Quality Yarns New Look

Quality Yarns, New Look
Reorganized Yarn Fair International show is attracting key buyers. With a change in
time, place and organization, Yarn Fair International is attracting a new group of quality
exhibitors and buyers. The 1,963 attendees looking for new yarns from international resources came
from a diverse group of greige mills, knitters, hosiery manufacturers, fashion designers and
retailers. Key people from Burlington, WestPoint Stevens and Springs, among others, were shopping
for weaving yarns.Among the knitters visiting the show were representatives from Ge-Ray, Malden
Mills and H. Warshow. Hosiery manufacturers included Dominion Hosiery, Hot Sox and Royce. Fashion
designers and yarn buyers came from Calvin Klein, Ellen Tracy, Tommy Hilfiger, Jones Apparel Group
and Ralph Lauren. JC Penney, J.Crew, Victorias Secret and Nordstrom were among the
retailers. On display were yarns for outerwear, underwear, casualwear, activewear, dresses,
suits, hosiery, sweaters, hand knitting, home furnishings, floor coverings, blankets, trimmings,
automotive interiors, protective clothing and insulation. With close to 100 exhibitors from 17
countries, there was variety at every level.Robert Lachow, director of sales, home furnishings,
J.B. Martin Velvets, was looking for solution-dyed and novelty yarns. We are doing well with our
mohair velvets and other high-end upholstery fabrics, he said. To be competitive in world markets,
we are also looking for resources for commodity yarns. 

