ATLANTA — September 15, 2020 — Although we aren’t able to see each other in person this year, staying in-tune with industry information is pertinent in a time like this. So Messe Frankfurt is launching a monthly webinar series beginning in October to keep you up to date with the latest industry trends and innovations!
Like the in-person events, the Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas Virtual Symposium will provide attendees the opportunity to learn from the brightest minds in both industry and academia as they discuss some of the most pivotal advancements in research and technology and shed light on the current global economic state and its effects across industries.
We’ll be using the original line-up of sessions as a jumping-off point to make it easy to plan ahead, but will be adding exciting new content as we go to provide you the most up-to-date information on the latest technologies, trends, research and innovations hitting the textile and sewn products industries.
Discover the Latest Research and Innovation in Textile Engineering
The Technical Textiles track will feature highly technical sessions supported in part by Georgia Tech’s School of Materials Science and Engineering. Each session will be led by experts in the fields of fibers and polymers, nonwovens, nanotechnology, biomedical engineering and more, and will provide a deeper look into the research driving textile innovation and product development for various industries.
Explore Trends and Advancements in Sewn Products Manufacturing & Technology
The Sewn Products track will cover the latest trends and emerging technologies in seven comprehensive sessions and panel-style discussions featuring industry leaders and subject matter experts. The program will examine all levels of the supply chain, exploring how production has changed and how industry players — from suppliers to manufacturers to retailers — are adapting to it.
FRANKFURT, Germany — September 22, 2020 — The next Heimtextil has been postponed from January and will now be held concurrently with Techtextil and Texprocess 2021 in Frankfurt from May 4-7, 2021. This will result in exciting synergistic effects for the sector.
The current situation with respect to the corona pandemic and the associated international travel restrictions have caused Messe Frankfurt to postpone the next Heimtextil, the world’s biggest trade fair for home and contract textiles, from the planned dates in January until May 4-7, 2021.
“The bulk of the international home and contract textiles sector want us to hold Heimtextil 2021. Many companies are hoping to give their businesses a boost by taking part in the fair following the restart. And we consider it a greater obligation than ever before that we play our part in this,” explained Detlef Braun, member of the executive board of Messe Frankfurt. “However, the current travel restrictions and the renewed increase in the number of infections represent a big hurdle for our very international trade fair. We are in constant contact with our exhibitors and the appropriate authorities and will do everything in our power to ensure a safe and successful Heimtextil 2021.”
More than 90 percent of exhibitors come to Heimtextil in Frankfurt from outside Germany. As part of the preparatory work for an international trade fair of this kind in January, it is necessary, for example, to commission stand-construction companies, ship the goods and book flights and hotels in September. Thus, in view of the current travel restrictions, holding Heimtextil 2021 in May instead of January offers greater planning certainty for all involved.
“The trend-oriented order cycles of the home and contract textiles sector require an annual event towards the beginning of the year. Techtextil and Texprocess are biennial trade fairs and are next due to be held in May 2021. For Heimtextil, this is an opportunity to join forces with the two internationally successful textile trade fairs and present the entire textile value chain simultaneously at Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre,” said Olaf Schmidt, vice president, Textiles and Textile Technologies.
Additionally, holding Heimtextil concurrently with Techtextil, the leading international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens, and Texprocess, the leading international trade fair for processing textile and flexible materials, offers a host of exciting synergistic effects for the sector.
The close proximity to suppliers and buyers of technical textiles and nonwovens with innovative functionalities, as well as machines and the latest technologies for processing textile and flexible materials, is certain to generate interesting new perspectives for both visitors and exhibitors of Heimtextil. Indeed, the two textile fairs already aim at the home-textile sector with the ‘Hometech’ segment.
“We are confident that the situation with respect to the corona pandemic will have eased significantly by May, next year, and are looking forward to holding a successful and safe event together with our partners from the sector,” Schmidt said.
NEW: Nextrade – the digital market place
For the first time, Messe Frankfurt will provide a supplementary digital service in connection with Heimtextil 2021: Nextrade, an order and data-management portal offering new opportunities through digital 24/7 business relationships between trade-fair participants, especially against the background of the Covid-19 pandemic.
There, dealers can place their orders with suppliers around the clock and, therefore, do so independently of any official pandemic regulations applying at the time. Nextrade also offers suppliers completely new sales and distribution channels, especially internationally.
