From the Sector

The session will explore what the digital revolution means for business, and how innovations in manufacturing are the new reality that help create sustainable products that last and can be scaled to suit each actor through smart customization.
IMPRIMA S.p.a. is the global holding company dedicated to research, development and innovation in the textile printing and finishing arena. It is the first Fully Digital Industrial Platform, that today can offer a fully digitalized process in every step of its manufacture. Thanks to the acquisition of 100% of the German finishing and textile printing company KBC and 100% the Italian company GUARISCO by WISE SGR, Imprima is enriched by an international outlook that makes it extremely competitive in the market, which will be reinforced in the coming months with additional acquisitions in Italy and abroad, taking care to maintain best practices in terms of quality and service and the business identity of each company. In this way, Imprima represents a preferred partner for the fashion retailers.
IMPRIMA boasts a Total Water Management guarantee through its own chemical/physical process of water depuration technologies able to reduce the consumption of water up to 90%, avoiding effluents, by circulating it in a virtuous recycling process, for example now needing only 1 liter of water compared to traditionally 12 liters needed in the past.

Sofileta, einer der innovativsten Textilhersteller mit Expertise im Bereich neuartige und technische Stoffe, kooperiert mit Hyosung bei der Entwicklung einer neuen Stoffkollektion mit creora® Fresh. Die creora® Fresh Technologie reduziert Körpergerüche durch chemische Verbindung und ist fester Bestandteil der Faser. „Wir haben uns dazu verpflichtet, unsere technischen Möglichkeiten dafür zu nutzen, die Bedürfnisse der Kunden nach Performance und Mode zu erfüllen. Es ist unsere Expertise, die Stoffe an den Bedarf der jeweiligen Endanwendung anzupassen“, so Dominique Heuillard, Innovation Manager bei Sofileta. „creora® Fresh gibt uns die Möglichkeit, Unterwäsche und Sportbekleidung mit noch mehr Performance zu verbinden.“ „Sofileta ist der ideale Partner, da er durch den Einsatz von Stoff- und Fasertechnologie Spitzenprodukte entwickeln kann“, erklärte Ria Stern, Global Marketing Director bei Hyosung. „Wir arbeiten mit Sofileta seit der Anfangszeit von creora® zusammen und freuen uns sehr, unsere Partnerschaft fortzusetzen, um den wandelnden Bedürfnissen der Marken nachzukommen.“

“At Huntsman Textile Effects, we recognize our responsibility to not only create value for our stakeholders but to make a sustainable and vibrant world possible for future generations,” said Rohit Aggarwal, President of Huntsman Textile Effects. “Water is an essential resource and we are grateful for the opportunity to support and work closely with village leaders and local authorities with a sustainable solution to water issues faced by local villagers.”
Marking the inauguration of the storage facility at a ceremony in Luna village, Mr. B.R Naidu, Zonal Officer, Central Pollution Control Board said, “This initiative by Huntsman is a sustainable move as this will solve the perennial issue of water for Luna village for years to come. Huntsman has set an example for other companies to take similar initiatives in Baroda”.
The Luna village received water from Narmada water project but due to insufficient storage capacity, the water was drained away in nearby pond. In close consultation with major stakeholders like Sarpanch and Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Huntsman’s Baroda site management proposed the construction of a water storage facility as a long-term solution for the village.
The project was operated on a Public-Private-Partnership model and took close to two years to complete. Through a Memorandum of Understanding between Huntsman Textile Effects and Luna local administration, the project was scoped out with committees formed with assigned roles and responsibilities prior to work commencing. With construction complete and all final inspections successfully concluded, Luna village takes over the running and maintenance of the water tank. Huntsman invested and managed the construction of the tank, working hand-in-hand with the Gujarat Water Board who undertook the laying of pipelines, drilling of wells and other underground work required for a complete water solution.