Fabric samples on display at the Trend Forum showed exhibitors’ products for the Fall/Winter
03-04 season to buyers and stylists. Elizabeth Amoroso, president, Hathaway Textiles, was
looking for yarn for suede-type fabrics. Patricia Lounis, JC Penney, said, This show is very
helpful. I am looking for novelty, space-dyed yarns and textures such as chenille bouclfor
knitting.Anne Ewing, senior designer, intimates, Jockey Brand, Jockey International, was a
first-time visitor. It is incredible to have all of these spinners together. I am getting an
overview of the season and expect to find new resources. Nilit And Unifi OfferingsThe Unifi
and Nilit stands were adjacent. Both were promoting Arafelle, a nylon 6,6 textured heather effect
yarn with a cotton-like touch (See Under Cover,
TW, April 2002). We are introducing Sensil Arafelle for the seamless market for underwear
and outerwear, circular knitting, legwear hosiery and socks, as well as yarn covering, said Molly
Kremidas, merchandising manager, Nilit America, Greensboro, N.C. Kremidas noted that flat, bright
yarns combined with dull yarns were of special interest. We have seen a lot of sock manufacturers
here and buyers from South America.Greensboro-based Unifis Kimberly Lewis, director of marketing,
said, We are focusing on innovation and economics. Its all about how we can make our customers more
successful. Lewis said Unifis Novva, Augusta, Reflexx and Mynx yarns were of special interest.
Ge-Ray has developed fabrics that have drape and a soft touch using Novva. The fabrics are going
into sportswear and intimate apparel garments. Victorias Secret has adapted Mynx, which offers
ultraviolet protection, for yoga attire. Burlington will be using Augusta in menswear fabrics, both
tops and bottoms, this Fall.Lee Gordon, senior vice president, who handles product development at
Unifi, said that some of the new yarns the company is working on include super microdeniers,
odor-control yarns, polymer additives and modifications, and NatureWorks PLA, the corn-based fiber
from Cargill Dow.At Meadowbrook Inventions, Bernardsville, N.J., Vice President Roberta Ruschmann
said new end-uses for Angelina® metallic yarns are swimwear, upholstery and automotive interiors.
We are selling all areas of the contract market, from hospitality and healthcare to office seating
systems, she said. On display were flame-resistant products for upholstery and drapery
fabrics.Iridescent, metallic and holographic Angelina fibers have been blended and spun by Brodnax
Mills, Brodnax, Va. Two-way stretch fabrics blending Angelina and Lycra® with wool, nylon, cotton,
silk and flax are being used for swimwear, intimate apparel, activewear, outerwear and pile
fabrics. Some of the textile mills involved are Absecon Mills, Culp, Newcastle Fabric Corp., Bentex
Mills, Phifer Wire Products, Dorr Woolen Mills and H. WarshowandSons.Ilaria, an Italian spinner of
fancy yarns for knitting and weaving, showed Angelina blended with kid mohair, and in combination
with wool and nylon. Hologram fibers adhered to wool/alpaca yarns give irregular spots of
luster. Opossum Yarns From India And New ZealandWorsted spinner Jaya Shree Textiles of India
shared a booth with its joint venture partner, wool spinner WoolYarns of New Zealand. Both firms
showed a yarn blending ultra-fine merino wool with opossum a hollow fiber that is lightweight,
ultra-soft, warmer than wool, pill-resistant and less costly than cashmere. Another innovation at
Jaya Shree is Finolana, a line of ultra-fine worsted wool yarns that have been stretched and set
using a process called Optim, developed by Woolmark. Filati Maclodio of Italy showed yarns
containing a new wood-based fiber called Lenpur®, produced by Texinpro, located in Brescia, Italy.
It has been in the market for a year and is going into yarns for both weaving and knitting. The
first garments woven with Lenpur are in a collection of mens shirts that will be in Dillards stores
this Fall. Yarns can be mercerized on the cotton system or self-mercerized in dyeing. Maclodio is
blending Lenpur with wool, cashmere, linen, cotton, silk and acrylic fibers.Belgian linen spinner
Procotex showed flax yarns for knitting and weaving that have exceptional elongation. Spun on the
cotton system, the E-lin (for E-lasticity and E-longation) yarns are fine, long and strong, and
have 6.5-percent elongation. Davis L. McNulty, agent for Procotex, is also sales manager for
Pickens, S.C.-based Kent Manufacturings worsted yarns. Kent was showing basic natural, undyed wool
yarns and total easy-care wool called Superwash. Cotton/Wool BlendsThere was an increasing
amount of cotton blended with wool at the show. Reiner Elend, sales manager, export, Schoeller
Eitorf AG, Germany, said, America likes cotton, even in the winter months. Europe likes wool, even
in summer, so we blend them to please everyone. Cotton/wool blends at Schoeller range from tweeded,
coarse-gauge yarns that are light in weight to fine, washable yarns with a cashmere touch.French
spinner Groupe Saint Lin showed yarns for knitting and weaving, as well as technical yarns from its
Paul Bonte division. Damien Lestienne, sales director for the knitting division, is also president
of Expofil and Yarn Fair International.Yarns of special interest at Saint Lin include space-dyed
yarns of wool/acrylic/mohair, multi-colored yarns with elastane and a new bouclith stretch. For
Fall, there are 12 new yarns in the Saint Lin knit collection. The Paul Bonte collection includes
Chimere, a dissolvable yarn. There are lightweight stainless-steel yarns that provide
electromagnetic protection, retro-reflective yarns and yarns that have special telecommunication
properties. 

