Evolving Textiles Conference 2022 Moves To Virtual Format

RALEIGH, N.C. — February 18, 2022 — NC State’s Wilson College Of Textiles Excited To Host Inaugural Evolving Textiles Conference: Materializing The Future. This year’s conference is being held completely virtually on March 16-17, 2022, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT. The themes are circularity in textiles and alternative fibers.

The purpose of Evolving Textiles is to define the current landscape in terms of alternative fibers and circularity in textiles and explore the direction for the future. We will identify challenges and opportunities with the intention of developing attainable goals and work toward having a measurable impact on sustainability in the textile industry over time.

With this in mind, we have gathered some of the most knowledgeable and compelling change-makers in the industry to facilitate an event that invites all stakeholders to consider their role in the supply system and work toward actionable change.

With speakers from all corners of the globe and aspects of the industry, come prepared to consider sustainability in textiles from a holistic perspective. You will have the chance to hear from representatives from Patagonia, VF Corp., Textile Exchange, Bear Fiber, Cornell and more.

Day one will focus on alternative fibers; while all are welcome, the focus is on hemp — a fiber with exceeding potential and rapid development in the United States. Join us as we deepen our understanding of the process of hemp development as a fiber from seed and farm, to processing, to yarn and textiles development.

Our keynote speaker will be Sofi Thanhauser, author of “Worn: A People’s History of Clothing,” who will guide us through the most prevalent fibers used in textiles.

Day two will broaden the scope to consider all aspects of circularity within the value system. Our sessions will cover recycling, impacts and challenges, potential pathways and opportunities, and industry innovations in circularity. We will dive deep into circularity — from fiber to post-consumer — and gain inspiration and insight from innovators across the industry.

Our keynote speaker will beHarald Cavalli-Björkman from Renewcell who is influencing the industry through textile recycling.

Registration is open and free for the first 100 students until February 28. Visit our website to learn more, view the full agenda and register.

Posted February 22, 2022

Source: NC State

Koshiro Kudo To Become New President Of Asahi Kasei

DÜSSELDORF, Germany — February 22, 2022 — Asahi Kasei announced at the end of January 2022 a change in the company’s management. As of April 2022, Koshiro Kudo will assume the role of President & Representative Director. The current President Hideki Kobori will become chairman of Asahi Kasei.

Kudo takes over the position in a robust business setting as the recently presented quarterly results show. Asahi Kasei disclosed its financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, on February 9, 2022. In terms of EPS, 35.59 JPY (0.27 EUR) per share was reported. Last year, Asahi Kasei had earned JPY 23.93 (0.18 EUR) per share. Compared to the same period of the previous year, Asahi Kasei achieved an increase in sales of 17.6 percent in the past quarter. Sales amounted to JPY 643.70 billion (4.86 billion EUR). In the same quarter of the previous year, JPY 547.30 billion (4.17 billion EUR) were on the accounts. The full-year forecast announced in November 2021 remains unchanged with expected 2,453.0 billion JPY (18.72 billion EUR).

Koshiro Kudo was born on June 5, 1959, on the island of Kyushu in Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, in southwestern Japan. He graduated from the renowned Keio University in Tokyo in March 1982 and started working for Asahi Kasei the following month. After holding various positions, Kudo became head of the ROICA™ business unit, producing premium stretch fibers from elastic polyurethane filament, in May 2008. He pursued his career in the field of technical textiles and filaments in the following years, becoming President of the Fibers & Textiles Strategic Business Unit (SBU) based in Osaka in 2017.  Two years later, new responsibilities were added as President of the Performance Products SBU, in addition to fibers and textiles, he was in charge of the business with engineering plastics, synthetic rubber, elastomers as well as household and packaging materials. Kudo was also involved in the establishment of a new department for mobility materials, launched in April 2020 to focus on products for the automotive sector.

