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wear2wear is an innovative industrial partnership dedicated to high-quality and sustainable clothing. Five expert partners in Europe have come together to cover the entire recycling loop. On cutting-edge production systems, textile fibres from used clothing will be turned into functional fabrics. Schoeller Textil AG is supplying a wholistic textile portfolio for the workwear area. At Schoeller Textil, the recyclable, functional fabrics from the wear2wear concept belong to the Inspire fabric group. These are high-quality protective workwear fabrics made of 100 percent polyester, which offer the greatest clothing comfort and often feel just like cotton. They are also compliant with the stringent requirements of the bluesign® system.

The sustainable wear2wear concept is synonymous with high-quality, responsible clothing. In European operations, textile fibres from used garments are used to produce new functional fabrics. Depending upon the area of intended use, they also meet strict waterproofing, breathability, protection and comfort requirements. To ensure that the raw material cycle comes full circle, these textiles can be recycled again when they reach the end of their service life. As a result, there is no waste, and they go on to produce new garments. As the wear-2-wear partner companies guarantee that – from the quality of the raw materials to the guaranteed recycling end process – these are 100 percent recyclable, functional fabrics made of recycled textile fibres. Water- and dirt-repelling technologies based on renewable raw materials, along with the most advanced membrane technology, will ensure that the textiles are manufactured and impregnated entirely without the use of PFC in the future too.

Five partner companies  
The five European partner companies in the wear2wear cooperation cover the entire recycling loop. Heinrich Glaeser Nachfolger GmbH is a German fibre and yarn producer and the “recycler” in the loop. Märkischen Faser GmbH (D) is the “upcycler” and fibre manufacturer. Carl Weiske GmbH & Co. KG (D) develops the polymers, fibres, yarns, chemical additives and textile systems, and TWD Fibres GmbH (D), a fully-integrated filament yarn producer, covers the entire range of polyester and polyamide 6.6 continuous filament yarns. Schoeller Textil AG, the innovative Swiss company, is responsible for textile production and manufactures sustainable high-tech fabrics with maximum clothing comfort. The matching climate-neutral and similarly 100 percent recyclable PTFE and PFC-free membrane, as well as recycled outer materials and linings, are supplied by Sympatex Technologies (D), the ecological alternative among the textile function specialists. DutchSpirit is a Dutch company which has been dedicated to environment-friendly clothing since 2010. Its mission is to significantly increase the awareness for sustainable clothing and offer recyclable clothing in the workwear segment. DutchSpirit is the initiator for the development of the Inspire products from Schoeller Textil and provided the inspiration for the wear2wear concept. Further garment-making partners who now also belong to the cooperative group include: Anchor Workwear BV (NL), Hüsler Berufskleider AG (CH), Groenendijk Bedrijfskleding BV (NL), Bedrijfskledingdiscounter BV (NL) and Rifka'S (NL).

Lectra has been awarded by a jury of experts the Texprocess Innovation Award 2019 in the New Process category for its latest ground-breaking offer, Fashion On Demand by Lectra.

Fashion On Demand by Lectra automates the entire personalization process, from order reception and product development to the final cutting stages. Resulting from a four-year research-and-development process, the digital solution for on-demand production was developed based on Industry 4.0 principles.

"We are very proud to receive this prestigious award at Texprocess, the biggest international event for all fashion players. Fashion On Demand by Lectra allows companies to produce personalized clothing at the same speed as ready-to-wear and avoid overstocking by producing in precise quantities,” states Holger Max-Lang, President, Northern & Eastern Europe, Middle East, Lectra.

Fashion On Demand by Lectra is available in the form of two packages, one dedicated to made to measure, with pattern adjustments, and the other to customization, with product characteristic alterations. This turnkey solution automates on-demand production right from order reception to production development stages and the cutting room. Companies can define their desired product personalization criteria for each item depending on the package, and launch production processes right from the get-go, without interfering with their standard workflows.

"This innovative cloud-based platform solution ensures efficient made-to-measure and customization production processes and facilitates nearshoring for companies that offer individualized products. This technology is up and running and can be used by the fashion industry on a plug-and-play basis," say the jury experts. “Since 2011, the Texprocess Innovation Award has been honoring remarkable achievements and new developments in the Texprocess product range under two categories: new technology and new process. The winners are selected based on criteria such as degree of innovation, choice of materials and environmental sustainability."

LTG-Technik sorgt in der Textilbranche bei natürlichen Textilien, Nonwovens oder Hightech-Faserherstellung für das passende Hallenklima, die Luftströmung zum Legen oder filtert Fasern, um sie für die Entsorgung bzw. das Recycling innerhalb des Prozesses bereitzustellen.