Giuliano Marelli is using Grignasco yarns in a unique collection of knitted garments.The most
heavily sampled yarns from Italian spinner Grignasco are ultra-lightweight with a soft touch. They
can be fine or bulky. There are multi-colored yarns, heathers, tweeds and printed yarns. Most are
spun using extra-fine merino or blends with cashmere. A lot of the merino yarns are total
easy-care, including wool/cotton blends. Stretch yarns contain either Lycra or ElitGrignasco spins
on the woolen and worsted systems, and the company sells to the knitwear, hosiery and weaving
industries. High-performance yarns contain silver. They are antistatic and antibacterial, and have
thermal-regulating properties. Another Italian spinner, Lanerossi Yarns, part of the Marzotto
Group, spins yarn using fine, extra-fine and ultra-fine merino. Most yarns are anti-pill. A lot
contain Dorlastan® or Elitor stretch. Andrea Saccardo, sales manager, said intimate blends of
extra-fine merino/cotton are selling well, especially in the South. The hand is soft, but not too
wooly, and fabrics knitted or woven from these yarns can be machine-washed/tumble-dried.
Cotton/wool yarns at Italy-based Overfil are heathered and twisted. According to agent Roger Markay
of Yarn Sales Corp. Inc., New York City, a lot of the same yarns are going into knitted and woven
fabrics for matched separates. There are lightweight bulky yarns, boucl#44; brushed yarns,
bicolored and multicolored yarns in blends of wool/acrylic/nylon.Luxury Fibers From
ArgentinaHilanderia Capen, Buenos Aires, Argentina, spins luxury fibers cashmere, angora, alpaca,
silk and wool. Of special interest are dehaired llama yarns. The hair is exceptionally soft and
fine, and according to Alejandro Battistelli more beautiful than alpaca. There are 100-percent
dehaired llama yarns and blends with cashmere or cotton. Another yarn unique to Capen is spun of
wild Argentinian rabbit hair. The hair is so fine that each rabbit can provide only 0.30 grams of
hair. Capen yarns are sold for circular and flat knitting, and for weaving.Spanish yarn producer
Himiesa showed classic and fancy acrylic-based yarns and blends for knitwear, hosiery and weaving.
Mnge tweed yarns, wool/acrylic bouclwith space-dyed loops, and moulines were pointed
out.Coren-Indik Inc., Feasterville, Pa., a wool spinner with mills in Millbury, Mass., and
Newburgh, N.Y., is selling wool blended with cotton, silk or acrylic. Some of the novelty twisted
yarns have a tweed or homespun look. They are especially popular for hosiery and sweaters.
Upholstery and industrial yarns of nylon or polypropylene are selling well.Another firm selling
polypropylene yarns for technical end-uses is Spanish spinner S. Vilarassa. Half of its line is
geared to technical and home textile products, while the rest goes into apparel. The best-selling
apparel yarns are indigo and black-dyed cotton for denim. U.S. Spinners Offer Variety And
PriceU.S. companies were pleased with the turnout at the show. Jim Laney, executive vice president,
marketing, Meridian Industries Inc., Valdese, N.C., said, I saw more quality customers in one day
here than I expected to see in three days.Laney noted that with space-dyed yarns and color in
fashion, Meridans business is excellent. Our sales to the automotive and woven sectors are way up,
he said. According to Laney, there is interest in novelty yarns. With our hollow spindle twisters
we can make hundreds of different novelty yarns.

Jim Laney, executive vice president, marketing, Meridian Industries Inc. For the
decorative market, Meridian is selling shiny, textured chenille yarns and flame-retardant yarns.At
S&O Industries, New York City, Richard J. Flaster, vice president, sales, said 100-percent
indigo-dyed cotton chenille is its best-selling yarn. When the chenille is cut, it has an aged
appearance. Other yarns are spun with acrylic that has a wool touch or with Micromattique for a
suede touch. S&O is selling high-tenacity core-spun yarns to the carpet industry. Ninety
percent of its yarns go into products for the home.Amy Seiler, director of sales and marketing,
Kennetex, Kennett Square, Pa., said sheen and texture are selling. Polyester space-dyed yarns and
novelty bouclare two she mentioned.Nortex Yarns, Fall River, Mass., a division of Quaker Fabric
Corp., sells fancy yarns for home furnishings, knitwear, hand-knitting and industrial end-uses.
According to Jennifer Doyle Fischer, yarn sales representative, 80 percent goes to home textiles
and 20 percent to apparel and hand knitting. The hand-knitting yarn business is growing, Fischer
said. We are selling smaller quantities to more high-end buyers. Chunky bouclwith slubs and nubs
are yarns she pointed out. For the home, Fischer noted multicolored chenilles and bouclare selling,
especially those with a vintage look.Jimtex Yarns, Philadelphia, spins its yarns with recycled,
predyed cotton waste. Jimtex stocks more than 50 colors of open-end, blended yarns. Current
favorites are novelty marls that have the look of space-dyed yarns. According to Peter Sagal,
president, Silk City Fibers, Paterson, N.J., more of its line is going into woven fabrics for the
decorative market and specialty trimmings and fringe. Matte viscose with good drape, finer-gauge
yarns and linen are in demand. For apparel, there is a greater interest in wool. Textile
Machinery Producers Sell ServiceTwo German textile machinery companies showing at Yarn Fair, Stoll
and Schlafhorst, showed off the advantages of their equipment for end-product quality and
performance. At Stoll, the display focused on the variety of knitted fabrics that can be created
using its equipment. Schlafhorst promoted its Belcoro® quality trademark.

