Dimension-Polyant Presents Its Durable X-Pac® Fabric Collection At SHOT Week Supplier Showcase

PUTNAM, Conn. — January 12, 2022 — Dimension-Polyant, sailcloth producer and manufacturer of X-Pac® lightweight, durable and 100 percent waterproof laminates developed for packs and bags, will introduce its range of X-Pac® fabrics targeting the shooting sports, hunting and tactical markets at the Supplier Showcase taking place on January 17-18, 2022 during SHOT Show week in Las Vegas.

At its show booth #51441, Dimension-Polyant will highlight specific, including Tactical and Berry Amendment compliant, fabrics from the X-Pac X3 collection of laminates that feature its distinctive X-PLY® fiber reinforcement technology for an innovative three-layer construction that’s rugged, flexible and 100 percent waterproof. A lighter-weight polyester film backing provides a sleek, technical appearance.

Built with the toughest conditions in mind, the highlighted Supplier Showcase X-Pac laminates include:

  • X50: Utilizes a rugged 500d Cordura® nylon face fabric for highly abrasion-resistant, tear-resistant waterproof material. Available in Black.
  • X50 Camouflage: X50 construction with a 500d Cordura® nylon face fabric in a traditional Multicam® and new Woodland Camo. Colors include Multicam® Black, Multicam® Alpine, Multicam Tropic, and Woodland Camouflage.
  • X50 Tactical:  X50 construction featuring a Cordura nylon face fabric elevated to tactical status with a 400d aramid X-PLY, which is lighter-weight, stronger and more abrasion-resistant. Colors include Black, Stealth Grey, Coyote Brown, Ranger Green, Khaki, and Woodland Camouflage.

“We have some great brand partners in the tactical space who use X-Pac because of its excellent strength-to-weight ratio, durability and waterproofness — also because X-Pac® is laminated in the USA and our tactical products are Berry Amendment compliant,” said Taylor North, head of Technical Fabrics, Dimension-Polyant. “We hope that being at the SHOT Show will raise awareness of X-Pac in this market.”

“Stone Glacier has been using X-Pac in our backpack designs since the first prototypes in 2011. The blend of weight savings, durability, and waterproofness has proven to be a great match for our US-made backpack frames and bags,” said Kurt Racicot, Founder and Lead Designer, Stone Glacier. “Our packs using X-Pac fabrics have proven themselves in some of the most rugged and brutal environments, from the glaciers of Alaska to the deserts of the Southwest for over 10 years with great results.”

Dimension-Polyant minimizes its environmental impact by producing the highest quality and long-lasting materials to help keep products out of the landfill. Last fall, the company introduced its X-Pac RX 3-layer laminates made with a 100 percent post-consumer polyester face fabric and X-PLY reinforcement. The recycled polyester fiber is made from discarded PET bottles sourced in the USA. The RX line of sustainable fabrics, made in Dimension-Polyant’s Putnam, Conn., facility, are certified cradle-to-gate climate neutral and carry the company’s cleenTEC® seal.

The company’s Putnam and Kempen, Germany, production facilities have been 100 percent climate-neutral since early 2021. Carbon emissions have been recorded within the DIN ISO 50001 framework and significantly reduced through the use of green electricity, green gas and other measures. All remaining emissions are being reduced by our climate offset program in corporation with ClimatePartner and its Plastic Free Oceans climate protection project.

Posted: January 12, 2022

Source: Dimension-Polyant

Colombiatex: The First 2022 Trade Show For Italian Textile Machines

MILAN — January 12, 2022 — For the textile machinery industry 2022 opens with the resumption of physical trade shows. It will be the next Colombiatex de las Américas, the main Colombian textile trade event, which will take place in Medellin from January 25-27, to open the new year. And Italian textile machinery sector will once again play a leading role in Colombia with a large presence. 19 Italian textile machinery manufacturer will be exhibiting in the exhibition area organized by Italian Trade Agency and ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Manufacturers of Textile Machinery.

The following ACIMIT member companies will be in this area: Bonino, Btsr, Color Service, Crosta, Fadis, Flainox, Kairos, Mactec, Mcs, Nexia, Ratti, Reggiani, Santoni, Savio, Smit, Sperotto Rimar and Tonello.

“For years, the Colombian market has been one of the main South American destinations for Italian textile machinery exports,” confirmed Alessandro Zucchi, president of ACIMIT.  “The development of a national fashion sector makes the demand for advanced textile technologies by Colombian companies even more dynamic.”

Italian exports to the important South American market in the first nine months of 2021 reached a value of 9.3 million euros, in strong growth — more than 130 percent — not only compared to the value recorded last year, but also to that of 2019. More than half of the demand for Italian machinery in Colombia refers to finishing machines.

