Aus der Branche

• Performance Days: November 13th-14th 2019, Munich, Germany

Munich – ROICA™ smart innovations are The Sustainable fil rouge at Performance Days, the influential fair for innovations, trends, safety & durability and sourcing of fabrics and accessories in functional sportswear & athleisure. Leading fabrics manufacturers and nearly all the well-known sportswear and active clothing brands have chosen the company’s premium stretch fibers of the ROICA Eco-Smart™ family to create their ultimate collections combining comfort, movement and responsibility.

“We are excited to see such a brilliant response from both manufacturers and brands which have decided to use our premium stretch sustainable fibers. We are excited because it really shows that sustainability is not only a marketing hype, but more and more literally interwoven into garments.” Says Shinohe Hiroaki, ROICA™ Chief Marketing Officer based in Germany.  

The company’s partners empowering their ultimate collections with ROICA™ are CIFRA S.p.A. (IT), Maglificio Ripa S.p.A. (IT), M.I.T.I. S.p.A. (IT), Payen group ESF (FR), Piave Maitex S.r.l. (IT), SITIP S.p.A. (IT), Sofileta S.A.S (FR), Sportswear Argentona S.A. (ES), TINTEX Textiles S.A. (PT) and TVB GmbH (DE).

ROICA Eco-SmartTM Family

• “The certified and hyper-performing family features two responsibly made yarns with outstanding stretch performances that give free rein to designers’ creativity and provides the highest stretch ability while complying to the most-cutting edge sustainable standards.” adds Shinohe.
• The GRS - Global Recycled Standard - certified ROICA™ EF is made with 58% of pre-consumer recycled content. GRS guarantees its sustainable mission with a certification by the influential Textile Exchange*, one of the most known and recognized global standards in the market.
• The ROICA™ V550 proudly breaks down without releasing harmful substance under the testing environment according to Hohenstein Environmental Compatibility certification. Made and engineered by Asahi Kasei R&D team, and produced in ROICA™ German plant only, the yarn offers additional and relevant circular economy advantages linked to material health as proved by a Gold Level Material Health Certificate by the Cradle to Cradle Product Innovation Institute for a safe and biological end of life cycle

Die Distec GmbH stattet die Kunstausstellung "Better Nature" der britischen Künstlerin Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg im Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein mit zwölf 42-Zoll POS-Line-Monitoren aus. Die Künstlerin realisiert damit das neue Werk "The Wilding of Mars", in dem sie über mehrere Stunden die virtuelle Besiedlung des Mars mit Pflanzen von der Erde simuliert. "Wir sind stolz, die Premiere dieser besonderen Kunstinstallation mit unseren VideoPoster-Monitoren der POS-Line-Serie zu fördern", freut sich Matthias Holst, Head of Division Monitor Solutions bei Distec. "Die Full-HD-Auflösung der Monitore und die Helligkeit von 700cd/m² liefern den Museumsbesuchern ein brillantes, detailgetreues Filmerlebnis." Der integrierte VideoPoster-IV TFT-Controller überträgt die Daten über den USB-Anschluss auf die Monitore und spielt die Videos in Endlosschleife ab. Alternativ ist auch eine Aktualisierung der Inhalte über die LAN-Schnittstelle möglich.

Shanghai - ROICA™ lands in Shanghai to showcase its complete range of premium stretch fibers for the modern wardrobe and disclose its visionary approach and strategy for a cutting-edge and sustainable fashion.

On show, leading material innovator Asahi Kasei introduces a premium stretch fiber starting from the ultimate ROICA Eco-Smart™ Family. The certified and multi-awarded range has astonished the textile world for its hyper-performative features. “The new premium stretch is synonymous of transformation: from standard to speciality, from basic to special, from ordinary to clever and from standard to Smart.” Explains Shinichiro Haga, Senior Executive Manager - ROICA™ Division.

