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| News | ||||
| Renaming of bluesign technologies hong kong | ||||
| Be informed that bluesign technologies hong kong Limited has changed its name to bluesign technologies (China) Limited. | ||||
| Meet us personally at one of the following tradeshows | ||||
| Performance Days, Munich, Germany (May 9-10, 2012), booth: Coffee Lounge OutDoor, Friedrichshafen, Germany (July 12-15, 2012) Outdoor Retailer Show, Salt Lake City, USA (August 2-5, 2012) If you wish to make an appointment in advance please get in contact with our info e-mail address info@bluesign.com. We’re looking forward to welcoming you at one of the fairs mentioned above. |
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| bluesign® system partner network | ||||
| The bluesign® system partner network is growing constantly. More brands, chemical suppliers and manufacturers of textiles and accessories signed bluesign® system partner agreements and are implementing the bluesign® system successfully. | ||||
| New brands | ||||
| LA SPORTIVA S.p.A. (Italy) | ||||
| For 80 years La Sportiva has been designing and producing innovative footwear in a small mountain town at the foot of the Dolomites, in Fiemme valley. Now the company produces boots and shoes for all kind of outdoor activities from climbing and mountain, categories in which La Sportiva has the market leadership, to mountain running, trekking and skimountaineering. In 2012 La Sportiva entered in the apparel market through a brand new winter line. After more than 83 years, La Sportiva’s mission remains still the same: innovation with passion. | ||||
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| prAna (USA) | ||||
| prAna started in 1992 making clothing that worked well for climbing and yoga and other passions too. prAna offers a harmonious blend of functional design and progressive style. The ancient Sanskrit word, prana translates to breath, life and vitality of the spirit that guides prAna’s vision for a positive future. | ||||
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| New chemical suppliers | ||||
| Allied Industrial Corp., Ltd. (Taiwan) | ||||
| Allied Industrial was established in 1964, The company have steadily grown and developed into a world-class chemical supplier in the past forty-six years. Being the first Disperse Dyes supplier in Taiwan, Allied is supplying with the approved excellent quality, the products are sold to over forty countries under their own brand named "ALLILON". Allied has successfully developed in-house core technologies for disperse dyes and related products while continually promoting products improvement. Allied's accomplishments have been numerous with many patents earned. At Allied, new opportunities are being created through innovation, such as microfiber dyes, functional dyes and their new products ‘Super High Fastness Series Disperse Dyes' and 'High Light Fastness for Automobile Series'. | ||||
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| TANATEX Chemicals B.V. (Netherlands) | ||||
| TANATEX is one of the world’s leading textile chemicals producers, offering solutions for pre-treatment, dyeing, printing, coating and finishing. It constantly develops innovative products to optimize its portfolio, based on trends and demands in today’s textile industry. Focus is set on environmental awareness and multi-purpose products. Constantly monitoring and improving issues surrounding quality, health, environment and safety and searching for innovative solutions in order to reduce time, water and energy. |
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| Zschimmer & Schwarz Mohsdorf GmbH & Co KG (Germany) | ||||
| ZSCHIMMER & SCHWARZ MOHSDORF GmbH & Co KG is a member of the ZSCHIMMER & SCHWARZ group, a family owned, medium sized chemical company with more than a century of experience in production and retail of chemical products. The company is present worldwide with a number of subsidiaries and representatives. Activities range from research to manufacturing of a broad variety of tailor made chemical auxiliaries for the various textile production processes. The product range of textile chemical auxiliaries and finishing products is constantly optimized regarding quality and quantity to respond to the market’s changing demands as well as to environment and worker and consumer safety. | ||||
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| Freudenberg New Technologies KG (Germany) | ||||