Zur Abscheidung von Fasern und Stäuben hat sich unter anderem die Kompaktfiltereinheit CFU bewährt. Sie ist modular aufgebaut und kann aus verschiedenen Filterstufen zusammengestellt werden, zum Beispiel aus dem Vorfilter TVM und dem Feinfilter CompactDrum. Die gefilterten Stoffe lassen sich in Faser- oder Staubkompaktoren sicher und effizient abscheiden. Speziell für größere Luftmengen sind die LTG-Trommelfilter konzipiert.

LTG bietet darüber hinaus Radial-, Axial- und Querstromventilatoren für verschiedene Einsatzgebiete, zum Beispiel das Fördern der Stäube, das Trocknen in Band- oder Durchlaufprozessen oder das Legen und Verdichten von Vliesen. Abgerundet wird das Portfolio durch Befeuchtungssysteme, die für eine ideale Luftfeuchtigkeit im Produktionsprozess sorgen.

C.L.A.S.S ‘takes action’ and shares the very smartest textile and material innovations available globally today as part of a carefully curated space to be unveiled at the 10th anniversary of the Copenhagen Fashion Summit. This two-day event will take place from the 15th - 16th May at The Copenhagen Concert Hall.

With education right at the heart of this unique presentation, C.L.A.S.S will share valuable insights and physical examples of some of the most sustainably responsible innovations available on the market today, empowering the next generation of designers as well as those from leading design houses, with the chance to experience first-hand how they might work towards a circular design economy.

Located within the Design Studio area, key members of the C.L.A.S.S ACTIVATE team will be on hand to share valuable insights gleaned from over 12 years of research and development within this area helping to provide visitors including new designers, start-up’s, and established designers with everything needed to make ‘smart’ choices that work vertically through the supply chain from merchandising right through to consumer facing communication campaigns. From trends, new R&D concepts, and the latest buzzwords, C.L.A.S.S has it covered.

Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), part of Barry-Wehmiller, received the prestigious Technical Innovation Award from the Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) for its recently introduced SteadyPrint print-stabilization technology. This award was presented May 5, 2019, at the FTA Forum 2019 awards banquet held in New Orleans.

SteadyPrint, now part of PCMC’s Fusion and ELS Max flexographic presses, couples innovative patented mechanical designs with cutting-edge disturbance-cancelling algorithms that suppress disturbances associated with the hard edge, largely removing the impact of bounce in flexographic printing. The press automatically learns when the disturbance occurs on each job and implements the cancellation algorithm to minimize or eliminate the impact on print quality.

“We are extremely excited to be a recipient of the 2019 FTA Technical Innovation Award,” said Rodney Pennings, PCMC’s Printing, Coating and Laminating Sales Director. “The entire PCMC team has worked very hard in developing SteadyPrint over the past couple of years. It is an innovation that we are quite proud of, and we appreciate the accolades that showcase SteadyPrint within the package-printing industry. Winning this award in the year we are celebrating our 100-year anniversary is also incredibly meaningful.”

Textile innovator Devan Chemicals will launch two new technologies at the upcoming Techtextil show in Frankfurt (May 14-17). Bio-flam, a bio-based flame retardant product and Odour Breakdown, a wash durable, non-biocidal odour control solution.
As tradition goes, every two years Devan participates in Techtextil, the leading international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens. In the quest for sustainability and transparency every company faces these days, the new Devan technologies offer answers to product developers and portfolio designers.

Bio-flam
Some facts & figures: There are at least 5000 fire incidents each day in the EU. Yearly, about 70 000 people are hospitalised with fire-related injuries. Fires cause pollution. So sustainable fire performance of products is an economic, environmental and human necessity. Take the example of mattresses: tests indicate that when on fire, non-FR treated products give less than 5 minutes escape time. Unfortunately, that is not enough time for the fire brigade to arrive. Needless to say that to increase escape time, to reduce the risk and to save lives, products need to be flame retardant. The challenge is to obtain flame retardant properties in the most natural way, to find the right balance between safety for the people and for the planet.

Companies can do this by replacing raw materials from a non-renewable source, by bio-based FR treatments, which are made from renewable sources and do not contain halogens or heavy metals, as described in the norm EN 16785 1:2015. Bio-based FR treatments, like Bio-flam, are made from renewable, vegetable sources and enable the FR treated products to be biodegradable. The active components are 100% halogen- and heavy metal-free. A welcome innovation for the bedding industry, as the European Commission requires mattresses to be recyclable by 2030 in order to reduce landfill.