Klassische Schnitte mit besonderen Dekors wie Schnürungen, fließende Silhouetten mit raffinierten Details wie Trompetenärmel, verspielte Muster und romantische Allover Prints, sportive Akzente und viel Streetstyle-Appeal – diese Auswahl an Labels der beiden Messen Greenshowroom und Ethical Fashion Show Berlin zeigen, dass der Sommer 2018 bunt, facettenreich und luftig leicht wird. Mit ethnischen Einflüssen aus aller Welt nehmen sie uns mit auf eine Reise rund um den Globus.
laniuS : Fe Minine S Portivität welcome to india! w elcome to africa! inspiriert sowohl von indien, als auch von afrikanischen n aturvölkern startet lanius mit den Kollektionsthemen B lo SS oM S ea, neo nauti Cal, ur Ban nature und M aSSai SP irit in die kommende Saison. die Silhouetten des Kölner Pionierlabels im Bereich „n achhaltige do B“ überzeugen mit femininer Sportivität: oversizige Styles treffen auf details, wie Schnürungen, Paspeln, gecroppte Säume und variantenreiche ärmel- lösungen, die von der t rägerin modifiziert werden können.
Frieda Sand: Girl Power! Feministischer Spirit weht bei Frieda Sand. d as Frankfurter label steht für nachhaltige Mode für selbstbewusste Frauen. Facetten- reichtum gepaart mit einem Bewusstsein für die w elt – Frieda Sands Kollektionen haben Power und bestechen durch kräftige Farben, grafische Muster und natürliche Stoffe, fair gehandelt und produziert.

C&A, one of Europe’s leading Fashion retailers has recently launched in its stores in 18 European markets the world’s first Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM Gold products. These recyclable t-shirts are made of 100% organic cotton, with safe materials and chemicals and produced in a socially and environmentally responsible way. They have been certified at gold level by the Cradle-to Cradle Product Innovation Institute (C2CPII). The dyes used in the coloration of the shirts, which are available in two styles and 17 colors, were selected from the range of DyStar Levafix® and Remazol® reactive dyes which received C2C Gold Level certification for Material Health from C2CPII in 2016.
With a selection of apparel dyes for the fashion industry awarded a Gold-level Material Health Certificate, the DyStar Group strives to be part of a more sustainable future and growing a circular economy as well as reaffirms its commitment to environmental and human health. The styles were developed in close partnership with Fashion for Good. Created with funds granted by founding partner C&A Foundation, Fashion for Good is a global partnership that unites apparel producers, retailers, non-profit organizations, innovators and funders in the shared ambition to transform the apparel industry into a circular one.

Under the motto: “Enhancing your gear, it’s our nature”, Archroma invites show visitors to discover how to:

• Create exciting color effects – with solutions ranging from high-fast dyes Foron® S-WF, Nylosan® S, Printofix® TF, Drimaren® HF, and the new-in-range Foron® S luminous dyes, to EarthColors nature inspired biomass-waste based dyes, supported by Archroma’s Color Atlas color management service to boost your creativity;
• Make gear more resistant to extreme weather conditions from heatwaves to rain pours, with thermo-control and protection solutions, coldblack®, HyDry, Smartrepel®, Appretan® S and Sanitized®;
• Bring softness and comfort to your gear whilst looking good at all times, with Archroma’s fabric care effects Siligen®, Solusoft, Ceralube® and Arkofix®;
• Take a sustainability step up - with the new online ONE WAY calculator.
Visitors at the booth will also be able to discover the new fabric collection created by Flocus and colored with Archroma’s Earthcolors. Flocus is a company producing yarns, fillings and fabrics made from kapok fibers, for which they received the 2016 OutDoor Industry award in the Sustainable Innovation category.

With digitalization transforming the way consumers shop, today’s fashion companies are playing a neverending game of catch-up, as they compete for the attention of a generation of connected, fickle-minded millennials who want it all: personalization, sustainability, quality and speed, accessible at all times, across multiple channels, and at the lowest price. Industry 4.0 is not only revolutionizing how manufacturers operate, but also how brands and retailers need to function, if they want to be fast and agile enough to meet the needs of this demanding new consumer. The stakes are high and how effectively companies harness technology to put the consumer at the heart of their process will be the deciding factor in who comes out ahead and who gets left behind.

Lectra Fashion PLM 4.0 has undergone a drastic reboot to give fashion and apparel companies the speed and agility they need to tackle the challenges of Industry 4.0 head on. Lectra Fashion PLM 4.0, with the widest functional scope on the market, acts as an intelligent nerve center to the digital supply chain, from planning through design to production. This ensures a consistent flow of error-free data between processes, technologies and people. The system connects CAD, industry-standard software such as Adobe Illustrator, company IT systems (such as ERP) and external suppliers, so that actors across the supply chain can work on, save and share information on the platform, ensuring data integrity.
The solution also draws on best practices, fashion-business intelligence and real-world scenarios to automate administrative and repetitive tasks, with templates, standard libraries and shortcuts that allows more time for value-added activities. The final result is a fast, connected digital supply chain that helps fashion companies jump on trends quickly and deliver products that fulfill their customer’s expectations.

