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INDUSTRY NEWS www.images-magazine.com 24 images APRIL 2019 Take our online industry surveys: www.images-magazine.com Gildan joins Ethisphere’s Business Ethics Leadership Alliance Gildan Activewear has joined Ethisphere’s Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA), which it said is “a global community of companies who recognise the value of ethical leadership and who are working together to move forward with ethics and integrity”. Lindsay Matthews, vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary at Gildan Activewear, said: “Being part of a collaborative community focused on sharing of best practices for ethics and compliance will allow us to bring the best of what we are doing as well as our challenges to the table and learn from others across a broad spectrum of industries. Good compliance practices simply make for better businesses.” Lindsay continued: “Companies are no longer pursuing compliance as a legal prerequisite demanded by stakeholders, they are realising how important it is to pursue value-based compliance that is in line with their corporate ethos. Our company’s commitment to ethical business practices filters into every aspect of what we do and contributes to a strong corporate culture based on trust and transparency.” BELA was founded by Ethisphere Institute after the financial crisis of 2008. Founding members include General Electric, PepsiCo and Walmart. bela.ethisphere.com www.gildancorp.com Pre-treatments from Image Armor gain Eco Passport certification Image Armor has announced that since February, its IA Light and Ultra pre-treatment formulas for DTG have been Oeko-Tex, Eco Passport-certified. “Image Armor strives to be the most trusted pre-treat solution in the garment decoration industry by continuing to maintain a high standard for health and human safety,” said the company. “Our pre-treatment solutions were both tested at the ingredient level against Oeko- Tex Restricted Substance Lists and Manufacturing Restricted Substance List. These tests are made to ensure that certified products can be used in the sustainable production of human- ecologically optimised textiles.” www.imagearmorpt.com Result updates mini brochures for 2019 Result’s Performance, Softshell, Fleece, Bodywarmer, Urban Ultrasonic and Spiro mini brochures have been updated for 2019 with new contents and front covers. Available in A5 size, the brochures offer summaries of the brand’s various ranges and include garment specifications, sizing, colour range, decoration access and recommended decoration types. They are available to download now from Result’s website. www.resultclothing.com Result’s 2019mini brochures can be downloaded now Graphtec GB announces price reduction on Lite-50 cutter Graphtec GB has reduced the price of its CE series Lite- 50 digital cutter as part of a new marketing initiative aimed at enabling wider access to its cutting technology. “Developed primarily for small to medium-sized companies, the Lite-50 bridges the gap between the traditional craft/hobbies and higher-volume commercial sectors,“ explained Graphtec GB. “The low price-performance ratio will appeal especially to entry-level operatives wishing to engage with digital cutting technology, but without the burden of a sizeable financial outlay, given the current uncertain economic climate.“ As part of the package, the cutter is supplied with the latest Cutting Master 4 software, which enables use of data created in Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw programs. Typical applications include sport and leisure clothing customisation, promotional products branding, glass decorative and vehicle graphics and self-adhesive vinyl- based signs and displays. www.graphtecgb.co.uk Graphtec’s Lite-50 cutter