NCTO理事会圆桌会议:美国纺织业的挑战和机遇

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t国家纺织组织委员会(NCTO)通过基于理事会的结构来代表美国纺织工业的广度和深度,该结构为该行业的各种利益提供了声音。

有四个独立的理事会包括NCTO领导结构。每个理事会代表了美国纺织供应链的主要组成部分,并选举了组成NCTO董事会的官员。

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理事会领导

纤维委员会代表国内纺织纤维生产商,目前由总部位于南卡罗来纳州韦尔福德市总裁Leigh Fibers Inc. Don Bockoven主持,Leigh Fibers每年都会从广泛的供应商那里购买约3亿磅的纺织废物。一旦分类,纤维将使用品牌和特定于客户的纤维混合物来创建。

the United States will continue to be advantaged in the cost of natural gas, a primary feedstock for many synthetic fibers.
- NCTO光纤理事会主席Don Bockoven;总裁Leigh Fibers Inc.

the Yarn Council represents domestic yarn manufacturers with Frontier Spinning Mills Inc.’s CEO Robin Perkins currently serving as chairman.

Frontier成立于1996年,总部位于北卡罗来纳州桑福德市,是世界上最大的100%棉和棉花纱的生产商之一。该公司在多个州经营最先进的制造设施,并拥有1,100多名员工。

面料和家具委员会代表了国内制造商,包括编织,编织,无织,簇绒,编织或其他家具。理事会由格林伍德·米尔斯公司(Greenwood Mills Inc.)的总裁杰伊·塞尔(Jay Self)主持。该公司总部位于其同名城市格林伍德(Greenwood,S.C。),从纤维到成品织物生产纺织品,其子公司Singlessource服装(SSA)是美洲最大的非品牌服装制造商之一。

第四委员会是行业支持委员会,其中包括纺织品分销商;纺织品的转换器,染料,打印机和整理器;以及此类纤维和纺织实体的产品和服务供应商。总部位于美国南卡罗来纳州的格林维尔,美国公司的Picanol Inc.总裁西里尔·格林(Cyril Guerin)目前担任董事长。Picanol开发,生产和销售高科技机喷射和剑杆机编织机。如今,世界各地大约有2600台编织磨坊使用皮肤醇机械,总计超过175,000台编织机。

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行业挑战,优势

国内外公司在美国纺织品制造业的投资提升,这使许多人认为该行业在幸存的时期生存后正在卷土重来。

Beyond fundamental market factors, future investment is also dependent on sound government policy. Competitive tax and regulatory structures are vital.

- Jay Self,NCTO面料和家具委员会主席;总裁Greenwood Mills Inc.

光纤理事会主席博科文说:“我相信,由于持续减少供应链周期时间和全球竞争力的压力,我们将在不久的将来继续看到这一投资趋势。”美国将继续在天然气成本上得到优势,天然气是许多合成纤维的主要原料。”

Fabric & Home Furnishings Chair Self stated: “I think the majority of the investments have been predominately in open-end spinning. The low labor content and competitive electrical rates have made this a good investment. We are starting to see some investment in weaving with some of the new speeds out there. This is primarily replacement and not new capacity.

自我继续说:“除了基本的市场因素之外,未来的投资还取决于合理的政府政策。竞争税和监管结构至关重要。此外,我们需要制定逻辑贸易政策,例如我们大多数国际贸易协定中包含的纱线前瞻性规则。这样的政策必须应对越南等低成本供应商的挑战,越南,由于慷慨的国家资助补贴,他们在没有任何有益的责任待遇的情况下继续增加市场份额。”

从一个旋转的角度来看,“我们将继续负责任地投资于我们的工厂,以保持技术的最高水平。”“在自由市场上运营是一种特权,但我们继续面临劳动挑战。美国对外国制造业所带来的好处之一是可靠和不间断的能力的较低成本。”

行业支持主席格林(Guerin)代表他的领域发表讲话说:“那些想为未来做好准备的企业现在需要投资于新设备。”

吉林说,单位的优势之一ed States is a closeness to the market. “Proximity,” Guerin said. “We are a Belgium-based company with more than 50 years of presence in the United States. We established our company in Greenville in 1970 to serve our customers. What was true then is still valid today, even more so with the rapid pace at which the end users change their needs.”

技术,劳动挑战

As technology, including automation, continues to become more advanced, U.S. textile companies are faced with opportunities as well as challenges.

纤维主席博科文说:“创新,技术和自动化对于推动全球竞争力至关重要。”“此外,自动化已被用来提高运营商的安全性,例如人体工程学等领域,这些领域通常通过自动化进行重复运动。”

Finding skilled employees for the industry is a challenge according to Bockoven. “At the end of 2017, there were almost 6 million jobs in the United States unfilled. The textile industry is no different than the rest of the country in the challenges with attracting and retaining employees. We have been working to develop a strong succession plan and have promoted several millennials into critical positions because of what they’ve accomplished and the potential they’ve shown.”