Nextrade was launched in conjunction with the Ambiente, Tendence and Nordstil consumer-goods and lifestyle trade fairs. As the first digital B2B market place for home and living, the portal brings together demand and supply from the whole sector and thus produces great value added for both sides: www.nextrade.market
Techtextil/Texprocess
At the biennial Techtextil, the leading international trade fair for the sector in Frankfurt am Main, international exhibitors present the complete spectrum of technical textiles, functional apparel textiles and textile technologies for all areas of application. Techtextil is held concurrently with Texprocess, the leading trade for the garment and textile processing industry, which is aimed primarily at manufacturers of garments, fashions, upholstered furniture and leather products.
Heimtextil will open its doors from 4 to 7 May 2021.
EBERBACH, Germany — FOSS Floors, a specialist in needled carpeting, has ordered a new production line from DiloGroup. This will be become the fourth complete DILO line to further enlarge the production capacity of FOSS Floors.
In recent years, FOSS Floors has become a major player in this sector of DI-LOOP carpeting to include structured surfaces in rib and patterned quality. Mainly because of high quality requirements for the carpet product and a wide range of modern design patterns, needlefelt floor covering appeals greatly to architects and contractors for homes and commercial buildings. The range of aesthetically unique patterns and colors impresses by its tastefulness and timeless designs. The aim of gaining highly efficient additional capacity
corresponds to a high demand for this particular carpeting from FOSS Floors.
DiloGroup has engineered this latest high-tech production system as a team together with
FOSS, tailor-made for its needs. It will have a large production capacity at high fiber
throughput rates, comprising fully automatic fiber opening and blending from Dilo Temafa,
carding from Dilo Spinnbau in a wide working width, high-speed crosslapping as well as pre- and finish needling, designed for final product widths over 6 meters. The specialty DI-LOOP machine with high-speed feature in a working width of 6.5 meters will complete this production plant for the DI-LOOP carpet sector.
The total plant is to be delivered, assembled and commissioned by DiloGroup as general
contractor.
The masks are based on 100-percent woven cotton and the active ingredients in the finish are a reaction mass of titanium dioxide and silver chloride.
MÖNCHENGLADBACH, Germany — September 21, 2020 — Gorilla Protect is a new company formed in May this year to promote the Catus face mask — a major leap forward in the effectiveness of personal protection products that are available to consumers in the fight against Covid-19.
Behind Catus and the new company is Nova Textil, the established fabric finishing company based in Grefrath, Germany, and now run by father and son team Rainer and Oliver Hurtz.
Single tenter
Rainer Hurtz founded Nova Textil with a single Monforts Montex tenter and just five employees in 1999 and has steered its constant development and growth over the past twenty years.
“Our initial focus was on the coating of mainly glass fiber fabrics, awnings and sun protection products for outdoor furnishings,” he said. “We had a great customer who was providing us with so many orders that by 2005 we took the decision to order a second Montex tenter, in a special configuration. This also allowed us to enter the market for blackout and digital printing fabrics. We’ve had a great ongoing relationship with Monforts from the beginning.”
A third Montex tenter line was installed at the company’s Grefrath plant in 2015, by which time the company had grown to 40 people and a major new market had opened up in the supply of fabrics for promotional materials at exhibitions and trade shows.
“We had a fantastic two years in 2018 and 2019 and everything was going great for the first three months of this year, but in April it all came crashing down,” said Oliver Hurtz. “Coronavirus put an end to trade shows in 2020, which had a very serious impact on our business.”
At the same time, however, the company was exploring the potential of a new biocidal product from one of its chemicals suppliers which has both antiviral and antimicrobial properties.
Rainer and Oliver Hurtz of Nova Textil.
Filtration
“We had already been producing coated fabrics for hot gas filtration and realized that in combination with this new microporous coating we had the basis for a very effective single-layer face mask,” Rainer said. “Achieving this with a single layer product rather than the usual three has resulted in a significant advance in comfort for the wearer and because the mask is able to disinfect itself and helps regulate humidity, it can be worn a number of times without needing to be washed, for greater convenience. It only needs to be washed when it gets dirty and can also be washed up to twenty times without losing its properties, which has to be preferable to single-use disposables.”
Catus face masks are based on 100-percent woven cotton and the active ingredients in the finish are a reaction mass of titanium dioxide and silver chloride certified to ISO 20743 for their antibacterial effect, and to ISO 18184 for their antiviral effect.
