About Us

Malcolm Ball Associates is a technical consultancy able to assist, support and advise on a broad range of areas in the textile and clothing related areas either directly or in partnership with other specialists in their fields.

Principal Associate, Malcolm Ball, is a Fellow and Chartered member of both the Textile Institute and the Society of Dyers and Colourists and has a long international career in sewing thread research and development, as well as practical management of operations at board level. This experience provides a wealth of knowledge which can be put at the disposal of any company involved in the 'fibre to garment' manufacture and processing - or the sale, purchase or processing of sewn products.

Examples of areas of activity include design, planning and commissioning of production plants and process/testing laboratories; the design and commissioning of research projects with universities; the commercialisation and management of innovative products; analysis and correction of product quality issues; advice and professional opinion on technology or product based legal areas; technical articles or manuals for training and education.

Over the last few years, a lot of experience has been gained in the development and application of web-based supply chain-chain management systems for colour development and order tracking - with technology leaders eWarna (www.ewarna.com) and eFashionTrack (www.efashiontrack.com). We are are very pleased to be able to offer assistance in these areas - with these or other technology partners.

Malcolm Ball Associates also works closely with Ing Gerhard Fildan GesmbH of Austria (www.fildan.com), who are designers, engineers and producers of specialist precision plastic mouldings for the lingerie and swimwear industries.

Company History:

Founded in 2001 by Malcolm Ball after a long technical and managerial career with the Tootal Group and then Dollfus Mieg & Cie.

The corporate period provided a wealth of experience and responsibilities from which a deep well of practical and detailed knowledge was accumulated. This experience included working closely with companies, institutions and individuals across the Americas, North & South Africa, Eastern and Soutern Asia and North and mainland Europe.

Other activities:

Malcolm Ball Associates is a proud member of the ASBCI - forum for textiles and clothing (www.asbci.co.uk) and currently holds the chairmanship of the Technical Committee.

At the recent conference 'Clothing the Workplace' a technical paper on colour management was presented.

Assistance was also provided in the creation of the latest technical publication 'Colour Clues - an introduction to the colouration of textiles and clothing'.

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