AATCC’s Ultraviolet Isolation Gown Manufacturers ReferenceFabric helps ensure accurate color communication throughout the textile supply chain accurate,saving everyone time and money from expensive miscommunications. Not all reference fabrics are created equal. AATCC’s optically brightened referencefabric has been calibrated to a national standardizing lab. In fact, AATCC’s optically brightenedreference fabric is designed to give more accurate measurements than the non-textile UV calibrationplaques usually supplied with a spectrophotometer. This UV Calibration Reference Fabric provides a target CIE-Whiteness value that can be usedto accurately adjust spectrophotometers for measuring optically-brightened textiles, no matterwhich method an instrument uses to calibrate UV content. And because UV content will be properlycalibrated for textiles, users will see more consistent results from one spectrophotometer toanother. In addition, the spectral data from optically-brightened textiles can be exchanged moreaccurately within the supply chain and digitally-based quality assessments will be more precise andeasier to accomplish. The bottom line? When retailer, brand, and manufacturer numbers agree, all parties canbe more confident in approval decisions. For additional information or to make a purchase contactSuzanne Holmes, Laguna Fabrics, Los Angeles, has French terrysweater knits with streaked stripes in cotton/polyester/linen blends, ultralight and soft jersey ofMicro Tencel, and a lot of neps and nubs.A.C.A. One new finishing treatment comprises thermal plastic resin coatings that can beapplied by spray or brush and heat pressure. Olmetex S., Taiwan, has knits and wovens that range from activewear, shirting anduniform fabrics to novelty jacquards, crochet laces, French terry spotted with Lurex®, ribs, andstripes. At Texworld, the company introducedto the United States dope-dyed Lenzing Modal® COLOR, whose production uses 80-percent less energyand 75-percent less water than conventionally dyed Modal. At the Apparel Sourcing Pavilion, the National Association for the Sewn Products Industry(SEAMS) and Panjiva specialize in sourcing.
