Colombiatex Visitors Learn How To Streamline Sewn Products Costing/Engineering

LAKE WORTH, Fla. — January 13, 2016 — Methods Workshop LLC, a provider of engineering and costing solutions for the textile and sewn products industries, will provide visitors to the Colombiatex 2016 trade show — to be held January 26-28 in Medellín — with hands-on demonstrations of the latest techniques for developing efficient production methods, establishing effective piecework incentives, and reducing product costing time. The software developer will highlight the world-renowned Quick TruCost™ and Engineered TruCost™ solutions for product development, preproduction, sourcing and manufacturing professionals in the SPESA Pavilion Booth #478.

“We are looking forward to another exciting year at Colombiatex”, noted Methods Workshop President John Stern. “Based on our previous participation in this event, we are expecting to meet with a large number of companies that are looking for the best ways to streamline their operations, improve competitiveness and increase bottom line profits. With more than 30 years of proven results around the globe, we are confident that we can help these companies achieve these goals. We want to invite all of those involved in early product costing and production costing and engineering to visit our exhibit.”

Quick TruCost is designed for early-stage design, product development and pre-production costing requirements. By answering eight or ten simple product questions, QTC users can immediately and accurately predict the manufacturing cost of their products.  Engineered TruCost enables engineers and other manufacturing professionals to quickly and accurately determine production labor costs, define operational best practices, and benchmark manufacturing performance against global standards. Together, these and other innovative Methods Workshop solutions enable fashion and sewn products brands and manufacturers to identify and control costs throughout the product development and production processes.

Posted January 13, 2016

Source: Methods Workshop LLC

Archroma Appoints Head Of Sustainability For Textile Specialties And Releases Its Latest List Of Compliant Products To The New ZDHC MRSL V 1.1 

REINACH, Germany — January 13, 2016 — Archroma, a producer of color and specialty chemicals, today announced that it has appointed a Sustainability Officer for its Textile Specialties business and released its list of products compliant with the new version 1.1 of its list of Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Manufacturing Restricted Substance List (MRSL) published in December 2015(1).

James Carnahan, who joined from the BASF textile chemicals business acquired by Archroma in July 2014, has been appointed as Global Sustainability Manager, Textile Specialties, and will be responsible to further intensify the business focus on more sustainable solutions. Carnahan has more than 30 years of experience in textile chemicals in application development and marketing & sales in South Africa, Italy, Germany, China and Singapore. In his last role with BASF, he was responsible for portfolio strategy development and implementation, with focus on developing sustainable solutions to support the textile value chain in this direction.

Thomas Winkler, President Textile Specialties at Archroma, commented the nomination: “Everyone at Archroma is committed to continuously challenge the status quo in the deep belief that we can make our industry sustainable. We have been looking for the right sustainability specialist and, when we met James Carnahan, we realized he shared our belief and had been acting upon it during his past tenure.”

The ZDHC Group’s Manufacturers List of Restricted Substances sets concentration limits for the chemical groups banned under the ZDHC Joint Roadmap, an initiative first launched in 2011 by major apparel and footwear brands to lead the industry toward zero discharge of hazardous chemicals by 2021. The ZDHC Group updated its Manufacturing Restricted Substance List in December 2015. The updated document now includes leather apparel and footwear applications, and updates its list of priority chemicals with maximum concentration limit of each substance within commercial chemical formulations.

Archroma published its list of ZDHC MRSL-compliant colorants and chemicals for textile and apparel for the first time in July 2014, shortly after the first version of the ZDHC MRSL was released (2). The list features a full range of colorants and chemicals for colors and functional effects, and process chemicals, covering fibers to finishing.

Archroma’s ZDHC MRSL-compliant products are also integrated into Archroma’s ONE WAY Calculator, the tool used by Archroma as part of its ONE WAY Sustainability Service to support customers by providing a fast, measurable and reliable approach to the selection of chemical product and process solutions (3).

The new list released today by Archroma actually required no change from its previous version, as the listed range of colorants and chemicals all already complied with the limits set by the updated version 1.1 of the ZDHC Manufacturing Restricted Substance List.

“We didn’t have to remove one single product from our list to comply with the update list of the ZDHC Manufacturing Restricted Substance List,” says James Carnahan. “This is a consequence of Archroma’s long commitment to supporting textile producers and brand owners in identifying products that help reducing or eliminating impurities from the wastewater, as well as those reducing water and energy usage in processing.”

