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Date: June 16,1997 Contact: David Trumbull
Ph.: 671-542-8220
Fax: 617-542-2199

RE NTA and AATCC Spring Technical Conference
Danvers, MA May 29-31, 1997

New England Textile Manufacturers Find
“Recipes for Success” at danvers, MA seminar

Over 150 textile industry leaders and innovators from 14 states and Canadian provinces gathered in Danvers, at Tara’s Ferncroft Conference Resort May 29-31 to learn about “Recipes for Success.” The Northern Textile Association (NTA), based in Boston and the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) jointly presented this technical program on innovations in processing of wool and other textile fibers. NTA is the oldest industrial trade association in the U.S., with 175 members operating throughout the U.S. and Canada. This was NTA second joint effort with AATCC.

The featured luncheon speaker on Friday, May 30, was Paul E. Rivard, Director of the American Textile History Museum. The museum has recently re-opened in a newly remodeled 150,000 sq. ft. facility in Lowell, MA.

The program offered topics of interest to people in all sectors of the textile industry in New England. Recycling/Solid Waste was the topic of a session moderated by Susan Francesco of L.W. Packard & Co., Inc. Panelists for this session included Jeffrey E. Silliman from Milliken & Co. who provided an update on regulatory issues regarding textile effluent metals. Management of textile waste water was also addressed by B.K. Parekh of the University of Kentucky.

Bob Pelletier of Duro Industries, Inc., Fall River, MA and Eric Newton of Malden Mills Industries, Inc. in Lawrence, MA lead roundtable discussions on Coating and Dyeing.

Jodie Siegel from the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute at UMass Lowell moderated a session on new developments in environmentally friendly textile processes.

Cranston Print Works, with facilities in Cranston, RI and Webster, MA provided Peter Volante to lead a session on Color measurement and Control.

Fabric Formation was the title of a seminar lead by J. Marshall McDuffie of Carleton Woolen Mills, Inc., Winthrop, ME that featured McAllister Isaacs III of Textile World magazine speaking on “Weaving Strides Into the 21st Century.” Other panelists were Hans Geiger from American Dornier Machinery Corp. and Louie Dejonckheere, of Sulzer.

The Wool Manufacturers Council, a division of the Northern Textile Association, held its spring meeting in conjunction with the technical seminar. The wool producers received updates on recent developments in international trade, export development, and environmental issues. John Glidden, president of L.W. Packard & Co., Inc. of Ashland, NH presided at the Wool Manufacturers Council meeting. Mr. Glidden in currently serving as chairman of the Northern Textile Association.

There were also sessions on Printing and Finishing and other topics of interest to the textile trade.

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