The presence at Colombiatex of Italian companies with their own personnel is a further sign of confidence for the beginning of 2022. “Compared to previous editions of the event, we note a greater number of Italian exhibitors, although the health emergency is far from over and there is great uncertainty characterizing the world economic scenario (due to the considerable increase in the cost of raw materials and shipping, the scarcity of electronic components, etc.),” Zucchi noted. “The Italian companies exhibiting in Medellin testify to the optimism with which the entire Italian textile machinery industry is looking towards this 2022 year”.

Posted: January 12, 2022

Source: ACIMIT – Italian Textile Machinery

Kelheim Fibres Publishes Sustainability Report

ZUG, Switzerland— January 12, 2022 — Kelheim Fibres, a manufacturer of viscose speciality fibers, has published its first Sustainability Report. Sustainability Manager Timo Thunitgut is very pleased to have reached this milestone. “Credibility and trust are based on transparency. Our Sustainability Report according to the framework of the UN Global Compact follows these principles and presents our actions fully transparently,” Thunitgut said. “It shows how we as a company live up to our responsibility for people and the environment; it reveals our contribution to combating one of the biggest global problems of our time — the increasing waste problem caused by disposable plastic products — with our biodegradable fibers.”

As part of its EMAS certification, the company has already been publishing an annual environmental statement since 2020, in which all relevant environmental data are available to the public. The Sustainability Report, which will also be published annually, goes one step further here — it covers not only the company’s environmental performance, but also Corporate Social Responsibility as a whole.

Following this approach, the fibre experts have also created a new structure internally, which gives even more weight to the area of CSR: In future, all sustainability topics will be centrally integrated in the new CSR department (formerly HSE, Health, Safety & Environment) under the leadership of Wolfgang Ott.

“Responsible corporate behaviour is and will increasingly become a relevant competitive differentiator,” said Ott. “By bundling all CSR aspects in one department, our CSR performance, a topic that has been firmly anchored in our philosophy for years, will gain even more visibility and impact.”

Posted: January 12, 2022

Source: Kelheim Fibres GmbH

Datatex Is Proud To Announce A New Customer In The USA: Gehring Tricot Corp.

ZUG, Switzerland— January 12, 2022 — Gehring Tricot Corp. is a U.S.-based manufacturer of warp knits, circular knits, stretch woven and rigid woven fabrics. The company provides custom engineered fabrics across its three plants to meet a variety of industry needs, including those in the medical, sports, safety, aerospace, apparel and defense industries.

Since Gehring’s main goal is providing fabrics with a high level of strength and durability, the company decided to use Datatex ERP solutions to manage its production processes. In particular it will use modules PDM (Product Lifecyle Management), CAMS (Shop floor management system), CATS and QA for quality control, PM and MQM for maintenance and machine scheduling.

Gehring Tricot Corp. is family-owned and operated preparing for the next generation to assume leadership and selected Datatex’s solution to ensure it has a system that can blend with its experience and expertise to support the company into the future.

This is a strategic project for Datatex further strengthening our leadership in the U.S. market.

Posted: January 12, 2022

Source: Datatex Ag

Borealis Appoints Dirk Langhammer As Vice President Strategy & Group Development

VIENNA, Austria — January 12, 2022 — Borealis announces the appointment of Dirk Langhammer as vice president, Strategy & Group Development effective January 1, 2022. Langhammer succeeds Tom Asselman, who will move to OMV in the role of vice president, Strategic Planning & Projects.

Langhammer joins Borealis from OMV where he has held various positions since 2013, including Head of In-house Consulting and Head of Business Development Middle East & Asia in Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining OMV, he worked at McKinsey & Co. in Germany and Australia. Most recently, he has held the position of OMV vice president, Business Transformation, shaping the OMV Refining transformation in the areas of Hydrogen, e-Fuels and Advanced Biofuels.

Langhammer holds a PhD in natural sciences from the University of Augsburg in Germany and a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration from the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany. He is a German national, married and the father of three children.

“We are very pleased to welcome Dirk to Borealis,” commented Borealis CEO Thomas Gangl. “Dirk brings a lot of experience in business development and transformation. With his leadership, he will further drive our Strategy & Group Development, addressing the transition of our industry towards sustainable solutions.”

“At the same time, I would like to thank Tom Asselman for his outstanding contribution in various positions during his long career at Borealis.”

