VALDESE, N.C. — August 1, 2016 — Janet S. Kuck has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of Valdese Weavers, according to Michael Shelton, President and Chief Executive Officer. Kuck succeeds Snyder Garrison who is retiring as CFO and has become Chairman of the Board of Directors of CV Industries, Valdese Weavers’ corporate parent company.

Kuck joined Valdese Weavers in 1987 as Credit Manager. She next served as Controller, before being named the company’s Senior Vice President of Information Systems in 2000. Prior to Valdese Weavers, Kuck was a CPA with McGladrey, Hendrickson, and Pullen in Hickory, and then with Butler & Burke in Winston Salem. She graduated with a B.S. Degree in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

“Janet has been an exceptional leader and decision maker at Valdese Weavers for many years as a key member of our executive team. She is uniquely qualified to assume the role as our next CFO, and far surpasses the requirements necessary to manage all financial aspects of Valdese Weavers as a now 100% employee-owned ESOP company. Along with her accounting background and experience as our Controller, when we instituted SAP as our enterprise resource planning system in 1999, she led the development and implementation of our FICO financial and controlling module that operates within the overall system. This means that Janet knows our financial system better than anyone and is extraordinarily qualified and ready for her new responsibilities. She is also a great manager, who has earned the utmost respect from those on her staff who work at her direction, and from the other executives on our team who interact with her on a daily basis,” Shelton said.

Posted August 2, 2016

Source: Valdese Weavers

DAK Americas Acquires Controlling Interest In Selenis Canada

CHARLOTTE — August 1, 2016 — DAK Americas (DAK) announced today that it has completed the transaction with IMG Group of Portugal to acquire a controlling interest in Selenis Canada Inc.

Selenis Canada Inc. operates a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plant in Montréal, Québec with a capacity to produce 144 kilotons per year of PET Resin.

The facility offers the ability to expand operations into Canada, to produce differentiated products and enhance raw material synergies.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction has been approved by the Canadian Competition Bureau.

Posted August 2, 2016

Source: DAK Americas

Alvanon’s Ed Gribbin To Address Fashion Business Needs Through 2020 And Beyond At Apparel’s Sourcing Summit At MAGIC

NEW YORK CITY – August 2, 2016 – Alvanon president and global fashion business authority Ed Gribbin will join a distinguished panel of industry experts to explore the topic:  “Sourcing 2020: Winning Through a Continuously Evolving Sourcing Strategy” at Apparel’s Sourcing Summit at MAGIC, Las Vegas Convention Center, August 15, 2016.

In addition to his panel participation, Gribbin will share opening remarks with Apparel magazine Publisher Susan Nichols. Opening remarks take place at 3:30-3:40 p.m. The “Sourcing 2020” Executive Panel Discussion runs from 3:50-4:30 p.m. Both events take place in the Main Room.

“Managers from every sector and geographic region of the fashion business have a stake in the ways our industry embraces disruption, innovation and change,” Gribbin says. “Ever increasing customer demands for factors like speed to market and enhanced customer engagement will either propel our businesses to greater prosperity or leave them struggling in the past.

“Look for attendees to our Sourcing 2020 panel discussion to inquire about the growing trend of retailers sourcing closer to home and the need to incorporate technology at virtually every point along the supply chain,” he continues. “Our panel consists of experts covering virtually every area of the global fashion business. They are prepared to address questions, offer suggestions and point the way to solutions that yield faster, more efficient and more transparent sourcing, all of which will contribute to both top and bottom line growth from now through 2020, and beyond.”

Posted August 2, 2016

Source: Alvanon

INVISTA Introduces The Next Generation Of LYCRA® Sport Technology At Outdoor Retailer Summer Market

WILMINGTON, Del. — August 1, 2016 —  INVISTA, owner of the LYCRA® brand, and one of the world’s largest integrated producers of polymers and fibers, will begin the roll-out of the next generation of Lycra SPORT technology at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Salt Lake City, August 3-6, 2016.

This “next generation” Lycra Sport technology is scientifically engineered to deliver exceptional comfort, fit and support to stretch activewear. The new platform combines the proven stretch technology of Lycra fiber with demanding testing standards that measure fabric performance descriptors on a simplified 1-10 scale of three indexes:

  • The Power Index measures the compression delivered by the garment’s fabric.  The higher the power index, the greater the shaping or compression effect.
  • The Comfort Index relates to the insight that consumers often complain about being uncomfortable in compression or shaping garments. The higher the comfort index, the more comfort the wearer experiences.
  • The innovative new Energy Index rates the energy exerted by the body due to fabric construction. The lower the energy index, the lower the effort needed to move the fabric, making it ideal for competitive sports activities. This advanced fabric property will be a new point of differentiation for performance fabrics.