 
September 2002

Vanson HaloSource Funding To Boost Development

In its latest round of equity financing, Vanson HaloSource, a Redmond, Wash.-based developer of
antimicrobial biomedical products using chitin/chitosan- and N-halamine-based technologies, has
raised $5 million to be used to expand marketshare of its existing products and bring new products
to market.Existing products using chitin and its derivative, chitosan, include a medical device for
a Fortune 500 company. Vanson HaloSource also is developing other biomedical products that use the
polymer, which is refined from crustacean shells and exhibits unique chemical binding properties,
to speed healing of wounds and treat burns.Under an agreement with G. HirschandCo., Burlingame,
Calif.,the company is using N-halamine technology to develop medical bedding in which chlorine
atoms are bonded to the fabric to destroy odor-causing and infectious bacteria. N-halamines improve
and prolong the antimicrobial performance of chlorine and dramatically reduce its toxic,
carcinogenic and corrosive effects by binding the chlorine tightly to the surface of the fabric and
minimizing the leach rate, according to Vanson HaloSource. The N-halamines act as a recharger
during laundering with chlorine bleach, giving the bedding continued antimicrobial properties.

September 2002

Solutia Adds Companies To Partners For Renewal Program

Solutia Adds Companies ToPartners For Renewal ProgramSaint Louis-based Solutia Inc. has expanded
its Partners for Renewal Program with the addition of the Los Angeles Fiber Co., Los Angeles, and
Nyloboard LLC, Covington, Ga. The goal of the program is to manage carpet waste by putting recycled
content back into new carpet fiber,or by discovering non-carpet outlets for post-industrial and
post-consumer products.Los Angeles Fiber will take consumer commercial carpet from Solutias
customers and recycle the waste into carpet cushion and other thermoplastic products.Nyloboard also
will use carpet waste from Solutias customers in its Nyloboard synthetic waterproof construction
materials.
September 2002

