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03.12.2020

JEC Summit Sports & Health - Connect 8-10th December

Starting on December 8, professionals from the whole composites value chain across the globe will be able to meet online, network, and build long-lasting relationships thanks to the JEC Summit Sport & Health. The goal of this event is to allow decision-makers to learn about the current challenges and opportunities of the sports and medical fields, this thanks to the three-day program integrating keynote speeches, industry sessions, workshops, startups, and business meetings.

 

Please read attached document for more information about the program.

Starting on December 8, professionals from the whole composites value chain across the globe will be able to meet online, network, and build long-lasting relationships thanks to the JEC Summit Sport & Health. The goal of this event is to allow decision-makers to learn about the current challenges and opportunities of the sports and medical fields, this thanks to the three-day program integrating keynote speeches, industry sessions, workshops, startups, and business meetings.

 

Please read attached document for more information about the program.

Production capacities for European supplies of protective equipment expanded (c) Oerlikon
The capacities for respiratory masks available in Europe to date are predominantly manufactured on Oerlikon Nonwoven systems. >> Picture download Innovatec commissions second Oerlikon Nonwoven meltblown system
03.12.2020

Production capacities for European supplies of protective equipment expanded

Neumünster/Troisdorf, Germany, December 3, 2020 – just a few days ago, the second newly-delivered Oerlikon Nonwoven meltblown system was commissioned at Innovatec’s state-of-the-art machine park. With it, the nonwovens manufacturer – based in Troisdorf in North Rhine-Westphalia – immediately started producing polypropylene filter nonwovens: in particular for use in protective face masks, which have been increasingly in demand since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and whose domestic manufacture is being supported by the Ger-man Government. Here, the highly-efficient Oerlikon Nonwoven meltblown technology from Neumünster is supporting the production of these highly-effective filter media.

Neumünster/Troisdorf, Germany, December 3, 2020 – just a few days ago, the second newly-delivered Oerlikon Nonwoven meltblown system was commissioned at Innovatec’s state-of-the-art machine park. With it, the nonwovens manufacturer – based in Troisdorf in North Rhine-Westphalia – immediately started producing polypropylene filter nonwovens: in particular for use in protective face masks, which have been increasingly in demand since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and whose domestic manufacture is being supported by the Ger-man Government. Here, the highly-efficient Oerlikon Nonwoven meltblown technology from Neumünster is supporting the production of these highly-effective filter media.

“Back in June 2020, Oerlikon Nonwoven delivered the first so-called 2-beam system to Innovatec”, reports Rainer Straub, Head of Oerlikon Nonwoven. Together with the second production line, the Troisdorf-based enterprise has been able to almost double its filter nonwoven output to date. The North Rhine-Westphalian company now has filter media production capacities that can be used to manufacture up to 2.5 billion operating room filter masks or a billion highly-effective FFP2 masks per year.

The, according to its own information, leading manufacturer of meltblown mask nonwovens in Europe is participating in the German Government’s ‘Nonwovens Production’ grant program to ramp up its output capacities and has for this reason already received a visit from top German politicians, including Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Peter Altmaier and North Rhine-Westphalia Minister President Armin Laschet. Together, politicians and industry want to ensure that the production capacities for protective equipment continue to grow in Germany and that above all critical supply chains are secured at both national and European levels. And companies such as Innovatec and Oerlikon Nonwoven are actively contributing towards this.

Flax for Composites: Woven tapes made of natural fibres by vombaur (c) Elke Wetzig, Wikimedia
Lightweight, firm, sustainable: Flax tape by vombaur
02.12.2020

Flax for Composites: Woven tapes made of natural fibres by vombaur

Flax has accompanied people for thousands of years, in linen fabrics, in ropes, as insulation material. And until the present day. With woven tapes made of flax, vombaur makes the functional and ecological advantages of natural fibres available for lightweight design.

Lightweight and firm
Flax fibres are particularly rigid and tear-proof. Textiles made of the natural material therefore give natural fibre reinforced plastic (NFP) special stability. Additionally, flax has a low density. The components thus combine high rigidity and strength with low weight. Another functional plus: natural fibre reinforced plastics are less prone to splintering than glass fibre reinforced plastics.

Sustainable material
The cultivation of flax binds CO2 and the production of NFP generates 33 percent lower CO2 emissions than conventional fibre reinforced plastics. The energy consumption is 40 percent lower. This reduces production costs and improves the material's CO2 footprint. Punch-packing arguments for natural fibre tapes – like flax tape by vombaur – in lightweight design applications.

Flax has accompanied people for thousands of years, in linen fabrics, in ropes, as insulation material. And until the present day. With woven tapes made of flax, vombaur makes the functional and ecological advantages of natural fibres available for lightweight design.

Lightweight and firm
Flax fibres are particularly rigid and tear-proof. Textiles made of the natural material therefore give natural fibre reinforced plastic (NFP) special stability. Additionally, flax has a low density. The components thus combine high rigidity and strength with low weight. Another functional plus: natural fibre reinforced plastics are less prone to splintering than glass fibre reinforced plastics.

Sustainable material
The cultivation of flax binds CO2 and the production of NFP generates 33 percent lower CO2 emissions than conventional fibre reinforced plastics. The energy consumption is 40 percent lower. This reduces production costs and improves the material's CO2 footprint. Punch-packing arguments for natural fibre tapes – like flax tape by vombaur – in lightweight design applications.

Circular Economy
Circular Economy – this also works in lightweight design. The number of recycling cycles without loss of quality is higher for natural fibre reinforced plastics than for glass or carbon fibre reinforced plastics: the thermoplastic matrix of the composite can be melted and recycled after a product life cycle. The natural fibres can "live on" in other products – injection moulded products for example.

Versatile applications
"Composites from our flax tapes are used to reinforce high-tech skis as well as for extruding state-of-the-art window sections – the applications are countless," explains Tomislav Josipovic, Sales Manager with vombaur. "As a development partner, we support applications for the automotive, wind energy, construction, sports and many other industries with our composite textiles."

More information:
vombaur Naturfasern Composites
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Frankfurt Fashion Week: hosting the future of fashion © Lottermann and Fuentes
Anita Tillmann and Detlef Braun
02.12.2020

Frankfurt Fashion Week: hosting the future of fashion

  • Looking to the future – Frankfurt Fashion Week is positioning itself with a consistently sustainable agenda and propelling the transformation of a modern, resource-efficient fashion industry.

The Conscious Fashion Campaign (CFC), working in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Partnerships (UNOP), will be the presenting partner and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be a prerequisite for all exhibitors by 2023. And the Frankfurt Fashion SDG Summit by CFC is set to become the leading international conference for sustainability in the fashion world. The future of fashion has begun – and its key players will be coming together in Frankfurt am Main from 5-9 July 2021.
 

  • Looking to the future – Frankfurt Fashion Week is positioning itself with a consistently sustainable agenda and propelling the transformation of a modern, resource-efficient fashion industry.

The Conscious Fashion Campaign (CFC), working in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Partnerships (UNOP), will be the presenting partner and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be a prerequisite for all exhibitors by 2023. And the Frankfurt Fashion SDG Summit by CFC is set to become the leading international conference for sustainability in the fashion world. The future of fashion has begun – and its key players will be coming together in Frankfurt am Main from 5-9 July 2021.
 
Frankfurt am Main, 2 December 2020. Joining forces to improve the fashion industry: Frankfurt Fashion Week is positioning itself as the host of the future of fashion and actively driving forward the transformation towards a future-oriented, more sustainable fashion and textile industry. All decision-makers looking to instigate this change will be coming together in Frankfurt am Main from 5-9 July 2021. The initiators of Frankfurt Fashion Week – Messe Frankfurt and the Premium Group – have achieved a real coup: Conscious Fashion Campaign, working in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Partnerships, will be the presenting partner. Messe Frankfurt will build on its collaboration with the United Nations Office for Partnerships and establish Frankfurt Fashion week as the platform on which to advance the Sustainable Development Goals and help guide the fashion industry into the 'Decade of Action'.
 
“Frankfurt will play host to the whole world. We are seeing a very positive response indeed,” confirmed Peter Feldmann, Senior Mayor of the City of Frankfurt am Main, at today’s digital press conference, before going on to say: “The fact that the initiators are able to rethink the concept of a Fashion Week in such a way is extremely impressive and proves that the fashion industry is correctly interpreting the signs of the present and future. The time has come for value creation and values to be reconciled. Consistent alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals is an important step in this direction.”
 
