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Teijin to boost production of Technora® para-aramid fiber

Teijin Limited, Tokyo Japan, will expand Technora® para-aramid fiber production by 10 percent through increasing capacity in Teijin’s Matsuyama Factory. Construction begins this June with operation slated to begin in October 2017. Teijin and Teijin Aramid B.V. will jointly expand the worldwide sales of Technora in response to increasing market demand worldwide. Technora features high [...]

By |2016-04-20T09:00:02-05:00April 20, 2016|

Lindström selects Gerber Technology’s YuniquePLM™

Lindström Group, a global textile service company headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, has implemented Gerber Technology’s YuniquePLM™ web-based product lifecycle management software to accelerate the production of customer solutions throughout its operations. Gerber and their Finnish distributor, ACG Nyström, provide product support to Lindström. “We have been able to create a standardized process enabling daily tasks [...]

By |2016-04-13T09:10:18-05:00April 19, 2016|

Lindström selects Gerber Technology’s YuniquePLM™

Lindström Group, a global textile service company headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, has implemented Gerber Technology’s YuniquePLM™ web-based product lifecycle management software to accelerate the production of customer solutions throughout its operations. Gerber and their Finnish distributor, ACG Nyström, provide product support to Lindström. “We have been able to create a standardized process enabling daily tasks [...]

By |2016-04-19T09:00:04-05:00April 19, 2016|

InfoTrends recognizes leading wide-format printer manufacturer

Roland DG Corporation, Hamamatsu, Japan, was recognized by InfoTrends as the leading wide-format printer manufacturer in the durable graphics market for 2015. The InfoTrends 2015 Quarterly Wide-Format Tracking Shipping report covers all four reporting quarters in 2015 and takes into consideration all wide-format inkjets 30 inches wide and larger priced at under $50,000 USD. According [...]

By |2016-04-18T09:00:46-05:00April 18, 2016|

InfoTrends recognizes leading wide-format printer manufacturer

Roland DG Corporation, Hamamatsu, Japan, was recognized by InfoTrends as the leading wide-format printer manufacturer in the durable graphics market for 2015. The InfoTrends 2015 Quarterly Wide-Format Tracking Shipping report covers all four reporting quarters in 2015 and takes into consideration all wide-format inkjets 30 inches wide and larger priced at under $50,000 USD. According [...]

By |2016-04-13T09:08:49-05:00April 18, 2016|

Technical fabrics maintain ISO standards of excellence

Safety Components Fabric Technologies, Greenville, S.C., the manufacturer of WeatherMax® and other technical fabrics, maintains ISO 9001:2000, TS 16949 and ISO 14001 certifications. Fabrics produced by Safety Components are tested and inspected to the industry’s highest standards and its laboratories are ISO 1725 approved, ASTM, DIN, JIS and NFPA certified. The company manufacturers marine, outdoor, [...]

By |2016-04-13T09:08:04-05:00April 15, 2016|

Tyndall to receive Chapin Award for service to AATCC

R. Michael (Mike) Tyndall has been named the 2015 recipient of the Harold C. Chapin Award for his service to AATCC. Tyndall has represented AATCC locally, nationally and internationally, and has furthered the AATCC’s mission, service and outreach in the areas of textile education, research and communication. Tyndall served as President-elect from 2009–2010 and AATCC [...]

By |2016-04-13T09:07:18-05:00April 14, 2016|

Tyndall to receive Chapin Award for service to AATCC

R. Michael (Mike) Tyndall has been named the 2015 recipient of the Harold C. Chapin Award for his service to AATCC. Tyndall has represented AATCC locally, nationally and internationally, and has furthered the AATCC’s mission, service and outreach in the areas of textile education, research and communication. Tyndall served as President-elect from 2009–2010 and AATCC [...]

By |2016-04-14T09:00:06-05:00April 14, 2016|

Smart Fabrics Summit is huge success

The future of the American textile industry was on display in Washington, D.C. on Monday, as the first annual Smart Fabrics Summit drew a capacity crowd to the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. The Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) was proud to co-host the event. Also co-hosted by the United States Department of Commerce, [...]

By |2016-04-13T10:47:31-05:00April 13, 2016|

Smart Fabrics Summit draws key industry participants

DuPont has developed a conductive ink that can allow electronic textiles to be more flexible and versatile than previously possible. Government and industry players gathered in Washington D.C. on April 11 to discuss the “nascent smart fabrics market,” as described by Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, who moderated the final session at the [...]

By |2016-04-13T10:20:42-05:00April 13, 2016|
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