25 Japanese companies to exhibit including Miyata Keori Kogyo
at Premiere Vision (Paris) to be held from September 19.
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| Scene from Premiere Vision |
Premiere Vision 2007/08 autumn/winter textile collection will be held for 4 days from September 19 (Tue.) to 22(Fri.) at Paris Nord Villepinte. Entries from Japan will be the 25 companies shown below, including a new entry, Miyata Keori Kogyo from Ichinomiya, Aichi.
Itoi Textile Co., Ltd., Kimura Senko Co., Ltd, Chugai Kunishima Corporation, Nippon Keori Kaisha, Ltd., Nippon High Pile Manufacture, Ltd., Komatsu Seiren Co., Ltd., Chigasaki Woollen Spinning & Weaving Co., Ltd., Nissho Co., Ltd. Division Chevre Dore, Avanti inc., Ichimura Sangyo Co., Ltd., A-GIRL'S Co. Ltd., Toray The Women's & Men's Wear Fabrics Dept., the Textiles Division, Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation Bemberg Business, Oka-tex, SHOWA Co., Ltd., Teijin Fibers Limited Fashion Textilles Sales Department, Toki Seni, Toray Knit Clothing and Materials Fabrics Dept, Iwanaka Co.,Ltd., ONO MERIYASU KOGYO.CORP, Daiwabo Co., Ltd., Kuroki Co.,Ltd., TAENAKA PILE FABRIC Co,.Ltd., Hokkou Co., Ltd., and Miyata Keori Kogyo.
Toray promotes allergen-inhibiting finished fiber materials
for use in bedding, pillows and cushions.
Toray will promote "Aller-crash," allergen-inhibiting finished fiber series, which makes it possible to take comprehensive measures against allergens found in ticks and pollen with interior goods and clothing. "Aller-crash," merging Toray's technology and sales force based on technology developed by Toray Synthetic Fiber Cluster, has the following characteristics.
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Inhibiting activity of 80 % of allergens on fiber surfaces attaching in a 24 hour-period, such as dead ticks, dirt, pollen and pet dander (from the results of an in-house model assessment ). |
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Attached allergens can be washed away easily by laundering. |
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Effectiveness of inhibiting allergen activity will be maintained even after laundering. |
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Comprehensive measures for allergen are possible with a variety of applications.
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For use in bedclothes, it inhibits allergen mainly with ticks lurking in beddings. |
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For use in interior goods, it inhibits allergen with dead tick, dirt, pollen and pet dander flying apart in the air. |
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For use in clothing, it has “pollens difficult to adhere to and easy to wipe off” property for inhibiting allergen mainly with pollens. |
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It has received Japan Atopic Dermatitis Patients Association’s recommendation approved mark. |
| Characteristics of “Aller-crash” |
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Toray develops sand-proofing material “Sandproof”
for swimwear
Toray has developed a new material “Sandproof” with “sandproofing properties” which prevents sand adhesion to swimwear on the beach and will begin promotion of the products for 2007 spring/summer season. According to them, “Sandproof” has (1) excellent sandproofing properties, (2) high durability and water and oil-repellency and (3) good washing fastness and it can be used for a wide range of materials including polyester gray yarn with high color performance and full-dull-nylon yarn.
| Fig.1. Differences between existing materials and “Sandproof” |
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Teijin Fibers’ knit material “Delta” designed to balance 3 features
for sportswear.
Teijin Fibers has developed a new knit material “Delta” for sportswear, and will promote sales for 2007 autumn/winter. According to them, the ideal structure of the knit with a balance of 3 features, “texture,” “properties” and “function,” which the market demands for knit products in the sportswear area, has been realized with “Delta” using special false twisting technology.
With this ideal knit structure, excellent properties and high functionality it can be employed without losing the original characteristics of knit like soft hand and sublime touch.
| Comparison of Delta and existing knit materials for sportswear |
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ITMA2007 (Munich) in September next year,
distributors from various areas including interiors anticipate more digital printing machines to be exhibited.
ITMA 2007 will be held in Munich, Germany from September 13 to 20 next year. Many digital printing machines (ink-jet printing machines) were exhibited at the previous ITMA 2003 (Birmingham), but mainly for textiles, apparel and flag printing while ink-jet printing machines for interior goods were introduced on a trial basis. Digital printing distributors in the world are anticipating more digital printing machines for new applications to be exhibited next ITMA 2007.
Ink-jet printing increases in Kyoto,
conventional way of printing decreases conspicuously.
An increasing number of manufacturers are using CAD and ink-jet printing machines for designing "kimono,"the traditional garment of Japan. The object material is silk.
It is significant that many firms which had carried out rotary screen printing and auto flat bed screen printing with conventional methods have changed their trade in Japan because of order decreases, reflecting this trend.
Kakuhashi Senkou of Kyoto will stop knit printing soon and Suzuroku Dyeing of Hamamatsu will stop cotton finishing with conventional printing methods, and both companies will change their trades.
Seiren exhibits “Sericin” as enzyme stabilization agent for diagnostic products at AACC held in July in U.S.
Seiren (H.O.: Minato-ku, Tokyo and Fukui-shi) will exhibit a silk protein called "Sericin" as an enzyme stabilization agent for diagnostic products at AACC (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) to be held in Chicago, the U.S. from July 25 to 27. Seiren have been proceeding with research on enzyme stabilization effectiveness of the silk protein "Sericin" in its application study of medical-related areas and exhibited "Sericin" at "MEDICA" held in Dusseldorf on November 16 last year from which they got a great response, after confirming that "Sericin" has the same or more effectiveness than that of "BSA" (Bovine Serum Albumin), a bovine-derived enzyme stabilization agent which is dominant at the moment. Exhibiting at AACC is following this movement.
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