“Frankfurt Fashion Week aims to play a crucial role in finding solutions for macrosocial challenges and supporting the goals of international politics such as the European Green Deal. The fashion and textile industries are also expected to be climate-neutral by 2050. If we want to achieve this, we all need to pull together. Frankfurt Fashion Week is inviting all initiators and supporters of sustainable concepts and congresses or shows dedicated to sustainability to meet in Frankfurt, partake in discussions and make tangible decisions for the greater good. We will connect the most relevant players and pave the way for a future-proof fashion and textile industry,” says Detlef Braun, CEO of Messe Frankfurt.
 
“Given its global reach, the fashion industry is uniquely positioned to collaborate and engage on the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular on climate action and responsible production and consumption,” said Annemarie Hou, Acting Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Partnerships. “Frankfurt Fashion Week and the Summit will serve as an important platform for education and engagement of the fashion and textile industry in the Decade of Action,” emphasised Ms Hou.
 
The aim of Frankfurt Fashion Week is for all exhibitors, participants and partners to align with the Sustainable Development Goals by 2023. The SDGs will also be incorporated into all formats of Frankfurt Fashion Week. This will help to make the UN’s sustainability goals visible and tangible for the Fashion Week audience, therefore bringing its claim, goals and specific proposals for implementation to an international opinion-forming fashion and lifestyle community. During a one-day Frankfurt Fashion SDG Summit presented by Conscious Fashion Campaign, topics like gender equality, clean water, climate protection, social justice and their significance for a forward-looking fashion industry will be examined in greater depth. Another point on the sustainability agenda: Frankfurt Fashion Week is launching a Sustainability Award for outstanding, innovative, sustainable design, alongside other categories with a global appeal for the fashion and textile industry.
 
"We are committed to setting the wheels of transformation in motion. Not only does the overall mindset have to fundamentally change; the entire industry also needs to have the courage to be transparent and honest. It’s important to see values and value creation as opportunities rather than contentious. We are doing what we do best: connecting the relevant players at all levels. With its ecosystem, Frankfurt Fashion Week will become the enabler. We are creating a platform that will orchestrate industry-wide change. With this as our inspiration, we are also developing our tradeshow formats from a ‘marketplace of products’ to a ‘marketplace of purpose and ideas’,” explains Anita Tillmann, Managing Partner of the Premium Group.
 
A new start in Frankfurt: In summer 2021 the entire fashion industry will be coming to the metropolis on the Main river to inform themselves, be inspired, discuss, negotiate and celebrate. “There’s a huge need to finally meet in person again, to exchange ideas and be inspired. At the same time, digital tools and formats have become an integral part of the fashion industry,” says Markus Frank, Head of the City of Frankfurt’s Department of Economic Affairs and therefore also responsible for its creative industry. “To implement such a future-oriented, all-encompassing overall concept, Frankfurt’s business and creative scenes offer an almost unique concentration of different expertise with its internationally networked agencies, universities and museums. The city’s multifaceted, high-end club, bar and restaurant scene, diverse hotel industry and internationally renowned retail landscape will become the stage for this. This network will be a key factor in the successful implementation of Frankfurt Fashion Week and the way in which it will expand into the public space as a cultural and social happening.”
 
A number of major publishing houses are also showing their commitment to the new Fashion Week in Frankfurt with conferences, events and awards: Textilwirtschaft, the leading professional fashion journal by the Deutscher Fachverlag publishing house, is moving its traditional meeting of the industry’s top decision-makers – the TW Forum, the presentation of the renowned Forum Award, as well as its subsequent conference – from Heidelberg to Frankfurt’s Palmengarten botanical gardens, and will therefore be kicking off Frankfurt Fashion Week on Sunday evening and Monday morning. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung will be hosting its traditional fashion party for the first time in Frankfurt and publishing a special edition of its FAZ Magazin on Frankfurt Fashion Week. And the ZEIT publishing group is holding its ‘UNLOCK Style by ZEITmagazin’ conference, which was established in 2014, and the ZEITmagazin Fashion Week party in Frankfurt for the first time and will dedicate the whole new issue of ZEITmagazin Frankfurt to Frankfurt Fashion Week. Condé Nast will also be involved in next summer’s Frankfurt Fashion Week with an exclusive event by GQ. And the Burda publishing house will also be represented with various event formats from its lifestyle and fashion brands.There will also be talks with SHINE  Conventions, the organiser of GLOW, about what a mutual collaboration could look like.
 
Frankfurt Fashion Week is also delighted to have the Fashion Council Germany (FCG) on board.  The FCG is theinstitution when it comes to German fashion design. It promotes designers, is committed to gaining more political relevance and strengthens the international visibility and awareness of German fashion. At Frankfurt Fashion Week, the FCG will contribute selected formats, such as its already established Fireside Chat, and a future-oriented accelerator format to support German designers.
 
“What really impresses me about Fashion Week is the whole networking aspect: the creative industries will meet the financial world and sustainability is the common denominator. The Green Finance Cluster is another project that we could link with Frankfurt Fashion Week in the future. This will provide new inspiration in the fashion industry, which will certainly extend way beyond its own horizon of Frankfurt and Hesse. After a very difficult year for the trade fair industry, the concept is an encouraging breath of fresh air,” sums up Tarek Al-Wazir, Hesse’s Minister of Economics, Energy, Transport and Regional Development and Deputy Minister-President of the state of Hessen.

A collection reborn: Light on the Land 2.0 is out! (c) ISKO
Light on the Land 2.0
01.12.2020

A collection reborn: Light on the Land 2.0 is out!

  • Miles Johnson and ISKO’s Creative Room present the new responsible collection.

The second edition of this partnership tells the story of a unique combination of creativity and expertise brought to the table by ISKO’s style and design center, Creative Room Italy, and the innovative designer Miles Johnson, resulting in a collection featuring responsible R-TWO™ fabrics and a selection of sustainable accessories and details.

An act of care for the planet and its people, Light on the Land 2.0 is the new capsule designed by Miles Johnson and ISKO. Former Design Director at Levi Strauss & Co. and Senior Creative Director of Product Design and Development at Patagonia, Inc., Miles joined forces with Creative Room and Iskoteca, ISKO’s Italian style and washing research hubs, to develop a collection that brings responsibility in the fashion industry to the next level.

  • Miles Johnson and ISKO’s Creative Room present the new responsible collection.

The second edition of this partnership tells the story of a unique combination of creativity and expertise brought to the table by ISKO’s style and design center, Creative Room Italy, and the innovative designer Miles Johnson, resulting in a collection featuring responsible R-TWO™ fabrics and a selection of sustainable accessories and details.

An act of care for the planet and its people, Light on the Land 2.0 is the new capsule designed by Miles Johnson and ISKO. Former Design Director at Levi Strauss & Co. and Senior Creative Director of Product Design and Development at Patagonia, Inc., Miles joined forces with Creative Room and Iskoteca, ISKO’s Italian style and washing research hubs, to develop a collection that brings responsibility in the fashion industry to the next level.

The project includes 32 unique pieces, each of them realized with seasonless designs and sustainably-minded details. All the fabrics used in the collection were carefully selected from ISKO’s R-TWO™ platform. Using a mixture of reused cotton and recycled fibers, the technique embeds material circularity into the production processes, designing waste out of the system and minimizing impact at scale. Certified to Textile Exchange environmental credentials according to the percentage of materials contained, R-TWO™ ensures better use of raw materials and resource efficiency. ISKO’s Environmental Product Declarations (EPD®s), available for all its +25,000 products, offer a unique opportunity to measure the impact of R-TWO™’s savings in the Lifecycle Assessments (LCAs) framework, where resource savings can be seen in carbon impact, water-use reductions and many other impact KPIs.

Light on the Land 2.0 incorporates responsible design principles such as Cadica’s new and innovative trims, made of vegan apple “leather”, and has been developed using ecoconscious finishing techniques. The collection also features many additional sustainable facets such as efficient low-waste pattern cutting and design, efficient sewing methods, removeable rivets for end-of-life and biodegradable thread which can be removed at high heats.

“When we first started working on this project, we knew it was going to be amazing,” explained Massimo Munari, Manager and Art director Creative Room, ISKO. “To design a collection like this, you need to begin with the right mindset and of course, the right materials. R-TWO was the perfect ingredient, thanks to the re-used and re-cycled content. We then aimed to minimize impact at all stages: incorporating sustainable design ideas, washing processes and trims. We are proud to have created such an inspiring, and sustainable collection, and to bring our collective vision to light.”