ATMI Calls For New Quotas On Surging Chinese Imports

Washington, DC — Citing a record 119% increase in textile imports from China during the first six
months of 2002, the American Textile Manufacturers Institute (ATMI) is petitioning the Committee
for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) to impose special textile quotas on the
following products: knit fabric, gloves, dressing gowns, brassieres and textile luggage. (Note:
CITA is the interagency committee which administers the United States textile/apparel import
control program.)ATMI is also asking CITA to prepare a case for the possible imposition of a quota
against imports of textured filament yarn from China in the event that imports of that product
continue to rise. The ATMI request covers categories for which ATMI member companies make the
products or the components that go into the products. ATMI is urging such action under the
provisions of the China WTO accession agreement, which allows countries to impose textile-specific
quotas in the event that Chinese exports cause or threaten to cause market disruption. The use of
the temporary quota is allowed until December 31, 2008 only for products that have already been
removed from quota-control under the terms of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.An ATMI
analysis of trade figures shows that imports of Chinese textile products are currently experiencing
their largest surge in history. ATMI notes that the textile safeguard provision was specifically
included in the China WTO accession agreement to restrain such surges. Last year, under
extraordinary pressure from currency-devalued imports from China and other Asian countries, the
U.S. textile industry closed 116 textile mills and lost 67,000 jobs.During the first six months of
the year, Chinese exports of textile and apparel products to the United States increased by almost
900 million square meters, with the textile portion increasing by more than 700 million square
meters. On the strength of this increase, China surpassed both Pakistan and Canada to become the
second largest textile and apparel exporter to the United States, shipping 1.9 billion square
meters during the first six months of the year. China accounted for 60 percent of the increase in
world-wide imports of textile and apparel products during the first half of the year.The Chinese
increase has come mostly in categories from which quotas were removed on January 1, 2002. In almost
every case, these increases have gone hand in hand with double-digit price declines for imported
Chinese goods. In terms of individual categories, these stand out:1) Knit fabric Chinese knit
fabric exports rose 22 thousand percent and the average price of Chinese knit fabric dropped by 60
percent, catapulting China from being the 26th largest supplier of such exports to the U.S. to the
5th place among all foreign suppliers;2) Gloves Chinas exports of gloves to the United States
tripled over the last six months, with the result that Chinese exports are now twice as large as
those from the next largest supplier;3) Nightwear/Dressing Gowns Chinese exports of nightwear more
than quadrupled, vaulting China from seventh to first place among supplying countries. The Chinese
surge was accompanied by a 47% drop in Chinese prices;4) Brassieres In less than six months, China
leapfrogged the top two long-standing largest suppliers Mexico and the Dominican Republic as Chinas
price per dozen dropped to $29, by far the lowest of any major supplier;5) Luggage Chinese exports
of textile luggage have quadrupled to 71 million kilograms while imports from every other supplier
have simultaneously dropped, some by as much as 60 percent. Chinese prices fell by 62% during the
same period of time. China now ships more than five times as much as the next largest supplier;6)
Textured filament yarn Chinese exports have only recently begun to surge and remain relatively
small. However, over the past two months, Chinese exports increased at a rate of 400,000 kilograms
a month. In its request to CITA, ATMI stressed that “it is now time for CITA to act expeditiously
in restraining the import surges already occurring in order to prevent further damage to an already
beleaguered U.S. domestic sector.” ATMI also noted that the Chinese surge “further damage an
industry that in 2001 suffered its worst year since the Great Depression.”

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September 2002

Bill Praised And Damned


C
 ongress has granted President Bush broad new international trade negotiating authority
that many expect will bring about major changes in the world of textile and apparel trade.

It won’t be a revolution; it’s more of an evolution. Initially, there is not likely to be a
major increase in imports, except for a few products, such as T-shirts and some others that are
being sewn in the Caribbean. For the longer term, it will mean U.S. textile manufacturers and
importers will have to take a hard look at just where they will fit in an increasingly globalized
textile and apparel industry.


Bill Praised And Damned

As the bill neared final passage in the Senate, Van May, chairman of the American Textile
Manufacturers Institute (ATMI), pointed out that this year, the U.S. textile industry has lost
67,000 jobs and closed 116 textile plants. He said the bill “fails to recognize our suffering, but
will exacerbate it.” Because of the Andean and African preferences in the bill and other
import-liberalization provisions, ATMI opposed its passage.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick was effusive in his praise of the bill, saying it
was a “landmark victory” that will enable the administration to advance its international trade
agenda. In particular, he said the legislation will open America’s markets “right away” to
developing countries in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Zoellick said the bill will help the United States play a stronger role in the global
negotiations that are in their preliminary stages at the World Trade Organization (WTO), and he
also believes the new TPA authority will help the United States move forward immediately with
bilateral negotiations with Chile and Singapore. Those negotiations have been sidetracked for some
time because the president lacked authority to negotiate without fear of second-guessing by
Congress.

