Author: Textile Planet Magazine

Apr42019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Renowned Meltblown Specialist Invests in Oerlikon Nonwoven Line

The market for meltblown nonwovens is expanding by an average of 6% per annum. For Oerlikon Nonwoven, the IDEA, taking place between March 25 and 28 in Miami Beach, Florida USA, kicked off with the signing of a contract. The customer, a renowned European meltblown specialist, invested in a two-beam, stand-alone meltblown system from the Neumünster-based plant manufacturer in order to meet its strongly increasing demand. In the future, the system will be deployed to manufacture meltblown nonwovens for various application, especially from the filtration and wipes sector. The commercial production launch is scheduled for the first half of 2020. Meltblown technology as stand-alone or as upgrade solutions for even better product quality The market for meltblown nonwovens is expand

Mar292019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Laroche Collaborative Solutions

Nonwoven, Sustainability & Recycling

Laroche offers turnkey plants to customers for recycling and innovative nonwovens. Laroche is a specialty manufacturer of textile recycling, airlay web forming and bast fiber processing equipment. Robert Laroche, the CEO, is both an engineer and a frequent traveler. His associates have a strong commitment to the company which allows to go well beyond purely “commercial” relationships. Know-how from over 100 years in the same business, dedication to innovations and long-term service and customer relationships are the DNA of the company. Robert Laroche, made important statements about the collaboration and activities. Turnkey plants for recycling and airlaid nonwovens: “10 years ago, states Robert Laroche, we had already a long history in recycling and nonwoven processes, but at

Mar282019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Swissmem Hosts World Press in Luzern Before ITMA Barcelona

Associations

The Swiss Textile Machinery Manufacturers' Association (Swissmem) will give a conference to the press from all over the world with an invitation in Switzerland, Hotel Montana. The conference, organized by Swissmem, will continue for the three days from 28 March to 30 March. Important textile technology firms, who leads the textile industry, will be partcipant this event and there will be panel discussions and presensations during the event. Yusuf Akbolat, the Editor-in-Chief of Textile Planet Magazine, is one of the most important press guests to bring the latest developments to the textile sector. On the second day of the conference, Benninger AG, Santex Rimar AG, Loepfe AG, n Rotorcraft AG and Luwa AG will take the stage. It is planned that Uster Technologies AG, Amsler Tex AG, ...

Mar272019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Quality Counts – At Every Level of The Market

Fairs, Genel, Spinning - Yarn

USTER offers multiple resources for understanding quality management from fiber to fabric. In textiles, the two extremes of the market are poles apart – from mass-produced commodity products to ‘big-brand’ specialties where only the highest standards of material and styling apply. In between these opposites, of course, there are many layers of complexity. What all these dimensions have in common is clear: a need for consistent quality from yarn and fabric producers. Today’s challenging market environment means quality is a sustainable competitive advantage, and Uster Technologies is the unique source of the know-how and systems needed to deliver it. CEO Thomas Nasiou explains: “USTER has become a synonym for quality in textiles during the past seven decades. That is not just because

Mar262019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Picanol at Techtextil Frankfurt

Weaving

Reliability, performance, flexibility and all this operating in the most sustainable way. Technical Textiles has since long been one of the pillars in the product strategy of Picanol. Due to its leading market position in the fields of rapier and airjet weaving, Picanol produces durable and high performing machine platforms with state of the art technology, which have been tested by thousands of customers. Picanol’s continued investment in Research and Development resulted in an a continuously increasing array of solutions for the most diverse applications in technical textiles. This unique combination of reliable product platforms in rapier and airjet weaving technology on one hand, and dedicated solutions for technical fabric on the other, Pichanol offer technical customers the best

Mar222019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

BRÜCKNER – Innovation As The Driving Force Behind Success

Nonwoven

The new BRÜCKNER SUPRA-FLOW BA Air-Through Thermofusion Oven to take part at TECHTEXTIL 2019 in Frankfurt. Particularly in the field of hygiene nonwovens, the trend goes towards products of a better quality with a smoother handle, more volume and of more uniform texture. Nonwovens producers worldwide are supported by the new BRÜCKNER SUPRA-FLOW BA belt oven, which gives them the technology to pro-duce such high quality end products. The new SUPRA-FLOW BA guarantees a particularly gentle transport of the unbonded web. This is achieved by a sophisticated air circulation design. It is also characterised by minimum heat consump-tion, high flow uniformity and constant temperature distribution over the entire working width. The good accessibility of the oven chamber leads to a high mai

Mar222019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Don’t Just Stick With What You Know – Think Outside The Box

Weaving

KARL MAYER’s textile innovations for the shoe sector For many years, KARL MAYER has been developing innovative shoe fabrics on its warp knitting machines. A wide variety of textiles, which are setting the trend on the market, can be produced on its high-speed tricot and double-bar raschel machines. The latest developments are aimed at reducing the number of processing steps in the production chain. Uppers manufactured from a single piece are nothing new. In the sports shoe sector in particular, textile designs, which reproduce the butterfly contours of the entire upper shoe area, are creating quite a stir. KARL MAYER has gone one step further with integrated production. This company uses its double-bar raschel technology to also incorporate the insole directly into the textile pr

Mar212019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

“Intertextile Apparel is A Must-See Global Trade Show”

Fairs

Back-to-back visitor increases of 15% have solidified Intertextile Apparel’s status as a global apparel textile flagship. 94,661 visitors[1] from over 110 countries & regions attended the fair (2018: 82,314, 104 countries & regions). Aisles in six exhibition halls saw a sea of visitors, as the quality, variety and innovation of the textile options on offer impressed trade buyers from all over the world. Reports of strong onsite order levels belied concerns of a slower economy and trade disputes – suggesting that, at Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics, there is always potential to be found. “After already experiencing a significant increase in last year’s Spring Edition visitor numbers, and with muted reports coming from some industry events earlier in the spring / summer

Mar192019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Stäubli to Take Part at Techtextil Frankfurt

Fairs, Fibers, Spinning - Yarn, Weaving

Technologies For Manufacturing Advanced Textiles The list of potential applications of technical textiles seems almost endless. Engineers and research institutes regularly find new and more demanding areas in which the use of textiles can lead to technical progress, weight reduction, cost savings, or other benefits. In order to capture these advantages, the textiles must meet stringent requirements, resist mechanical forces such as compression or shear, withstand environmental conditions, or meet strict medical hygiene requirements. In addition, the fibres, yarns, and even finished fabrics are often subjected to chemical and mechanical processes during or throughout the entire textile manufacturing process. If the textile surface is a woven fabric, Stäubli plays an important role

Mar152019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Highlights From The Universe of High-Performance Warp Knits

Fairs, Knitting, Nonwoven

KARL MAYER is inviting the sector to an exchange of ideas at Techtextil, 14 - 17 May 2019 in Frankfurt. KARL MAYER is showcasing warp-knitted textiles having an exceptional level of performance in hall 3.0/E 18 at Techtextil 2019 in Frankfurt. On show will be products with integrated electrical conductivity and shaping characteristics from the new TEXTILE MAKERSPACE platform, an extremely efficient textile solution for protecting buildings, and a completely new generation of warp-knitted spacer textiles. KARL MAYER is also inviting people to attend an in-house show, to be held at the same time as the fair, at its headquarters in nearby Obertshausen. This event is easily accessible by bus transfer and will be premiering a new nonwovens machine for the visitors. KARL MAYER is also a tre