Due to the unprecedented challenges of this time, the collection was entirely developed through remote working and creative solutions to ensure the safety and health of all parties involved. To this end, everyone was kept safe thanks to ISKO Vital™+ reusable and eco-friendly face covers, created with organic cotton to cater for comfort and sustainability.

Sonntag Fins Switch to Sicomin’s GreenPoxy® 33 Bio Resin (c) Sicomin
Ben vd Steen Flying high
30.11.2020

Sonntag Fins Switch to Sicomin’s GreenPoxy® 33 Bio Resin

Sicomin’s latest marine collaboration with Sonntag Fins sees its industry leading GreenPoxy® 33 bio-based epoxy resin used for custom carbon fibre windsurf fins - combining speed, fatigue performance and sustainability for some of the fastest sailors afloat.

Targeted at windsurf slalom sailors, racers and speed sailors, each Sonntag fin is a custom made product, tailored specifically to the user based on a discussion about riding style, physical size and weight, as well as how the rider likes to load the fin whilst sailing.  This attention to detail and bespoke manufacturing places a huge importance on the performance and consistency of the raw materials used, with all new materials having to be validated in production, on the test rig in the lab, and on the water by the team riders.

Sicomin’s latest marine collaboration with Sonntag Fins sees its industry leading GreenPoxy® 33 bio-based epoxy resin used for custom carbon fibre windsurf fins - combining speed, fatigue performance and sustainability for some of the fastest sailors afloat.

Targeted at windsurf slalom sailors, racers and speed sailors, each Sonntag fin is a custom made product, tailored specifically to the user based on a discussion about riding style, physical size and weight, as well as how the rider likes to load the fin whilst sailing.  This attention to detail and bespoke manufacturing places a huge importance on the performance and consistency of the raw materials used, with all new materials having to be validated in production, on the test rig in the lab, and on the water by the team riders.

With this in mind, Sonntag Fins approached Time Out Composite, Sicomin’s German distributor,  looking for a new resin system that could reduce cycle times and improve manufacturing output.  Bio-based systems were discussed, but the first product used by Sonntag was Sicomin’s SR1280 laminating system which delivered immediate results, enabling shorter cure cycles, and exceeding all of the previous mechanical test targets.

In 2020, Sonntag and Time Out Composite revisited the topic of a more sustainable epoxy resin system. It was the perfect time for Sonntag Fins, with their new unique bright green UV resistant outer finish, to go green on the inside too with Sicomin’s GreenPoxy® 33 resin.

Test fins were produced with the new material performing well in production trials. Pure resin samples were also tested and post-cured at 140 ̊C, with the new GreenPoxy® 33 samples showing significantly higher elongation at maximum resistance, meaning the cured epoxy was less brittle and susceptible to damage should a customer’s fin meet a rock. With mechanical properties improved, Sonntag switched production to GreenPoxy® 33 in August 2020.

Sonntag fins are manufactured in CNC machined aluminium moulds using GreenPoxy® 33 and a bespoke lay-up of woven, stitched biaxial and heat-set unidirectional carbon fibre fabrics in four steps:
• The first step in the moulding process is the application of Sonntag’s unique green in-mould coating.
• Next, the individual fabric plies, cut using precisely machined templates, are placed into the mould and then wet-out with the low viscosity epoxy. With the laminate stack complete, the mould is closed and loaded into a heated press for around 2 hours to consolidate and cure the fin.
• After curing, the demoulded fins are tempered in an oven at 140 ̊C, then only a light sanding is required to create the final surface roughness for optimum flow characteristics in the water.
• Finally, the fins are cut to the required length and the base adapter is molded to the epoxy-carbon blade in a specific mould.
With each fin being optimized for its rider, it is critical that each piece produced will bend and twist in exactly the way it has been designed to do so, providing the rider with exactly the feel and feedback they want for their board and fin. Each Sonntag fin is tested on a unique CNC controlled servo and stepper motor driven test bench that Joerg has developed, building a database of test results that not only ensures the products perform as designed but also validating the consistency of the manufacturing process and raw materials.
“We produce high-performance windsurfing fins that need to accommodate significant loads during sailing. Fins need to combine flexibility with extremely high torsion stiffness that places high interlaminar shear forces on the resin, especially in our softer fins.” commented Joerg Sonntag, MD, Sonntag Fins. “A key requirement for us is a resin that maintains its mechanical properties for many years, and this is where the Sicomin systems deliver”

Key role for Kipaş in the EU’s multi-million New Cotton Project (c) Monforts
The New Cotton Project logo
30.11.2020

Key role for Kipaş in the EU’s multi-million New Cotton Project

  • Monforts customer Kipaş has been selected as the sole denim manufacturing partner in the €6.7 million European Union-funded New Cotton Project, involving the brands adidas and H&M, working in a consortium with suppliers, innovators and research institutes.

Kipaş, based in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, is currently installing its third Monforts Montex stenter along with a third Monfortex compressive shrinkage system in a combined configuration dedicated to denim production.

This follows the successful installation and commissioning of the second Montex and Monfortex lines at the Kahramanmaraş plant in 2018, which Kipaş Vice Chairman of the Board Ahmet Öksüz said had immediately exceeded expectations.

  • Monforts customer Kipaş has been selected as the sole denim manufacturing partner in the €6.7 million European Union-funded New Cotton Project, involving the brands adidas and H&M, working in a consortium with suppliers, innovators and research institutes.

Kipaş, based in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, is currently installing its third Monforts Montex stenter along with a third Monfortex compressive shrinkage system in a combined configuration dedicated to denim production.

This follows the successful installation and commissioning of the second Montex and Monfortex lines at the Kahramanmaraş plant in 2018, which Kipaş Vice Chairman of the Board Ahmet Öksüz said had immediately exceeded expectations.

“We performed a very thorough technical investigation based on the latest Industry 4.0 analysis before the purchase, to determine what we needed, and the Monforts technology met all our requirements,” he said, in an interview with Textilegence magazine. “The Monfortex is equipped with a variety of features not found on classical shrinkage machines and the production can be monitored from beginning to end. It also exceeded our expectations in energy cost savings.”

Kipaş subsequently received a special certificate from Monforts in recognition of its exceptional utilisation of the technology to its full potential.

The latest Montex stenter now being installed at Kipaş is a 12-chamber unit with a working width of 2 metres featuring all of the latest automation features. The Monfortex unit, also with a working width of 2 metres, is in a ‘double rubber’ configuration, comprising two compressive shrinkage units and two felt calenders in line. This allows the heat setting of elastane fibres and the residual shrinkage of the denim to be carried out simultaneously, for a significant increase in production speeds.

“Around 90-95% of denim fabric production now contains elastane fibres and the Monforts system has allowed us to simultaneously increase our production and quality in this respect,” Mr Öksüz said.

Regenerated cotton
For the next three years within the New Cotton Project, Kipaş will manufacture denim fabrics based on the cellulose-based fibres of Infinited Fiber Company of Finland, made from post-consumer textile waste that has been collected, sorted and regenerated.

The patented technology of Infinited, which is leading the consortium of 12 companies, turns cellulose-rich textile waste into fibres that look and feel like cotton.

“We are very excited and proud to lead this project which is breaking new ground when it comes to making circularity in the textile industry a reality,” said Infinited co-founder and CEO Petri Alava. “The enthusiasm and commitment with which the entire consortium has come together to work towards a cleaner, more sustainable future for fashion is truly inspiring.”

Take-back programmes
Adidas and H&M will establish take-back programmes to collect the clothing that is produced, to determine the next phase in their lifecycle. Clothing that can no longer be worn will be returned to Infinited, for regeneration into new fibres, further contributing to a circular economy in which textiles never go to waste, but instead are reused, recycled or turned into new garments.

The aim is to prove that circular, sustainable fashion can be achieved today, and to act as an inspiration and stepping stone to further, even bigger circular initiatives by the industry going forward.

The EU has identified the high potential for circularity within the textile industry, while simultaneously highlighting the urgent need for the development of technologies to produce and design sustainable and circular bio-based materials. Making sustainable products commonplace, reducing waste and leading global efforts on circularity are outlined in the European Commission’s Circular Economy Action Plan.

