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Chadwick Textiles celebrates 50th anniversary by moving premises
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accommodate its growing UK team. Around eight years ago Chadwick identified a growing demand for stock off-the-shelf premium sportswear products and has since built up a loyal customer base in a short time frame.
Its unbranded stock range comprises now of 38 styles, with many more in development.
Chadwick has built a strong reputation for premium quality unbranded garments, fit for purpose at sensible prices. Its fully co-ordinated range of core team and trainingwear products includes midlayers, baselayers, tech tees, polos, training tops,
n its 50th anniversary year, Chadwick Textiles is moving into a new purpose built office at its HQ in Altrincham, Cheshire to
The new premises
jackets, shorts, pants, hoodies and sports bags.
Its schoolwear best-sellers include pro rugby shorts, powerstretch female leggings, skinny training pants and midlayers in particular are fast becoming the must have product in a schoolwear offer. This year Chadwick launched its new iGen PE and games kit range in 10
New managing director at Mutoh Belgium
L-R: Yasuhiko Isobe, MD, International Business
Headquarters, Akio Kotake, general manager sales
operation department IBH, Kenji Yasuhara, MD, Mutoh Belgium, and Nobumasa Hayakawa , president & representative director, Mutoh Holdings
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enji Yasuhara has been appointed as the new managing director of Mutoh Belgium, a subsidiary of Mutoh Industries in Japan.
He takes over the responsibilities of Akio Kotake, who has been leading Mutohʼs Belgian operation for the past three years.
Mr Kotake has moved to the role of general manager sales operation department of Mutohʼs International Business Headquarters in Tokyo.
As newly appointed managing director and general manager of Mutoh Belgium, Mr Yasuhara will be overseeing the sales, sales support, logistics, commercial and product marketing, product support and after-sales service activities for Mutoh wide format printing and sign cutting equipment in the entire EMEA business area. Mr Yasuhara joined the Mutoh Group in 2014. He was Mutoh Deutschlandʼs general manager from September 2014 to October 2016.
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colour combinations, which is doing fantastically well, raising the bar in the quality and style of school teamwear. Tim Roberts, sales director, said: “We see our products in a broad cross section of teamsport nationally from the likes of premiership rugby through to schools and grass roots sports clubs. All garments have subtle
features, which set them apart from more basic typical schoolwear garments. “Our products, we feel, genuinely reflect the changing demand emerging from image conscious schools that recognise the need to project a professional message in an increasingly image conscious market. “As relative a newcomer to the scene by comparison to some of the more established and traditional schoolwear suppliers, our background in technical and sports textiles enables us to offer a fresh approach.
“Our team are all sports mad so there is an enthusiasm which runs through the company for what we do. We want to offer products which cross the divide and sell equally well into professional club sport as well as school sport, which many already do.”
Vapor Apparel launches sustainable, made in USA T shirt line
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co-USA is Vapor Apparelʼs new line of 50/50 and tri-blend T shirts that are made in the USA using a unique blend of recycled and natural fibres. Soft and privately label friendly, the company is already working with several retail brands as it offers this new line of products.
Jackson Burnett, president of Vapor Apparel, said: “We wanted to bring more sustainable products to market. Unifiʼs Repreve yarn is made right up the road in North Carolina and we are excited to bring this to consumers.” Made in the Carolinas, every shirt prevents five to six water bottles from hitting the land fill. The shirt is manufactured within a 200-mile radius supply chain from start to finish.
Christopher Bernat, chief revenue officer, adds: “The 50% Repreve poly / 50% cotton blend is soft to the touch. And the tri-blend 50% Repreve poly/ 37% modal/ 13% cotton fabric just may be the softest sustainable garment in the market today.” The Eco-USA line is available in ladies and menʼs short sleeve cuts.
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