Posted January 13, 2016

Source: Archroma

Applied DNA Sciences Signs Cooperative Research And Development Agreement With The United States Department Of Agriculture For Enhanced Cotton Genotyping

STONY BROOK, N.Y. — January 12, 2016 — Applied DNA Sciences Inc. (APDN), a provider of DNA-based supply chain, anti-counterfeiting and anti-theft technology, product genotyping and product authentication solutions, has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The CRADA will enhance APDN’s proprietary identification methods of cotton species and cultivars (subspecies), collectively, trademarked as fiberTyping®. This enhanced fiberTyping will genetically verify multiple types of individual cotton cultivars, and assist the cotton industry in protecting quality, traceability and economic investments. For example, enhanced fiberTyping will be able to differentiate cotton based on country of origin and could ensure that cotton from countries known to use child labor would not be incorporated into tested products. APDN has been granted an option to negotiate an exclusive license for any Inventions made by USDA or jointly made by APDN and USDA.
“Our collaboration with the USDA will accelerate our ability to identify key cultivars for specific cotton growing regions based on our patented technology. We believe the synergy of our expertise, together with the expertise of the cotton genomics experts at USDA, will result in a library of key cotton genome targets for commercial use,” said Dr. Mike Hogan, VP of Life Sciences at Applied DNA Sciences. “Consequently, we will be able to identify the fibers that are most desirable, and exclude fibers that are harvested from regions known to use forced or underage labor.”
Already proven in commercial use, APDN’s current fiberTyping methods are used to analyze cotton products, and confirm with precision the presence of Gossypium barbadense DNA (or Pima Extra Long Staple) and/or Gossypium hirsutum DNA (or Upland). Applied DNA Sciences is the exclusive owner of the US patents No.8,669,079, and No.8,940,485 related to fiberTyping and genotyping based methodologies for cotton.
APDN utilizes its expertise in molecular sciences for the development and manufacture of source-verification testing and security taggants for commercial and governmental implementations. Over the last 12 months, APDN has provided DNA for forensic-grade tagging, authentication and tracking for 100 million pounds of cotton now flowing through the supply chain onto store shelves.
The USDA, through its Agricultural Research Service, Genetics and Sustainable Agriculture Research Unit works to expand knowledge of the genetics and molecular biology of cotton. Using this CRADA, APDN intends to verify desirable claims for cotton such as whether it is sustainably or organically grown, free of the impact of human trafficking or child labor and source-verified.
Dr. James Hayward, CEO of Applied DNA Sciences stated: “APDN’s commodity genotyping services will enable its customers to fight fraudulent claims in natural fibers, woods, dietary supplements and foods (such as olives, coffee, fish and other foods). We will make the world more ‘real and safe.'”

Posted January 12, 2016

Source: Applied DNA Sciences

 

Mogul Expands Production in Turkey With Two New And Diversified Production Lines

GAZIANTEP, Turkey — January 8, 2016 — Mogul is expanding its production in Turkey with a third plant at Luleburgaz, Turkey.  Mogul currently operates two plants at Gaziantep in Turkey.  The new plant is located in Luleburgaz, a significant distance from the Gaziantep plants but very close to Istanbul.

Mogul’s production at this third plant will utilize cutting edge technology to add performance based fabrics to their existing nonwoven offerings to better serve demand for specialized and differentiated end uses such as technical applications.  The new products will comprise complex fibers, filaments and web formations as well as chemical treatment and printing applications.

The high grade production lines include processes such as splittable bi-component filaments as well as cross-lap spunlace.  The new lines are scheduled to become operational during the second half of 2016.

Posted January 12, 2016

Source: Mogul Nonwovens

 

Mogul plans to leverage their experience in spunbond and spunlace to evolve new products using the latest bico and microfilament technology.  Mogul specifically addressed this goal by acquiring patents for unique micro-filament structures from North Carolina State University.  Mogul’s first venture into bico technology was with its Buffalo® brand fabrics which required development of expertise uniquely separate from common fiber extrusion processes.  This technology produces cloth-like fabrics to address markets such as clothing and upholstery including suitability for ink jet printing  as well as wipes and other technical applications.

 

The new cross-lap spunlace technology compliments Mogul’s existing spunlace fabric offerings and targets demand in automotive, artificial leather, dry wipes, depilation pads, roofing and medical and hygienic  markets.  The cross-lap line will incorporate  latest technology in-line impregnation for  fabric padding, acrylic binding, water and alcohol repellent treatments, flame retardant treatment and fabric colouring.