Fashion brands produce nearly twice as many clothes today as they did 20 years ago and demand is expected to continue growing. At the same time, the equivalent of one garbage truck of textiles is landfilled or burned every second. Most of the textile industry’s environmental problems relate to the raw materials used by the industry – cotton, fossil-based fibres such as polyester, and viscose as the most common man-made cellulosic fibre, are all associated with serious environmental concerns.

Lenzing AG successfully issues EUR 500 million hybrid bond (c) Lenzing AG
Lenzing AG successfully issues EUR 500 million hybrid bond
30.11.2020

Lenzing AG successfully issues EUR 500 million hybrid bond

  • Lenzing AG has successfully issued a hybrid bond – a subordinated, unsecured bond – with a total volume of EUR 500 mn and a coupon of 5.75 percent.

The bond was multiple times oversubscribed, has a perpetual tenor and achieves 100 percent IFRS equity accounting due to its structural features. It has successfully been issued following a two-day roadshow with international investors. The denomination of the hybrid bond is EUR 100,000. It is Lenzing’s first hybrid bond on the capital market and will further strengthen the company’s capital structure.

“The success of our hybrid issuance underlines the creditworthiness of Lenzing and the confidence of the capital market in our company. The completion of the transaction strengthens our balance sheet and is a further step in diversifying our financing structure”, said Thomas Obendrauf, Chief Financial Officer of Lenzing AG.

BNP Paribas and Morgan Stanley acted as joint global coordinators and structuring advisors and BNP Paribas, Morgan Stanley and UniCredit as joint bookrunners.

  • Lenzing AG has successfully issued a hybrid bond – a subordinated, unsecured bond – with a total volume of EUR 500 mn and a coupon of 5.75 percent.

The bond was multiple times oversubscribed, has a perpetual tenor and achieves 100 percent IFRS equity accounting due to its structural features. It has successfully been issued following a two-day roadshow with international investors. The denomination of the hybrid bond is EUR 100,000. It is Lenzing’s first hybrid bond on the capital market and will further strengthen the company’s capital structure.

“The success of our hybrid issuance underlines the creditworthiness of Lenzing and the confidence of the capital market in our company. The completion of the transaction strengthens our balance sheet and is a further step in diversifying our financing structure”, said Thomas Obendrauf, Chief Financial Officer of Lenzing AG.

BNP Paribas and Morgan Stanley acted as joint global coordinators and structuring advisors and BNP Paribas, Morgan Stanley and UniCredit as joint bookrunners.

Source:

Lenzing AG

Grup Transilvae moves into textile printing sector with Kornit partnership (c) Kornit
Kornit Digital by Kfir Ziv
27.11.2020

Grup Transilvae moves into textile printing sector with Kornit partnership

  • "We only promote products that we like and Kornit is offering a line up of technologically advanced equipment that can take our selected customers into the future of textile print on demand.”
  • Responding to market needs for textile print on demand

Kornit Digital (Nasdaq: KRNT), a worldwide market leader in digital textile printing technology, continues to expand its market reach through Grup Transilvae partnership.

Founded in 1993 in Cluj, Grup Transilvae later expanded its reach nationally with a move to Bucharest. It has since developed into a complete solutions and services provider following partnerships with key industry manufacturers such as HP, MGI Digital Graphic Technology, Canon, Esko, Caldera, Efi, X-Rite - Pantone and Fotoba International etc. It has also more recently agree to support Matic, Highcon, Xlam, Sefa, Chemica and PlastGrommet. Now the company is increasingly focusing on the textile industry which is why it is partnering with Kornit.

  • "We only promote products that we like and Kornit is offering a line up of technologically advanced equipment that can take our selected customers into the future of textile print on demand.”
  • Responding to market needs for textile print on demand

Kornit Digital (Nasdaq: KRNT), a worldwide market leader in digital textile printing technology, continues to expand its market reach through Grup Transilvae partnership.

Founded in 1993 in Cluj, Grup Transilvae later expanded its reach nationally with a move to Bucharest. It has since developed into a complete solutions and services provider following partnerships with key industry manufacturers such as HP, MGI Digital Graphic Technology, Canon, Esko, Caldera, Efi, X-Rite - Pantone and Fotoba International etc. It has also more recently agree to support Matic, Highcon, Xlam, Sefa, Chemica and PlastGrommet. Now the company is increasingly focusing on the textile industry which is why it is partnering with Kornit.

CEO Bogdan Vasilescu explains: "We started with color management solutions, working on demand for Fogra with digitally printed DMI colors on textiles. We have also worked with Mimaki, Roland, Epson and Vutek on various projects including Eurotex Iasi, Zara and Rofobit in Bucharest. Eager to continue our growth spurt in the textile printing industry, we were looking for a trusted partner and Kornit was the obvious choice.”

"The collaboration with Kornit began officially in September and is a natural progression,” Vasilescu adds. “For a number of years, we have been considering ways to improve our offering by moving into textiles in the same way that we did for sign and display, home decor or packaging. We were just waiting for the right partner. We are always looking to collaborate with market leaders and we wanted to work with Kornit to tap into the potential of the print on demand textile market with an extensive textile printing portfolio.”

Grup Transilvae will represent all Kornit’s textile solutions, including Direct to Garment and Direct to Fabric, particularly for T-shirts, activewear, denim, fashion, beachwear, home textiles and fabrics.

Vasilescu continues: “We are looking forward to showing our existing customers how they can take advantage of the Covid 19 accelerated trends in digital print-on-demand and short-run print jobs. We will signpost how they can expand their application range, grow volumes and experience better ROI.”

Vasilescu concludes: “We only promote products that we like and Kornit is offering a line up of technologically advanced equipment that can take our valued customers into the future of textile print on demand.”

Omer Kulka, CMO at Kornit Digital states: “We are delighted to announce another great partnership with a distributor that is as passionate about our products and the textile printing industry as we are. Grup Transilvae has a long history of successfully entering new markets with leading manufacturers. We look forward to a long and happy partnership.”

Philipp Kassel präsentiert limitierte Sneaker-Modelle im exklusiven 7 Perplex Pop-up-Store © 7 Perplex
7 Perplex Pop-up Store im KaDeWe
27.11.2020

Die seltensten Sneaker der Welt im KaDeWe

  • Philipp Kassel präsentiert limitierte Sneaker-Modelle im exklusiven 7 Perplex Pop-up-Store

Kanye West, Travis Scott, Virgil Abloh – nur einige namhafte Stars, die selbst die absoluten Sneaker-Enthusiasten sind und für Streetstyle-Brands wie Adidas und Nike besondere Designer-Kollaborationen entworfen haben. Dazu gehören heiß begehrte, schon lange ausverkaufte Sneaker-Modelle wie der Yeezy Boost sowie Nike-Kollaborationen mit Dior, Off-White, Travis Scott oder der Nike Air Jordan. Diese und zahlreiche weitere limitierte Sneaker bietet Philipp Kassel ab heute bis zum 9. Januar 2021 exklusiv im Pop-up-Store 7 Perplex im ersten Obergeschoss des KaDeWe an.

  • Philipp Kassel präsentiert limitierte Sneaker-Modelle im exklusiven 7 Perplex Pop-up-Store

Kanye West, Travis Scott, Virgil Abloh – nur einige namhafte Stars, die selbst die absoluten Sneaker-Enthusiasten sind und für Streetstyle-Brands wie Adidas und Nike besondere Designer-Kollaborationen entworfen haben. Dazu gehören heiß begehrte, schon lange ausverkaufte Sneaker-Modelle wie der Yeezy Boost sowie Nike-Kollaborationen mit Dior, Off-White, Travis Scott oder der Nike Air Jordan. Diese und zahlreiche weitere limitierte Sneaker bietet Philipp Kassel ab heute bis zum 9. Januar 2021 exklusiv im Pop-up-Store 7 Perplex im ersten Obergeschoss des KaDeWe an.

„Manche kaufen teure Autos, Uhren, Gemälde oder Weine – und manche kaufen sich eben einen Air Dior Jordan für 20.000 Euro“, sagt Philipp Kassel, der sich vor drei Jahren mit seinem innovativen Geschäftsmodell selbstständig gemacht hat. Der studierte Betriebswissenschaftler hat seine Nische gefunden: Limitierte Sneaker-Modelle und namhafte Marken-Kollaborationen. Die Sneaker, die er auf zahlreichen Pop-up- und Shop-in-Shop-Flächen anbietet, gehören zu den absoluten Raritäten in Kennerkreisen und sind innerhalb weniger Minuten nach Release überall restlos ausverkauft. Danach werden sie zu deutlich höheren Preisen auf dem Zweitmarkt gehandelt. Dank zahlreicher Vertriebskontakte kann der 26-Jährige die Modelle auch nach Launch und direktem Ausverkauf exklusiv anbieten.