Posted: January 12, 2022

Source: Borealis

Teijin Launches Interactive Website For Discovery And Creation

TOKYO — January 6, 2022 — Teijin Ltd. announced today that it has launched an interactive bilingual (English/Japanese) website, named FUTURE NAVIGATION (https://futurenavigation-teijin.com), to interact with individuals and groups interested in discovering, discussing and co-creating solutions that address key issues in the modern world. More than just a platform for introducing Teijin’s technology and know-how, the website showcases unique and innovative initiatives, both internal and external, for solve pressing issues while also enabling visitors to interact with the company and each other to deepen communication targeting discovery and co-creation.

On the occasion of the company’s 100th anniversary in 2018, Teijin unveiled its Future Navigation global message regarding the company’s long-term vision, aiming to be an enterprise that supports the society of the future. The company also launched its Think Human Project targeting nine key areas, including the environment, mobility and aging, to put the Future Navigation message into practice.

The Future Navigation website will introduce diverse initiatives and related video interviews and essays on the Think Human Project. It will also introduce the company’s vision and market trends through dialogues between Teijin executive officers and external experts, as well as through interviews of end-user companies that utilize Teijin materials.

To nurture communication with and between visitors, the website is equipped with a tool that analyzes the interests of each viewer in real time and then generates topics with high affinity. Also, the website has pages for in-depth communication between visitors and Teijin, visitors and other visitors, and visitors and companies that showcase their projects on the website. Visitors also can access detailed information regarding Teijin businesses via links to various Teijin group companies.

Going forward, additional content will be added to the site and diverse solutions will be proposed for co-creation by combining materials from Teijin and other companies.

As background, Teijin’s Materials Business conducts web exhibitions in connection with ongoing initiatives aimed at achieving digital transformation (DX). The Teijin Materials Business Virtual Exhibition introduces solutions using high-performance materials and composite technologies that are contributing to increased sustainability. Also, Teijin Mobility Online introduces the company’s mobility-related solutions and new technologies. Based on internal and external comments regarding these initiatives, however, Teijin identified the need for a platform to help the company more accurately grasp latent needs in current society. The result was the decision to establish the new Future Navigation website.

As a human-centric company, Teijin pursues ceaseless evolution with the aim of becoming a company that supports the society of the future.

Posted January 11, 2022

Source: Teijin Ltd.

Spotlight On Econtrol® At VDMA Webtalk

Jonas Beisel

MONCHENGLADBACH, Germany — January 11, 2022 — Monforts textile technologist Jonas Beisel will outline the benefits of the company’s Econtrol® continuous dyeing process during the next free-to-attend VDMA Textile Machinery Webtalk which takes place on February 3, 2022 at 13.00 (CET).

Based on special production conditions, Econtrol® is the most innovative continuous dyeing process introduced in recent decades.

“Our customers are increasingly looking at shorter production runs and the more economical use of dyestuffs, as well as reducing water and energy consumption,” says Beisel. “We have gained many years of experience in the optimisation of dyeing processes through working with our customers, both at their own plants and in our Advanced Technology Centre (ATC) in Mönchengladbach, Germany.

Reliability

“Our Thermex universal hotflue for continuous dyeing, curing and thermosoling achieves unrivalled reliability even at high fabric speeds, for exceptional cost-effectiveness when dyeing both large and small batches of woven fabrics. The Econtrol® process for reactive dyestuffs now has an impressive number of references on the market, as a quick and economical one-pass pad-dry and wash off process. This is the ideal process for fast change technology and operational savings.”

Among key benefits are the saving of resources compared to conventional continuous dyeing methods, excellent reproducibility of pale to dark shades, from lab to bulk, and greater flexibility in production planning due to a resulting dry fabric that does not need an immediate wash off.

Econtrol® is a registered trademark of DyStar® Colours Distribution GmbH, Germany, and Bertram Seuthe of DyStar® will be providing recommendations for dyes and auxiliaries for the process during the VDMA event.

A third speaker, Guido Seiler of Fong’s Europe, will explain how Goller washing ranges help to significantly reduce the water that is conventionally wasted in the washing off process, through a combination of process and chemistry know-how and advanced technologies.

Quick and easy registration for the event is available here: https://en.industryarena.com/vdma-textile-machinery/webinar/1373899386.

Posted January 11, 2022

Source: Monforts

European Cooperation For The Production Of Oxide Ceramic Fibers

Meeting for the signing of the contract at DITF in Denkendorf (left to right): Dr. Erik Frank (1), Dr. Panagiotis Karagiozidis (2), Peter Steiger (1), Dr. Bernd Clauß (1), Dr. Nicolas Miègeville (3), Dr. Stephanie Pfeifer (1), Dr. Yves Boussant-Roux (3), Prof. Dr. Michael Buchmeiser (1) where (1) is the German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF), (2) is ProGloTex GmbH and (3) is Saint-Gobain Ceramic Materials. Photo credit: DITF

DENKENDORF, Germany — January 11, 2022 — The German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF) have signed an agreement with Saint-Gobain Ceramics (France) on cooperation and joint development in the field of metal oxide ceramic fibers.