The overall index approach to Lycra SPORT technology covers the broad spectrum of fabrics, helping to assure comfort from soft control, yoga-type applications to high compression applications such as running and cycling. Lycra Sport technology can also be combined with other Lycra brand technologies, like Lycra BLACK technology, to offer additional performance benefits for enhanced consumer value.

“Increasingly, athletes and active consumers desire sport-specific garments designed to help optimize their athletic performance but with a high degree of comfort; Lycra Sport technology makes it easier than ever for mills, brands and retailers to meet these specific consumer needs,” said Huw Williams, Invista global segment director, activewear and outdoor. “Our proprietary indexes help designers to easily describe performance levels that are tailored to fit the garment’s end use and satisfy the wearer’s need for comfort with performance.”

The new Lycra Sport platform also offers mills a simplified fabric certification process, enabling clients to access hang tags and other promotional materials. Lycra brand hangtags are designed to drive sales by clearly communicating fabric benefits and the quality assurance the Lycra brand name offers consumers.

Posted August 1, 2016

Source: INVISTA

Toray to Start Automobile Airbag Nylon Fiber and Fabric Business in Mexico

CHUO-KU, Tokyo — July 28, 2016 — Toray Industries Inc. announced today that it has decided to start an automobile airbag nylon fiber and fabric business at its Mexico-based subsidiary Toray Advanced Textile Mexico, S.A.de C.V. (TAMX) headquarters, which was established in El Salto, Jalisco, in August 2015. TAMX will introduce production facilities with annual production capacity of about 10,000 tons of nylon fibers for airbags and airbag materials by investing approximately 10 billion yen within the Mexican plant premise of Zoltek Companies Inc., a large tow carbon fiber production subsidiary of Toray.

TAMX’s production facilities are expected to start operations in March 2018. Mexico has been rapidly growing as an automobile production base by leveraging the wide-ranging free trade network and geographical proximity to the United States. Recently, a number of airbag manufactures launch their businesses in Mexico, and the demand for airbag fabrics in the Americas is expected to continue growing significantly primarily in Mexico.

The establishment of the new production base in Mexico is in response to such growing demand and to strengthen Toray’s local supply capability by building an integrated production system from yarn to fabric in Americas, which is one of the most prominent airbag fabric market in the world, and capture the robust demand for airbag fabric around the world including Asia and Europe. Currently, Toray supplies nylon fibers produced in Japan and Thailand to its airbag fabric production bases in Japan, Thailand, China and Czech in its integrated production system from yarns to fabric around the world. Toray has been continuously working on the expansion of its production and sales structure such as a launch of airbag fabric production in India in October 2016 etc. Adding Mexico to this structure will further reinforce the global production structure enabling Toray to supply airbag fabric of the same quality from all production sites in a timely manner.

It will also accelerate Toray’s business expansion by utilizing its development capability with the integrated production covering from yarns to fabric, and Toray aims to acquire the largest share in the global airbag fabric market in 2020. As part of the basic strategy to continuously expand profits under the current medium-term management program Project AP-G 2016, Toray has been pursuing the Asia, America and Emerging Country Business Expansion (AE-II) Project to actively strengthen the organic cooperation among the Toray Group business bases, develop new markets and expand businesses. Toray positions the automobile airbag business as one of these priority businesses and aims to further expand it globally.

Posted August 1, 2016

Source: Toray Industries

ACIMIT: As The Domestic Market Holds Its Ground, Sales Abroad Slip During The Second Quarter Of 2016

MILAN, Italy — July 2016 — Textile machinery orders in Italy for the second quarter of 2016 slow down somewhat but manage to hold their ground, while the export market falls back. ”Underlying political uncertainty is the root cause of the drop in machinery exports,” said ACIMIT President Raffaella Carabelli.

The orders index for textile machinery dropped during the second quarter of 2016 due to negative export figures. Based on industry survey conducted by ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, during the period from April to June 2016, overall orders decreased 7 percent compared to the same period last year. The index rating for the second quarter of 2016 came in at 93 points (basis: 2010=100).

