R’Spandex to double warping capacity
Week of January 6, 2003
FALL RIVER, MA — RadiciSpandex Corporation announced in December the purchase of new and revolutionary spandex warping equipment to grow its warp knit division here.
“We are very pleased with our progress in the tricot fabric sector and we have, this month, begun to broaden our focus toward the raschel fabric arena, as well,” said Bill Girrier, vice president of marketing and sales. “We’ve quickly grown into our warping capacity and we need to push forward on productivity. We want our customers to be encouraged by our commitment and our desire to keep ahead of them. The investment in more fine denier warping capacity is a must for us in order to continue to grow.”
RadiciSpandex’s versatile Type S-17 semi-dull spandex fiber has been the premier product responsible for the tremendous growth of the company in warp knit fabrics, he added. The recent launch of Type S-45 high temperature-resistant spandex/elastane has resulted in a surge of interest from many sectors where the challenge of a truly “polyester compatible” spandex has been in high demand for some time, he said.
“We’re the only spandex supplier to answer the plea for such a robust, high temperature-tolerant fiber,” Girrier said.
The new spandex warping equipment, the first of its kind in the market, is the result of a joint technical effort between RadiciSpandex and its equipment vendor.
“The new generation of spandex warper we are installing is an innovation and is revolutionary in design,” Girrier said. “It will dramatically improve our efficiency and productivity.”
The new warping equipment, which will be operational by the end of this month, will double RadiciSpandex’s current fine denier warping capacity, pushing total RadiciSpandex North American spandex warping production capacity to 6 million pounds per year. RadiciSpandex has additional warping capacity already in place overseas that its servicing European accounts.