They are proven to eliminate more than 99.99 percent of the human coronavirus 229 E, with the multiplication of microorganisms such as germs and bacteria prevented by the biostatic action of silver salts and viruses destroyed by oxygen-releasing substances and a mechanism that attacks their fatty envelope. The virus membrane loses its cholesterol content and the virus is inactivated.
Colors
Gorilla Protect next plans to make the masks available in four colors — black, Bordeaux, olive and grey — and is also working on color branding and printing labels.
“It’s not possible to print on the surface of the mask after it has been coated, but its is possible for volume orders to be printed before the treatment,” Oliver Hurtz said.
“Face masks are going to become an established part of life in the West like they are in Asia and need to be as comfortable and convenient as possible for the wearer,” his father concluded. “With these things in mind, we believe Catus is a significant step forward.”
ROSEVILLE, Minn. — September 21, 2020 — Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) and Messe Stuttgart, organizers of R+T in Stuttgart, Germany; R+T Turkey in Istanbul, Turkey; R+T Asia in Shanghai, China and R+T South America in Sao Paulo, Brazil, are pleased to announce that they will co-locate IFAI Expo with Messe Stuttgart’s new U.S. show named Sun Shading Expo North America beginning in Nashville, Novemver 2–4, 2021. Sun Shading Expo North America will focus on internal sun protection similar to R+T events worldwide. This collocation is expected to continue for a minimum of five years.
These two events will bring together the textiles industry’s leading companies, latest innovations in equipment and textiles and valuable education, highlighting ways textile companies can provide high quality solutions for commercial businesses and consumers. Co-locating shows will provide unprecedented value in the opportunity to connect with customers, suppliers, end-product manufacturers and industry counterparts.
“We are excited to co-locate with Messe Stuttgart’s new Sun Shading Expo North America,” said Steve Schiffman, president and CEO of IFAI, “We are always striving to improve the experience for all participants and enhance the overall value for our members, attendees and exhibitors. As we enter the next 100 years beginning in 2021, this is a great step into the future and IFAI Expo will continue as the flagship trade show for textile industry professionals to buy, sell, network and learn.”
“On behalf of the IFAI Board of Directors, we are very excited by this opportunity to co-locate with Messe Stuttgart’s new Sun Shading Expo. We believe this will be a perfect complement to IFAI Expo and will add value to our exhibitors, attendees and of course, IFAI members,” said IFAI Board Chair Kathy Schaefer.
Attendees constantly point at complementary industries as being an area for potential growth for their businesses. This co-location will open opportunities for attendees to increase their business in textiles used for both internal and external textiles applications. IFAI Expo features specialty, advanced and industrial textile solutions with the largest contingency of attendees and exhibitors representing exterior sun protection. Messe Stuttgart’s Sun Shading Expo will deliver a show and education focused on the internal sun protection marketplace, in part, as they do through their R+T Trade Shows in Germany, China and Turkey. R+T produces the leading world trade fair for roller shutters, doors/gates and sun protection systems.
Roland Bleinroth, managing director of Messe Stuttgart, stated: “In line with Messe Stuttgart’s internationalization strategy, we are strengthening our presence in the USA with the Sun Shading Expo. We have precisely defined the needs of the industry and are looking forward to creating perfect synergies for exhibitors and visitors together with IFAI.”
Sebastian Schmid, department head at Messe Stuttgart and responsible for the strategic direction of R+T in Stuttgart, adds:“ After intensive market talks over the last two years, and with the backing of key players from the R+T industry in the USA, we are excited to launch Sun Shading Expo in the North American market.”
IFAI members and exhibitors will still enjoy the same benefits and priority point system as in prior IFAI Expos.
Mark your calendar for the 101st Anniversary of IFAI Expo and the co-located Messe Stuttgart Sun Shading Expo North America, November 2–4, 2021, in Nashville, at the Music City Convention Center
Posted September 21, 2020
Source: Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI)
BLANES, Spain — September 21, 2020 — Face masks became a part of everyday life as a problem with COVID-19 still remains in our communities. The majority of the face masks are made with the fabrics that are not inhibiting the growth of bacteria and viruses inside the fabric and these are spread to the air and our environment through the microfiber release.