„Als internationale Department Stores haben unsere Häuser - das Alsterhaus in Hamburg, das KaDeWe in Berlin und der Oberpollinger in München - einen sehr hohen Anspruch und wir möchten unsere Gäste immer wieder aufs Neue mit einem besonderen Sortiment und perfektem Service begeistern. Das außergewöhnliche Spektrum von 7 Perplex an coolen und im Markt stark limitierten Sneakern passt perfekt zur KaDeWe Group und bestätigt unsere Stores einmal mehr als einmalige Destinationen, wenn es um Fashion und Lifestyle geht“, so Torsten Stiewe, Head of Buying Men’s & Urban Sport von The KaDeWe Group.

Der Reseller, dem die Promis vertrauen
Fußball-Weltmeister Christoph Kramer, Pop-Sänger Mike Singer oder die Rapper KayOne und Fler – das sind neben zahlreichen weiteren Promis und Influencern nur einige prominente Referenzen, die beim Schuhkauf auf den Sneaker-Experten Philipp Kassel setzen. Zu den zufriedenen Käufern bei der Pop-up Premiere im Sommer 2020 im KaDeWe gehörten Hollywood-Schauspieler Yahya Abdul-Mateen, Sängerin Kim Gloss sowie Rapper Kontra K. Alle Modelle werden professionell durch detaillierte Echtheitsprüfungen authentifiziert.

2021 – die Sneaker-Story geht weiter
Für 2021 sind zahlreiche, weitere Pop-up-Flächen in Kooperation mit dem KaDeWe sowie Breuninger geplant. „7 Perplex ist ein Business-Modell, das insbesondere offline funktioniert. Der Kauf von limitierten Sneakern wird besonders in einem luxuriösen Markenumfeld wie im KaDeWe oder bei Breuninger zu einer Experience“, sagt Philipp Kassel. Aus diesem Grund verbindet 7 Perplex auch in Zukunft stationären Einzelhandel mit Online-Experience sowie -Service und liefert Sneaker Addicts auch im nächsten Jahr die begehrtesten Sneaker der Welt – ob aus dem Online-Shop oder dem Pop-up-Store.

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_blaenk eröffnet digitalen Erlebnisstore in der Kölner Innenstadt (c) _blaenk / Oliver Güth
Der digitale Erlebnisstore von _blaenk Store in der Schildergasse Köln
27.11.2020

_blaenk eröffnet digitalen Erlebnisstore in der Kölner Innenstadt

Das Startup _blaenk eröffnet heute um 15:00 Uhr in der Kölner Innenstadt seinen neuartigen Erlebnisstore auf 450m2 mit rund 40 Marken und raffinierten digitalen Features. Die stationäre Fläche, die einem Apartment nachempfunden ist, will Konsumenten eine Inspiration für den modernen Lifestyle bieten. Besucher des Stores können via QR Code Produktinformationen digital aufrufen sowie eine Self-Checkout-Funktion nutzen – ganz im Sinne der aktuellen COVID-19 Situation. Die Ware kann kontaktlos, ob im Laden oder zuhause auf der Couch, über _blaenk Online-Shop in den Warenkorb gelegt und bezahlt werden. _blaenk Mitarbeiter stellen den Einkauf direkt zur Abholung zusammen oder liefern die Ware dem Kunden nach Hause. _blaenk gilt mit seinem Konzept nicht nur in Deutschland als Vorreiter: das Startup wurde Anfang des Jahres mit dem Europäischen Innovationspreis für Handel ausgezeichnet.

Das Startup _blaenk eröffnet heute um 15:00 Uhr in der Kölner Innenstadt seinen neuartigen Erlebnisstore auf 450m2 mit rund 40 Marken und raffinierten digitalen Features. Die stationäre Fläche, die einem Apartment nachempfunden ist, will Konsumenten eine Inspiration für den modernen Lifestyle bieten. Besucher des Stores können via QR Code Produktinformationen digital aufrufen sowie eine Self-Checkout-Funktion nutzen – ganz im Sinne der aktuellen COVID-19 Situation. Die Ware kann kontaktlos, ob im Laden oder zuhause auf der Couch, über _blaenk Online-Shop in den Warenkorb gelegt und bezahlt werden. _blaenk Mitarbeiter stellen den Einkauf direkt zur Abholung zusammen oder liefern die Ware dem Kunden nach Hause. _blaenk gilt mit seinem Konzept nicht nur in Deutschland als Vorreiter: das Startup wurde Anfang des Jahres mit dem Europäischen Innovationspreis für Handel ausgezeichnet.

Der _blaenk Store eröffnet in Toplage auf der Kölner Schildergasse 31-37 mit ausgewählten Marken aus dem Consumer-Lifestyle-Bereich: von Elektromobilität über Fashion, Möbel, Food-Trends bis hin zu Sport-Accessoires. All das, was einen modernen Lebensstil komplementiert. Die Brands wurden nach Kriterien wie „Innovationscharakter“, „Nachhaltigkeit“ und „Urbanität“ kuratiert. Darunter finden sich etablierte Marken wieder wie Melitta, Congstar, Mercedes-Benz und Zwilling; aber auch begehrte Jungunternehmen wie Blackroll®, Stryve oder Just Spices sind dabei. In der sogenannten „Startup Zone“, die von KölnBusiness gefördert wird, präsentieren drei lokale Gründerteams ihre neuartigen Produkte von Aloe Vera Pflege über Vegane Sneaker bis hin zu Kork-Accessoires.

„Die Shopper von heute sind übersättigt von Produktangeboten- und Informationen. Marken müssen um die Aufmerksamkeit der Kunden regelrecht kämpfen. Nur ein gutes Produkt zu haben, ist dabei heute nicht mehr genug. Es bedarf einer umfassenden Inszenierung mit größtmöglicher Erlebnisqualität und individueller Beratung bzw. Empfehlung. Das rein über das Internet zu vermitteln, ist schwierig. Wir gehen daher einen Schritt weiter und bieten die stationäre Erlebnisfläche mit der entsprechenden Beratung und ergänzen dies durch digitalen Content, Produktempfehlungen und Self-Checkout-Funktion“, so Martin Bressem, Gründer & CEO von _blaenk.

Um den Besuch im _blaenk Store so sicher wie möglich zu gestalten, sind die Besucherzahlen streng reguliert. Dazu hat _blaenk ein smartes Tracking-System installiert, welches das Besucherverhalten im Store anonym analysiert. Kunden sollen in Zukunft auch gezielt Zeitfenster für ihren Besuch und die Beratung buchen können. Auf www.blaenk.com kann man sich aktuell für Community-Vorteile kostenlos registrieren.

_blaenk bietet den partizipierenden Marken unter dem Angebot „_blaenk Business“ die umfassende Retail as a Service Lösung, indem Marken nur die Produkte liefern müssen und _blaenk dabei den Rest übernimmt: von der Markeninszenierung und dem operativen Store-Betrieb inkl. _blaenk Mitarbeiter über den Verkauf und Versand der Produkte bis hin zur sensor- und kamerabasierten Performance-Analyse. Zuletzt konnte _blaenk für diesen innovativen Ansatz eine siebenstellige Finanzierungsrunde mit internationalen Investoren abschließen.

2021 will _blaenk sein innovatives Storekonzept an weiteren Standorten eröffnen.

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 DITF erhalten „Innovationspreis Bioökonomie Baden-Württemberg 2020“ (c) LGL
Ministerialdirektorin Grit Puchan (li) überreicht den Preis an Dr. Antje Ota
27.11.2020

DITF erhalten „Innovationspreis Bioökonomie Baden-Württemberg 2020“

Die Deutschen Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung (DITF) sind einer von fünf Gewinnern des „Ideenwettbewerbs Bioökonomie - Innovationen für den Ländlichen Raum“, der vom Ministerium für Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz Baden-Württemberg erstmals ausgerufen wurde. Ausgezeichnet wurden Beiträge zum Klimaschutz, zur Ressourceneffizienz, zum Schutz der Umwelt und der Biodiversität sowie zur Entwicklung des ländlichen Raums. Am 25. November 2020 wurde der Preis von Ministerialdirektorin Grit Puchan während des 5. Bioökonomietags überreicht. Die DITF erhalten den Preis für ihre Forschung an nachhaltigen Carbonfasern. Der Pitch-Vortrag von Dr. Frank Hermanutz und Dr. Antje Ota erhielt zudem auch noch den Publikumspreis.