Bio-flam P307 is the first introduction in the new Devan BIO-FR family, and is biodegradable and is developed to be used on 100% cotton or cotton/viscose mixtures, in order to create an ecological concept, safe for people and planet, whatever might happen. Bio-flam P 307 is developed for mattress ticking to pass EN 597 1&2. The Devan researchers are developing other bio-based products for other market segments and for other fire standards.

H&M, der weltweit zweitgrößte Bekleidungshersteller, hat nach einem Enthüllungsvideo der Tierschutzorganisation PETA Deutschland e.V. bekannt gegeben, „herkömmliche“ Kaschmirwolle auszulisten. Nach Gesprächen mit PETA UK hatte auch der Online-Versandhändler ASOS Kaschmir bereits aus seinem Sortiment gestrichen. Nachdem das Unternehmen die Aufnahmen der aktuellen Ermittlung gesehen hatte, ging ASOS noch einen Schritt weiter und entfernte zusätzlich alle übrigen Kaschmir-Erzeugnisse aus seinem Onlineshop.

Auf der internationalen Messe Techtextil in Frankfurt präsentiert die Carl Meiser GmbH & Co. KG aus Albstadt erstmals die Materialinnovation nopma 3D protection einem breiten Fachpublikum.
Und bereits zur Weltpremiere wurde das Produkt auf der Messe zum Special Event „Urban Living – City of the Future“ nominiert. Bei dieser Zusammenarbeit aus Techtextil und der Niederländischen Kreativwirtschaft werden auf einem eigenen Themenareal Trends zum Leben in der Stadt der Zukunft gesondert hervorgehoben. Ausgewählte Innovationen aus Architektur und Bau, Mobilität, Medizin und Bekleidung werden so besonders gefördert.

nopma 3D protection bietet mit seinem auffallend dreidimensionalen Textileffekt dabei ganz neue Ansätze um moderne und komfortable Funktionsbekleidung für das Urban Cycling mit eingebautem Schutz zu realisieren. Gezielt werden aber auch Hersteller hochtechnischer Persönlicher Schutzausrüstung (PSA), wie zum Beispiel Feuerwehrbekleidung angesprochen. Erste Tests zeigen herausragende Eigenschaften der Temperaturisolation. Die Produkte können flammfest eingestellt werden.

Neben der Protektion erfüllt das Material über seine Schaumzellenstruktur auch hohe akustische Absorptionswerte. Schall wird aufgenommen und im Verbund gestreut und nicht mehr reflektiert. So können Räume und Büroflächen über Möbel oder akustisch wirksame Raumteilelemente positiv verändert werden. Durch die charakteristische Optik, welche dem Kundenwunsch angepasst werden kann, eröffnen sich weitere Anwendungsfelder.

Carl Meiser baut am Produktionsstandort Albstadt aktuell ein Technologie- und Innovationszentrum. Jens Meiser, Geschäftsführer beim innovativen Mittelständler, ist sicher „mit der Fertigstellung des Technologiezentrums Mitte diesen Jahres können wir unsere Kunden noch besser bei der Umsetzung der nopma 3D protection Technologie in deren Produkte unterstützen.“
Als kreativer Entwicklungspartner und Hersteller technischer Beschichtungen bietet NOPMA – Technische Textilien bewährte und neue Lösungen für die Luftfahrt-, Automobil- und Möbelindustrie sowie den Schutzbekleidungsmarkt.

• Clean Technology. Smart Factory.

Remscheid – Oerlikon invites all visitors to this year's ITMA in Barcelona on a journey into the future of manmade fiber production. From 20 to 26 June 2019, the world market leader will show all its guests its vision of a sustainable and automated manmade fiber production in a virtual 4D showroom at its 1,000 m² stand in Hall 7, A101: "Clean Technology. Smart Factory." is the motto of the future. And this is only a stone's throw away from reality at the stand. Because today Oerlikon is presenting four world premieres for efficient machine and plant concepts in a new, innovative industrial design. Together with numerous other innovations, all this forms the new DNA of the Oerlikon Manmade Fibers segment.

The challenges for the manmade fiber industry are manifold and Oerlikon shows its customers solutions:

1. Choosing the right business model
Price pressure on fiber and yarn manufacturers is growing due to global market consolidation. Here it is important to position oneself correctly. Are you producing polyester, nylon or polypropylene for the niche market and skimming off good margins with innovative products and ingenious material properties, or are you looking for business success through economies of scale in the volume market such as the constantly growing apparel sector? Oerlikon has the right answers for both business models. And the most important thing: the market leader supplies all solutions from a single source. See for yourself at the world premieres of the machine and system concepts of WINGS FDY PA6, BCF S8 Tricolor and the revolutionary eAFK Evo texturing machine.

