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CMYUK to build new Digital Textile Development Facility C
Shrewsbury.
MYUK has unveiled plans to build a new Digital Textile Development Facility in
The construction, which will be an extension of their existing industry- renowned Demonstration and Training Centre, will showcase the market-leading digital textile printing equipment and associated technologies. The new facility will enable CMYUK to expand on its growth in the textile digital print market both on production equipment and on the development of new textile materials for the emerging décor, design and fashion markets. This dedicated business division has already established close product development programmes with a number of key textile and equipment
manufacturing partners and that drive for product innovation will increase significantly once the centre is on stream in 2019.
Artists impression of CMYUK’s new Digital Textile Development Facility
CMYUK group director, Robin East, said: “Weʼre really excited to announce this further investment into our infrastructure, setting out our stall to become the UKʼs market-leading supplier for digital textile production equipment and materials.”
CMYUK will be developing and proving coatings to support their expanding range of natural fabrics, working closely with chemical companies to formulate solutions. Research and development will play a large part in the growth of the new
EverythingBranded welcomes new group commercial director
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ob Hayes has been appointed to the position of group commercial director of EveryBranded.
In line with continued expansion and
exponential growth, the company is introducing a group commercial director role to further contribute to and support the forecasted growth of the group in 2019.
division, including advancement with pigment printing that will help customers achieve the best possible colour and fixation when printing directly onto natural fabrics.
Mr East continued: “We will also be partnering with designers and production companies to showcase solutions for textile market sectors including contemporary wall and ceiling systems, décor and fashion, hosting many innovation days for customers within the business and educational sectors.”
Oeko-Tex new regulations for 2019
I Rob Hayes joins EverythingBranded
Mr Hayes joins the company with over 14 yearsʼ experience in sales and customer services. He brings an extensive background in strategic marketing planning to EverythingBranded, that will help cement strong partnerships with core suppliers in order to create end to end value. His impressive background has seen him rise through the ranks of pervious roles which include head of sales and marketing at The Pen Warehouse and customer marketing executive at Carlsberg Group. With this experience, Mr Hayes has gained full visibility of the structure, size and potential of the industry on global scale. Mr Hayes said: “EverythingBranded has an incredible online presence, a tangible company culture that is truly unique and a team of people across the entire operation that are extremely capable, motivated and driven to succeed. “Itʼs an extremely exciting time to have joined the company and I am very much looking forward to my role in the global expansion of the operation.”
Paul Rowlett, CEO and founder of EverythingBranded, added: “Weʼre thrilled to welcome Rob to our team. His experience and knowledge of sitting in end user buying positions will benefit EverythingBranded enormously. His background in running large strategic marketing operations speaks for itself and weʼre delighted to have him join the team ahead of our further expansions in 2019.”
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n 2019 the goal of the Oeko-Tex Association is again to reinforce consumer protection and sustainability along the value creation chain for textiles and leather; the existing guidelines for the Oeko-Tex product portfolio have been amended once again. The new regulations will come into effect on April 1. Below you will find an initial overview of some important changes:
Glyphosate under observation In 2019 two new product groups will be under observation: glyphosate and its salts as well as the carcinogenic N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances.
Glyphosate products in particular, currently the quantitatively most important ingredient in herbicides, received a lot of media attention during 2017 and 2018 and were the subject of fierce controversial debates around the world. At the end of 2017, approval for glyphosate and for further use was only temporarily extended by the EU to five years – under protest from different consumer groups and environmentalists. With the ʻunder observationʼ action, the Oeko-Tex Association is now looking more closely at the substance group in relevant textile materials and is analysing the situation in more detail.
Expanded product portfolio for sustainable production conditions The STeP assessment will be extended to leather production facilities in 2019. The name will also be changed in the course of this integration: ʻSustainable Textile Productionʼ will become ʻSustainable Textile and Leather Productionʼ – the product name STeP remains the same.
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