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94th Scientific Session Report: 'Fibers & Beyond'
94th Scientific Session ‘Fibres & Beyond’
& 193rd Board of Directors’ Meeting
Dawn Carrick, ITS President, chaired the 193rd Board of Directors’
Meeting of ITS, held in Milestones Restaurant at Mississauga on
15 April 2003. Erhardt Schumann of DuPont Canada, ITS Past President,
sponsored the ITS Board of Directors’ Supper Meeting.
The 94th Scientific Session ‘Fibres & Beyond’
of the Institute of Textile Science was held on 16 April 2003
at BodyCote Ortech Inc. in Mississauga, Ontario. ITS President,
Dawn Carrick, welcomed distinguished speakers and participants.
She introduced the ITS Board of Directors: Peter Aspley, Shafiul
Islam, Jerry Bauerle and Darko Medved to the participants and
speakers.
ITS Vice-President, Dr. Shafiul Islam, CText FTI, of TexTek Business
Solutions, chaired the 94th Scientific Session: ‘Fibers
& Beyond’. Three distinguished speakers made their resourceful
presentations with an insightful interactive questions and answers
session.
Clark McAlpine, Vice President – Operations, Coats-Bell,
Arthur, Ontario presented ‘The World of Industrial Sewing
Thread – From the Global Supplier’ - an overview of
the types of spun and filament threads available and their properties
that are engineered to specific end uses. A visual tour of a thread
manufacturing plant was presented.
Dr Edward Tokarsky, Research Associate – Fluoro Products,
E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Wilmington, Delaware, presented his research,
‘New Generation Teflon® ETFE Performance Fibers’.
DuPont ETFE fiber delivers high performance for outdoor and Industrial
applications. This fibre has superior resistance to most chemicals,
solvents, weathering & UV exposure even at elevated temperatures.
This was the first presentation in Canada of this revolutionary
fibre.
John Alexander, Director – Sales and Marketing, ABC Netting,
Brampton, Ontario, presented ‘Industrial Applications for
Raschel and Tricot Knitted Net and Fabric’. ABC Netting
specializes in the warp knitting of knotless netting and industrial
fabric using Raschel and Tricot machines. A variety of fibres
are used to produce netting for a myriad of industrial, aquaculture,
and sports-related end uses.
ITS Director, Darko Medved of Ivodex; Secretary, Peter Aspley
of Dupont Canada; and President, Dawn Carrick of DND presented
token of gifts and appreciations to the distinguished speakers.
Finally ITS Treasurer, Jerry Bauerle, and Dr. Andy Sinclair of
BodyCote Ortech hosted Textile Lab Tour for the participants of
the session.
The Institute of Textile Science will be holding its 95th Scientific
Session on Wednesday, October 8th, at DuPont in Kingston, Ontario.
This will be followed by the ITS Annual General Meeting. We welcome
you all on October 8th in Kingston.
Shafiul A. Islam; PhD, CText FTI
Vice-President, ITS
Chair, ITS 94th Scientific Session ‘Fibres & Beyond’
&
Peter J. Aspley
General Secretary, ITS
ITS 94th Scientific Session Digital Photographs by Jerry Bauerle,
Treasurer, ITS