The new President of Asahi Kasei will continue the successful strategic work of his predecessor Hideki Kobori, who has significantly shaped the Group since 2016. The steady management in the Corona pandemic as well as the focus on sustainability, carbon neutrality and biobased productions processes are milestones of his work as President. Similarly, back in 2016, the Asahi Kasei Group moved to an operational holding structure and divided its business areas into Material, Homes and Health Care, resulting in efficient collaboration within the company.  During his presidency, Kobori further expanded Asahi Kasei’s global presence. One key achievement was the successful establishment and development of Asahi Kasei Europe’s business activities since April 2016. Furthermore, he was responsible for focused business development activities including capacity expansions for battery separators, filaments for airbags, synthetic rubber and virus filters. This also included the strategic positioning focused on the automotive and medical sectors with the important acquisitions such as Sage Automotive Interiors in the USA, the Swedish sensor company Senseair as well as Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., focused on the commercialization of immunosuppression medications in the United States.

Continuous focus on automotive, health care and sustainability

With 40 years of corporate experience as a solid foundation, the new President will lead the company into a new century of its history, as Asahi Kasei celebrates its 100th anniversary in May 2022. The coronavirus showed how important people’s lives and health are. Asahi Kasei will deepen its operations in the medical business with solutions that can tie together offerings in the chain of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and aftercare making its Health Care operations into a third pillar of business alongside Material and Homes. Furthermore, Asahi Kasei is aiming to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, looking to reduce its absolute greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30 percent until 2030. Therefore, Koshiro Kudo will also be continuing the operations of the Sustainability Strategy Planning Department, with efforts now being made around activities that contribute to creating a sustainable society under a unified company-wide policy. The Green Solution Project, a new organizational unit directly reporting to the company President will also be one of his main responsibilities.

Posted February 22, 2022

Source: Asahi Kasei

YKK Announces New Collection Of Recycled Zippers Made Using ECONYL® Regenerated Nylon In Europe 

MILAN, Italy — February 22, 2022 — Recognizing that trims are one of the biggest challenges for garment recycling, YKK announces a new collection of NATULON® recycled zippers made with ECONYL® regenerated nylon. ECONYL nylon, manufactured by Aquafil S.p.A.and supplied in collaboration with ITOCHU Corp., is made entirely from nylon waste collected all around the world, such as industrial plastic, fabric scraps, old carpets and fishing nets from the aquaculture sector. The material can be continuously recycled without loss of quality.

YKK will offer ECONYL regenerated nylon products in three categories to the European market:

  • VISLON® NATULON recycled zipper made with ECONYL, a fully ECONYL plastic injected zipper;
  • EXCELLA® NATULON recycled zipper made with ECONYL, a top-of-the-range brushed metal zipper;
  • Recycled sew-on button made with ECONYL, a simple button to sew on nylon garments.

“YKK understands circular fashion as a regenerative system where garments are circulated for as long as their maximum value is retained, and then returned safely to the biosphere,” said Hitoshi Yamaguchi, president of YKK Italy. “As a small part of the supply chain, we firmly believe that circularity is the key to building sustainability. This is our motivation when we design the highest quality recycled and recyclable fastener products. Not only do we want to optimize the use of raw materials and increase the recycled content, but we also work to understand the end of life of the garments and verify the compatibility between our proposals and their subsequent recycling. Put simply, our products are designed with the concepts of resource efficiency, non-toxicity, biodegradability, and recyclability in mind. They are also produced giving priority to recyclable sources and ethical practices.”

YKK has been expanding its NATULON® recycled zippers series, which features zipper tapes made from PET bottles, old fibers, and other polyester residues. It recently introduced NATULON Plus™, in which the chain and the slider are also made entirely of recycled polyester. Additionally, the company’s new AcroPlating® technology significantly reduces the environmental impacts of metal plating.

Posted February 22 2022

Source: YKK

12th ITMF Corona-Survey: Business Situation, Expectations Remain Very Favorable Along The Global Textile Value Chain

ZURICH — February 22, 2022 — In the second half of January 2022, the ITMF conducted the 12th ITMF Corona-Survey among more than 270 companies around the world in all segments along the textile value chain. For the fifth time since May 2021, companies were asked the same set of questions about their 1) business situation, 2) business expectation, 3) order intake, 4) order backlog, and 5) capacity utilization rate.

