Steve Kay reports from Hamburg
The first ever Carbon Fibre Recycling and Reuse Conference, organised by Intertech Pira, was held in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg in early November. Over 50 delegates from all over the world attended the one and a half day conference, which featured over a dozen presentations on subjects such as an overview of the different recycling technologies available, operational challenges, and end user perspectives.
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Thursday, 26 November 2009
Karl Mayer moves seamlessly into New Year
Obertshausen – Karl Mayer is holding an open-house event to demonstrate the DJ seamless machine series on 26 and 27 of January 2010 at its Obertshausen headquarters.
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Wednesday, 25 November 2009
ITMA 2011 expands offer with spotlight on innovation
Barcelona – CEMATEX, the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers, says that ITMA 2011, to be held in Barcelona, Spain from 22 to 29 September 2011, will be the world’s most comprehensive, one-stop platform for textile and garment makers. Online application for exhibition space will be available from 30 November 2009.
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MBO at Oerlikon Enka Tecnica saves jobs
Übach-Palenberg - Oerlikon Textile is to focus on the component business and is selling Oerlikon Enka Tecnica based in Übach-Palenberg, in line with a management buyout.
“This is the optimum solution for all parties concerned. Oerlikon Textile Components is concentrating on its core competences. Due to the management buyout, all 110 jobs will be preserved, the new company has the possibility to operate in the market with more flexibility and latitude“, says Thomas Babacan, CEO of Oerlikon Textile and COO of the Oerlikon group.
The buyer of Oerlikon Enka Tecnica with the German locations in Übach-Palenberg (North Rhine Westphalia) and Gröbzig (Saxony-Anhalt) is Uwe Gaedike Beteiligung GmbH, Bonn. The transaction has been concluded with effect from 25 November 2009, the company said.
Enka Tecnica GmbH will continue to concentrate on the production of parts and components for the construction of high precision machines. The company provides customers in the spinning and nonwoven sector with individual solutions for spinnerets and special parts for the production of manmade fibres and nonwoven fabrics. In addition, Enca Tecnica carries out spinneret maintenance and offers an increasingly wide product portfolio in the micro product sector with special surface finishing, for example for the medical sector. Further close cooperation with the Oerlikon Textile units is expected.
“This is the optimum solution for all parties concerned. Oerlikon Textile Components is concentrating on its core competences. Due to the management buyout, all 110 jobs will be preserved, the new company has the possibility to operate in the market with more flexibility and latitude“, says Thomas Babacan, CEO of Oerlikon Textile and COO of the Oerlikon group.
The buyer of Oerlikon Enka Tecnica with the German locations in Übach-Palenberg (North Rhine Westphalia) and Gröbzig (Saxony-Anhalt) is Uwe Gaedike Beteiligung GmbH, Bonn. The transaction has been concluded with effect from 25 November 2009, the company said.
Enka Tecnica GmbH will continue to concentrate on the production of parts and components for the construction of high precision machines. The company provides customers in the spinning and nonwoven sector with individual solutions for spinnerets and special parts for the production of manmade fibres and nonwoven fabrics. In addition, Enca Tecnica carries out spinneret maintenance and offers an increasingly wide product portfolio in the micro product sector with special surface finishing, for example for the medical sector. Further close cooperation with the Oerlikon Textile units is expected.
US demand for nonwovens to increase by 5% per annum to 2013
London - According to a new report ‘Nonwovens US industry: forecasts for 2013 & 2018’, demand for nonwoven roll goods is projected to increase 5.0 percent per year through to 2013, driven by gains in key markets such as filtration, construction, wipes, medical disposables and adult incontinence.
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Contifibre launches anti-laddering solutions
Casaloldo - According to Italian polyamide yarn producer Contifibre, laddering is one of the most frustrating and annoying things experienced by those who wear tights or stockings. With this in mind the company launched a development project more than two years ago to develop and commercialise a series of innovative yarns for the production of fine denier anti-ladder hosiery.
The result was Lycra Fusion covered yarns and Contifil polyamide, both of which are identical in their aim but completely different in their appearance in order to meet the various demands of hosiery consumers.
Lycra Fusion covered yarns were developed in close collaboration with Invista and recently launched at the Lycra Legwear Forum in Verona, Italy. The covered yarns have a matt cosmetic appearance with exceptional fit and comfort, Contifibre says and under the correct hosiery finishing conditions the special bi-component structure of this unique elastane reacts to bond each stitch so ensuring exceptional resistance to laddering, the company adds.
Lycra Fusion is based on Invista’s new patent-pending technology where the bi-component technology delivers fusibility with superior stress-strain performance functions helping to prevent runs whilst maintaining stretch and recovery benefits. According to Invista, Lycra Fusion fibre not only helps make hosiery ladder resistant, but it also improves the durability and wear life of legwear, delivers exceptional fit and maintains shape retention, can be adopted by hosiery makers on commercial machines and processes and provides a uniform appearance to hosiery.
Contifil was a direct development by Contifibre at its Contifashion development centre and is designed for those customers looking for elegant sheen and high level of transparency. Here too a bi-component yarn structure locks in the stitches during the hosiery finishing process to give a ladder resistant bright garment.
Contifibre says that thanks to these developments women no-longer need to live in fear of finding a place to change their tights or resort to the classic nail polish fix.
