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Sealing the deal Textiles manufacturer Orvec is cutting the cost of production with a revolutionary new technique that can seal fabric edges without hemming. Julie Baxter discovers more
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s a market leader in the design, supply and manufacture of woven and non-woven products to the airlines, Orvec has a long track record in innovation and product development. But as it incorporates a new Orvec Middle East division and steps up the promotion of its new Luna Linen range, the spotlight has turned to a new production technique set to cut costs and increase product life cycle. Being used on a range that includes napkins, table cloths, pillow covers, blankets and duvets, the new techniques seals fabric edges quickly and effectively in a way that withstands intensive industrial laundry processes and outperforms traditional hemmed edges. An efficient, automated process using cutting-edge science reduces costs of production, purchase and long term ownership, while at the same time ensuring a minimalist and sleek appearance for
the product with a lighter weight. It Hull (UK), Xiamen (China) and Charlotte requires less fabric per item as there is (USA), and most recently opened no requirement for the usual hemmed facilities in Dubai (UAE). edge, and it also significantly cuts Kevin Stamp, managing director, labour costs. Rate of production is 20 said: “This unique finishing process is times as fast as the normal hemmed something we have been focused on manufacturing developing for some process. years. Our goal is to Extensive testing keep evolving the Extensive testing has product and service has shown the shown the product product will we offer, gaining perform better inspiration from our will perform better than traditional ongoing research than traditional hemmed and development hemmed products products, programmes and particularly in the drying process and investing further in our in house when being pressed as the whole manufacturing capabilities. We are surface is flat. committed to continually investing Orvec has already had initial in our manufacturing facilities with a orders and now has significant longer term strategy to have efficient interest from global carriers and cost effective manufacturing located in the UK and APAC capabilities at each of our strategic regions. It has manufacturing facilities in locations around the world.“ •
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