On average across all regions and all segments, the business situation is still very favorable with +23 percentage points (pp), albeit lower than compared to November 2021 (+28pp). This high level is remarkable given the fast-rising infection number of the Corona-variant “Omicron” since the 11th ITMF Corona-Survey (see Graph 1). The fact that a rising number of companies find themselves in a satisfactory business situation (48 percent) is an indication for a strong and broad recovery.

Graph 1: How do you describe your current business situation?

When it comes to the business expectations in six months, the global textile value chain remains very optimistic. While the balance between more favorable and less favorable has fallen from +33pp to +25pp, it needs to be considered that these expectations are built on a very favorable business situation (see Graph 2). Or to put it differently, only 14 percent of companies are anticipating a less favorable business by July 2022.

Graph 2: What are your business expectations in six months?

A look at the different regions reveals that the business situation is in positive territory in all regions except for East Asia and Africa where the balance between good and bad business situation is negative. The expectations are very positive except for East Asia.

As for the different segments the downstream segments — weavers/knitters, finishers/printers, and garment producers — are catching up with the upstream segments — fiber producers, spinners, and textile machinery producers.

The order intake has fallen from a high level of +40pp in November 2021 to +30pp in January 2022. This is in line with the slightly weaker business situation. Order intake expectations in January remained practically on the same level as in November (+40pp and +41pp, respectively).

Since May 2021 order backlog is hovering between 2.4 and 2.9 months. The expectations do not indicate a change in the next six months. The capacity utilization rate continues to increase slowly but continuously since May 2021, indicating that the supply chain disruption is still a big — but hopefully a diminishing — concern.

Posted February 22, 2022

Source: ITMF

brrr° Introduces Cationic Dyed Polyester Yarn

ATLANTA — February 17, 2022 — Cooling yarn innovator brrr° has developed a new cationic dyed (CD) polyester yarn that can be single dyed or double dyed to achieve a true heathered and/or solid look for increased flexibility in designing fabrics made with brrr yarns.

brrr°’s new CD polyester yarn can be piece dyed or yarn dyed in any color to get a genuine cationic dyed heathered appearance or a solid color look in the finished product.

The new brrr° CD yarn is spun in Taiwan and can be used in knit or woven fabrics, and is ideal for base layers, sleepwear, activewear and other lifestyle apparel.

As with all brrr° products, the new brrr° CD polyester yarn has been independently lab tested by globally recognized third parties to prove that it outperforms other cooling brands in the market.

“brrr° is pleased to offer our first brrr cationic dyed polyester yarn, allowing for a more diverse product offering for customers,” said Mary-Cathryn Kolb, founder and CEO of brrr°.

brrr° offers brrr° polyester and brrr° nylon yarns, as well as a library of fabrics with an array of natural rich blends and synthetic rich compositions such as cotton, wool, nylon and other materials used to achieve specific attributes in textiles.

Posted February 22, 2022

Source: brrr°

Südwolle Group Enables Real-Life Demonstration Of Its Yarns

NUREMBERG, Germany — February 17, 2022 — Südwolle Group, a spinner recognized for the production of wool and wool blend worsted yarns, is pleased to announce its digital innovation, collaboration, and trends & technologies platform. This forum, entitled Südwebs Innovation Hub, has been developed to inspire customers with ready-made garments and was launched today, February 17, 2022.

“What is the best way to test a new yarn? To wear it!” said Stéphane Thouvay, managing director, Product Management & Innovation, Südwolle Group. “Based on this simple principle, Südwolle Group has designed a digital platform where B2B clients can buy stylish garments and accessories that are constructed with Südwolle Group’s innovative yarns. The platform will regularly present key innovations with story-telling, detailed explanation of the benefits for the user and the possibility to experience our products in real conditions”

Staying true to the slogan “Discover our innovations. Wear it. Test it.”, Südwolle Group is targeting designers, purchase managers, and production managers who are working for brands, product developers or garment manufacturers, weavers, or knitters.

