From the Sector

Erleben Sie WHAT’S NEW IN COTTON?™ vom 13. – 15. Februar 20 18 auf dem COTTON USA Stand in Halle 6, D56 auf der Première Vision in Paris.
COTTON USA zeigt innovative Technologien für Stoffe und Bekleidung aus USA-Baumwolle sowie Mischgewebe mit USA-Baumwollanteil, die Umsatz steigern können.  
 
„WHAT’S NEW IN COTTON?™ ist unsere neue Plattform, die für das Engagement von COTTON USA für Innovation steht”, sagt Bruce Atherley, Executive Director von Cotton Council International (CCI), und fügt hinzu: „Wir haben diese Plattform auf der Première Vision im September 20 17 gestartet und freuen uns, sie auch auf der diesjährigen Frühjahrsmesse fortzuführen. Unsere Initiative soll die Textilbranche dazu anregen, über neue, innovative Einsatzmöglichkeiten für USA-Baumwolle nachzudenken. Wir freuen uns, unseren Partnern neue Ideen, Technologien und Umsatzpotentiale auf der Première Vision zu präsentieren, und den damit verbundenen Mehrwert der amerikanischen Baumwolle für das Business aller Partner zu vermitteln.“
 
COTTON USA informiert seine Messebesucher zudem über das COTTON USA™ Lizenzprogramm und Labeling mit der Marke. Laut quantitativer Verbraucherforschung wird dieses vom Konsumenten sehr geschätzt und beeinflusst nachweislich die Kaufpräferenz und den Preis. Eine kürzlich in Europa, Nordamerika, China und Indien durchgeführte Verbraucherstudie zeigte, dass ein Baumwoll-Label mit der Marke COTTON USA™ im Vergleich zu einem 10 0 % Baumwoll-Label vier (4x) Mal mehr bevorzugt wird. Zudem sagten fast 2/ 3 der Verbraucher, sie seien bereit, für Produkte mit der Marke COTTON USA™ mehr zu bezahlen.  
 
Am Stand in Halle 6 können sich die Besucher eingehend zu den Themen Nachhaltigkeit, Qualität, Rückverfolgbarkeit, Premiumpositionierung und Innovationen der amerikanischen Baumwolle informieren. Das COTTON USA Team informiert auch zum COTTON USA Sourcing Programm, das Käufer und Lieferanten von USA-Baumwolle entlang der Lieferkette zusammenbringt. 

TINTEX is pleased to present its latest fabric innovations at the above salons with a new range of more than 80 qualities and styles designed for the Sportswear, Athleisure, Fashion and Underwear market sectors. The collection focusses on three jersey fabric concepts: TIMELESS, FASHIONABLE & INNOVATIVE.

TINTEX is a modern industrial company based in the Porto region since 1998, producing market savvy fabrics for global designers and brands. TINTEX makes a truly sustainable range of precision, modern hybrid jersey fabrics that offer a better, Naturally Advanced choices to all its customers.

The new ‘Naturally Advanced’ position means “advancing beautiful, organic and natural materials to the next level combined with unique, hybrid ‘nature-tech’ smarts, with advanced, added value and creativity, thanks to dedicated investments that serve and secure our customer demands both now and in the seasons to come” says CEO Mario Jorge. New innovations, which include the ISPO Best Product Award i (SOFT EQUIPMENT category) in TexTrends for fall winter 19/20, maintain and upgrade the honest but hi-tech sustainable organics that is at the heart of the TINTEX DNA to create better, smarter eco-materials, always with new levels of performance and hi-tech smarts, thanks to its expertise in specialist dyeing and finishing techniques, coatings and applications. These are all researched, designed and made using the latest equipment and processes. This season the new TINTEX collection plays with new colour balance techniques that deploy the benefits of chromotherapy for welbeing alongside skin safe materials and finishings.

The collection uses up to 90% of new smart and sustainable materials and include: Tencel, Modal & Micromodal, Organic Cottons, Supima cottons, Seacell fibres, Natural organic linens and the new, full colour ECOTEC® yarns by Marchi & Fildi, a smarter cotton made from pre-consumer clippings that in manufacture save up to 79% water. This season TINTEX is also introducing the new ECOTEC® yarn Phoenix (50% ECOTEC®, 50% recycled polyester, NM1/50 GRS-certified) for open, light and dry textures. Wellbeing credentials are guaranteed with Tessile e Salute certifications, TINTEX also presents new developments using the ROICA™ Eco Smart family of ecosustainable stretch yarns with certificated credentials. This family of yarns claim the world-first GRS certified ROICA™ premium stretch yarn that comes at least 50% from recycled pre-consumer waste.

The newest introduction for second skin qualities and for products to the athleisure market within TINTEX collection is ROICA™ Feel Good family that promises a new level of performance with ‘feelgood comfort’ and freshness.

For colouration effects, we can use the ROICA™ Colour Perfect family of yarns to create a flawless and responsible finish to dyed performance stretch assortments. Colours to Tranquilize, to Activate the Senses, to Recharge, to Energize.

Key highlights include: changeant effects (yarn and dyeing solutions), thermosensitive (reds/ blues) coatings, UV sensitive coatings and colourful coated patterns, extra fine and semi-transparent jerseys, but also, compact and fluid qualities.

Color Solutions International, a member of the DyStar Group is launching their Color Analysis for Spring/Summer 2019. Color Analysis is CSI’s trend forecasting magazine that provides high-level global color trend information for color managers, directors and designers to support the color palette development process. It contains a forecast of key colors, accents and core neutrals that will be most relevant for the upcoming seasons. The forecast is based on consumer reports, detailed market research, current social trends and generational mindsets. Every issue features an artist who influences and inspires forward thinking.

The magazine includes a seasonal color palette selected from a wide range of approximately 9,000 CSI colors. The color palette is also available as cotton swatches sold on a ring. Part of the CSI service offering is to provide color direction based on a wide scope of palette searches as well as validated color use. Every issue will include an exclusive Relative Color Popularity (RCP) report, which provides color validation based on seasonal color palette usage by comparing similar hues.
CSI and DyStar support brands, retailers and their business partners from development to production. The CSI and DyStar team of experts work together and assist their customers in color development, communication as well as in the dyeing and quality inspection process to achieve best possible results and sustainable fashion. All CSI products are produced with high-quality, eco-friendly DyStar colorants.
“The Color Analysis Magazine is an important feature of our service for designers, offering them competitive color trends for upcoming seasons. At CSI, we are here to assist with color selections and provide all the necessary tools needed for a successful seasonal palette.” -CSI Color and Trend Director.