Textile and apparel importers were generally pleased with the legislation. Kevin M. Burke,
president of the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA), said the legislation contains “
many initiatives that will help our industry compete in the future.” Julia K. Hughes, vice
president for international trade and government relations for the U.S. Association of Importers of
Textiles and Apparel (USITA), pretty much echoed his sentiments, adding that she sees many
opportunities to develop new partnerships and markets in the Western Hemisphere, where proximity to
U.S. customers is increasingly important for just-in-time manufacturing and deliveries.

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President Bush signs the Trade Act of 2002. Photographed by Tina Hager.


What It All Means

Recognizing that the legislation is a done deal, ATMI President Parks D. Shackelford said his
organization now will concentrate on seeing that existing trade laws are enforced, including better
Customs policing of transshipments and other forms of illegal trade. ATMI will continue to oppose
any speed-up in the timetable for eliminating quotas by 2005, and it will press for other nations
to bring tariffs down to U.S. levels, before any additional reductions in U.S. tariffs are
considered in the WTO negotiations. In connection with any future bilateral negotiations, ATMI will
seek rules of origin that will protect U.S. manufacturers.

Hughes says the increased trade with the Sub-Saharan African and Andean nations that is of
such concern to ATMI should not be a problem for the U.S. industry, because those nations are only
minor players in the overall trade picture. She does not foresee any major increases in imports
from those areas but gradual growth. She does, however, see the possibility of a shift in sourcing
away from Asia to Western Hemisphere manufacturers, primarily because of their proximity to U.S.
markets and a growing concern by manufacturers, retailers and lawmakers over working conditions and
environmental considerations in trading nations.

Because the legislation created new or increased quotas for apparel from the Andean, African
and CBI nations, there is an opportunity for U.S. manufacturers to sell more yarn and fabric in
those areas, at least for the short term. The increased apparel quotas for the CBI have a
requirement that U.S. yarn must be used in order for the apparel to qualify. Large, regional fabric
use quotas also were created for the Andean and African nations. At the present time, those
countries do not have the capability to fill the needs of the increased apparel quotas, and this
opens up opportunities for U.S. fabric and yarn manufacturers to establish partnerships with
cutters and sewers in those areas until such time as they develop their own capabilities.


The Role Of ATTAC

The newly-formed American Textile Trade Action Coalition (ATTAC), headed up by Roger Milliken
and textile union UNITE’s Bruce Raynor, will be pursuing many of the same goals as ATMI, but how
closely these efforts will be coordinated remains to be seen. ATTAC’s Washington consultant, Auggie
Tantillo, said his organization’s primary goal is preserving textile jobs, and it will align itself
with organizations and lawmakers who can further that goal.

He emphasized the importance of what’s in the final package and all of the details in
agreements. With respect to some of the upcoming issues, ATTAC will seek in any future bilateral
agreements, rules of origin that are at least as strong as those in the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA), and it will press the U.S. government to keep textile and apparel tariffs at
their present levels and resist any future cuts until other countries reduce theirs.


A Big Job Ahead

With the new legislation on the books, but subject to wide-ranging interpretations, the textile
industry and importers face an enormous job of sorting out just how the law can be used to benefit
them. Up until now, the Bush administration has remained committed to the nine-point program
announced last December to help the industry through its current times of difficulty.

Commerce Secretary Don Evans has formed an interagency Textile Working Group with eight task
forces that will recommend actions, including establishing trade negotiating objectives, ways to
improve enforcement of existing trade agreements, and ways to get greater overseas market access
for U.S. textiles and apparel.

Importers will be looking for more flexibility and fewer restrictions in trade agreements,
and opportunities to develop long-term relationships with reliable vendors and partners throughout
the world. All of this will be aimed at doing business in what will be a vastly changed, quota-free
textile world in 2005.


Trade Act Of 2002

The basic Trade Act passed by Congress gives President Bush trade promotion authority (TPA),
which will enable him to negotiate international trade agreements that can only be accepted or
rejected, but not amended, by Congress. However, as Congress is often wont to do, it added several
more provisions to the bill that will have a direct effect on textile and apparel trade. In its
final form, the Trade Act of 2002:

• Eliminates a Senate-approved provision sponsored by Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) that laid
out specific textile negotiating objectives, which, among other things, said the U.S. should not
reduce its tariffs until other nations bring theirs down to U.S. levels. A Senate/House conference
committee substituted watered-down, generalized language that industry trade experts feel will be
meaningless where textiles are concerned.