“Our aim is not to become an online retailer of garments but to inspire our clients with our diverse capabilities and innovations through ready finished products,” Thouvay noted.

The first innovation promoted on the platform is a Merino sports garment for men and women knitted with Südwolle Group’s Omega Twist  (OTW ) — a new spinning technology that improves strength, elongation, pilling and abrasion resistance in worsted wool yarns.

The women’s shirt is constructed with OTW  Gooseberry Nm 120/2 yarn, composed of 55-percent COOLMAX  EcoMade and 45-percent Merino Wool. The Men’s Thermal Jacket is made from OTW  Bayview Nm 144/2 – a yarn consisting of 100-percent biodegradable Merino wool.

Posted February 17, 2022

Source: Südwolle Group

Milliken & Company Commits To Eliminating PFAS From Textile Finishes And Fibers

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — February 14, 2022 — Today, global manufacturer Milliken & Company announced a commitment to eliminate all per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, from the company’s textile finishes and fibers portfolio.

“Sustainability is a core value of our company, and we are and have always been on a quest for continuous improvement,” shared Halsey Cook, president and CEO for Milliken & Company. “As part of our sustainability journey, we are committed to finding innovative and meaningful solutions to reduce our environmental impact. While we do not always begin our journey with perfect information, we strive to make adjustments as new information comes to light.”

Milliken’s Textile Business plans to eliminate all PFAS-containing materials from its portfolio by December 31, 2022.

“As a values-driven company, we’re always evaluating the needs and demands of the markets we serve. Our promise to our customers is to engineer the highest-quality protective and performance textiles, and our purpose is to positively impact the world for generations,” said Chad McAllister, executive vice president, Milliken & Company, and president, Milliken’s Textile Business.

Posted February 22, 2022

Source: Milliken & Company

National Cotton Council Names 2022 Directors

CORDOVA, Tenn. — February 17, 2022 — The National Cotton Council directors for 2022 were announced at the NCC’s recent 2022 annual meeting in Houston, Texas.

Elected to the NCC Board during segment caucuses were:

Producers – David Dunlow, Gaston, N.C.; Patrick Johnson, Tunica, Miss.; Gary Martin, Firebaugh, Calif.; Nathan Reed, Marianna, Ark.; and Doyle Schniers, San Angelo, Texas.

Ginners – Steve Sterling, Tuscumbia, Ala.; J. Bradley Williams, Burlison, Tenn.; Larry Black, Roscoe,  Texas; George LaCour, Jr., Morganza, La.; and Gene Seale, Pima, Arizona.

Warehousers – Coalter Paxton, III, Wilson, N.C.; Ray Doroff, Memphis, Tenn.; Joe Tillman, Cordova, Tenn.; Eric Wanjura, Lubbock, Texas; and Robert Swize, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Merchants – John King, III, Memphis, Tenn.; Ernie Schroeder, Bakersfield, Calif.; and
Joe Nicosia, Tommy Hayden and Krista Rickman, all of Cordova, Tennessee.

Cottonseed – John Fricke, Pine Bluff, Ark,; Fred Serven, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Joe Gribble, Altus, Okla.; Amy West Hopper, Overland Park, Kan.; and Robert Lacy, Lubbock, Texas.

Cooperatives – Jeff Thompson, Prattville, Ala.; Henry N. Reichle, Jr., Greenwood, Miss.; Paul Bush, Glendale, Ariz.; Wayne Boseman, Garner, N.C.; and Keith Lucas, Lubbock, Texas.

Manufacturers – Anderson Warlick and James Martin, both of Gastonia, N.C.; Mike Quinn, Sanford, N.C.; William Bowen, Jr., Inman, S.C.; and Marc Doyon, Salisbury, North Carolina.

Posted February 22, 2022

Source: National Cotton Council

Nathan Reed Elected American Cotton Producers Chair

CORDOVA, Tenn. — February 16, 2022 — Nathan Reed, a Marianna, Ark., cotton producer, was elected chairman of the American Cotton Producers (ACP) of the National Cotton Council (NCC) for 2022, during the NCC’s recent 2022 Annual Meeting.

