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About Edwin T. Turner
As associate director of Technical Services at Cotton Incorporated, Turner manages the analytical laboratory and is the point person for technical service to solve problems for mills and retail brands. In addition, he has responsibility for working with textile mills and retail brands to successfully implement new technologies in North America, South America plus Europe and Asia as needed.
Turner has been employed at Cotton Incorporated since September 2001, first as manager, Color and Technical Services, later as a senior chemist in the Preparation and Dyeing Research group and then manager, Technology Implementation.
Prior to Cotton Incorporated, Ed has performed technical and management functions involving preparation, dyeing/shade matching, finishing, technical service, analysis, product formulation and related functions at Cone Mills Corp. (Technical Center and Carlisle Finishing), UM&M (Old Fort Finishing), Synthron, Ciba-Geigy and Burlington Research/Burlington Chemical Company.
He received his bachelor degree in chemistry at Wake Forest University and is a senior member of American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) and the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Posted January 12, 2016
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) is holding a webinar titled “Fundamentals of Yarn and Fabric Preparation Webinar” on Thursday, January 28 at 10 a.m. EST.
Edwin T. Turner, associate director of Technical Services at Cotton Incorporated, will present the webinar.
His presentation will cover yarn and fabric lubricants/finishes and/or sizes that must be removed before subsequent processing, analysis to aid identification of materials to be removed, types of preparation, preparation chemicals and some of the machinery utilized for preparing yarn and fabric. Emphasis will be on the major fibers used in textiles, such as cotton, polyester and their blends, but the webinar will also cover other fibers, including elastane blends.
The duration of the webinar will be approximately 1.5 hours.
AATCC webinar to cover yarn, fabric prep
Edwin Turner