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NEWS
Lucky Spinning introduces yarns
designed for the 21st century
In keeping with the theme of sustainability at
this year’s Workwear and Corporate Clothing
Show, Lucky Spinning is showcasing its new
Lopil yarn, which it calls “the pioneering yarn
of 21st century Air-Vortex technology”.
With energy consumption 30% less compared to
any spinning technology available, Lucky Spinning
says that Lopil is a futuristic yarn with an ecofriendly
option and can be used for a variety of end
uses, including workwear, knitwear and
leisurewear. It improves fabric pilling performance
and provides better moisture wicking properties
and dimensional stability, thus giving the garment a
superior performance of up to 50 washes.
Spinning yarn with the vortex flow of compressed
air causes each fibre to spin towards the centre of
the yarn and become wrapped by other fibres.
This keeps the fibre firmly in the internal layers of
the yarn and prevents it from sliding, producing
spun yarn with the least hairiness.
Thailand-based Lucky Spinning is an
internationally accredited state-of-the-art
manufacturing plant of natural and synthetic ring
spun, open-end, vortex and specialty yarns.
Badgemaster challenges
buyers on price
Name badge supplier Badgemaster has invested in technology to help buyers cut costs
while increasing quality and service.
The company’s long-term investment in production and order processing technology - including a
new factory unit - means that all orders, however large or small, are “very quick and cost-effective to
complete”, with cost savings passed onto customers. Badgemaster is now inviting buyers to beat
their current deal by taking the Badgemaster price challenge. Badgemaster says that it
provides quick, no-obligation quotations, free samples and a ‘seamless’
transfer of supply to locations worldwide, with no minimum order,
contract or pre-payment, all backed by its ‘best price guarantee’.
“Lower cost for a better product is what our ‘price challenge’ is all
about,” Badgemaster’s John Bancroft says. “We’re so confident that
we offer unbeatable prices, product quality and delivery time that
customers transferring their supply to us can return their badges within
the first 30 days with nothing to pay if they don’t agree!”
I.S Enterprises
Launches New
Website
I.S. Enterprises, the Essex-based
supplier of promotional clothing
and corporatewear, has launched
a fresh and sophisticated website
for 2009.
www.isenterprisesintl.com has been
designed to be easy to use and
resourceful. Detailed product
information from all brands is easy to
locate and customers can choose to
browse by item category or by brand.
New functions include instant access
to detailed product information, sizes
and colours, and up-to-date pricing
information is available on every item.
New customers no longer need to
register for a trade account but can
immediately begin ordering.
The update follows the launch of
the I.S.Enterprises’ 2009
brochure, which introduced the
new Mantis product range.
And finally:
It’s your shoe calling
An Australian computer scientist has developed a mobile phone housed in a shoe. Paul
Gardner-Stephen got the idea from recent spy spoof Get Smart, in which bumbling agent
Maxwell Smart - played by Don Adams - used a shoe phone.
He says the gadget has aroused so much interest among the geek crowd that he’s considering
selling it online. Mr Gardner-Stephen, a post-doctoral fellow in bioinformatics at Adelaide’s Flinders
University, made the gadget as a prop for a church drama presentation that had a Get Smart theme.
He got a cobbler friend to embed a Motorola handset in the heel of one shoe and a Bluetooth
headset in the other.
“It’s surprising - your first thought is it’s completely impractical, but it’s actually not that bad,” he said.
“The phone rings, you slip off the shoe, you open the heel and press the button and you’re talking in
around the same time it would take to fumble in a bag and find the phone.”
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