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KARL MAYER at Techtextil INDIA

KARL MAYER at Techtextil INDIA

Technical Textiles
KARL MAYER with integrated presentation at Techtextil INDIA with expansion to include composites. KARL MAYER participated with its Business Units Warp Knitting, Warp Preparation and Technical Textiles in the seventh Techtextil INDIA trade in the Bombay Exhibition Centre from 20 to 22 November 2019 . The innovative world market leader will be there with a 20 m² stand in the German Pavilion. At this year's trade fair, there will now also be an area for composite materials with the World of Composites. KARL MAYER Technical Textiles hopes that this expansion will have a positive effect on the visitor response. “Composites are an important area in India. Until now, there has been no specific trade fair for this sector,” says Hagen Lotzmann, the Sales Manager for the KARL MAYER Technische
ITMA Evaluations from UCMTF

ITMA Evaluations from UCMTF

Associations
The Association of French Textile Machinery Manufacturers (UCMTF) President Bruno Ameline,  “ITMA Barcelona was an extremely efficient place to finalize orders and initiate new ones.” The Association of French Textile Machinery Manufacturers made a statement about ITMA 2019 held last June. The statement emphasized that the trends were more pronounced after ITMA. “The French Textile Machinery is your technology partner for hardware, software and services” tells Bruno Ameline, UCMTF President, to textile industrialists. About ITMA, he adds “Barcelona was an extremely efficient place to finalize orders and initiate new ones. ITMA in Barcelona was a good edition, and without the macro uncertainties concerning the global economic growth and the US - China negotiations on tariffs and trade, i
Futureproofing The Nonwovens Network

Futureproofing The Nonwovens Network

Nonwoven
Now in its 23rd year, the Nonwovens Network has pulled together an extremely strong programme for its 2019 annual seminar. Nonwovens Network will be held at the John Smith’s Stadium in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK, on December 5th. Keynote speakers at the event, entitled Futureproofing the nonwovens industry, will be Mark Cotton, managing director of the John Cotton Group, and Seán Kerrigan, director of communications and media relations for EDANA, the Brussels-based European disposables and nonwovens association. Seán Kerrigan’s presentation will focus on two key issues which have been occupying a lot of EDANA’s time over the past year – its Wipes Outreach programme and the upcoming EU single-use plastics directive. Expansions John Cotton is one of the UK’s most successful
Great Participation to Dornbirn-GFC From Turkey

Great Participation to Dornbirn-GFC From Turkey

Fibers, Sustainability & Recycling
58th Dornbirn-GFC – over 100 international speakers from industry and research presented their latest innovations and trends of the global fiber- and textile industry. Exciting and controversial debates among fiber producers, brands and representatives of the European Textile Association at the CEO-Panel in the field of climate and environmental politics and its responsibilities. At the 1st Dornbirn-GFC STARTUP DAYS more than 20 international startup entrepreneurs presented their textile innovations. From the perspective of the fiber industry top plenary lectures led by Robert van de Kerkhof/CCO Lenzing AG and Uday Gill/CEO Indorama Ventures focused on sustainability. How can software industry support sustainable industry? – This question was outlined by impressing examples from Rob
Italian Textile Brands at Expotextil

Italian Textile Brands at Expotextil

Fairs, Textile
Expotextil, which was held in Lima, Peru between October 24th and 27th, brought together the textile and garment sector. At Expotextil there was also be a large representation of Italian textile machinery manufacturers. Inside the Italian pavilion organized by Italian Trade Agency and ACIMIT, the Association of Italian textile machinery manufacturers, 18 Italian companies exhibited: Arioli, Biancalani, Bianco, Btsr, Danitech, Ferraro, Itema, Lawer, Marzoli, Mcs, Ms Printing Solutions, Proxima, Pugi Group, Ratti, Roj, Santex Rimar Group, Stalam and Ugolini. Over 95% of The World Production of Fiber is Produced in Peru In Peru, the textile and clothing industry is one of the leading sectors of the local economy. In fact, the Country is the world's leading producer of alpaca fibers (...
Monforts at Techtextil India