Die Deutschen Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung (DITF) sind einer von fünf Gewinnern des „Ideenwettbewerbs Bioökonomie - Innovationen für den Ländlichen Raum“, der vom Ministerium für Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz Baden-Württemberg erstmals ausgerufen wurde. Ausgezeichnet wurden Beiträge zum Klimaschutz, zur Ressourceneffizienz, zum Schutz der Umwelt und der Biodiversität sowie zur Entwicklung des ländlichen Raums. Am 25. November 2020 wurde der Preis von Ministerialdirektorin Grit Puchan während des 5. Bioökonomietags überreicht. Die DITF erhalten den Preis für ihre Forschung an nachhaltigen Carbonfasern. Der Pitch-Vortrag von Dr. Frank Hermanutz und Dr. Antje Ota erhielt zudem auch noch den Publikumspreis.

Ionische Flüssigkeiten (ionic liquids, IL) sind der Schlüssel zu nachhaltigen biobasierten Fasern für vielfältige Anwendungen in der Industrie. 2003 hat Dr. Frank Hermanutz mit seinem Team gemeinsam mit der BASF SE ein innovatives Lösungsmittel für Biopolymere, also Polymere aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen, entdeckt. Auf dieser Basis wurden mit der patentierten HighPerCell®-Technologie Cellulosefilamentfasern entwickelt, die aufgrund ihrer spezifischen Fasereigenschaften als technische Fasern eingesetzt werden können. Sie sind zum Beispiel Ausgangsprodukt für cellulosebasierte Carbonfasern.

Carbonfasern werden vor allem im Fahrzeugbau eingesetzt, gewinnen aber auch im Bauwesen an Bedeutung. Sie sind äußerst hitzebeständig und belastbar. Herkömmliche, nicht auf Biopolymeren basierende Carbonfasern sind allerdings derzeit noch sehr teuer und ihre Herstellung belastet die Umwelt. Die Carbonfaserherstellung auf der Basis von Cellulose würde nicht nur die Umwelt schonen, sondern auch die Energiekosten senken. Für die Gewinnung von Zellstoff bietet sich zum Beispiel die heimische Buche an. Wissenschaftler des Kompetenzzentrums Biopolymerwerkstoffe der DITF bringen dieses neue Verfahren in das im April 2020 vom Land Baden-Württemberg gegründete Technikum Laubholz (TLH) ein. Dort wird die Technologie in enger Zusammenarbeit mit beteiligten Industriefirmen praktisch umgesetzt.

Hochleistungsfasern aus Cellulose sind für viele weitere Anwendungen geeignet, wie zum als Verstärkungsfasern im Beton oder als Bestandteil von sortenreinen Verbundwerkstoffe.

„Schon bald könnten biopolymerbasierte Werkstoffe die gleichen Eigenschaften aufweisen wie erdölbasierte Materialien. Das wäre ein enormer Beitrag zum Ressourcenschutz und zur Umweltverträglichkeit“ erklärt Frank Hermanutz.

Die Jury des Ideenwettbewerbs würdigt diese Forschungsleistung für Umweltschutz und Nachhaltigkeit mit dem Bioökonomie-Innovationspreis.

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Deutschen Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung (DITF)

26.11.2020

Autoneum: Current assessment of the 2020 financial year

The global automobile production has been recovering faster than expected since summer. If this positive trend continues through the full second half of the year, Group revenue in local currencies in the second semester is likely to be just around –5% below the level of the prior year period. For the full year 2020 it is anticipated that revenue in local currencies will decline by around –20% compared to 2019.

Based on this development of revenue, the extensive cost reduction measures taken in response to the COVID-19 crisis and the on-schedule progress of the turnaround in North America, an EBIT margin of 4-5% is expected for the second half of the year and a slightly positive EBIT margin for 2020 as a whole. Supported by the strict management of working capital and investments, the free cash flow is likely to be in the higher double-digit million range, which should enable a slight reduction in debt.

The outlook for 2021 and especially the first half-year remains uncertain and depends strongly on how the pandemic will develop. According to forecasts, global vehicle production in 2021 will still not reach the level of 2019.

The global automobile production has been recovering faster than expected since summer. If this positive trend continues through the full second half of the year, Group revenue in local currencies in the second semester is likely to be just around –5% below the level of the prior year period. For the full year 2020 it is anticipated that revenue in local currencies will decline by around –20% compared to 2019.

Based on this development of revenue, the extensive cost reduction measures taken in response to the COVID-19 crisis and the on-schedule progress of the turnaround in North America, an EBIT margin of 4-5% is expected for the second half of the year and a slightly positive EBIT margin for 2020 as a whole. Supported by the strict management of working capital and investments, the free cash flow is likely to be in the higher double-digit million range, which should enable a slight reduction in debt.

The outlook for 2021 and especially the first half-year remains uncertain and depends strongly on how the pandemic will develop. According to forecasts, global vehicle production in 2021 will still not reach the level of 2019.

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Autoneum Management AG

(c) BB Engineering GmbH
26.11.2020

BBE's VacuFil recycling line for PET

Polyester and its applications are omnipresent in our everyday lives. Whether as beverage bottles, film packaging, high-tech sports shirts or safety belts, polyester excels with its excellent mechanical properties and inexpensive production. However, the constantly rising demand requires responsible handling of global resources. For this reason, it is not only ‘virgin polyester’ generated from crude oil that is exclusively the raw material for manufacturing, so too is polyester recycled from post-production and post-consumer waste. Processing production waste also helps cut raw material, disposal and transport costs, hence increasing efficiency.

Polyester and its applications are omnipresent in our everyday lives. Whether as beverage bottles, film packaging, high-tech sports shirts or safety belts, polyester excels with its excellent mechanical properties and inexpensive production. However, the constantly rising demand requires responsible handling of global resources. For this reason, it is not only ‘virgin polyester’ generated from crude oil that is exclusively the raw material for manufacturing, so too is polyester recycled from post-production and post-consumer waste. Processing production waste also helps cut raw material, disposal and transport costs, hence increasing efficiency.

BB Engineering has developed an innovative solution for the recycling of post-production polyester fibre waste, called VacuFil. Decades of experience in the areas of extrusion, filtration and spinning systems have been bundled into a new, innovative core component – the vacuum filter. It unites gentle large-scale filtration and controlled intrinsic-viscosity build-up for consistently outstanding melt quality. The attached vacuum swiftly and reliably removes volatile contamination and ensures a controlled IV-increase. Comprising an inline viscosity measuring unit connected with the vacuum unit the IV can be controlled continuously and reliably. Hence, producers are able to generate that specific kind of recycled polyester they need for their application.

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BB Engineering GmbH

Oerlikon: Manual lever (c) Oerlikon
26.11.2020

Oerlikon: Manual lever now even more ergonomic

Finer adjustment of the yarn suction force, lower compressed air consumption for the same yarn tension, smooth, ergonomic compressed-air valve – all promises fulfilled by the modernized AS H 32 and AS H 38 yarn suction devices.

Also known as hand injectors, these yarn suction devices are standard components of all spinning positions. The AS H 32- and AS H 38-series are high-performance hand injectors with lower compressed air consumption for the same yarn tension. This is made possible due to the higher yarn suction forces, particularly in the case of the AS H 38 series. In addition to this, string-up without ‘ramp-up’ is possible in certain applications. Also new is a smoother, more ergonomic compressed-air valve, which makes deploying the yarn suction devices more comfortable for users. Furthermore, the required yarn suction force can be adjusted more finely.

The new ‘high-performance devices’ have been designed for applications that require a particularly high suction performance. For several months now, they have been successfully operating in pilot projects within the context of a BCF yarn application in Europe and a tape yarn system located in the US.

Finer adjustment of the yarn suction force, lower compressed air consumption for the same yarn tension, smooth, ergonomic compressed-air valve – all promises fulfilled by the modernized AS H 32 and AS H 38 yarn suction devices.

Also known as hand injectors, these yarn suction devices are standard components of all spinning positions. The AS H 32- and AS H 38-series are high-performance hand injectors with lower compressed air consumption for the same yarn tension. This is made possible due to the higher yarn suction forces, particularly in the case of the AS H 38 series. In addition to this, string-up without ‘ramp-up’ is possible in certain applications. Also new is a smoother, more ergonomic compressed-air valve, which makes deploying the yarn suction devices more comfortable for users. Furthermore, the required yarn suction force can be adjusted more finely.

