Sakai Nagoya gets ISO14001 certification.

Headquarters of Sakai Nagoya

The textile finisher Sakai Nagoya (President: Mr. Mamoru Komeno, 1 Okudasakai-cho, Inazawa-shi, Aichi) has received the ISO14001 certification. Examining authority: BVQI JAPAN. Accreditation organization: UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Services). Accreditation number: 242289 (certified on June 27, 2006).

Reduction in wastewater as industrial practice.
Lecturer invited to give a lecture on August 18 in Osaka
by Nihon Senshoku Kako Dogyo-kai.

The Nihon Senshoku Kako Dogyo-kai (the Japanese Dyeing & Finishing Industry Association) will hold a lecture meeting with Mr. Osamu Oba from the Water Re-Use Promotion Center as lecturer at Osaka Semba Osen Building on August 18 from 13:30 to 16:30 under the theme, “Reduction in wastewater as industrial practice.” He will talk about the recent situation in Vietnam, as well.

Application to attend(nonmember) : E-mail：senkadogyo@hotmail.com

Group visiting Japan from major Chinese dyeing companies,
names of members are confirmed.

Names of the group visiting Japan, consisting of management members from major dyeing companies in China, have been confirmed. This visiting group is planning to go to Korea, after their visit to Japan at the end of August. (Titles omitted)

Xing Huilu, Vice President and Secretary General, China Dyeing & Printing Association
Wu Yuhua, Vice Director, China Dyeing & Printing Association
Li Derong, Chairman of the Board, Weifang Qirong Textile Co., Ltd
Huang Guanghua, Chairman of the Board, Nantong Suhao Textile Printing & Dyeing & Garment Co., Ltd
He Jingming, Vice President, Nantong Suhao Textile Printing & Dyeing & Garment Co., Ltd
Yu Xintao, President, Yantai Jinchao Dyeing & Weaving Co., Ltd
Liu Xiaojun, Chief Engineer, Fujian Shishi Lanlingdun Printing & Dyeing Co., Ltd
Jin Guanliang, Chairman of the Board, Zhejiang Jishan Enterprise Group Co., Ltd
Li Jun, Secretary to Chairman of the Board, Zhejiang Jishan Enterprise Group Co., Ltd
Jin Yanping, Secretarial Assistant, Zhejiang Jishan Enterprise Group Co., Ltd
Fu Jianhua, Vice President, Shasing Shapheng(Fujian) Printing & Dyeing Co., Ltd
Guan Shuchun, Deputy General Manager, Shasing Shapheng(Fujian) Printing & Dyeing Co., Ltd
Zhou Fengjiang, Chief Engineer, Hangzhou Kaiyuan Computer Technology Co. Ltd
Zhu Jianhua, Deputy General Manager, Shanghai Zhongda Dyeing & Printing Material Industry Co.,Ltd
Dai Shouhua, Chairman of the Board, Qingdao Phoenix Printing & Dyeing Co., Ltd

Nozaki Senshoku of Kameoka sees orders increase for Ink-jet printing on broad width silk fabrics.

Nozaki Senshoku from Kameoka, Kyoto has established a printing finishing division targeting broad width silk fabrics with newly employed ink-jet printing machines (manufactured by Toshin Kogyo), and now it is gathering more customers, raising operation rates. Silk dip-dyeing has been its main business so far. According to Mr. Tomoyuki Nozaki, president of Nozaki Senshoku, he is anticipating that “by the end of this year, printing finishing percentages can be improved significantly by making operation rates of ink-jet printing machines much higher.”

Working on technology of decoloration and color correction in China
intensifying improvement in quality of appearance
for dyed products targeting Europe and USA.

An increasing number of dyeing firms in China are meeting the challenge of advanced levels of decoloration and reproduction of dyed products. This is due to the fact that ① requests are increasing from domestic apparel makers to improve the quality of appearance for dyed products and ② they have changed over to the system of measuring color shades and shade differences in evaluating dyed products for Europe and the USA. It is conspicuous that each Chinese dyeing firm is facing an unavoidable situation to work on technology of color correction and reproduction of dyed products which are disqualified by evaluation of appearance quality.

China places emphasis on evaluation of color differences and shades.

It is conspicuous that major dyeing firms in China are employing evaluative criteria matching each market in developed countries when evaluating color differences and shades of dyed textile products. For example, color difference and shade determination is carried out, conforming to the standards of the light sources of Marks & Spencer, Sears Stores and Westinghouse. Some dyeing firms are considering color shade determination with sunset light.

Kaneka succeeds in development of industrial production of polyacrylate reactive-hardening types of telechelic liquid resin.

Kaneka Corporation (H.O.: Osaka) has succeeded first in the world in the development of industrial production of polyacrylate reactive-hardening types of telechelic (both end- terminal reactive polyactylate) liquid resin with heat resistance, weather fastness and oil resistance. Their promotion has already started for uses in architectural sealants with high weather fastness, electric/electronic materials, automobile gaskets with oil resistance and adhesion bonds /adhesives, and certain users have decided to adopt them.

Compared to conventional acrylic, silicone, urethane or epoxy reactive- hardening types of liquid resin, Kaneka’s successfully industrialized liquid resin has the following characteristics;

• It has high heat resistance, oil resistance and chemical resistance developing good rubber elasticity.
  
• It is excellent in dimension stability with very little hardening contraction.
  
• It does not contain a siloxane component which is said to cause electric contact failure and immediate pollution.
  
• It has high-molecular weight but low viscosity because of its narrow distribution of molecular weight.

It is expected to be promoted in various areas such as for architectural, industrial and automobile use using its good adhesion properties with metal, plastic and glass as a base polymer of sealants, adhesion bonds, coating materials and potting materials.