Sustainability and a responsible approach are the true core of research and development to create high-tech engineered yarns.Such visionary imprint imbues all ROICA™ innovations:

• ROICA Eco-Smart™ family: A true world-first with the most contemporary sustainable range of responsibly produced premium ingredients. ROICA Eco-Smart™ family offers 2 sustainably designed stretch yarns

- ROICA™ EF is GRS by Textile Exchange certified, thanks to the fact that more than 50% of yarn content comes from the recycling of pre-consumer waste.
- ROICA™ V550 yarn got the Cradle-to-Cradle® Innovation Institute’s GOLD LEVEL Material Health certificate for impacts on human and environmental health. This yarn is also Hohenstein Environment Compatibility Certificated, signifying at its end-of-life, ROICA ™ yarn smartly breaks down without releasing harmful materials.

• ROICA Feel Good™ family: A unique range of advanced stretch yarns that deliver personal performance and measurable wellness, freshness and comfort metrics for travel, sport, leisure and more.
   
• ROICA Colour Perfect™ family: A range of yarns that can give excellent, flawless and world unique colour dimensions in advanced fit solutions.
   
• ROICA Resistance™ family: A high performance range of stretch solutions with performance resistance designed for match particular applications.
   
• ROICA Contour™ family: A range of yarns that create new shaping, stretch and silhouette solutions for a calibrated fit, effortless control, softness, comfort and support.

ROICA™ already entered the most advanced collections of leading brands as: Wolford for exceptional European Skinwear including legwear, Sarah Borghi for hosiery, SITA Active for Smart pret-a-porter,  Daquini for athleisure, Livy for sensual lingerie, SCOTT Racing Team for cycling uniforms, Closed for denim, Un-Sanctioned for running suits, Vitamine A for beachwear and many others.

In Shanghai, ROICA™ is set to stand out as leader in Smart Innovation. As tangible proof of this, the company brings to Intertextile Shanghai some of its ultimate collaborations across China and the Far East.

16 neue Farbtöne ergänzen ab September die Farbpalette
 
Premiere! Farrow & Ball kooperiert mit der weltweit berühmten Institution, dem Natural History Museum in London. Zum allerersten Mal in der Geschichte der Manufaktur wurden mit einem international bekannten Partner 16 neue Farbtöne entwickelt. Die Farbpalette „Colour by Nature“ ist ab dem 19. September erhältlich.

Farrow & Ball hat sich mit dem Natural History Museum in London zusammengetan, in dessen Archiv sich ein Exemplar der weltbekannten „Nomenklatur der Farben“ nach Abraham Werner befindet, um den Einsatz original naturgetreuer Farben im eigenen Zuhause zu ermöglichen. Colour by Nature ist daher nicht nur Ausdruck der gemeinsamen Faszination für Farben, sondern zeugt gleichzeitig von der Neugierde und dem Respekt gegenüber der Natur. 

Re.VerSo™ will be on hand at Première Vision to present refined and innovative materials that inspire creativity and infuse technology. Worth to highlight, the fact that, at the beginning of 2019, Re.VerSo™ has been selected as one of the protagonists of the Sustainable Thinking project of the Museo Salvatore Ferragamo, thanks to the value it bears in the field of responsible innovation. Representing excellence as the result of a culture of Made in Italy traditions, combined with a new vision of Smart Innovation, Re.VerSo™, the advanced supply chain, integrated, transparent and traceable, 100% Made in Italy, covers the woven textiles market through the unique offer of A. Stelloni Collection by Mapel.

For next season, A.Stelloni Collection by Mapel offers even more Re.VerSo™ solutions with strong focus on noble fibres such as Re.VerSo™ Baby Camel and Re.VerSo™ Cashmere for coats and jackets. New finishes, draps, streaks, velours and, mostly, Re.VerSo™ Baby Camel developments, as the company is becoming leader for the sustainable Camel market.

• Empowering fashion with responsible R&D, cutting edge finishing and a Made in Italy design imprint

Paris - “The soul of sustainable fashion is an alchemy, a combined commitment and an act of responsibility”. This is the motto ‘embossed’ in the collections and the values of Italian Converter. At Première Vision, the leading manufacturer celebrates its 25th anniversary and presents E.C.O. KOSMOS, a cross-collection, a brand-new ‘green line’ range’ and a winning formula shining a light on the company’s responsible path and unique ‘blend’ for the fashion of tomorrow.

