Textiles & Apparel / Garment
TEXWORLD PARIS 2019 September
Texworld Paris, the exhibition for fabrics, trimmings and materials, remains a must-attend event for sourcing textiles and international clothing manufacturers. This year it is increasing the emphasis on the issues of sustainability.
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Launch of the Responsible Down Standard (RDS), Version 3.0
Textile Exchange announces the release of the Responsible Down Standard (RDS), version 3.0. This signifies the first substantial revision since the 2014 launch of the standard, that presently covers more than 500 million birds.
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Latest Denim trends at Texworld Denim
An essential material, indispensable for designers and never out of fashion: denim is the focus of the Texworld Denim show. Texworld Denim Paris offers an expanded international range of denim textiles and denim clothing manufacturers. An inclusion that is much appreciated by prime contractors as an addition to the flagship trade fair Texworld Paris.
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Digital Printing
Durst, manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies and at the forefront of the web-to-print revolution in fabrics, has affirmed its technological commitment to the dynamic textile industry with prestigious deals in key growth sectors across the world.
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Every user is familiar with this: One wrong parameter in the production process and in the worst case scenario, the product is completely unusable. Waste costs time and money, but is a problem that can be avoided. With correctly applied knowledge of plastics, processes, digitalization, and scientific data analyses, productivity and product quality can be improved, and the waste of resources simultaneously minimized. Reifenhäuser Digital (RD) makes the demanding topic of data science/data analytics tangible for its customers.
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Take a leap into the future – with KARL MAYER
There was a great deal of visitor interest in the innovations show put on by KARL MAYER at ITMA. As an innovative market leader, KARL MAYER was presenting its products once again at ITMA, which was held from 20 to 26 June 2019, and its stand soon became the meeting point for the sector.
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ISKO hits Berlin for the exciting Final Award Ceremony of ISKO I-SKOOL™ 6
On July 3rd, the top-class international Denim Design competition announced its latest edition’s winners with a high-profile event at Glashaus. The industry’s most influential people gathered to celebrate New Denim Codes enjoying an entertaining fashion show and party. Special host for the night: acclaimed actor Matthew Modine.
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ITA Academy wins 2nd prize at the Digital Leader Award 2019
On June 27, 2019 the ITA Academy from Aachen, Germany, was awarded second prize in the Digital Leader Award 2019 in the category "Culture". The ITA Academy won the prize for its contribution "Digital Capability Center Aachen - Experience Digital Transformation Live". The award ceremony took place in front of around 300 decision-makers from the German business community in Berlin, Germany.
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Asia-Pacific composites community to meet at JEC Asia
JEC Asia is the major, most insightful composites event in Asia-Pacific for products, solutions, net-working, and advanced industry thinking. For its 12th edition and third time in Seoul, JEC Asia 2019 will gather companies from the entire composites value chain in Asia Pacific to present their latest capabilities and innovations to the composites community and the strategic end-user’s market including: Mobility, Aeronautics, Building & Construction.
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ITMA 2019 a big success for RETECH
Except for cheese, chocolate, knifes and watches there are also very famous heated godets for extrusion lines engineered and produced in Switzerland as to be seen during ITMA in Barcelona.
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New Consortium HAICoPAS targets innovative solutions for carbon thermoplastic composite structures.
Hexcel, Arkema and their partners are pleased to announce that their joint collaborative project “HAICoPAS” has received approval from Bpifrance and the support (grant of 6 million euros) of France’s Investissements d’Avenir program.
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Sales EUR 1,211 million. EBITDA EUR 185 million. In 2019 first half, sales volumes slow yet margins hold. Second half outlook more uncertain: positive but lower than in 2018.
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Among other factors, such as digitens™ (SSM online regulated yarn tension) and DIGICONE® 2 (SSM step precision winding), the backpressure force is a very important influencing factor for a perfect yarn package construction on a winding machine. The backpressure force has a significant influence on the package density that needs to be achieved.
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Textile chemistry
Archroma to introduce new range for high wet-fast color in sportswear
Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, recently launched at the ITMA exhibition its new Foron® SP-WF, a range of high wet-fast disperse dyes for sportswear and active wear applications.
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SHIMA SEIKI to participate in Tech Fashion
Leading Japanese computerized knitting machine manufacturer SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD., together with its Brazilian rep resentative BRASTEMA TECNOLOGIA TEXTIL LTDA., will participate in the Tech Fashion shows, a series of private exhibi tions held at three locations in Brazil in July and August. The exhibitions will be a showcase for the company’s latest computerized flat knitting technology, presented through fashion shows as well as machine exhibits at each venue.
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Zero twist for composite fabrics guaranteed
IRO AB, a member of the Vandewiele group, reports strong interest in its ZTF Zero Twist Feeder introduced at the recent ITMA 2019 in Barcelona, Spain, particularly from companies involved in the growing market of textile reinforcements for composites.
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EDANA elects new board
EDANA has elected new Governors and a new team of Officers for 2019 - 2020. Mikael Staal Axelsen (Fibertex) accepted the nomination of Chairman and will be supported in the role by Vice-Chairs Omar Hoek (Ahlstrom-Munksjö, France) and David Lamb (Nonwovenn Ltd, UK). Paul Eevers’ (Unilever) position as Treasurer was also renewed. Announced at EDANA’s recent Annual Strategic Review and AGM in Vienna, the newly elected Board began their term on July 1st.
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Reifenhäuser Group invests in new production and assembly hall for flat dies
The Reifenhäuser Group has started construction of a new production hall at the headquarters in Troisdorf. With the groundbreaking ceremony, the project is now entering the intensive construction phase. The new production and assembly hall with an area of 3,000 square meters is expected to be completed by spring 2020.
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The kick-off of Africa’s ultimate textile technologies trade fair
STITCH & TEX EXPO - AFRO EDITION will feature the new concept of organizing two consecutive trade fairs. The first trade fair is dedicated to garment processing technologies including Sewing, Embroidery, Fabrics and their Accessories, while the second is dedicated to textile processing technologies including Weaving, Spinning, Knitting, and Dyeing Machinery, Technologies and Spare Parts. The two events are held under the giant brand STITCH & TEX EXPO - AFRO EDITION.
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