The new ‘high-performance devices’ have been designed for applications that require a particularly high suction performance. For several months now, they have been successfully operating in pilot projects within the context of a BCF yarn application in Europe and a tape yarn system located in the US.

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Oerlikon

25.11.2020

Bemberg™: Smart-tech fiber

Made from the smart-tech transformation of cotton linters pre-consumer materials and converted through a traceable and transparent closed loop process, Bemberg™ fiber is participating to some of the most cutting edge design innovations on planet Fashion. Its uniqueness comes from its exceptional quality characteristics as the magnificent touch of the fabric that results soft and smooth like silk, second skin-like, and precious look. Bemberg™ boasts also antistatic and breathable performances and the fiber is also biodegradable and compostable. Proving to be a circular economy oriented ingredient, the fiber is driven by innovation and responsibility together with design.

Bemberg™ is also enlarging its position in the market thanks to its valuable partnerships. It has collaborated with the Italian fabric manufacturer Brunello S.p.A. to create unique collections, to obtain innovative features as high absorption and breathability power that give a natural sensation and freshness. The responsible fiber confirms its international attitude with BemBAZIN™, the innovative fabric that empowers the traditional African Damask fabric used to make vibrant garments.

Made from the smart-tech transformation of cotton linters pre-consumer materials and converted through a traceable and transparent closed loop process, Bemberg™ fiber is participating to some of the most cutting edge design innovations on planet Fashion. Its uniqueness comes from its exceptional quality characteristics as the magnificent touch of the fabric that results soft and smooth like silk, second skin-like, and precious look. Bemberg™ boasts also antistatic and breathable performances and the fiber is also biodegradable and compostable. Proving to be a circular economy oriented ingredient, the fiber is driven by innovation and responsibility together with design.

Bemberg™ is also enlarging its position in the market thanks to its valuable partnerships. It has collaborated with the Italian fabric manufacturer Brunello S.p.A. to create unique collections, to obtain innovative features as high absorption and breathability power that give a natural sensation and freshness. The responsible fiber confirms its international attitude with BemBAZIN™, the innovative fabric that empowers the traditional African Damask fabric used to make vibrant garments.

The Japanese brand has teamed up also with Gianni Crespi Foderami to develop a Bemberg™ lining with outstanding stretch performance woven in its DNA. Bemberg™ Natural Stretch was achieved thanks to a complex way of yarn twisting, weaving and finishing. This collection achieves maximum flexibility, resistance and comfort without the use of elastomers polyesters

Drapilux809 (c) drapilux
25.11.2020

drapilux: Dreifache Auszeichnung German Design Award

Drei Special Mention gibt es beim begehrten German Design Award 2021 für drapilux, eine Marke der Schmitz Textiles aus dem nordrhein-westfälischen Emsdetten. Die Auszeichnungen gehen an den zeitlosen Allrounder drapilux 809, den Design-Minimalisten drapilux 188 sowie die Königsdisziplin der Stückfärberei drapilux 115.

drapilux ist einer der international führenden Textilhersteller für den Objektbereich und Vorreiter in Sachen intelligente Zusatzfunktionen. Spezialisiert ist das Unternehmen auf die Bereiche Office & Education, Hospitality, Healthcare und Maritim. Dass drapilux auch beim Design Maßstäbe setzt, zeigt die Auszeichnung mit dem German Design Award. Eine Experten-Jury hat die drei Stoffe für ihre herausragende Designqualität als „Special Mention“ ausgewählt.

Drei Special Mention gibt es beim begehrten German Design Award 2021 für drapilux, eine Marke der Schmitz Textiles aus dem nordrhein-westfälischen Emsdetten. Die Auszeichnungen gehen an den zeitlosen Allrounder drapilux 809, den Design-Minimalisten drapilux 188 sowie die Königsdisziplin der Stückfärberei drapilux 115.

drapilux ist einer der international führenden Textilhersteller für den Objektbereich und Vorreiter in Sachen intelligente Zusatzfunktionen. Spezialisiert ist das Unternehmen auf die Bereiche Office & Education, Hospitality, Healthcare und Maritim. Dass drapilux auch beim Design Maßstäbe setzt, zeigt die Auszeichnung mit dem German Design Award. Eine Experten-Jury hat die drei Stoffe für ihre herausragende Designqualität als „Special Mention“ ausgewählt.

„Special Mention” drapilux 809 in der Kategorie Excellent Product Design – Home Textiles and Home Accessories
Die neue Serie des Artikels drapilux 809 ist Anni Albers gewidmet, die als Bauhaus-Künstlerin auch international Bekanntheit erlangte. Nach anfänglichen Schwierigkeiten in der Weberei entwickelte sie ihre eigene Formensprache. Diese bestand aus abstrakt-symmetrischen Motiven und streng auf die Grundformen reduzierten Mustern. Die Jury begründet ihre Entscheidung zum Gewinner in der Kategorie Excellent Product Design mit seinem vom Bauhaus inspirierten zeitlosen Dreiecksmuster:„Der Stoff fügt sich problemlos in die Designsprache vieler moderner Einrichtungsstile ein und sorgt dabei für eine elegante Atmosphäre.“

„Special Mention” drapilux 188 in der Kategorie Excellent Product Design – Home Textiles and Home Accessories
Das minimalistische Dessin mit dem großzügigen Rapport von drapilux 188 ist der Bauhaus-Künstlerin Benita Koch-Otte gewidmet. Sein reduziertes Dessin erinnert an den angesagten skandinavischen Trend und eignet sich sowohl für den Einsatz im Hotel als auch im Büro und Healthcare-Bereich. Ein insgesamt modern und hochwertig wirkender Stoff, so die Beurteilung der Jury.

„Special Mention” drapilux 115 in der Kategorie Excellent Product Design – Home Textiles and Home Accessories
Die besondere Optik bei diesem Deko entsteht durch seine Zweifarbigkeit. Das gewebte Textil wird in einem aufwendigen kationisch/anionischen Verfahren gefärbt. In Kombination mit einem Anteil an Reycling-Fasern und seiner Schwerentflammbarkeit ist dieser Artikel die Königsdisziplin der Stückfärberei. Insgesamt liegt der Stoff in 36 Nuancen der modernen Farbtöne Puderrosa, Aqua, Petrol, Olivgrün sowie Koralle und Orange vor. „Der Deko zeichnet sich durch eine besonders hochwertig wirkende Optik aus. Eine interessante Textillösung für elegante Interiorkonzepte“, urteilt die Jury.

 

 

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schönknecht : kommunikation

Die drapilux-Monatsempfehlung: drapilux 150 (c) drapilux
Schlichte Eleganz: drapilux 150
24.11.2020

Die drapilux-Monatsempfehlung für moderne Hotels sowie Healthcare-Einrichtungen

Textilien sind untrennbarer Teil des Interieurs, denn sie geben einem Raum Atmosphäre und eine gute Akustik. Doch welcher Stoff ist für welchen Zweck am besten geeignet?

  • Schlichte Eleganz: drapilux 150

Minimalistische Rechtecke in dezenten Farben, dadurch zeichnet sich der Bauhaus-Artikel drapilux 150 aus. Gewebt wird der Stoff in der sogenannte Scherlitechnik, durch die die Musterung entsteht. Dabei wird auf einer weißen Kette der farbige Schuss nur partiell eingebunden. Die verbleibenden Bereiche des Schussgarns liegen lose auf dem Gewebe auf. Diese sogenannten flottierenden Fäden werden nach dem Weben abgeschnitten (Schweizer Ausdruck: Scherli). Neben drei Farbstellungen in rauchigen Pastell- und Naturtönen ist drapilux 150 auch als Weiß/Weiß-Kolorit verfügbar. Mit seinem zurückhaltenden Dessin eignet sich dieser Artikel auch für den Einsatz im Krankenhaus.

Textilien sind untrennbarer Teil des Interieurs, denn sie geben einem Raum Atmosphäre und eine gute Akustik. Doch welcher Stoff ist für welchen Zweck am besten geeignet?