The acronym E.C.O. stands for Ecologic, Conversion, Optimisation; three unique concepts and values that truly embody Italian Converter DNA: sustainability, transformative process and quality improvement.
For over 25 years, Italian Converter creates high-quality materials for some of the leading fashion and accessories brands. “Made in Italy and sustainability are part of our DNA.” Says Costantino Karazissis, founder of Italian Converter. “We believe that responsible sourcing and processes as well as a deep research into new technology pathways and a market-savvy taste for material design must be the starting point.”

At the core of the company’s responsible alchemy is also the constant research for the perfect balance of 100% Made in Italy materials. “We proudly collaborate with 120 skilled employees producing new hybrid material innovations daily, attracting partnerships from the best high-end brands both in Italy and abroad”.

Toupe and brick red E.C.O. Graffiti (100% linen) on E.C.O. Aurora (cotton and AMNI SOUL ECO®)

E.C.O. KOSMOS is entirely traceable, transparent, 100%made in Italy. The collection walks through a very complete and balanced range sustainable materials - from natural to eco high tech ones- that are transformed, enriched and valued in 9 high-tech cutting-edge innovations thanks to the Italian Converter expertise.
•    The natural line starts from bases of cotton bonded with AMNI SOUL ECO®, an enhanced polyamide 6.6 that degrades within 5 years instead of decades, as other conventional ones do.
•    The stretch innovations start from bases in GRS-certified Newlife™, a cutting-edge premium recycled polyester created using a High-Tech Conversion Model. Thanks to a mechanical process, used plastic bottles are turned into a top-quality polymer and yarn which is 100% traceable and 100% Made in Italy. The whole process takes place within a 100 square km area in Piedmont in Northern Italy.
 
All the references make use only of water-based resins and Standard 100 by OEKO-TEX® certified dying. The result, is resistant and transpiring solutions which come with bold and high-performing features, with a soft touch or even with a silky, yet strong, and enveloping feel. The designs range from rustic to contemporary and nod to jacquard, ‘authentic look’ and ‘drill’ hints. An ideal solution for footwear, apparel and leather goods.

Long story short? No compromises. E.C.O. Kosmos reflects design, innovation and responsible values, as well as 100% Italian Converter know-how.
 
“But this is just the beginning,” adds Karazissis. “The next step we are going to implement in the E.C.O. Kosmos cross-collection is a progressive integration of our triple-expertise, processes and R&D.” A sustainable step forward, a leap woven into a deep expertise a story to-be-continued. For a better future, this is for sure.

• Committed To Making a Better World

EUROBIKE, the world’s leading trade fair for the cycling industry, will include ROICA™ smart innovations into the race. Cycle retailers, brands and manufacturers will discover ROICA™ premium stretch that provides comfort and movement as it energizes.

Spearheading the premium stretch market, ROICA™ partners’ materials elevate new standards for high-tech performance that can enhance cycling products to compete responsibly. ROICA™ partners excite you as they show a fantastic range of stretch essentials for cycling clothing, gear, and apparel that offer solid performance perks.

Most importantly, visit ROICA™ partners at EUROBIKE to learn about their ongoing commitment to responsible innovation and creativity by experiencing their advanced responsible developments made with the ROICA Eco-SmartTM Family.

The ROICA Eco-Smart™ family offers two responsible made yarns with outstanding stretch performances that give free rein to designers’ creativity and guarantees the highest quality while complying to the most-cutting edge sustainable standards.