• Increases the amount of apparel made of African fabric and yarn that can enter the U.S.
duty-free, which could amount to more than a billion square meters a year by 2005. The bill did
contain a stipulation that third-country (Asian) fabric and yarn cannot be used under the increased
cap.

• Provides for a major increase in the amount of knit apparel made of Caribbean fabric that
can enter the U.S. duty-free.

• For the first time, includes textiles and apparel in the trade preferences granted to the
Andean nations of Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. In the first year, this will allow duty-free
treatment of up to 320 million square meters of apparel, and this eventually could increase to a
billion square meters.

• Weakens language designed to protect U.S. anti-dumping and other laws designed to combat
unfair trade practices.

• Liberalizes adjustment assistance given to workers whose jobs are displaced by imports.



September 2002

SML Sells Breathable Film Line To Pegas

SML Sells BreathableFilm Line To PegasAustria-based SML Maschinen GmbH has sold a coextrusion cast film line to Pegas A.S., Czech Republic. The line, which is expected to be operational by November of this year, features an integrated monoaxial stretching unit and in-line nonwoven lamination.The extruded film produced on the line will be stretched and embossed before being laminated to a polypropylene nonwoven in a hot-melt lamination unit. The resulting textile backsheet will be slit in-line using a a fully automatic SML winder 2000 with circular knives. The backsheet will be used in the production of baby diapers.August 2002

New Showroom Displays Stellamcor GS Lines

New Showroom DisplaysStellamcor, GS LinesStellamcor GmbH and Grimm Schirp (GS) Technologies, both based in Germany, have formed a partnership to provide a showroom to display air-lay lines manufactured by the two companies.The new company Grimm, Stellamcor Anlagenbau (GSA) has opened the 10,000-square-foot showroom in Hildesheim, Germany, where a needlepunch and a thermal-bonding line are on view. The lines, controlled by one central computer, are equipped with new technologies, including a new air card that combines carding and air-lay technology. GSA also is presenting a series of seminars covering such topics as fiber preparation, waste recycling and nonwoven molding.The company also designs and builds turnkey plants. It already has sold a needlepunch line to a company in Malaysia.August 2002

Campbellsville Apparel Wins Military T-Shirt Contract

Campbellsville Apparel WinsMilitary T-Shirt ContractUnder a five-year contract awarded by the Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia, to Campbellsville Apparel, 60 percent of the T-shirts purchased for U.S. Armed Forces personnel will be produced by the Campbellsville, Ky.-based company.This contract is the result of a lot of hard work, smart research, intelligent pricing strategy and production efficiency, said David Dickson, president, Campbellsville Apparel. The contract, worth approximately $9 million per year, restores stability to the companys workforce, which has been subject to rolling layoffs since early May. This puts all of our workers back to work, said Dickson.August 2002

PROESA Launches El Salvador Works

Proesa Launches”El Salvador Works”PROESA, El Salvadors investment promotion agency, has launched El
Salvador Works, a campaign to attract foreign investors in the manufacturing, textiles and apparel,
agribusiness, call center and electronics sectors.International companies such as Sara Lee Corp.,
Fruit of the Loom, Grupo Calvo, Telefa de Esapa44; AES, and France Telecom already have invested
more than $500 million dollars in El Salvador in the last two years. Fifteen percent of the
countrys total employment is a result of foreign investments such as these, with the United States
accounting for approximately 60 percent of these investments.Referring to a recent visit to El
Salvador, David F. Dyer, president andCEO, Lands End, Dodgeville, Wis., said,We came we saw and we
were very impressed. We found a very favorable business environment, good infrastructure,
high-quality factories and, most important, wonderful people.
August 2002

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