Unser Lifestyle durchläuft aktuell einen tiefgreifenden Wandel, der die Grenzen zwischen Freizeit und Business immer durchlässiger werden lässt. Auch in der Mode lösen sich starre Regeln zunehmend auf und schaffen Freiräume für neue Looks und Kombinationen. Damit rückt die Bluse noch stärker in den Fokus und macht sie durch ihren Variantenreichtum und ihre Wandlungsfähigkeit zum unverzichtbaren Key Item für ein modernes, auf jeden Trageanlass perfekt abgestimmtes Styling. Die neue Schwarze Rose - Kollektion ist in 5 Themenschwerpunkte gegliedert, die im Zeitraum von November bis April gestaffelt ausgeliefert werden. Alle Liefertermine werden um eine Range von Popeline-Blusen ergänzt, die speziell auf den Business-Bereich zugeschnitten sind und die Drucksprache des modischen Parts aufgreifen. Darüber hinaus wird das Modellspektrum durch eine Auswahl von weißen Mix-and-Match Blusen ergänzt.

• NIGHT LIFE – LIEFERTERMIN NOVEMBER
• MIAMI – LIEFERTERMIN JANUAR
• HAVANNA – LIEFERTERMIN FEBRUAR
• CAPRI – LIEFERTERMIN MÄRZ
• VENEZIA – LIEFERTERMIN APRIL
• THE SHOP LIFTER COLLECTION – LIEFERTERMIN FEBRUAR UND MÄRZ

TRSA has upgraded its inspection management protocol for Clean Green and Hygienically Clean certifications, appointing an inspection program administrator and auditor to train and administer the inspection process and inspector training.
This enhances TRSA’s well-established reputation for expertise, consistency and impartiality for all applicant laundry companies and plants when inspectors verify their adherence to best management practices (BMPs). It also adds a highly expert third party to oversee the inspection program. It aligns with ISO quality management system (QMS) standards for assessing laundry applicants’ quality assurance practices and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) plans.

Laundry Design Group, LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada was selected as inspection program administrator after considering several firms, acknowledged for excellence in evaluating businesses’ QA guideline compliance. Bob Corfield, the firm’s CEO, has over 30 years’ industry experience, five performing inspections for Clean Green and Hygienically Clean. Corfield is a certified ISO QMS Lead Auditor with a HACCP designation.
As chief inspector and program administrator, Corfield identifies, administers and trains the independent inspector team. Each inspector enters a comprehensive training program including certification standards review, evidence collection procedures, interview protocol, ATP (work surface) testing, technology use, HACCP compliance and sample collection procedures. Training also focuses on educating inspectors regarding acceptable approaches launderers can take to implement BMPs. Each inspector must agree to a code of ethics including confidentiality and conflict of interest statements.
The inspection program is deployed on an iPad application that all inspectors must use for note-taking, evidence collection, and inspection scoring. This creates consistency from inspection to inspection and inspector to inspector. Inspectors’ reports are disseminated within hours of each inspection for lead audit review and discussion if required.

Jeden Augenblick anders – jeden Augenblick außergewöhnlich: Die Girl’s Garden-Kollektion von SPEIDEL verzaubert im Frühjahr und Sommer mit einer Vielfalt an Styling-Möglichkeiten. Leicht, unkompliziert, jung mit Triangle-Formen, Bralettes und non-wired BHs. Blumendruck, Natur- und Blütenfarben variieren das Trend-Thema Garten. SPEIDEL-Fans können sich bei der Girl’s Garden-Kollektion auf überraschende Interpretationen der aktuellen Trends freuen: Leisure meets Lace – natürlich alles in feinsten SPEIDEL-Qualitäten.
Vielfalt ist Trend und Trends sind nicht nur eine Frage des Geschmacks, sondern ein Lebensgefu¨hl. Sie sagen aus, wer wir sind und wie wir leben. Frauen entwickeln ihre eigenen Trends, indem sie sich kleiden, Neues entdecken, alles wieder verwerfen und neu mit einander kombinieren. Die Girl’s Garden-Kollektion von SPEIDEL ist daher nicht nur Lingerie. Sie setzt neue Maßstäbe: Bezaubernde Farben und Schnitte, in denen Frauen sich wohlfu¨hlen – dank Weichheit und Leichtigkeit, aber auch aufgrund der Funktionalität.