Dyeing – Finishing

May152020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

New Finishing Technology from Schoeller® : 3XDRY®

3XDRY® finishing technology from Schoeller® allows the exterior of a textile to be water repellent, while the inside absorbs moisture and quickly distributes it over the surface. Today’s consumers demand versatility in their apparel, whether they’re shopping for work, sports or leisure wear. Work wear is no longer just about style, and sports and leisure wear is no longer just about stretch, while the demands for high-performance textiles in every category continue to increase. More and more consumer brands are looking to Schoeller’s established technologies to deliver not only beautiful fabrics that offer comfort and style but also breathability and the best in water and dirt repellence to their customers. Dry much faster in comparison to conventional textiles 3XDRY® finishing te

Apr82020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

DAVID NIEPER Partners with BRÜCKNER Textile Technologies

Dyeing – Finishing

DAVID NIEPER has installed a state of the art dyehouse with the latest BRÜCKNER finishing technology. DAVID NIEPER a British fashion house designing and manufacturing luxury women’s clothing, knitwear and nightwear in Derbyshire/ UK for almost 60 years has installed a state of the art dyehouse with the latest BRÜCKNER finishing technology. DAVID NIEPER Ltd. is a family owned fashion house founded in 1961. The company designs and manufacturers its entire women’s fashion collections in Alfreton, Der-byshire/ UK, including both knitting and sewing operations, as well as catalogue printing for its mail-order operations throughout Europe. Digital printing Superior product quality and customer satisfaction are the key factors for their long lasting success and in order to improve qualit

Mar232020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Rökona Trusts In Brückner Technology

Dyeing – Finishing, Knitting

RÖKONA trusts in BRÜCKNER lines for the finishing of their high-quality textiles. Shortly after the end of World War II, Gerhard Rösch established in 1949 with only one knitting machine the textile company Gerhard Rösch GmbH in Tübingen in the South of Germany. At that time the company produced mainly sleepwear textiles for ladies and polo shirts as well as men’s shirts. With the foundation of RÖKONA GmbH & Co. KG in 1963, the company established itself also as innovative textile producer beyond the clothing industry and provided very soon well-known automotive manufacturers with technical textile solutions. Today RÖKONA develops and produces a wide range of demanding textiles for the complete mobility sector as well as for industrial applications, from building protection to me

Mar92020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Swiss Innovation for A Sustainable Finishing Industry

Dyeing – Finishing

How Swiss Textile Machinery members can minimize the environmental footprint of the finishing industry? Since antiquity, humans have been exploiting color to enhance both our personal appearance and the world we live in. Dyed and printed textiles are a prime example, with a huge global coloration industry developing over the centuries. However, the massive consumption of water and energy required by many finishing processes, as well as the toxicity of some chemicals, has increasingly caused grave concern to environmentalists and the wider public. Conversely, responding to these worries has been the catalyst for innovation among eco-responsible companies in the Swiss Textile Machinery Association. Green-tech denim dyeing Washing processes, solvents and dyes in manufacturing account...

Feb232020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Benninger AG Acquires LAB-PRO

Dyeing – Finishing, Knitting, Spinning - Yarn, Weaving

Benninger AG expands its product portfolio in growing markets. Benninger is the world's leading manufacturer of technologically advanced textile finishing and tire cord machinery for the global textile, tire and conveyor belt manufacturing markets. Benninger offers complete solutions for all major textile finishing processes, with a special expertise in the field of continuous open width processing of woven, knitted and technical textiles with minimum resource consumption. LAB-PRO GmbH was founded in 2003 by Thomas Widmer and Thomas Gerhard. With their excellent market and product knowledge, they have succeeded in building up a complete range of world-leading technological products for discontinuous wet finishing within 17 years. Especially the jet dyeing machines and jiggers from LA...

May172019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

BRÜCKNER at ITMA 2019 – 70 Years of Success Through Innovation

Dyeing – Finishing

BRÜCKNER will demonstrates the great diversity of Its experience and product portfolio at ITMA Barcelona. For 70 years, BRÜCKNER has been the worldwide partner for all companies which are drying, coating and finishing web-shaped materials: whether clothing fabrics, nonwovens, carpet, glass or coatings - the variety of materials to be processed has never been limited. Today, it is no longer just a question of machines, but rather of automation and control systems. The topic of digitization and Industry 4.0 opens up completely new possibilities for increasing productivity, reducing the use of resources and improving quality. In addition, an increasing shortage of skilled work-ers can be addressed by more intelligent software. BRÜCKNER has invested, developed and implemented a lot i

May92019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Innovations in Long Tube Dyeing From FONG’S Europe

Dyeing – Finishing

At ITMA 2019 in Barcelona FONG’S Europe, a member of CHTC FONG’S International Group, will be providing details of its new THEN Supratec LTM hydraulic long-tube dyeing machine. This year, FONG’S Europe, which is based in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its flagship THEN brand for advanced dyeing technology. The company will introduce the new THEN Smartflow TSF hydraulic high temperature dyeing machine in Barcelona. This is distinguished by a range of patented new features and designed to achieve the lowest possible energy and water consumption rates available on the market for jet dyeing. This machine is distinguished by the ability to vary the angle of the Then Flexkier for either dry (jet) or wet (overflow) mode dyeing, in order to optimise the

May82019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Automatic Control and Mill-Proven Benefits For Quality And Profit

Dyeing – Finishing, Fairs, Spinning - Yarn, Technical Textiles

Technical textile producers report practical gains with USTER® EVS fabric inspection systems. Technical textiles is the most quality-sensitive sector of the entire industry, and many products for specialized and performance end-uses are at the highest level of this requirement. For ultimate control and security of quality, fabric manufacturers need a top technology solution which takes the guesswork out of producing the quality their customers need. That’s where the USTER® EVS automated fabric inspection systems offer enormous benefits, proven in numerous installations worldwide – and presented at upcoming Techtextil. Automated visual fabric inspection is an essential asset in optimizing quality for a wide range of technical textiles and performance apparel. Applications in architect

Apr172019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

French Machinery@ITMA 2019

Associations, Dyeing – Finishing, Fairs, Fibers, Knitting, Nonwoven, Spinning - Yarn, Sustainability & Recycling, Weaving

French Textile Machinery Manufacturers will offer hardware, software and most wanted services at ITMA 2019. Evelyne CHOLET, the Secretary General of their association, states that “the French textile machinery manufacturers are technology partners for their customers. Together they cooperate on long term basis often from a specially designed machine to many after sales services”. The objective of these services is to let the customers get the best return from their investments. They include, for examples, remote assistance through internet, spare parts availability and upgrading. “In fact, she adds, often, even before the investment decision is made, the machinery manufacturers’ R&D teams work directly with the customers to design specialty machines”. French textile machinery

Mar112019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

The THEN Smarflow: Setting A New Standard in Jet Dyeing

Dyeing – Finishing

FONG’s Europe, will introduce its THEN Smartflow TSF hydraulic high temperature dyeing machine at ITMA 2019 in Barcelona from June 20-26th. The THEN Smartflow TSF is designed to achieve the lowest possible energy and water consumption rates available on the market for jet dyeing, with achievable liquor ratios for a full load up to 300kg with a reduced kier volume and a liquor ratio down to 1:3.5 for cotton and 1:2.5 for synthetics. FONG’s Europe has a number of patents pending on the innovative new features of this machine, including the Smartflow’s fabric transport design. This is based on a smart, winchless fabric transport system which eliminates the need for a loading rope, and a circular plaiter with programmable rotation speeds which provides full filling of the drop zone. T