 

Spokesperson CEO Serkan Gogus  noted “at Mogul we pursue our business aggressively throughout all its facets and associated technological advancements.  This is how we remain competitive in our markets, by utilizing our knowledge to evolve new products which respond to market needs.  With our new venture, we aim to obtain more durable, efficient and natural comfort fabrics which will open new frontiers for us .”

 

The new facility at Luleburgaz is located within driving distance from Istanbul, the commercial and industrial center of Turkey, with easy access to both seaport and trucking routes to Europe.

 

This is the first stage investment of a three phase investment plan for the Luleburgaz plant intending to eventually triple initial capacity.

Clariant Presents Colors for 2017 in the Newest Edition of ColorForward®

MUTTENZ, Switzerland — January 12, 2016 — Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has released ColorForward® 2017, the 11th annual color forecasting guide for the plastics industry. The 2017 guide visualizes trends like data mining, growing social disconnection and the search for more meaningful lives.

“ColorForward 2017 is very different from the 2016 edition we released a year ago,” explains Judith van Vliet, ColorWorks Designer at ColorWorks Europe, Merate, Italy. “We believe the mood is becoming a bit more fearful, more introspective and reflecting the disconnectedness that many people seem to be feeling today. There are some exceptions of course, but in general the colors are more muted, softer, darker and even ambiguous.”

“Different people will respond to ColorForward in different ways,” she says. Each of the trend themes is represented by a palette of five colors. These are not intended to predict the “next hot color,” however. Instead, they are presented to Clariant customers as a creative experience. For some, the trend themes and color palettes offer inspiration while, for others, they serve as confirmation of what they already think and see.

The trend name: ANNOY FIRM OMIT
is an anagram of the phrase “my information” and it is intended to capture the ambiguous, yin/yang nature of the information universe. Data mining, or the systematic sifting of digital information to achieve a specific purpose, is central to this trend theme. The duality of the web-world is captured in the annoy firm omit trend colors. Two of the five are dark and sinister.

The trend: DELONELINATION
In a connected world, the last taboo is being lonely. “Delonelination is a wake-up call,” says Judith van Vliet. “It is a warning that loneliness is on the rise, particularly among young people. The five colors representing this trend are generally pale and muted, ranging from a beige to suggest the human need to be handled with care, to a plain brown.

The theme NEBULOVE could almost be seen as the antithesis of loneliness because it recognizes a trend toward complex connected relationships between multiple people who may be married or not depending on what gives them fulfillment. Colors representing this theme are a light green/yellow like the inside of a cucumber, and a diffuse red. There is a lilac purple and a brownish orange, almost cognac-colored shade. A deep soft pink color called Perky Star is used to represent the “happy single.”

The trend: IT’S A TRAP!
“Life can be a trap,” says van Vliet. “It can be hard and stressful – or just plain dull – if you allow it to become that way, and so people are beginning to seek new ways to break out, to be curious and explore the limits of the human mind. This trend is about escapism and finding new modes of perception.” Not surprisingly, the colors of this trend theme tend toward a funky new aesthetic.

Posted January 12, 2016

Source: Clariant

AAFA Names Rick Helfenbein Next President and CEO

WASHINGTON — January 11, 2016 — The American Apparel & Footwear Association Board of Directors today announced that Rick Helfenbein, an experienced apparel and footwear executive and current AAFA Chairman, will take on the role of president and CEO starting February 15.

“It is a great honor for me to have been selected to lead AAFA,” said Helfenbein. “Having worked in the industry my entire career, I understand the important issues that we face and will continue the fight to expand and protect opportunities for all our member companies.”

Helfenbein served as AAFA Chairman for the last two years and has served on the AAFA board since 2008.

During his time on the AAFA board, he has spent countless hours on Capitol Hill helping to secure several legislative victories including the passage of the Generalized System of Preference Update legislation, the first significant change to the GSP program in 40 years.

“When the opportunity came to select a new CEO for AAFA, we wanted a seamless transition and chose someone who could build on the momentum we’ve created,” said Rob DeMartini, incoming chairman of AAFA. “Rick’s leadership, passion, and dedication to AAFA is clear, and that made his appointment an easy and strong choice.”