Growth was recorded in Italy alone, where the index amounted to an absolute value of 55.6 points (+3 percent compared to April-June 2015). Abroad, the absolute value of the index amounted to 101 points, a 8 percent drop over the same quarter for 2015.

ACIMIT President Raffaella Carabelli emphasized the situation of uncertainty currently characterizing foreign markets. “We’re experiencing a period of profound instability, especially in geopolitical terms,” commented ACIMIT’s president, “resulting in stagnating investments in many of our benchmark markets. Recent events in Turkey and Bangladesh have confirmed a precarious situation, which is sure to have repercussions on an economic level.”

Posted August 1, 2016

Source: ACIMIT

ITMA ASIA+ CITME 2016 Exhibitor Preview: Karl Mayer

OBERTSHAUSEN, Germany — August 1, 2016 — KARL MAYER will have a double presence at ITMA ASIA + CITME, to be held October 21 – 25, 2016, in hall 4.1, stand A 30 at the National Exhibition and Convention Centre in Shanghai as well as hosting an in-house exhibition at KARL MAYER (China) in Wujin.

ITMA ASIA + CITME 2016 is the most important trade fair for the textile industry for the whole of Asia. With the intervals between the events, this leading trade fair determines the innovation cycles within the sector. The driving force for innovations in textile machinery building is KARL MAYER. The technology and market leader offers perfect solutions for warp knitting, technical textiles and warp preparation for weaving and will be one of the top addresses for visitors of the ITMA ASIA + CITME 2016.

Exhibits

KARL MAYER will exhibit its latest innovations in two locations simultaneously, i.e. in hall 4.1, stand A 30 in the National Exhibition and Convention Centre in Shanghai, and simultaneously at an in-house exhibition at KARL MAYER (China) in Wujin. A free shuttle service will be available between the two locations.

The visitors can look forward to viewing a wide range of exhibits. In the lace sector a fundamental new development in the multibar jacquard machine sector will set the standard in terms of the cost:benefit ratio and will be demonstrating the potential for producing a wide range of new and different product designs.

In the tricot sector KARL MAYER continues the generation change that has been initiated at ITMA 2015 in Milan. There is a high demand for the first model to feature the upgrade, the HKS 2-SE, with a modern machine design, KARL MAYER’s new KAMCOS® 2 platform with additional App functions, camera monitoring system and the LEO® Low Energy Option for up to 10 % less energy consumption, reducing costs and environmental loads. HKS machines with EL provide simple and rapid pattern change for producing short runs and development of new products. An almost limitless range of long pattern repeats, and consequently pattern designs, can be produced.

Lust but not least warping machine that can be used for conventional direct warping as well as sectional warping will be shown. The warp-for-warp technique requires only a few packages. This saves space and offers maximum efficiency when producing short warps for product development, when using expensive yarns for processing production warps, and when processing small batches.

KARL MAYER’s Warp Preparation Business Unit will be showcasing an innovative sectional warping machine for processing shirtings and cloths. This machine operates at an impressive level of productivity. It improves efficiency in weaving preparation by up to 30% and by up to 3% in weaving compared to other models on the market. KARL MAYER will also be showing the innovation Size Box HSB with pre-wetting. The key feature of the PROSIZE® sizing machine operates with three highly turbulent application zones based on spraying technology, and offers many advantages compared to the immersion bath process. Savings can be made in sizing additives, energy consumption during desizing, and effluent loads, and the uniformity of the size application is improved. The KARL MAYER Technical Textiles Business Unit will focus on the subjects of lightweight construction and geotextiles. The visitors will be presented with a range of impressive examples of applications and all the relevant information.

Expectations

With its wide range of innovations, KARL MAYER is looking forward to welcoming a large number of international customers to his stand. “We are expecting a high level of interest in our latest developments at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2016. We hope to have many technical discussions, strike sales deals, and also strengthen our image as the innovative market leader in our sector”, says Oliver Mathews, Vice President Sales of the Business Unit Warp Knitting.

The textile industry in Asia, and especially in China, is changing from being a low-wage sector to being a provider of high-end products. The aim is to supply and nurture the growing domestic brand- and quality-conscious middle classes with high-quality, mid-range goods and products – an important step in the planned restructuring of the Chinese economy away from exporting and towards the domestic market. This changing economic environment demands machines that can deliver top quality and an excellent cost:benefit ratio. KARL MAYER’s machines can deliver these performance features and are, therefore, the machines of choice on the Asian market.

Posted August 1, 2016

Source: Karl Mayer

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