2. Finding alternatives for good personnel
Finding good operators in the manmade fiber industry is becoming increasingly difficult, even in emerging industrial nations such as China, India and Turkey. The solution is obvious. What, for example, the automotive industry achieved years ago with the 3rd Industrial Revolution is now also taking its course in the textile industry. And at the same time it is even shifting up a gear. In the next step, automation in combination with digitization will lead to new, sustainable production. Oerlikon will be showing how automation and digitization interact at ITMA. Self-learning machines and systems, artificial intelligence (AI), remote services and edge computing are just a few of the key words in the digital half of the new Oerlikon Manmade Fibers DNA.

3. Guarantee quality and traceability
The qualities of the fibers and yarns must meet the highest demands and their production must be traceable throughout the textile value chain. This no longer only plays an important role in the automotive industry, where safety is of paramount importance. Other branches of industry that use fibers, yarns and nonwovens also want to know where the raw materials they produce for consumer articles come from. Legal regulations are demanding this more and more frequently. Oerlikon offers optimal solutions with its DIN ISO certified manufacturing processes. More than half of the world's manmade fiber producers are convinced every day that the qualities produced on Oerlikon Barmag, Oerlikon Neumag and Oerlikon Nonwoven equipment are right – and all visitors to ITMA can do the same on site.

4. Efficient and sustainable production
In the future, the materials produced from manmade fibers must become part of a further improved global recycling economy. The recycling of polyester – with over 80% market share the most frequently used manmade fiber in the world – has not only been on the agenda since today. Oerlikon already has solutions at hand: from PET bottles to fibers and filaments, to textiles and carpets. ITMA is the next step. With the VacuFil® Oerlikon in cooperation with the subsidiary company BBEngineering presents the world premiere No. 4 – a recycling solution within a running polyester production with a waste-free approach.

Vision becomes reality
The Oerlikon Manmade Fibers segment thus demonstrates what the ITMA in Barcelona promises as the world's leading trade fair for textile machinery and plant construction: "Innovating the world of textiles – sourcing for a sustainable future". In Hall 7, A101, this is already reality.

Asphalt Business Unit setzt neue Maßstäbe
Das bewährte HaTelit Produktportfolio und mehr als vierzig Jahre Erfahrung in der Entwicklung und Anwendung von Asphalteinlagen werden jetzt gebündelt in einem einzigen, speziell qualifizierten Kompetenzteam. Die neue Asphalt Business Unit der HUESKER Gruppe rund um Diplom-Ingenieur Andreas Elsing, wird sich ab sofort verstärkt um den nachhaltigen Bau und die Sanierung von Straßen durch die Verwendung von Geokunststoffen einsetzen.

Das Team wird komplettiert durch Experten und Ingenieure wie Fabiana Leite-Gembus, Michael Eßling, Daniel Hilpert und Erhard Luce, die jeweils über mehrjährige Erfahrungen im Straßen- und Verkehrswegebau verfügen.

Ihr Ziel ist es die verantwortlichen Auftraggeber, Planer und Bauunternehmer, aber auch Politiker und die Öffentlichkeit von der hohen Wirtschaftlichkeit und Nachhaltigkeit des Einbaus geotextiler Asphaltbewehrungen bei Neubau und Sanierung von Straßen zu überzeugen. Studien belegen schon lange die vielen Vorteile im Vergleich zur konventionellen Straßenbauweise: bis zu 4-fache Verzögerung von Reflexionsrissbildung, Verlängerung der Nutzungsdauer und des Sanierungsintervalls, Reduktion der Instandhaltungskosten. Dies bedeutet vor allem auch weniger Staus und Verkehrsbehinderungen nebst aller unangenehmen Begleiterscheinungen. Neben der Zeit- und Kostenersparnis zeichnen sich die  Asphaltbewehrungen von HUESKER besonders durch einfache und sichere Verlegung, hohe Widerstandsfähigkeit gegen Einbaubeschädigungen und besonders gute Verbundeigenschaften aus.

Vielzählige Infrastrukturprojekte außerhalb Deutschlands gehen mit gutem Beispiel voran. Im Sinne einer langfristig ökonomischen, ökologischen und ressourcensparenden Lösung, führt heute kein Weg mehr an der Infragestellung des konventionellen Straßenbaus vorbei.