| Freudenberg New Technologies KG is a company of the Freudenberg Group that focuses on innovation and new businesses at Freudenberg. Within the New Business Development department FNT develops, produces and markets Purtex® - water-based Polyurethanes for textile finishing and coating with high requirements on environmental and occupational health and safety. The Freudenberg Group is a globally acting family-owned company with products and services for many different industries and markets, e.g. automotive and mechanical engineering, healthcare and textiles. |
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| New textile and accessories manufacturers | ||||
| Marusan-ai (Japan) | ||||
| Marusan-ai, a member of the Urase group Japan is specialized in dyeing and finishing of woven fabrics made out of polyester, polyamide 6 and other fibers. | ||||
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| DONG JIN International Corporation (Korea) | ||||
| In December 1979, DONG JIN International Corporation was established as the manufacturer of nylon and polyester fabrics including CORDURA®. Dong Jin is a vertical textile manufacturer including weaving, scouring, dyeing, coating and inspecting to ensure high quality products. To strengthen the competitiveness Dong Jin has subsidiaries in Seoul, Hong Kong and Los Angeles and develops and produces new products for international brands. | ||||
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| Nifco Vietnam (Vietnam) | ||||
| Nifco Vietnam, a member of the Nifco Group Japan, is a manufacturer for various plastic accessories such as buckles, buttons and snap buttons. | ||||
| TÜBAŞ Tekstil (Turkey) | ||||
| TÜBAŞ Tekstil Ürünleri Boyama Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi was founded in Küçükköy / İstanbul in 1984 to carry out acrylic hank yarn dyeing. The company expanded its activities to knitting, knitted fabric dyeing and finishing at the new established plant in Çerkezköy / Tekirdağ. Additionally, Tübaş Tekstil processes knitted fabric for dyeing and printing in a second plant near Istanbul and manufacturers garments for Export in the third factory in Istanbul. The clothing production range includes women fashion, men fashion and kids fashion (t-shirts, sweat shirts, sportswear). | ||||
| GasserKunert GmbH (Germany) | ||||
| GasserKunert is development partner and vertical producer of functional and technical circular knitted textiles, with own facilities for dyeing and finishing of high quality knitware. | ||||
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| Nan Ya Draw Textured Yarn (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. (China) | ||||
| Nan Ya Draw Textured Yarn was established in 2006 and belongs to the Nan Ya group, Taiwan. The mill is vertically integrated manufacturing different products containing polyester fibers. The dyeing and finishing department of Nan Ya Draw Textured Yarn is part of the fibre production site and specialized in dyeing and finishing of knitted polyester fabrics and dyed polyester yarn. | ||||
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| Shun Yuan Sportswear CO., LTD. (Taiwan) | ||||
| Shun Yuan Sportswear offers functional warp & circular knitted fabrics made of Polyester, Wool, Bamboo and its blends, as well as laminated and bonded fabrics, ECO material, mesh & lining, quick dry, Coolmax®, anti bacterial, Tactel® and body mapping etc. | ||||
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| J&B INT’L HI-TECH TEXTILE & GARMENT SUPPLY CO., LTD. (Taiwan) | ||||
| Founded in 1992, J&B provides high-functional coating/lamination fabrics for the ski, snowboard and outdoor industry. The product range includes light-weight, plain/twill stretch and softshell as well as novelty fabrics such as wool-like, melange, cotton-like, slub etc. | ||||
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| NEW TREND TEXTILE CO., LTD (Taiwan) | ||||
| New Trend Textile was founded in Taipei in 1990 by Jason Chen and is specialized in research, development and innovation of textiles and textile services for outdoor and sportswear. Core competence: R&D team to design and sources fabrics such as Dupont® fibers, recycled Polyester, Microfibers, cotton blends and multi layer laminated fabrics etc. | ||||
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| Background information bluesign technologies ag | ||||
| bluesign technologies ag was founded in 2000. Since then, the bluesign® system has been adopted by different worldwide leading textile manufacturers. Various significant key players of the chemical and machine industry rely on the bluesign® system. Finally well-known brands of the sporting clothing and fashion industry rely on the extensive knowledge of bluesign technologies. SGS holds a stake of 80 % in bluesign technologies ag. | ||||
bluesign technologies ag, EMPA Building, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, CH-9014 St.Gallen, Switzerland |
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