  • Schlichte Eleganz: drapilux 150

Minimalistische Rechtecke in dezenten Farben, dadurch zeichnet sich der Bauhaus-Artikel drapilux 150 aus. Gewebt wird der Stoff in der sogenannte Scherlitechnik, durch die die Musterung entsteht. Dabei wird auf einer weißen Kette der farbige Schuss nur partiell eingebunden. Die verbleibenden Bereiche des Schussgarns liegen lose auf dem Gewebe auf. Diese sogenannten flottierenden Fäden werden nach dem Weben abgeschnitten (Schweizer Ausdruck: Scherli). Neben drei Farbstellungen in rauchigen Pastell- und Naturtönen ist drapilux 150 auch als Weiß/Weiß-Kolorit verfügbar. Mit seinem zurückhaltenden Dessin eignet sich dieser Artikel auch für den Einsatz im Krankenhaus.

Der leichte Deko ist Gunta Stölzl gewidmet – der bedeutendsten Künstlerin des Bauhauses. Als einzige Frau erlangte sie am Bauhaus eine Position als Meisterin. Ihr Unterrichtsprogramm konzentrierte sie 1931 auf die Entwicklung funktionaler Textilien und führt damit direkt zur drapilux-Kernkompetenz.

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schönknecht : kommunikation gesellschaft

Hochschule Niederrhein: Kleidung wird digital (c) Hochschule Niederrhein
Smart Seams vernäht in Funktions-Stoff
23.11.2020

Hochschule Niederrhein: Kleidung wird digital

In Mönchengladbach werden im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojekts elektrisch leitfähige Hybridgarne entwickelt, die durch Nähen verarbeitet werden können. Forscherinnen und Forscher des Fachbereichs Textil- und Bekleidungstechnik der Hochschule Niederrhein sowie der Hogeschool Gent (Belgien) werden dafür bis Oktober 2022 mit rund 250.000 Euro vom Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie gefördert.

Damit könne man die drei vorherrschenden Trends in der Modebranche Digitalisierung, Sicherheit und Individualismus bedienen, sagt Professorin Dr. Anne Schwarz-Pfeiffer vom Fachbereich Textil- und Bekleidungstechnik, die zugleich Projektleiterin ist.
„Eine Möglichkeit ist die Entwicklung von Smart Clothing Produkten, die mit dem Träger interagieren, das Sicherheitsniveau erhöhen und individuelle Daten messen können“, sagt die Professorin für Funktionale Textilien und Bekleidung.

In Mönchengladbach werden im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojekts elektrisch leitfähige Hybridgarne entwickelt, die durch Nähen verarbeitet werden können. Forscherinnen und Forscher des Fachbereichs Textil- und Bekleidungstechnik der Hochschule Niederrhein sowie der Hogeschool Gent (Belgien) werden dafür bis Oktober 2022 mit rund 250.000 Euro vom Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie gefördert.

Damit könne man die drei vorherrschenden Trends in der Modebranche Digitalisierung, Sicherheit und Individualismus bedienen, sagt Professorin Dr. Anne Schwarz-Pfeiffer vom Fachbereich Textil- und Bekleidungstechnik, die zugleich Projektleiterin ist.
„Eine Möglichkeit ist die Entwicklung von Smart Clothing Produkten, die mit dem Träger interagieren, das Sicherheitsniveau erhöhen und individuelle Daten messen können“, sagt die Professorin für Funktionale Textilien und Bekleidung.

Ziel des Projektes ist es, tragbare Prototypen für Sport- und Schutzbekleidungssysteme zu entwickeln, die Licht emittieren, Feuchte und Temperatur aufzeigen oder auf Körperbewegungen reagieren und diese nachvollziehen können. Hierfür entwickeln die Forscherinnen und Forscher Hybridgarne, die in Funktionsnähten verarbeitet werden können. Das Projekt legt großen Wert darauf, bereits etablierte Technologien der Branche zu nutzen, ohne zusätzliche Verarbeitungsschritte für Unternehmen einführen zu müssen, so Professorin Dr. Kerstin Zöll, verantwortlich für Konfektionstechnologie am Fachbereich und ebenso aktiv im Projekt eingebunden. Außerdem werden Richtlinien zur Herstellung dieser Nähte erstellt und die Stärken und Schwächen dieser Entwicklung aufgezeigt.

Mit Hilfe der in der Forschung erzielten Ergebnisse sollen Unternehmen wählen können, welche Form von Funktionsnähte für ihre Produkte am besten geeignet sind, ohne auf teure Änderungen der Produktionskette zurückgreifen zu müssen. Ein projektbegleitender Ausschuss von Industrie-Unternehmen der Branche erhält Einblick in die Forschungsergebnisse und gibt durch sein Feedback wertvolle Impulse für die Arbeiten.

Das Projekt hat eine Laufzeit von zwei Jahren. Die Förderung erfolgt durch die industrielle Gemeinschaftsförderung (AiF) des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie.

Source:

Hochschule Niederrhein

COBRA provides high-quality mass production for ARE Tahiti’s new composite canoes (c) COBRA
23.11.2020

COBRA provides high-quality mass production for ARE Tahiti’s new composite canoes

Cobra International, Chonburi, Thailand: COBRA International, one of the world’s largest OEM manufacturers of composite goods for Water Sports, Automotive, Marine and Civil Engineering, is pleased to confirm the shipment of its first 36 composite canoes to ARE Tahiti.

COBRA has collaborated with leading outrigger canoe brand ARE Tahiti to mass produce its new OC-1 canoe, ‘Mana’. Designed by former professional windsurfer Baptiste Gossein  (JP Australia and Neil Pryde), ‘Mana’ features a closed deck on which the paddler sits on top of the hull. Available in two models; a hybrid version weighing 12kg, using an 80:20 mix of E-glass and carbon fibre reinforcement fabrics, and the PRO model – a weight optimized, ultra-light, full carbon version that weighs as little as 9kg.   

“We required the best in composite construction for both models, a stunning final finish and a build rate that could keep up with our growing order book”, comments Baptiste Gossein.

Cobra International, Chonburi, Thailand: COBRA International, one of the world’s largest OEM manufacturers of composite goods for Water Sports, Automotive, Marine and Civil Engineering, is pleased to confirm the shipment of its first 36 composite canoes to ARE Tahiti.

COBRA has collaborated with leading outrigger canoe brand ARE Tahiti to mass produce its new OC-1 canoe, ‘Mana’. Designed by former professional windsurfer Baptiste Gossein  (JP Australia and Neil Pryde), ‘Mana’ features a closed deck on which the paddler sits on top of the hull. Available in two models; a hybrid version weighing 12kg, using an 80:20 mix of E-glass and carbon fibre reinforcement fabrics, and the PRO model – a weight optimized, ultra-light, full carbon version that weighs as little as 9kg.   

“We required the best in composite construction for both models, a stunning final finish and a build rate that could keep up with our growing order book”, comments Baptiste Gossein.

As with all of COBRA’s watersports’ projects, a perfect master model formed the basis of the mass production tooling and two sets of composite hull tooling were taken from the master plug allowing a build rate of up to 50 OC-1 canoes per month.

For the lay-up and construction process, COBRA’s high-performance PVC foam sandwich windsurf board construction provided a solid starting point.  Having selected vacuum consolidated epoxy wet layup for the mix of woven and stitched biaxial reinforcements, COBRA was able to build down to the customer’s weight target with the absolute minimum of waste and additional consumables.  Top and bottom sections of the hull were moulded separately then bonded together, with the smaller outrigger hull – known as the ‘ama’ – produced in the same way.  Prepreg carbon fibre and in-house split mould tooling was also used for the two ‘Iakos’ - the two cross beams that join the ama to the main hull. 

An in-mould applied finish coat was then used for the hybrid OC-1 while the PRO carbon fibre model benefits from COBRA’s ultra-light paint system.

“COBRA is able to provide mass production capability and rapid new model turnaround, as well as delivering consistently high quality. We are delighted with the first COBRA built OC-1s and have received exceptionally positive feedback from both customers and racers” comments Baptiste Gossein.

The next ARE project to enter mass production at COBRA will be the V-1 canoe. Similar to the OC-1 but an open boat that the paddler sits inside, the V-1 will have no rudder or steering system, requiring more finesse to manage underway.

“The OC-1 outrigger canoe is a superb example of our customer focused approach to production process development.  By working closely with Baptiste and the ARE team, COBRA is able to provide mass production capability and a rapid new model turnaround, as well as delivering consistently high quality.  This is a sector in which we expect to see significant expansion over the next few years”, comments Danu Chotikapanich, CEO, COBRA International.