The result was Lycra Fusion covered yarns and Contifil polyamide, both of which are identical in their aim but completely different in their appearance in order to meet the various demands of hosiery consumers.
Lycra Fusion covered yarns were developed in close collaboration with Invista and recently launched at the Lycra Legwear Forum in Verona, Italy. The covered yarns have a matt cosmetic appearance with exceptional fit and comfort, Contifibre says and under the correct hosiery finishing conditions the special bi-component structure of this unique elastane reacts to bond each stitch so ensuring exceptional resistance to laddering, the company adds.
Lycra Fusion is based on Invista’s new patent-pending technology where the bi-component technology delivers fusibility with superior stress-strain performance functions helping to prevent runs whilst maintaining stretch and recovery benefits. According to Invista, Lycra Fusion fibre not only helps make hosiery ladder resistant, but it also improves the durability and wear life of legwear, delivers exceptional fit and maintains shape retention, can be adopted by hosiery makers on commercial machines and processes and provides a uniform appearance to hosiery.
Contifil was a direct development by Contifibre at its Contifashion development centre and is designed for those customers looking for elegant sheen and high level of transparency. Here too a bi-component yarn structure locks in the stitches during the hosiery finishing process to give a ladder resistant bright garment.
Contifibre says that thanks to these developments women no-longer need to live in fear of finding a place to change their tights or resort to the classic nail polish fix.
DyStar to maintain worldwide operations
Preliminary insolvency administrator Miguel Grosser informs staff
Employees of GmbH and foreign subsidiaries to keep job after institution of insolvency proceedings
Negotiations with potential investors continue
25 November 2009, Frankfurt - Operations at DyStar Textilfarben GmbH will continue even after the anticipated institution of insolvency proceedings next week.
“We are in a position to continue the activities of DyStar Textilfarben GmbH, i.e. the global supply of dyes, additives and services for the textile and leather processing industries, for the time being. This allows us to keep on the around 70 permanent employees of DyStar Textilfarben GmbH in Frankfurt. Maintaining the production and sales activities of our still solvent foreign subsidiaries also means that over 2,000 employees there will for now keep their jobs,“ the preliminary insolvency administrator appointed by the Frankfurt District Court, Miguel Grosser from the law firm Jaffé Rechtsanwälte Insolvenzverwalter, said today at a staff meeting in Frankfurt-Höchst.
Grosser informed staff at DyStar Textilfarben GmbH of the latest progress in the preliminary insolvency proceedings and the search for investors. “We are still in negotiations both to find a general solution for the German DyStar operations that filed for insolvency on 28 September 2009 and to work out individual solutions. We want to be clear as early as we can about which continuation concepts, if any, are feasible, “Grosser summarised.
Once the insolvency proceedings have commenced as expected on 1 December 2009, DyStar Textilfarben GmbH will have to generate the wages and salaries of its employees on its own again. The entitlement of employees to payment from the insolvency fund ends after November. “We have sufficient liquidity for the moment to continue paying the wages and salaries on time,“ Grosser emphasised.
In the DyStar group, DyStar Textilfarben GmbH is responsible for the purchasing, administration and global distribution of products. The four German production facilities in Leverkusen, Brunsbüttel, Geretsried and Ludwigshafen are combined in its sister company DyStarTextilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG, which filed for insolvency at the same time. The Frankfurt District Court appointed Dr. Stephan Laubereau from Pluta Rechtsanwalts GmbH as the preliminary insolvency administrator for these companies.
Employees of GmbH and foreign subsidiaries to keep job after institution of insolvency proceedings
Negotiations with potential investors continue
25 November 2009, Frankfurt - Operations at DyStar Textilfarben GmbH will continue even after the anticipated institution of insolvency proceedings next week.
“We are in a position to continue the activities of DyStar Textilfarben GmbH, i.e. the global supply of dyes, additives and services for the textile and leather processing industries, for the time being. This allows us to keep on the around 70 permanent employees of DyStar Textilfarben GmbH in Frankfurt. Maintaining the production and sales activities of our still solvent foreign subsidiaries also means that over 2,000 employees there will for now keep their jobs,“ the preliminary insolvency administrator appointed by the Frankfurt District Court, Miguel Grosser from the law firm Jaffé Rechtsanwälte Insolvenzverwalter, said today at a staff meeting in Frankfurt-Höchst.
Grosser informed staff at DyStar Textilfarben GmbH of the latest progress in the preliminary insolvency proceedings and the search for investors. “We are still in negotiations both to find a general solution for the German DyStar operations that filed for insolvency on 28 September 2009 and to work out individual solutions. We want to be clear as early as we can about which continuation concepts, if any, are feasible, “Grosser summarised.
Once the insolvency proceedings have commenced as expected on 1 December 2009, DyStar Textilfarben GmbH will have to generate the wages and salaries of its employees on its own again. The entitlement of employees to payment from the insolvency fund ends after November. “We have sufficient liquidity for the moment to continue paying the wages and salaries on time,“ Grosser emphasised.
In the DyStar group, DyStar Textilfarben GmbH is responsible for the purchasing, administration and global distribution of products. The four German production facilities in Leverkusen, Brunsbüttel, Geretsried and Ludwigshafen are combined in its sister company DyStarTextilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG, which filed for insolvency at the same time. The Frankfurt District Court appointed Dr. Stephan Laubereau from Pluta Rechtsanwalts GmbH as the preliminary insolvency administrator for these companies.
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