“The most effective innovations increase flexibility and speed to market,” Fabric Chair Self said. “Also they allow us to take advantage of new fibers and their properties. We have become more proactive in training our workforce and have started apprenticeship programs with the school districts to promote workforce training.”

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“创新对劳动力的依赖减少,从而减少了员工的需求;但是,一家好的公司将不得不向这些员工支付更多费用。”“在当今的劳动力环境中管理24/7的运营非常具有挑战性。寻找想要工作和周末工作的优质候选人变得非常困难。在Frontier,我们试图在可能的情况下专注于自动化,并为员工提供竞争优势和工资的良好,干净,安全的工作场所。”

We will continue to invest responsibly in our plants to stay on top of technology.

- 罗宾·珀金斯(Robin Perkins),NCTO纱线理事会主席;Frontier Spinning Mills Inc.首席执行官

“We offer innovation to one of the oldest industries in the world,” Industry Support Chair Guerin said. “Weaving is a process that has not changed much in 5,000 years! But with highly-advanced looms, we take weaving to an all new level of performance. And there is definitely more to come. Our machines are already Industry 4.0 enabled — as in are capable of capturing and processing huge amounts of sensoric data — and these data will be used ever more to further optimize the weaving process.”

影响美国纺织业变化的驱动因素

Yarn主席Perkins说:“我们的客户继续要求我们从销售点到交货的更快转变。”“我们必须专门针对客户满意度进行快速响应。电子商务今天对购物产生重大影响。随着婴儿潮一代的年龄,零售业需要适应千禧一代的购买习惯。

“ Cafta地区需要扩大其产品,以便成为零售买家的一站式商店。在逻辑上,美国纺织品供应商的位置比其他任何人都更好地为美国零售业提供服务。我们需要扩展产品产品以匹配目前由亚洲提供的产品。”珀金斯补充说。

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那些想要为未来做好准备的企业现在需要投资于新设备。

- NCTO行业支持委员会主席西里尔·格林(Cyril Guerin);美国皮契诺醇的总裁

“随着世界每天越来越小,至关重要的是,将大量的差异化在桌面上,”行业支持主席格林在讨论了行业的变化和驱动因素时说。“ Picanol的美国客户非常有能力开发新产品,新解决方案和新服务。现代织机的性能,多功能性和节俭性使他们变得更有竞争力,不仅在家,而且在世界市场上也更具竞争力。”

纤维主席博科文(Bockoven)说:“自动化的持续努力,专注于循环经济和大规模定制方面的努力都将产生一定的影响,这将影响未来的行业。我会预见到,随着劳动力挑战的继续,我会继续对自动化进行投资。陪审团仍在谈论循环经济思维将如何在过去20年左右的时间里回收利用的行业中如何发挥作用。例如,诸如Unifi®的Repreve®,例如再生聚酯纤维 - 付出了很大的努力,还有很多事情要做。”

the Council System Benefits NCTO’s Message

“NCTO membership brings industry connectivity, camaraderie and leverage,” Bockoven said. “The relationship with industry is critical as evidenced by NCTO providing a unified voice in regulatory affairs and trade negotiations. While the Trans-Pacific Partnership is no longer on the table, the industry partnership during the negotiations was second to none. The relationship with the community is critical in demonstrating to employees the commitment to the area where we all live and work.

“ NCTO不仅为我们提供了一个统一的阵线向我们的立法者展示,而且还研究了我们行业面临的问题,并为我们提供了对我们个人和整个行业有益的解决方案和/或建议。”珀金斯椅子。关于行业,公司与社区之间的关系,珀金斯说:“这就是我们存在的原因。我们需要地方政府来支持我们作为企业公民,以便我们可以维持一支成功的劳动力,从而支持我们的社区和当地企业。支持我们当地的学校和社区大学是发展一个强大的社区的关键,该社区培养努力工作的公民和领导者。”

理事会系统致力于支持NCTO成员

显然,与NCTO理事会主席交谈时,尽管由于他们的行业挑战,他们的观点略有不同,但最终,信息归结为NCTO的一项成就,这是一个共同的声音,美国纺织行业可以一致地讲话并影响积极的变化。

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Editor’s Note: This article appears in Textile World courtesy of the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) as part of the “American Textiles: We Make Amazing™” campaign. NCTO is a trade association representing U.S. textile manufacturing. Please visit ncto.org to learn more about NCTO, the industry and the campaign.


2018年9月/10月