He has served as an ACP vice chairman and on multiple ACP committees. He also is a past NCC director, has served on various NCC committees and task forces. He currently serves on the NCC’s Farm Policy Task Force and its Farm Program & Economic Policy Committee.

Elected as ACP vice chairmen were: Adam Hatley, Mesa, Ariz.; Jon Whatley, Odem, Texas; and Matt Coley, Vienna, Ga.

Elected as ACP producer directors were David Dunlow, Gaston, N.C., representing the Southeast; Patrick Johnson, Tunica, Miss., representing the Mid-South; and Gary Martin, Firebaugh, Calif., representing the West. Doyle Schniers of San Angelo, Texas, was re-elected as a director representing the Southwest. Nathan Reed will serve as the ACP’s at-large director.

Serving as ACP state producer chairmen in 2022 will be : Alabama – Nick McMichen, Centre; and Shep Morris, Sr., Shorter; Ariz. – Jerry Rovey and K.C. Gingg, both of Buckeye; Ark. – Matt Hyneman, Jonesboro; Calif. – Bryan Bone, Bakersfield; Fla. – Nick Marshall, Baker; Ga. – Lee Cromley, Brooklet; and Chad Mathis, Jr., Arlington; Kan. – Stuart Briggeman, Pratt; and Dan Metz, Oxford; La. – Heath Herring, St. Joseph, and Jason Condrey, Lake Providence; Miss. – Ted Kendall, IV, Bolton; Mo./Ill. – Rich Vinson, Sikeston, Mo.; New Mexico – Dean Calvani, Carlsbad; N.C. – Brad Warren, Faison; and Kent Smith, Rocky Mount; Okla. – Mark Nichols, Altus; and Phil Bohl, Faxon; S.C. – James Johnson, Mayesville; and Daniel Baxley, Dillon; Tenn./Ky. – Jason Luckey, Humboldt, Tenn.; Texas – Matthew Huie, Beeville; Richard Gaona, Roby; Brent Nelson, Sudan; and Stacy Smith, Wilson; and Va. – J.W. Jones, Windsor.

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Posted February 22, 2022

Source: National Cotton Council

 

Texon Develops New Sustainable, Biodegradable Fashion Material

RIPATRANSONE, Italy — February 16, 2022 — Texon today announced the forthcoming launch of Texon Verde, a new bio-based, biodegradable material that is green by name and nature. Tailor made for use in the manufacture of sustainable, luxury fashion and homeware accessories, Texon Verde contains up to 90-percent bio-based content. Made from sustainably sourced (FSC®) cellulose wood pulp, plant-based binders and natural pigments, Texon Verde is the perfect choice for designers and brands looking to reduce the impact of their products on the planet.

Available from April onwards, Texon Verde combines Texon’s technical know-how in cellulose-based textiles with its expertise in sustainability. The result is a material that is lightweight, easy to handle, tear resistant, wipeable — and optimized to offer significantly lower environmental impacts compared to conventional materials in its segment*.

Manufactured using only eco-friendly mechanical and chemical treatments, Texon Verde is free from any harmful substances. Through collaboration with leading sustainable industry partners, Texon Verde also utilises a plant-based binder system, which is compostable**.

Boyd Mulder, Group NPDI, Sustainability and Marketing director at Texon, said: “As the name implies, Texon Verde is green by name and green by nature — and we are really proud of its eco credentials. Biodegradable, and with a very high level of bio-content, it ticks all the right boxes for our customers in terms of environmental stewardship, and in delivering the high-end properties needed for premium and luxury fashion accessories and applications. This is an exciting addition to our portfolio of sustainable high performance materials and structural components — which are making a positive impact on an increasing number of consumer products worldwide.”

Texon Verde is ideal for the manufacture of sustainable luxury bags, notebooks, home accessories and many other consumer products. When it hits the market in Q2, Texon Verde will be available in three colors – Bianco, Caramello and Nero.

Posted February 22, 2022

Source: Texon

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