For the past 16 years, Helfenbein has directed the USA operations for Hong Kong-based apparel and footwear giant, Luen Thai (HK 311), and was one of the key executives that helped grow the company into the largest publicly listed apparel, accessory, and footwear manufacturer on the Hong Kong Exchange. Prior to Luen Thai, he has had extensive experience in USA apparel manufacturing, USA Textile Mills, and Central American sourcing.

Helfenbein has been active in all of AAFA’s key events, including AAFA’s annual Executive Summit in Washington, D.C. and the American Image Awards, the industry’s fashion, policy, and business gala in New York City. He has also been active in promoting AAFA’s global presence, appearing several times on national television with commentary about international trade and other industry related issues.

“As a board member, former chairman, and active member of AAFA, I know the caliber of the work at AAFA,” Helfenbein said. “I look forward to working closely with the AAFA team to enhance our leadership position on trade issues, protect our members’ intellectual property, and to be the number one trade organization for our industry, where members can discuss and act on our most important issues.”

Helfenbein will take on role of CEO, currently held by Juanita Duggan who announced her resignation in November. Duggan is leaving to take on a new role and remains CEO until February 8.

Helfenbein holds a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from The Wharton School and participates annually in the Consortium for Operational Excellence in Retailing (COER) at Wharton and Harvard. He lectures frequently on the subjects of supply chain and international trade at industry events, and prestigious business schools including Wharton, Harvard, Cornell, and Columbia.

Posted January 12, 2016

Source: AAFA

Champion Thread To Market Vipac Vinyl Packaging In Bedding And Fashion Market

GASTONIA, N.C./EDISON, N.J. — January 7, 2016 — Champion Thread Company LLC (CTC) and Vipac Inc. announce a new marketing alliance that enables the treads, trims and components supplier to sell the Vipac line of vinyl zipper bags and packaging to bedding, home fashions, apparel and other soft goods manufacturers. The alliance promises to enhance the market reach of Vipac, already one of the world’s largest providers of vinyl packaging, while extending the range of value-added solutions that CTC offers in the textile, sewn products and soft goods markets.

According to Vipac President Morris Abraham, “With their strong reputation and expertise in the bedding and home fashion markets, we are excited to be working with the Champion Thread team. We look forward to seizing the opportunities this alliance brings for both of our companies and the industries we serve.”

Matt Poovey, CTC Vice President of Sales and Operations noted, “We are proud to be able to offer the popular Vipac line to our diverse customer base. Their packaging products fit nicely with our strategy of matching a broader range of products with our recognized service and support capabilities to help our customers streamline and accelerate their processes and supply chain.

“We have already begun marketing the Vipac line and are seeing immediate strong demand in both basic and fashion bedding, added CTC Director of Sales and Marketing Jim Lee. “We look forward to sharing these quality products with all our clients across the textile, home fashion, apparel, and other soft goods markets we serve.”

Posted January 11, 2016

Source: Champion Thread Co.

USTER® QUANTUM 3 Anniversary Edition: Better Yarn For Better Fabrics

USTER, Switzerland — January, 2016 — Exclusive new features to improve fabric quality are being introduced in a special version of the USTER® QUANTUM 3 yarn clearer. Launching at ITMA 2015, the USTER® QUANTUM 3 Anniversary Edition celebrates 50 years of yarn clearing on automatic winders. Only 300,000 of the new clearers are available, on a first-come-first-served basis from November 2015.

In line with the continuing global trend for higher quality, the USTER® QUANTUM 3 Anniversary Edition includes extra defect classes, correlated to the USTER® CLASSIMAT 5. These classes can be customized by users to cover specific faults that are no longer acceptable today. The clearers will then identify, remove and report on these defects.

Yarn Clearers For Fabric Quality
The USTER® QUANTUM 3 Anniversary Edition incorporates unique innovations to help spinners achieve better yarn for better fabrics.

The Core Yarn Clearing option was developed for yarns used in stretch fabrics. These yarns have an elastane core within an outer sheath. Unique USTER® sensors automatically identify areas in the yarn where the core component is either missing or off-center at a significant level and over long lengths. This enables a potential cause of fabric rejects to be effectively eliminated.

For fabrics made of mélange and colored yarns, variations in color and shade are critical. USTER’s advanced foreign matter sensor now avoids such defects with its Shade Variation feature, available with USTER® QUANTUM 3 Anniversary Edition. Even very small divergences from the base yarn shade can be detected and cleared.

