Harry Mercer
President at Indigo Blue
- Role
- President at Indigo Blue
- Location
- North Augusta, SC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Harry Mercer
Mr. Mercer has provided consulting support to 45 denim companies in 16 countries, solving their biggest challenges. Also expert in all forms of cotton preparation, dyeing and finishing. Elimination of color variation for Indigo, sulfurs and reactive dyes. Continuous dyeing as well as yarn package, jiggers, jets, pad-batch, Mercerizing and bleaching. Have published over 30 articles related to denim especially for Indigo and sulfur dyeing. Author of most complete text on denim finishing which covers the special considerations in this most difficult of all textile finishing. Pioneered special methods for stretch denims involving nylon, 100% cotton stretch and best methods for spandex. Typically have succeeded in reducing denim off-quality by 50% or more. Big increases in operating efficiencies in yarn and weaving. Have developed methods for a full range of controlled denim colors in Indigo from 0.2% lightest to 1.6%, darkest, that are consistent and with desired levels of colorfastness, bright or dull at each concentration as desired and a full range of over 30 sulfur colors, from lightest to darkest that are consistent and colorfast.
Experience
President
Mar 1994 — Present · North Augusta, SC
Recognized as world\'s leading authority on Indigo dyeing, sulfur dyeing and denim finishing.Provide assistance to denim fabric producers in developing new products for the fashion jeans business, cost reduction, solutions to all quality probems including dyeing with Indigo and sulfurs, fabric finishing quality, increased yarn efficiencies, higher weaving efficiencies, environmental problems and customer service problems.
Education
North Carolina State University
Textiles
1983 — 1989
Furman University
BS
1969 — 1973
Skills
- Languages
- Denim
- Textile Industry
- English
- Export
- Weaving
- Apparel
- Dyes
- Fashion
- Process Engineering
- German
- Trend
- Production
- Fit
- Finish
- Sportswear
- Embroidery
- Textiles
- Finishing
- International Business
- Styling
- Global Sourcing
- Sourcing
- Cotton
- Spanish
- Product Development
- Import
- Dyeing
- Merchandising
- Production Planning
- Chemicals
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