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TOUR: Stocks were impressed with the set-up at ZSK’s factory.
Open house at ZSK’s factory E
mbroidery equipment supplier Stocks attended the ZSK private exhibition on their premises in Krefeld, Germany, this autumn. The UK Agents for ZSK embroidery machinery went to see the latest developments, including Braille and Technical Embroidery.
The show attracted 1,000 visitors with some 30 ZSK embroidery machines on show, giving an insight into the flexibilty and power of the ZSK range. Starting with the compact single head machine, the Sprint 5 ZSK, there were 22 other Sprint models to see, from the famous boot machine through to the vast range of applications the machine can cover.
Also seen were the J series machines – claimed as “the most powerful production machine in the industry today” – from the 4 head through to 8 head and Sprint XL. Factory tours were organised on the Friday and Saturday in Remscheid, 30 miles east of Dusseldorf. There, customers saw the new, purpose
BTC Group raises £44,000 for BBC Children in Need
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his summerʼs CarFest events, created by Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans to celebrate cars, air displays, live music and good food, also helped raise funds for the BBCʼs Children in Need. BTC Group supported BBC Children in Need by managing their CarFest Merchandise Shop, with proceeds of more than £44,000 paid to the charity across the two weekends.
Jon Birrell, senior marketing manager, commented: “It was truly a great team effort with our BTC Group crew giving up their weekends to work around 14 hours each day to raise an enormous amount of money for the charity, helped along by special appearances from Chris Evans and Pudsey.”
In addition to the proceeds from the shop, three CarFest T shirts signed by Chris Evans were auctioned raising an additional £3,000.
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buit manufacturing unit for the full ZSK range of embroidery machines. Stocksʼ director, Andrew Stocks commented: “We where lucky enough to have our own private tour on the Thursday before the exhibition. As we had business meetings at ZSK we made the decision to fly in in advance of the show.
“This was a good decision as the factory tours where extremely busy. As we had our own tour we had time to spend with technicians and found out the full buliding and testing process of a ZSK machine. The machinery is 100% German built.”
Technical textile machines Also on show were the range of ZSK technical textile machines. ZSK has successfully completed projects for the airline industry and standard industrial production is now moving into various industries using ZSK technical embroidery machinery to apply electrical cable and optical fibres.
But what caught the eye of the majority of customers was the new ZSK production software with the capabilty of
monitoring your production work flow by the beach or pool!
With the new software, each head, needle and machine on the production line will constantly download production data keeping you updated with your machine and operators.
ZSK also presented the embroidery of Braille with the BasePac Monogramming functionality.
“The embroidered Braille letters are used in schools for blind people so that they can find their own garments easily,” according to ZSK.
The show was also attended by suppliers to of the textile and embroidery industry. Amann and Maderia thread attended as well as Groz Beckert needles and a range of garment suppliers. ZSK will be holding another exhibition in two years to celebrate 40 years of production. ZSK machinery will be on show at next
yearʼs Printwear & Promotion LIVE (February 24-26, Hall 12, NEC, Birmingham). n For information about ZSK machines visit
www.embroiderymachinery.co.uk
A&Eʼs eco investments show results A
merican & Efird (A&E) a leading global manufacturer of thread and technical textiles has released its latest Sustainability Report to coincide with their Global Sustainability Managersʼ Conference.
"We're proud that our latest sustainability report shows greater cumulative results from the impact of our efforts and investments," said John Eapen, vice president Environmental, Health & Safety/Sustainability at American & Efird. "We're particularly proud of our zero liquid discharge plant in Perundari, India and our 50% recycle/reuse facility in Dongguan, China. The water conserved by A&E's global operations during a year could supply 15.5 million people in India with fresh water for a day." A&E follows the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) standards.
The AAFA's Restricted Substances List (RSL) provides guidelines for chemicals and substances, which are restricted or banned in the production of home textile, apparel and footwear products. This list is revised twice a year and reflects international chemical and substance restrictions.
One of the first thread manufacturers to adopt a global standard of measurement, A&E uses critical data to scrutinise its engineering protocols, equipment specs, and emerging technology, with the express purpose of upgrading systems and continuing its trend in greenhouse gas emission reduction. The study analysed the actual results of all of its global yarn spinning and dyeing and finishing facilities in which A&E has ownership. Categories measured in the report include global carbon footprint, water conservation, energy consumption, recycling and waste reduction. n For more information visit the website at
www.amefird.com
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