Textiles & Apparel / Garment
MUNICH FABRIC START with new SOURCING Area in a contemporary club atmosphere
The die is cast. The SOURCING Area will be launched as part of MUNICH FABRIC START from 3 to 5 September 2019 at the then newly opened Business Club Munich right across the street from the MOC.
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Responsibility from raw material purchasing to customer product
Sustainability does not begin and end at the CHT Group's factory gates, as the Group focuses on both its supply chain and its customers.
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Fully optimized production for maximum competitiveness
Over the last years, the textile industry in Taiwan has to deal with a tough business environment. Compared to other countries in the region wages are not only relatively high, but they are still rising. As a result there have been no investments in new spinning capacities in Taiwan for years. Taiwanese spinning companies are investing mainly in China and Vietnam, utilizing the advantageous cost structure in these countries. Today, Taiwanese spinning mills are operating 1.35 Million spindles in China and 450,000 spindles in Vietnam, while there are only 500,000 spindles in operation in Taiwan itself.
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Textile chemistry
With the recent launch of Acabada ProActiveWear, the first CBD-infused textiles are officially hitting the market. The fabric treatment behind the CBD-infused textiles was developed by Devan Chemicals, a Belgian company specialized in functional finishes for the worldwide textile markets.
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Which values do companies create for society – in environmental, human, social, and financial terms? And how can these contributions be measured and compared? Together with seven international companies of the recently founded “value balancing alliance e.V.”, based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, BASF strives to create a standard that makes this holistic value creation transparent in monetary terms.
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Kordsa showcased its innovative concrete reinforcement synthetic fiber KraTos at the Sao Paulo Concrete Show
Kordsa, the global player in tire, construction reinforcement and composite technologies markets, presented KraTos, its brand in construction reinforcement, at the Concrete Show, the largest event of cement and concrete industries involving new and innovative products and technologies in South America which brings construction professionals together. Kordsa Brasil S/A represented Kordsa at the Concrete Show.
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Asia’s top fashion event CENTRESTAGE opens in September
Fashion elites come together to provide new impetus to industry
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CSP’s Composites help make ford vehicles quieter
Continental Structural Plastics (CSP), a global leader in highly-engineered, composite vehicle components, announced today it’s supplying Ford Motor Company with the industry’s first composite, dual-wall-dash engine shroud for use in the 2020 Ford Explorer. This sheet molded compound (SMC) advanced composite shroud significantly reduces the powertrain noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) experienced in the vehicle cabin.
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From Berlin to Shanghai: Intertextile Apparel to host FASHIONSUSTAIN conference
Fashion is witnessing an essential shift, as more global brands and groups commit to ambitious environmental targets. More consumers are indicating that they intend to leave fast fashion in the past, in favour of organic, ethical and recycled materials. At the 25th anniversary of Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Autumn Edition, to be held from 25 – 27 September, eco-friendly supply chain switches and services can be found at All About Sustainability. The zone will also host FASHIONSUSTAIN’s first ever conference in Shanghai.
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Covestro films OEKO-TEX® certified
Covestro's Platilon® thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) films are ideal for many smart and pollution-free textile applications. They are breathable, waterproof, tear-resistant and above all skin-friendly. That makes them the material of choice for sports articles and outdoor clothing, but also for furniture and seat covers for cars. Several of these film products have recently been certified with Standard 100 by OEKO-TEX®, which confirms their high level of product safety for consumers.
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Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles 25th anniversary opens next week with increase in exhibitors
Celebrating 25 years as Asia’s leading trade fair for the interior textiles industry, Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles will run from 28 – 31 August. Covering seven halls at the National Exhibition and Convention Center, around 1,150 exhibitors from 27 countries and regions will display their latest products and technologies for the home and contract textiles sectors (2018: 1,091). The 2018 edition welcomed 39,730 trade buyers from 104 countries and regions.
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Leading flat knitting solutions provider SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD. of Wakayama, Japan, together with its Korean subsidiary SHIMA SEIKI KOREA INC., will participate in the Preview in SEOUL exhibition in Seoul, Korea this month.
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STOLL Italia, a STOLL subsidiary, recently opened a "Centro di Programmazione" in Barletta.
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Research & Development
Visit of Korean business delegation in KICOX program at ITA
On 24 June 2019 the ITA hosted a delegation of Korean company representatives as part of a visit to the federal state of NRW organized by NRW Invest. First, the business location NRW in the middle of Europe was presented. The RWTH has a special significance here as a university of excellence as a research and development forge of the federal state. The close cooperation with companies from all over the world distinguishes the university in particular.
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Lenzing solid in a significantly more challenging market environment
The Lenzing Group continued its solid business development in the first half of 2019. Despite a significantly more challenging market environment with historically low prices for standard viscose, Lenzing recorded a slight increase in revenue. The disciplined implementation of the sCore TEN strategy and the focus on specialty fibers continue to have a positive impact. Thanks to ongoing high demand for sustainably produced specialty fibers and positive currency effects, the impact of low standard viscose prices was largely offset in earnings.
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DOMO Chemicals signs agreement to acquire Solvay’s Performance Polyamides Business in Europe
DOMO Chemicals and Solvay have signed today an agreement for DOMO to acquire Solvay’s Performance Polyamides Business in Europe. This includes Engineering Plastics operations in France and Poland; High Performance Fibers in France; Polymer and Intermediates operations in France, Spain & Poland. The agreement also involves a joint venture between BASF and DOMO in France for the production of Adipic Acid.
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Quality partner for fabric producers
Since 2018, the world-renowned USTER quality systems include fabric inspection – and ITMA 2019 has seen the launch of the first major innovation to be developed since the acquisition of automatic vision inspection company Elbit Visions Systems (EVS).
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“Operation Clean Sweep” arrives in the RadiciGroup Synthetic Fibres Business Area
RadiciGroup has expanded its Operation Clean Sweep project – started up over one year ago in its engineering polymers business – to its Synthetic Fibres Business Area. Noyfil SA (Stabio - CH), a company specializing in the manufacture of polyester continuous yarn, has joined Operation Clean Sweep (OCS), an international programme promoted by Plastics Europe with the goal of “Zero Pellet Loss”.
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Further EvoQuench PA POY systems destined for China
Oerlikon Barmag recently signed contracts for two orders with a total of 120 spinning positions for manufacturing polyamide POY yarn with Chinese yarn manufacturers. What makes this so special is the fact that all positions will be equipped with the EvoQuench radial quenching system for polyamide.
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