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Seminars & Workshops in Asia

Metal Detection
Presented by Henri Lui MBA
Professional Consultant in Metal Detection


Is your garment protected from broken sewing needles? Sewing needles found in apparel products represents 44% of overall product safety compliant issue. Eventually, it prompts mass recall and will potentially lead to claims and lawsuit. Thus, needle detection in apparel products is paramount especially in childrenswear. How to eliminate or minimize broken sewing needles in your apparel products? Do you need some advices about needle control policy?

Specialties: Professional Consultant of Needle Detection Management in the apparel, footwear & toy industries, with over 20 years experience of lecturing professional seminars and workshops in Asia for many worldwide renowned retailers and QA professionals. Henri Lui has been helping many worldwide leading buyers to establish their needle control policy as well as to formulate their own code of practice to make their apparel products safer against metal contamination.

Lecturing Professional Seminars for:
  • Adam (2005)
  • Adidas (2001)
  • American Eagle Outfitters (2011)
  • Carter’s (2009, 2015, 2016)
  • Disney (2016)
  • Gap (2004, 2005)
  • H&M (2003, 2004, 2007, 2008)
  • Levi Strauss (2009)
  • Li & Fung (2000, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2016)
  • Littlewoods (2003)
  • London Fog (2006)
  • Marks & Spencer (2007)
  • Mothercare (2005)
  • New Balance (2007, 2011)
  • Next (2000, 2007)
  • Nike (2004, 2005, 2007)
  • Polo (2008)
  • Puma (2003, 2008)
  • Prym (2016)
  • Smith & Brooks (2005)
  • S. Oliver (2014)
  • TAL Group (2014)
  • TCP (2005, 2006, 2015)
  • Tesco (2007, 2010)
  • Tory Burch (2014)
  • Umbro (2006)

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 Carters | Jakarta | 2015  Carters | Hochiminh | 2015 Carters | Bangkok | 2016  Carters | Shanghai | 2016
Carters | Shenzhen | 2016 TESCO | Hong Kong | 2010 GAP | Singapore | 2005 H&M | Dhaka | 2003
H&M | Jakarta | 2003 GAP | Singapore | 2005 NIKE | Shanghai | 2007 American Eagle | HK | 2011
NIKE | Kunshan | 2007 NIKE | Kunshan | 2007 UMBRO | Shenzhen | 2006 TCP | Shanghai | 2006
UMBRO | Hochiminh | 2006 H&M | Beijing | 2003 London Fog | Hochiminh | 2006 TCP | Hong Kong | 2015

Topics of the “Needle Management” workshop:
  • Sources of metal contamination
  • Basic needle control procedures
  • Location of detector
  • Calibration of detector
  • Daily calibration report
  • Various types of metal
  • Various types of needle detectors
  • Some basic concept about metal detector
  • Aperture size versus sensitivity
  • Inherent product signal
  • Needle orientation
  • Metal accessories pre-test
  • Needle breakage prevention
  • Broken needle statistics management
  • Criteria for selecting a needle detector