The Meryl® Skinlife Force hi-tech fabric combines the silver-ion technology with specific microfiber continuous filament with high tenacity. It doesn’t shred any microfibers, ensuring that the viruses are trapped and inhibited even more effectively into the fabrics and garments. Silver micro particles are potent antimicrobial agents due to its unique chemical and physical properties. Silver interacts with sulfur-bearing moieties of viruses leading to inhibition of post-entry stages of infection through blocking of viral proteins. Silver-ion technology inhibits the growth and proliferation of the bacteria and viruses in the fabrics.
Nylstar has developed Meryl Skinlife Force with a permanent viroblock technology, using the silver-ion active principle from the Swiss laboratory HeiQ. This technological innovation also allows an even longer durability of the garments, which is in line with Nylstar’s continuous efforts to help the fabric and clothing industry move forward sustainable and full circular economy.
Meryl Skinlife Force hi-tech fabrics may be used for the development of garments, masks, gowns and buffs that may be reused over 100 times after being washed at a temperature of 60ºC, which guarantees total elimination of viruses, while maintaining their permanent viroblock effect.
Thanks to the microfiber technology of the Meryl Skinlife Force, the face masks and garments have supremely soft touch and protects the skin from redness and allergic reactions.
Sustainablility And Circularity Of Meryl® Fabrics
Meryl Skinlife Force fabrics as well as all other Meryl hi-tech fabrics are designed to avoid microfiber pollution. Meryl hi-tech fabrics bring the textile industry the necessary quality and touch without polluting air and water by spinning its high quality continuous filament with extraordinary tenacity.
No use of silicones or softeners are needed to enhance the touch of the Meryl hi-tech fabrics. High performance is an inherent part of Meryl hi-tech fabrics and hence do not need special finishing or any other chemical treatments.
Meryl Skinlife Force as well as all other Meryl hi-tech fabrics from Nylstar are completely and infinitely recyclable without suffering any loss of performance, which allows a full sustainable and circular economy.
Certifications
Meryl Skinlife Force hi -tech fabric is certified by STANDARD 100 by Oekotex assuring the consumer that the product is free of harmful substances. The silver active principle of Meryl Skinlife Force has been registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA 85249-1).
Nylstar and the Spanish laboratory Leitat conducted a study of the microfiber release into the air and water. All Meryl fabrics and its fibres are certified as 100-percent free microfibrer release into the air and water.
Microfiber pollution is a big concern nowadays, as there is a huge liberation of these particles from the textiles made with staple and low quality fibers. The combination of permanent viroblock and 100-percent free microfiber release is a guarantee of a safer world.
central to a wide range of products with high societal value that range from implantable medical devices, to wire and cable for aerospace applications, and protective apparel for first responders.
NEWARK, Del. — September 18, 2020 — Robert W. “Bob” Gore, chairman emeritus of the board of directors of W. L. Gore & Associates, a global material science company dedicated to improving lives through advancements in technology, passed away on September 17 at the age of 83.
Bob Gore, whose scientific discoveries spawned GORE-TEX® Outerwear and paved the way for advancements in industries as varied as performance fabrics, medical devices, space exploration and filtration, assumed the chairman emeritus role in 2018 after 57 years of service on the Gore board, 30 of those as chairman. Bob also served as president of Gore from 1976 to 2000.
During his tenure as president, Gore became a billion-dollar enterprise. Marking the occasion in 1996, Bob said, “We plan to leave a legacy to society and to future generations: infants with surgically reconstructed hearts that live because of our medical products; governments of free societies that are better able to protect themselves because of defense products; communities with cleaner and healthier environments because of our filtration and sealant products; And yes, people that just have more fun in the outdoors because of our GORE-TEX Outerwear.”
A Prolific Inventor
Bob’s commitment to research and development led to his 1969 discovery of a versatile new polymer form, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE). The introduction of this groundbreaking new material opened a world of possibilities for products and further innovations. The substance provided myriad new product applications including GORE-TEX Fabrics, the world’s first waterproof breathable outerwear and a product that through the years has become synonymous with the outdoors.
Bob’s ePTFE innovation came about at a period in the late 1960s when the big research challenge for Gore was to develop products for computing, space exploration and defense. Trends in electronics at that time made it clear that miniature integrated circuits were the wave of the future and that less cable would be needed as computers became smaller.
One night in October 1969, Bob was researching a new process for stretching extruded PTFE into pipe-thread tape when he discovered that the polymer could be “expanded.” The discovery followed a series of unsuccessful experiments in which he was attempting to stretch heated rods of PTFE by about 10 percent.