Saint-Gobain is a French group listed on the stock exchange, that designs, manufactures and distributes materials and solutions for the construction and other industrial application markets. The companies united under its umbrella employ approximately 167,000 people with annual sales of over 38 billion euros. Saint-Gobain is represented in 72 countries worldwide. Saint-Gobain is, among other things, a manufacturer of innovative ceramic materials and products in its Ceramics Business Unit.

The cooperation aims at jointly creating, ultimately, the production of metal oxide ceramic fibers in Europe.

At DITF, research and development in the field of ceramic fibers has been carried out continuously since 1990, so that extensive and well-founded know-how exists. The results and status of the research have been presented in a number of scientific publications and at various international conferences, which drew the attention of several companies to the research results and expertise of the DITF. After an extensive evaluation and negotiations with several potential partners, Saint-Gobain emerged as the ideal collaboration partner due to the complementary expertise of the two partners.

Metal oxide ceramic fibers are an essential component of fiber-reinforced ceramic materials (CMC: Ceramic Matrix Composites), which are increasingly important for a wide range of high-temperature applications. Fiber reinforcement produces a damage-tolerant ceramic material that is no longer brittle and is superior to monolithic ceramics, making it highly desirable from a technical and commercial point of view. Potential applications include components in industrial furnaces, charge carriers for temperature treatment and, in the high-tech sector, components in high efficiency stationary gas turbines, lower fuel consumption aircraft gas turbines and in space applications. A significant increase in the industrial use of CMCs is forecast for the coming years, and with it, a growing demand for ceramic fibers.

Posted January 11, 2022

Source: DITF

Ultrafabrics Announces Theo Haag As New European Sales Director

Theo Haag

TARRYTOWN, N.J. — January 11, 2022 — Ultrafabrics is proud to announce its most recent hire, Netherlands-based Theo Haag, as European sales director.

With experience in the textile industry that spans three continents, Ultrafabrics looks forward to integrating his knowledge base into its global strategy.

“I am delighted to be joining this vibrant brand to help it grow in Europe,” says Haag. “The potential for this high-quality textile is enormous and I can’t wait to see where it goes.”

Sergio Prosperino, vice president of sales, said: “Theo has spent his entire career immersed in the European market and brings a depth of knowledge in the textile space to Ultrafabrics. His hands-on approach to working with furniture manufacturers and the design community aligns perfectly with how Ultrafabrics engages with partners and clients. We are excited for his arrival and know he will be a great addition to an already strong team.”

Ultrafabrics continues to grow globally but prioritizes serving markets at a regional level. Theo’s knowledge of the subtleties and nuances of the European market will enable the brand to bring its quality and values to the high standard that the industry expects.

Haag has an impressive track record in export, key account and distribution management, while deftly analyzing sales channels and capitalizing on market opportunities. Ultrafabrics looks forward to a long working relationship.

Posted January 11, 2022

Source: Ultrafabrics

Ultrafabrics Announces Jennifer Hendren As New Senior Director Of Product Development

Jennifer Hendren

TARRYTOWN, N.J. — January 11, 2022 — Ultrafabrics is excited to announce that Jennifer Hendren has been hired as senior director of Product Development. With over 30 years of industry experience, Jennifer is an outgoing, creative and motivated lead whose fine-tuned sensibility continues to innovate and disrupt the textile industry.

Hendren’s extensive experience with woven performance jacquards and expertise in textiles is a welcome and strategic addition to the Ultrafabrics team. Her vast knowledge of design and product development at a global level, as well as her proficiency as a manager, will dovetail successfully with Ultrafabrics’ reputation as a premium and trusted global textile
leader.

Hendren said: “I’m very excited to be working with the incredible team at Ultrafabrics to expand our product offering into different markets globally. There is tremendous potential with the amazing products we have in the works.”

Danielle Boecker, co-founder and president of Ultrafabrics, says of Jennifer joining the team, “We welcome not only Jennifer’s industry experience, but her innate ability to understand what the market needs, before it knows itself. Her ability to deftly identify trend and style while understanding performance and our brand’s global mission makes her a perfect fit and addition to our company.”

Hendren has a proven ability to lead innovative design teams and ensure operational excellence, particularly in the Furniture and Residential Editor markets. Ultrafabrics looks forward to a long, productive working relationship.

Posted January 11, 2022

Source: Ultrafabrics

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