Monforts at Techtextil India

Nonwoven, Technical Textiles
Monforts will be providing information on its extensive range of coating and finishing technologies for the production of nonwovens and technical textiles at the forthcoming Techtextil India exhibition. “India has one of the largest working-age populations in the world and a complete textile value chain for both natural and synthetic fibres.” says Monforts Head of Denim Hans Wroblowski. In addition, he adds, India’s government, through its Ministry of Textiles, has been actively promoting the growth of technical textiles through various programmes based on investment promotion, subsidies, the creation of infrastructure and the stimulation of consumption. As a result, India’s Ministry of Textiles is forecasting that the growth of technical textiles in the country will be over 18% annu
Application Started for ITMA ASIA + CITME 2020

Application Started for ITMA ASIA + CITME 2020

Fairs
Mr Fritz P. Mayer, President of CEMATEX, “Despite the economic slowdown of the Chinese market, the opportunities presented by China continue to be attractive for machinery manufacturers from around the world due to the sheer size of its market.” ITMA ASIA + CITME, the region’s leading textile machinery exhibition, is set for its seventh presentation in Shanghai from 15 to 19 October 2020 at the National Exhibition and Convention Centre. Space application has now opened online. According to show owners CEMATEX and Chinese partners, the Sub-Council of Textile Industry, CCPIT (CCPIT-Tex), China Textile Machinery Association (CTMA) and China Exhibition Centre Group Corporation (CIEC), the mega textile machinery exhibition will continue to be the unrivalled marketing platform for textile
VDMA Delegation in Pakistan

VDMA Delegation in Pakistan

Associations
Monforts will be part of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association’s forthcoming delegation to Pakistan which will take place from November 11th to 14th. In total, 14 companies covering the entire textile chain are participating in the visit, which will showcase the benefits and technological innovations of German textile machinery at seminars held in both Karachi and Lahore. “The regions surrounding both of these cities have become major hubs for textile manufacturing, especially in areas such as home textiles and denim, where Monforts enjoys market-leading positions with its finishing systems,” says area sales manager Manfred Havenlith, who in addition to presenting at the seminars, will be holding meetings and networking with existing Monforts customers and potential new ones during
Transparency and Quality in Fabric Inspection Offered By USTER

Transparency and Quality in Fabric Inspection Offered By USTER

Weaving
USTER® Fabric Inspection offers real benefits for weavers in terms of both customer satisfaction and their own long-term business success. Since 2018, the world-renowned USTER quality systems include fabric inspection – and ITMA 2019 has seen the launch of the first major innovation to be developed since the acquisition of automatic vision inspection company Elbit Visions Systems (EVS). Fabric makers will already be familiar with the successful, industry-proven solutions USTER® EVS Q-BAR, FABRIQ VISION and FABRIQ SHADE, which today are used worldwide to inspect upwards of 60 million meters of fabric per day. At ITMA in Barcelona, USTER® Q-BAR 2 and USTER® FABRIQ EXPERT have been launched and explained to show visitors. For fabric manufacturers, the competitive nature of the textil
Saurer at ShanghaiTex 2019

Saurer at ShanghaiTex 2019

Fibers, Spinning - Yarn
Saurer, which will attend the international textile industry fair ShanghaiTex, is preparing to perform show of strength with its high-efficiency FusionTwister for staple fibre yarns. The FusionTwister sets the benchmark for the cost-effective production of two-for-one twisted staple fibre yarns. In order to achieve this, we have taken into account the three main factors affecting our customers’ profitability, namely energy, economics and ergonomics. The machines’ reliably low energy consumption is an important characteristic for decision-makers to take into account. Achieved by means of an optimised spindle drive as well as a great variety of spindle and feeding sizes for all kinds of applications, it is the main element in the equation of production costs. Power consumption and cost