As it turned out, the right conditions for stretching PTFE were counterintuitive. Instead of slowly stretching the heated material, he applied a sudden, accelerating yank that unexpectedly caused it to expand to nearly 1000 percent. This resulted in the transformation of solid PTFE into a microporous structure that was mostly air.
Continued advancement in the technology and application of ePTFE enabled Gore to deliver groundbreaking solutions to a wide array of industries. Today, ePTFE is at the heart of products found everywhere from the depths of space to the inner workings of the human body. Along the way, Bob would be awarded nine patents for his work with fluoropolymers. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his technical achievements and in 2006 was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Through his long career, he received many additional honors, including the Society of Plastics Engineers John W. Hyatt Award for benefits to society through the use of plastics and the Perkin Medal for innovation in applied chemistry resulting in commercial development from the Society of Chemical Industry (American Section). Bob also was an active member of the American Chemical Society and the 2019 Carothers Award recipient (Delaware Section).
Early Life
Born on April 15, 1937, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Bob was the oldest of five children of Wilbert L. (Bill) and Genevieve W. (Vieve) Gore, founders of W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore). Bill joined the DuPont workforce after World War II and ultimately was transferred to DuPont’s Experimental Station in Delaware.
While still in transition, Bill and Vieve purchased land in Newark, Delaware, and started building a house with help from Bob and the rest of the Gore family. Bob led a rather ordinary teenage life, playing trombone, participating in athletics, and serving in student government.
Bob earned his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware and his master’s degree and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota.
Like his father, Bob was a born entrepreneur. As a sophomore in college, he solved an early technical challenge that helped kick start his parents’ company which was founded in 1958 in the basement of their Delaware home.
With a focus on exploring the untapped potential of the fluoropolymer PTFE, Gore served the wire and cable industry during its early years. In 1969, the company’s cable technology landed on the moon as part of the historic Apollo 11 mission.
A Mentor to Others
In 1976, Bob succeeded his father as president and CEO of Gore. Under his leadership, the company’s technological achievements flourished. “Bob Gore appreciated that innovation can arise from many different places if entrepreneurial spirit is encouraged and fostered,” said current Gore CEO Jason Field. “Innovation as activity, doing things with your hands, experimenting, testing and observing, was instilled in our Enterprise consistently and productively throughout Bob’s tenure as both president and chairman.”
Bob also instilled focus and discipline into the innovation process, allowing the company to remain competitive in an increasingly complex, global business environment. His unequivocal promise that “our products will do what we say they will do” transformed Gore into a world-class product leadership enterprise.
“Gore Associates ranging from engineers to marketers considered Bob a leader, a mentor and a contributor to their personal success and the success of the Enterprise,” Field said. “I am sure I speak for all Associates when I say I grew as a leader through Bob’s guidance. His passion for the quality and performance of our products and his incisive questions and insights shaped not only the culture of our technology efforts but the values at the core of who we are.”
Philanthropy
Bob also strongly believed in nurturing the growth of future scientists and engineers in his community. He served as a trustee of the University of Delaware Research Foundation and a member of the school’s board of trustees.
In 1998, Bob and his mother, Vieve Gore, donated funds for the construction of a state-of-the-art classroom building on the University’s green, which was christened Gore Hall in honor of his family. In 2013, Bob and his wife, Jane, contributed to the development of the University’s state-of-the-art science and engineering research laboratories, named in their honor. Bob also has contributed significantly to the University of Minnesota and other institutions.
Bob’s nephew, current Gore board chair Bret Snyder, commented on his uncle’s legacy. “Bob’s innovative spirit shaped our Enterprise from the very beginning, paving the way for W. L. Gore & Associates to improve lives and industries. We will continue to build on his legacy with a commitment toward breaking new ground and developing solutions that make the world a better place.”
Bob is survived by his wife Jane and a large family of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren as well as four siblings (Susan Gore, Ginger Giovale, David Gore, Betty Snyder) and extended family.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — September 18, 2020 — Magic Laundry Services, an independently-owned laundry serving the hospitality markets in California, has become the first laundry in California to achieve the Hygienically Clean Hospitality certification. This achievement reflects its commitment to best management practices (BMPs) in laundering as verified by on-site inspection and capability to produce hygienically clean textiles as quantified by ongoing microbial testing.
