Flameproof standard for mattresses is getting strict.
All American mattresses to comply with the California standard.
OmiKenshi promotes fire-proof rayon.

Every state in the U.S. is now moving in the direction of compliance with California's strict flameproof standard for mattresses. Responding to it, OmiKenshi which had succeeded with an antiflaming finish of non-woven rayon for mattresses has started promotion in the U.S.

New Vibro Washer developed by Komatsubara Iron Works of Wakayama improves washing efficiency for non-woven fabrics.

Komatsubara Iron Works (3-25, Chikko, Wakayama) has developed a new mechanism which significantly enhances the washing efficiency of a maintenance-free Floating Vibro Washer. Sales agreements are increasingly being reached for use in washing of non-woven fabrics and textiles for industrial materials.

The washing mechanism has not been changed for this newly developed Floating Vibro Washer (New FV Washer) as shown in the figure below, but it now prevents the fluid in the washing trough from becoming turbulent and has a higher-speed jet water stream from the punching roller, which is what the company innovated this time. As a result, its washing efficiency has been significantly improved and it has come to have an effect on materials that it had no effect on before.The following is one such example.

• Improvement in arrangement of glass fiber fabric

Glass fiber fabrics are used for substrates of mobiles and LCD televisions, and ones with warp and woof tightly knit are recognized as higher grade.To achieve that level of quality, it is necessary to arrange warp and woof of woven fabrics, and the FV Washer made it possible to enhance the arrangement.

The washing test has confirmed a remarkable washing efficiency for textile fabrics as well.

Example of powerful washing effect

Car seat firm in Nantong, joint venture of Teijin Fibers and Toyota Tsusho, has begun active promotion for Japanese automakers.

Ribbon-cutting at ceremony of Nantong Teijin Automotive Fabrics Finishing

The commencement of operations ceremony of Nantong Teijin Automotive Fabrics Finishing (Nantong, Jiangsu Province of China, Chairman: Mr. Masaya Endo), a car seat firm under the joint management of Teijin Fibers and Toyota Tsusho Corporation, was held on November 28, 2006.

This company has already been in production since October 2006, and its sales will be actively promoted mainly to Japanese automakers through Toyota Tsusho Corporation (China). Its production capacity is 180,000 m per month, and it aims to maintain high quality with original yarn provided by Teijin group's yarn manufacturing company and texturised yarn by Teijin Modern Yarn Nantong located in the same premises. It started operation with an initial staff of 50, and is expecting around 30 million yuan in sales for fiscal 2007.

Mitsubishi Rayon starts production of MMA Monomer in Guangdong Province in China.

“Huizhou MMA Co., Ltd.,” (H.O.: Daya Bay Economic & Technology Development Zone, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, China, Representative: Mr. Ryoichi Yokoyama), a Chinese subsidiary of Mitsubishi Rayon, has been in production of MMA monomer since December 6, 2006.Its production capacity is 90,000 tons per year (70,000 tons in the initial year).

Mitsubishi Rayon regards China not only as an ideal location for manufacturing facilities in view of its competitive labor costs, but also as a huge market for high-end MMA products, and for that reason, it has been manufacturing the MMA derivative butyl methacrylate (6,400 tons) at “Suzhou Sanyouli Chemicals Co., Ltd.” since April 1998, and producing acrylic resin forming materials (40,000 tons) at “Nantong Rayon Chemical Co., Ltd.” since December 2003, and at an adjacent site to it, acrylic resin plates (20,000 tons) and acrylic resins for paints (3,500 tons) have been produced at “Mitsubishi Rayon Polymer Nantong Co., Ltd.” since June 2005.

According to Mitsubishi Rayon, the main strength of its MMA business lies in its comprehensive and mutually complementaryrange of operations from upstream materials (monomers) to downstream products (homopolymers and copolymers), and the recent start-up of MMA production gives it a solid foundation in China, following Japan and Thailand.

Premiere Vision 2008 spring/summer exhibition to be held in Paris from February 20 to 23.

Premiere Vision 2008 spring/summer textile collection will be held in Paris Nord Villepinte for the full four days from February 20(Tue.) to 23(Fri.), 2007. Admissions had been restricted only to buyers for the first day, but now all professionals will have access to the salon for the full four days from the February 2007 exhibition. In February 2007, "Club Premiere Vision" will be created. The desire of Premiere Vision to strengthen its proximity to international players in the fashion sector led to the realization of this club, which is made up of international representatives in clothing design, manufacturing and distribution, those who place orders or active buyers and regular visitors to Premiere Vision, and it will bring personalized services to each member.

The schedule of Premiere Vision held around the world during the first half of 2007 is as follows.

• Premiere Vision Preview New York
  Date: 24(Wed.)-25(Thu.) January 2007
  Venue: MetropolitanPavilion & AltmanBuilding
  
• Premiere Vision / Premiere Vision Pluriel
  Date: 20(Tue.)- 23(Fri.) February 2007
  Venue: Paris-Nord Villepinte
  
• Premiere Vision Moscow
  Date: 14(Wed.) -15(Thu.) March 2007
  Venue: Le Manège
  
• JITAC European Textile Fair
  Date: 27(Tue.)-29(Thu.) March 2007
  Venue: Tokyo International Forum
  
• Premiere Vision International Shanghai
  Date: 19(Thu.)-20(Fri.) April 2007
  Venue: ShanghaiExhibitionCenter