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Jun12018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

German Technology Met Indian Textiles and Nonwovens

India is a very important market for the German textile machinery industry, with an export of more than €255 million (+ 8 %) in 2017. Many German machinery builders have longstanding relations with Indian customers and quite a number of them also provide production plants and training centres in India. Not surprisingly, about 370 decision-makers and experts from the textile and nonwoven related industry attended the VDMA conference and B2B event called “German Technology meets Indian Textiles and Nonwovens” in Mumbai on 15-16 May 2018. According to a survey, both the event and German textile machinery engineering received the highest marks among the visitors. About 57 % of the visitors stated very good and 38 % good experience with machines and components from German suppliers. T

May302018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Fabric and Accessory Manufacturers Meet in TEXHUB with a Variety of Colors and Patterns

Fairs, Fibers, Spinning - Yarn, Textile

Duty Fairs Ltd. and Texstar Co. , Limited will be held for the first time this year at the Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus Convention and Exhibition Center on 7-9 November 2018. This fair, where the world's brands will meet in the field of textile, yarn and accessories, will also host the participants from the Turkish textile and garment sector. Texhub Istanbul is preparing to welcome industrial yarn producers with the Yarnhub division, which will be realized simultaneously in addition to being a platform for exhibiting fabrics, accessories, yarns, fibers and patterns. Turkey's commercial and financial center (in Istanbul) Istanbul Fair held Texhub, will meet Turkish textile producers with quality and affordable products of Far Eastern textile suppliers especially in China. In addition ...

May292018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

The World’s Widest Tricot Machine is Now Available on The Market

Genel, Knitting

KARL MAYER has extended its successful model in the HKS machine series, the HKS 3-M, by including a version having a wider working width. To complement the current machines having widths of 186" and 218" (472 ve 553 cm), a version having a width of 280" (711cm)is now available. The HKS 3-M, 280", is the widest tricot machine available on the global market, and its wider width delivers greater productivity and flexibility. Like all the HKS three-bar machines, this new machine targets a wide variety of end-uses, from car interiors, through furniture and sportswear, to coating/backing substrates and advertising media. Fabrics processed with different widths can now be produced on one machine instead of two, which used to be the case. The simultaneous production of webs can also be increas...

May282018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Two Major Brands with Innovation Spirit and Traditional Values : Inman Mills and USTER®

Spinning - Yarn, Weaving

Textile manufacturers and their technology suppliers face many challenges in common, in an increasingly competitive and quality-conscious business. That’s why it’s important that they share a vision of excellence, which fosters both individual success and technological progress. Well-known North American textile producer Inman Mills is a prime example, in its relationship with USTER®. Both companies have a proud heritage, founded on ‘traditional’ values – and a strong commitment to innovation. Inman Mills produces some of the world’s most advanced fabrics for a wide range of applications. Its spinning and weaving plants are well established throughout the Southeast portion of the United States. The mill founded in 1901 near Spartanburg, South Carolina, is one of the oldest and most tra

May282018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Starlinger Acquires Barmag Spinnzwirn from Oerlikon

Genel, Spinning - Yarn

The Austrian Starlinger Group takes over the business unit Barmag Spinnzwirn based in Chemnitz (Germany) from Oerlikon. The integration of the related technologies for spinning lines for the production of tapes, monofilaments, yarns, and twisted yarns as well as texturing machines into the existing product portfolio holds significant potential for synergy effects in service, engineering, and sales. The business unit known as Barmag Spinnzwirn is a part of the Oerlikon segment Manmade Fibers that specializes in turnkey extrusion plants for the production of tapes and monofilaments such as artificial grass, baler twine, carpet backing, or geotextiles as well as in high speed winders and precision winding machines for textile and technical yarns and twisted yarns as well as texturing machi...

May252018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Benninger Increases Demand for Automation Solutions

Genel, Textile

1.000 automation solution of Benninger Automation has been installed at Getzner Textil AG The traditional textile company Getzner Textil AG in Bludenz, Austria is known world-wide for its high-quality fabrics for a wide variety of applications. In the sustainable production of textiles, Getzner has for many years relied on the innovative process and system solutions of the Benninger Group with its headquarter in Uzwil, Switzerland. As part of the current project of the two longstanding partner companies, the Ben-ninger-Pad-Dry Hotflue was equipped with the 1,000 automation solution from Benninger Automation GmbH, Zell, Germany. This milestone was taken by Beat Meienberger, CEO of Benninger AG, as an oppor-tunity to thank Getzner for the long-standing, good business relationship an...

May252018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Reggiani has Exhibited the Newly Released Textile Printing Machine in ITM

Industry 4.0, Printing & Digital Printing

Twelve-colour Reggiani printer and Mezzera product for greener denim production make their debuts in EFI exhibit of advanced textile technologies Textile companies can take full advantage of expanded print opportunities with the groundbreaking new EFI™ Reggiani COLORS digital printer which Electronics For Imaging, Inc. EFI’s exhibit, also highlights important advances in traditional manufacturing, with new EFI Mezzera technology for more environmentally sustainable dyeing on denim garments. The EFI Ecosystem of technologies leverages EFI Reggiani’s 70 years as a leader in textile industry innovation with digital and conventional processes. EFI Reggiani products, along with some of the industry’s most advanced software innovations, simplify the transition from conventional to digital p

May242018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Santex Rimar Group SMIT GS980 Weaving Loom First Displayed at ITM

Weaving

Santex Rimar Group has launched many complementary products at ITM Istanbul, including the new model SMIT GS980 of the GS900 series. SANTEX RIMAR GROUP is one of the leading players in the world market of machine manufacturers for weaving, textile finishing, nonwovens, technical textiles and green technologies for water treatment and drying processes. The company, together with Has Group, presented SMIT GS980, the leading weaving machine with the fastest free flight lane system that was recently introduced to the market through this fair. Visitors had the opportunity to see the SMIT GS980 for the first time during the fair. New SMIT GS980 is the fastest free flight rapier machine of the market and has improved in terms of versatility, performance, production quality, efficiency an...

May242018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Leofpe’s New Thermal Fabric Cutting Machine

Weaving

One of the world‘s most applied fabric cutter systems is the WeftMaster TC-1S is increases quality and reduces lot change times. Hot wire cutters are the standard tools in weaving processes, when it comes to cutting of woven synthetic fabrics. A hot wire cutter in combination with a matching control unit, melts the fabric and produces a precise cut or a perfect selvedge. The method prevents the cut edges from fraying. Controlling the temperature of the cutting wire is crucial, it must be heated to reach the correct melting point to separate the fabric precisely without burning it. Loepfe now offers the new digital thermal cutting control unit WeftMaster CUT-iT to ensure constant high-quality selvedges. The digital control unit has various innovative features, which ensure top qua

May232018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

ACIMIT Announced Orders at the Beginning of 2018

Genel, Textile

The order index for textile machinery elaborated by ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, for the period from January to March 2018 dropped 12% compared to the same period for 2017. The value of the index came in at 104.8 points. This decline mainly affected orders for the domestic market. Indeed, in Italy the index came in at an absolute value of 94.1 points, that is, 22% less than the first quarter for 2017. In foreign markets, the drop was more contained (-9%) and the absolute value of the index registered 107.2 points. ACIMIT President Alessandro Zucchi does not appear to be too worried by these results for the first three months of the year: “In Italy, we had a rebound effect following the heavy investments made during 2017. The first three mont