Making a Splash in Swimwear...

Chris Williams has worked for the past 35 years in the Apparel Textiles industry. He currently provides technical support to the business specializing in Dyeing and Knitting. In his spare time, he enjoys many sports and grows his own organic produce.

Jake leads Bemis Associates’ product line management group, overseeing Sewfree® adhesives, seam tapes, seam reinforcement tapes, and embellishments.

He has worked with Bemis for 12 years, including nine years in Hong Kong leading the Bemis Asia technical function. An adhesives and bonding expert, Jake has been closely involved in the development and launch of Bemis’ EverFit™ family of elastic replacement adhesives.

With over a decade of experience and as a leader within the British bodywear industry, Nichole founded London Contour Experts with the ambition to bolster growth, provide design support, and offer design consultancy and sustainable manufacturing solutions for both new and established brands. By applying her expertise, de Carle has helped shape and support brands such as Jean Paul Gaultier, Playboy, Honey Birdette and Perfect Moment.

Thorsten’s full working life has been dedicated to the color and trend industry. Having spent 16 years working for the exclusive distribution channel for Pantone in Europe, as well as for trend and color publications, Thorsten joined global trend authority WGSN in 2007. Thorsten ran the Sales and Marketing Teams as an Executive Vice President for EMEA before accepting the exciting role of running and developing the Coloro project, having recognized the huge potential and need for a logical color system in the market.