The certification confirms their dedication to compliance and processing textiles using BMPs as described in their quality assurance documentation, the focal point for Hygienically Clean inspectors’ evaluation of critical control points that minimize risk. The independent, third-party inspection confirms essential evidence that:
Employees are properly trained and protected;
Managers understand legal requirements;
OSHA-compliant; and
Physical plant operates effectively.
In addition, the facility passed three rounds of outcome-based microbial testing, indicating that their processes are producing hygienically clean linens and garments with no harmful presence of bacteria and fungus.
To maintain certification, laundry plants must pass quarterly testing to ensure that as laundry conditions change, such as water quality, textile fabric composition and wash chemistry, laundered product quality is consistently maintained.
This process eliminates subjectivity by focusing on outcomes and results that verify textiles cleaned in these facilities meet appropriate hygienically clean standards and BMPs for hotels, bed and breakfasts and other lodging industry segments.
Certified laundries use processes, chemicals and BMPs acknowledged by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and others. Introduced in 2012, Hygienically Clean incorporates the international cleanliness standards for healthcare linens and garments used worldwide by the Certification Association for Professional Textile Services and the European Committee for Standardization.
Objective experts in epidemiology, infection control, nursing and other healthcare professions work with TRSA launderers to ensure the certification continues to enforce the highest standards for producing clean hospitality textiles. With 100+ years as the textile services industry’s leading business association, TRSA’s expertise in laundry BMP development is unmatched.
“Congratulations to Magic Laundry Services on their certification,” said Joseph Ricci, TRSA president and CEO. “This achievement proves their dedication to building their customers’ confidence that their laundry takes every step possible to prevent human illness.”
WASHINGTON — September 18, 2020 — Cotton Council International (CCI), a non-profit trade association that promotes U.S. cotton fibers and manufactured cotton products around the globe, just introduced COTTON USA SOLUTIONS™, a technical consultancy program that helps mills and manufacturers achieve greater productivity, process efficiency and ultimately profit for their businesses. The program will officially launch on October 1, 2020.
Over the past two years, COTTON USA has established a consulting team composed of mill and spinning experts from around the world. This team, which is overseen by highly recognized industry expert Joerg Bauersachs, now leads Cotton USA Solutions, bringing together decades of experience, global knowledge and unrivaled research in this leading technical consultancy.
“Cotton USA Solutions is designed so that mills and manufacturers can optimize the use of U.S. cotton with cutting-edge offerings to transform their businesses – profitably,” said CCI Executive Director Bruce Atherley. “Given the industry’s current state due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the resources and expertise of this program are more relevant to our partners than ever.”
The program is launching with five unique, data-informed offerings:
Mill Studies — Six studies, with more in development, based on controlled on-site testing by CCI, the only organization in the world conducting this kind of research
Technical Seminars — expert sessions teaching how to buy, use and optimize U.S. cotton
Mill Exchange Program — executive-level tour of Cotton USA licensee signature mills, to exchange ideas with key textile mill leaders from around the world
1:1 Mill Consults — personalized, virtual or in-person, in-depth mill examination and consultation
Mill Mastery Course — soon-to-be-available course of study featuring a collection of advanced practices, covering everything from raw cotton to quality control
These solutions are designed to improve productivity and ultimately profitability at the operations level with U.S. cotton. The suite of solutions available in the program will continue to expand to include the latest, cutting-edge data, technologies and protocols from U.S. cotton and will be rolled out in phases.
“Cotton USA Solutions is a true testament to the premium value that Cotton USA brings to the industry and its ongoing commitment to evolving the resources that we provide to our global supply chain partners in support of their growing business needs and demands,” said Atherley.
Offerings include a mix of partner-specific and standardized options, and will be available virtually, in addition to in-person, as COVID-19 restrictions continue. Mills and manufacturers, including Cotton USA licensees, must qualify for the program. Upon qualification, licensees will have complimentary access, and non-licensees can access for a nominal fee.
Cotton USA Solutions, which was announced today at the virtual edition of Cotton USA’s signature annual Cotton Days event, will open applications for qualification on October 1. To learn more about the program and qualifying, visit: https://cottonusa.org/solutions.
ATLANTA — September 15, 2020 — Although we aren’t able to see each other in person this year, staying in-tune with industry information is pertinent in a time like this. So Messe Frankfurt is launching a monthly webinar series beginning in October to keep you up to date with the latest industry trends and innovations!