Hairiness variations in yarn can lead to a ‘cloudy’ appearance in finished fabric, and this is another quality factor secured by the USTER® QUANTUM 3 Anniversary Edition. These clearers incorporate online measurement of true yarn hairiness, so that outlier bobbins can be removed. Additionally, mills with linked spinning and winding can now monitor the condition of rings and travelers.

Leverage of yarn clearer for mill management
A further advance with the USTER® QUANTUM 3 Anniversary Edition is its connection to the Total Testing Center of the USTER® TESTER 6. This is facilitated by integration with the USTER® QUANTUM EXPERT 3 data collection and analysis system. Information from the winding machine is combined in the Total Testing Center with accurate laboratory data. This is then interpreted to present management with practical improvement advice. Spinners can create their own tailored quality network, extending the analysis options as new instruments are connected. The resulting data can be targeted to provide valuable knowledge – such as predicting exactly how a yarn will perform in weaving.

The connection between the USTER® QUANTUM 3 and the Total Testing Center enables a total overview of mill operations. The analysis of the data will guide to better quality fabrics.

 

Posted January 12, 2016

Source: Uster Technologies

Sustainable Down Source Launches Down Decor Rebrand

CINCINNATI, Ohio — Down Decor®, the supplier of the original hydrophobic down, DownTek™, has today announced a new corporate name in conjunction with a rebrand of the company’s bulk down division. Sustainable Down Source will now be the corporate trade name of the bulk down division of the Cincinnati-based, fifth-generation, family-owned home textiles business.

“We recognized that our corporate purpose for some time now — from moving to a vastly more energy-efficient headquarters to introducing non-perfluorocarbon hydrophobic down — has been oriented toward creating a more sustainable practice. We are excited to rebrand as Sustainable Down Source, reflecting our dedication to sustainability, ethical sourcing, and evolution in the industry,” said Daniel Guigui, President of Sustainable Down Source. “Our aim is to remain the preeminent bulk down supplier for both home textiles and the outdoor industry, setting the benchmark high both in performance and best business practices.”

Sustainable Down Source has become the leading supplier of bulk down in both home textiles and the outdoor industry, with the introduction of the first DWR treated down, DownTek, in 2012 and their revolutionary perfluorocarbon-free treated down, DownTek™ ZeroPFC™, in 2014. Sustainable Down Source, DownTek and DownTek ZeroPFC are fully committed to the values of the Responsible Down Standard.

The branding change reflects the company’s continued dedication to responsible down sourcing and chemical management, and its active participation in the Higg Index.

Andy Payne, principal of Sustainable Down Source, said, “The journey of sustainability is about continually making progress. We are particularly excited to be working with Zero Discharge Of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) to help set best practice standards for chemical management of the bulk down industry.”

Sustainable Down Source names over 20 brands in its outdoor industry brand partner portfolio, including Big Agnes, L.L.Bean, Dynafit, Salewa, Kathmandu, Enlightened Equipment, Brooks Range and more.

Posted January 12, 2016

Source: Sustainable Down Source

Optitex Joins IEEE Standards Association Initiative

NEW YORK CITY — January 11, 2016 — Optitex, a provider of integrated 2-D CAD and 3-D digital product solutions for the textile industry, has joined the IEEE Standards Association Initiative to collaborate, research and build technology standards for 3D body processing.

As consumers seek more personalized shopping experiences, brands are seeking to incorporate 3-D scanning, modeling and visualization into their businesses to further enhance their customer’s experience. This includes creating customized, tailor fitted garments, but also better products with improved 3-D capabilities.

Optitex, as an innovative thought leader in the future of 3-D and fashion, has joined the initiative to help create standards to implement these technologies into the fashion industry. Such standards will included privacy, communication, quality specifications, and sharing protocols.

In a fast-fashion market, it’s all about getting the best products out for the consumer needs, as quickly as possible. “As a software provider in 3D virtual clothing, we are interested in pursuing standards in body processing technology to enable consistency and ensure quality during virtual clothing try-on sessions,” said Dr. Rony Goldenthal, CTO, Optitex. “Working with IEEE will promote interoperability of virtual clothing and virtual bodies from different sources, and allow Optitex, as well as the other stakeholders, to focus on innovation in their respective areas of expertise.”

While there are still obstacles and more research to be done in the field of body scanning, Optitex is honored to be part of the team pushing these standards forward, and looking to create standards that will create better products and a more satisfied customer experience.

Posted January 12, 2016

Source: Optitex

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