• The ROICA™ EF– GRS (Global Recycled Standard) certified - is made with 58% of pre-consumer recycled content. GRS guarantees its sustainable mission with a certification by the influential Textile Exchange*, one of the most known and recognized global players in the market.
• The ROICA™ V550   Indeed, it proudly breaks down without releasing harmful substance under the testing environment according to Hohenstein Environmental Compatibility certification. Made and engineered by Asahi Kasei R&D team, and produced in ROICA™ German plant only, the yarn offers additional and relevant circular economy advantages linked to material health as proved by a Gold Level Material Health Certificate by the Cradle to Cradle Product Innovation Institute for a safe and biological end of life cycle.

Witness ROICA™ partners as leaders in high-tech performance fabrics for the world of sports for riders that want to stand out. See, feel, imagine and learn why choosing ROICA™ is a winning decision. View the unbeatable collection of well-constructed fabric

• M.I.T.I. SpA (IT), Hall/Stand No. A7-215 partner with ROICA™ since the very beginning, develops and creates from more than 85 years, innovative stretch warp knitted fabrics for high performance sports.
• Payen – ESF (FR), Hall/Stand No. A7 / A7-219, committed to develop durable performant solutions chooses ROICA Resistance™ range of high-tech protection stretch functions.
• Piave Maitex (IT), Hall/Stand No. A7-123 presents AGAIN, the new smart and technically advanced line able to balance performances and sustainable features, formed of highly performing jerseys. Two premium sustainable ingredients have been involved for the creation of AGAIN: Global Recycled Standard (GRS) owned by Textile Exchange - premium stretch fiber ROICA™ EF and perPETual high quality sustainable polyester born from a cost-effective process that reverses engineer consumer waste PET bottles.
• SITIP SpA (IT), Hall/Stand No. A7-213 creates high-tech innovative sports fabrics that are made in Italy including BeHot fabric constructed with ROICA™, providing a new dimension to active performance.
• Sportwear Argentona S.A. (ES) Hall/Stand No. A7-322 based in Spain, these leaders in high-tech tech, optimal performance sports fabrics create specialized structures for all facets of sports including high comfort, elastic and performance.

• Organic Waste Systems und TÜV bestätigen die biologische Abbaubarkeit der Fasern auch in Süßwasser
• Alle weißen LENZING™ Viscose-, Modal- und Lyocellfasern sind jetzt für alle Entsorgungen zertifiziert
• Globale Gesetzgeber wollen Plastikabfälle begrenzen, die jahrhundertelang in der Umwelt verbleiben
• EU-Richtlinie für Einwegkunststoffe regelt die Verwendung bestimmter Plastikprodukte
• Biologisch abbaubare Materialien wie holzbasierte Fasern sind die beste Alternative zu Einwegplastik

Die Lenzing Gruppe erhielt vom unabhängigen Forschungslabor Organic Waste Systems (OWS) die Bestätigung der vollständigen biologischen Abbaubarkeit ihrer Fasern im Süßwasser. Die neuen und bestehenden internationalen Messungen durch OWS und die anschließenden Zertifizierungen, die durch den TÜV Österreich vergeben werden, bestätigen, dass LENZING™ Viscosefasern, LENZING™ Modalfasern und LENZING™ Lyocellfasern in allen natürlichen und industriellen Umgebungen biologisch abbaubar sind: im Boden, im Kompost sowie in Süß- und Meerwasser.

Die biologische Abbaubarkeit von Cellulosefasern und den synthetischen Polyesterfasern wurde bei OWS im Süßwasser nach gültigen internationalen Normen wie z.B. ISO 14851 geprüft. Am Ende des Versuchszeitraums erwiesen sich die holzbasierten LENZING™ Cellulosefasern, Baumwolle und Papierzellstoff im Süßwasser im Gegensatz zu synthetischen Polyesterfasern als vollständig biologisch abbaubar. Die Tatsache, dass synthetische Materialien nicht biologisch abbaubar sind, führt zu großen Problemen in Kläranlagen und zur Verschmutzung der Meere. Dies wiederum schadet nicht nur Fischen und Vögeln, die in und in der Nähe der Ozeane leben, sondern auch allen Meeresorganismen und uns Menschen.

„Die Lenzing Gruppe betreibt ein zirkuläres Geschäftsmodell auf Basis des nachwachsenden Rohstoffes Holz, denn die biologisch abbaubaren LENZING™ Fasern können nach Gebrauch wieder vollständig in die Natur zurückgeführt werden. Dieser komplette Zyklus bildet den Ausgangspunkt für den in unserer Unternehmensstrategie sCore TEN verankerten Kernwert der Nachhaltigkeit und ist die Daseinsberechtigung unseres Unternehmens“, sagt Stefan Doboczky, Vorstandsvorsitzender der Lenzing Gruppe. „Um dieser Positionierung gerecht zu werden, verbessern wir nicht nur das Geschäft unserer Lieferanten, Kunden und Partner entlang der gesamten Wertschöpfungskette, sondern machen die Textilbranche und die Vliesstoffbranche ein Stück grüner.“

Sowohl die Textilbranche als auch die Vliesstoffbranche stehen vor großen Herausforderungen in Bezug auf die Verschmutzung der Meere. Wenn sich der aktuelle Trend fortsetzt, werden die Ozeane bis 2050 mehr Plastik als Fisch enthalten. Daher können die Gesetzgebungsorgane weltweit das Thema nicht mehr ignorieren und sind zu Regelungen übergegangen, die darauf abzielen, die riesigen Abfallmengen von Kunststoffen zu begrenzen. Konkret hat die Europäische Union eine Richtlinie für Einwegkunststoffe erlassen, die derzeit in den EU-Mitgliedstaaten in nationales Recht umgesetzt wird.

Herkömmliche Feuchttücher und Hygieneprodukte enthalten meist Kunststoff, weshalb ihre Verwendung von den Gesetzgebern streng beobachtet wird. Weniger umweltschädliche Alternativen werden von NGOs und Gesetzgebern generell gefördert, z.B. Produkte aus biologisch abbaubaren holzbasierten Cellulosefasern. Kunststoffabfälle, einschließlich Mikroplastik, können jahrhundertelang in der Umwelt verbleiben. Im Gegensatz dazu sind biologisch abbaubare Materialien wie holzbasierte Fasern die beste Alternative zu Einweg-Kunststoffen, da sie per Definition vollständig ohne irgendwelche negativen Auswirkungen zu haben in die Natur übergehen und somit nicht recycelt werden müssen.

• Das neue Leitthema impliziert Lösungen, die hohen Ansprüchen an die Raumakustik gerecht werden
• Akustisch wirksame Bodenbeläge tragen entscheidend zu einer angenehmen Raumatmosphäre bei
• Innovative Referenzprojekte von Ausstellern der DOMOTEX und aktuelle Produktentwicklungen verdeutlichen, wie Böden den Schall reduzieren

Mit ihrem neuen Leitthema „ATMYSPHERE“ rückt die DOMOTEX Eigenschaften von Bodenbelägen in den Fokus, die den Wohlfühlfaktor erhöhen. Auf der nächsten DOMOTEX, die vom 10. bis 13. Januar in Hannover stattfindet, werden unter anderem aktuelle Produktentwicklungen vorgestellt, die die Raumakustik verbessern und für mehr Ruhe sorgen.

Important evolutions are already in place according to some key directions that are already clearly visible today. What does a new fashion business need to be?

IT NEEDS TO BE SMART - It will have to be smart, sustainable and as low impactful as possible. The fashion industry has started taking new steps in order to inform and educate the consumer on the one side, while at the same time, is changing its material use, R&D and productive processes.

TO BE COLLABORATIVE - It will have to be always more collaborative. Each single player, from the accessory manufacturer to the final consumer, has to act very consciously because every action has an impact on our local and global environment. Everyone has to start acting and buying more responsibly.

AND COLLECTIVE - The future will be guided by common aims, shared responsibilities and collective involvement. Designers will have to collaborate with fabric and garment manufacturers. Entrepreneurs will have to check carefully productive quantities and decrease distances when choosing their suppliers. Manufacturers can start deciding when it’s time to get involved with specific auditing or certifications, though, always in constant dialogue with all partners in the value chain.