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Feb12019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

New Shoe Fabric Patterns and More

KARL MAYER is extending the design portfolio of tricot machines with The COP 5 M-EL. KARL MAYER presented its five-bar tricot machine, the COP 5 M-EL, to the wider public at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2018 in Asia for the first time. The former COP 5 version has been combined with KARL MAYER’s EL pattern drive in this model to create a tricot machine capable of producing an extensive range of patterns. Its performance was demonstrated at the in-house show held at KARL MAYER (CHINA) at the same time as the fair and was a complete success. The visitors were particularly impressed by the possibilities it offered to produce shoe fabrics. A coarse machine gauge was developed at KARL MAYER to produce a multifaceted collection for this particular end-use. The articles in this collection for use in t

Jan302019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

PİCANOL to Participate in TECHTEXTIL 2019

Weaving

Techtextil 2019 will take place from February 26 - 28, 2019, in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Picanol will be present with an information booth (Booth 1636). The history of Picanol is clearly intertwined with that of the American textile industry. Picanol set up its own organization - Picanol of America – on February 1, 1966. Since then, America has always proven to be a market of great strategic importance as Picanol has installed tens of thousands of weaving machines at American weaving mills. Over the years, the technical fabrics segment has become a very dominant area, which makes Techtextil an important fair for Picanol. Picanol will not only promote its rapier and airjet weaving machines at Techtextil 2019, but also the extensive range of services and support that it provides to

Dec272018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Lancets – A Longstanding Device Now Perfected

Weaving

Lancets, or gauges, are thin metal strips used on face-to-face carpet weaving looms to ensure constant pile height. Before they were introduced on face-to-face looms they had been used on loop-pile looms (Brussels carpets). On loop-pile looms, pile loops are formed over a dummy weft resting on the lancet. Usually the dummy weft is removed afterwards. This way of weaving loop pile was invented by Müllers & Spindler of Dülken, Germany in 1894. Instead of a lancet, a binding warp thread was used to support the dummy wefts. Already in 1904 the use of metal lancets is described in the patent of Wilhelm Förster from Chemnitz, Germany. Before steel that could be rolled into thin metal strips was invented early in the twentieth century, thin metal (piano) wire was used. Oth

Dec242018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Itema Exhibits Best-in-Class Weaving Innovations at DTG Dhaka

Weaving

Itema, the leading Italian manufacturer of best-in-class weaving machines, spare parts and integrated services, is exhibiting at DTG Dhaka (Hall 7 / 510) from January 9th – 12th at BICC. The Italian based Company will showcase its absolute worldwide best-seller, the Itema rapier machine R9500. The R9500 on show, courtesy of the Itema Customer Well Group based in Chittagong, will exhibit a shirting fabric which represents one of the most produced in the Bangladeshi weaving mills. The Itema target is to demonstrate to the industry the textile superiority, the real production performances and the excellent efficiency of the R9500 when it comes to weaving the widest range of fabrics, including shirting, apparel, bed sheeting. DTG is for Itema the perfect stage to allow the Bangladeshi

Dec182018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Stäubli at Domotex

Knitting, Weaving

Stäubli will be exhibiting its creative binding technologies and outdoor carpets in the spotlight at Domotex. With its ALPHA 500 carpet weaving systems of the product line Schönherr carpet systems, Stäubli supplies high-performance machinery to the world’s leading carpet producers. These highly flexible machines enable the production of a wide variety of carpets, from modern cut-pile to artificial turf, ultra-high-density rugs, and wall-to-wall applications. Schönherr carpet systems is a trendsetter in binding technology, and this will be evidenced by the latest carpet samples on display at Booth G43 in Hall 6 at Domotex in Hannover, including vintage carpets with a realistic used look, outdoor carpets, and much more. Modern, used-look carpets remain a strong trend, till now mai

Dec142018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Picanol: “Let’s grow together”

Weaving

Picanol to participate in the 16th Dhaka International Textile & Garment Machinery Exhibition. This event will take place from January 9-12, 2019 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Picanol will be present at the booth Spintex Technology (Booth 7-126). Bangladesh has been a very important market for Picanol over the last decade. Picanol is proud to be the most important weaving machine supplier to the Bangladeshi market, this was made possible thanks to the combination of a complete & competitive product portfolio as well as top class service. The main investments are being made in denim, bottom weights, shirting and bedsheeting fabrics. Picanol offers both rapier (OptiMax-i, TerryMax-i) and airjet weaving machines (OMNIplus Summum and TERRYplus Summum) for these applications. Fo

Dec52018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

BRÜCKNER Machines in Indonesian Market

Knitting, Weaving

Indonesian textile company satisfied from the 6th BRÜCKNER stenter. Indonesia is one of the most important clothing and textile exporting countries worldwide and HARA-PAN KURNIA is a part of this industry for over 45 years. The company is not only oriented in producing and selling high quality fabrics, they also strive to produce them in a more environmentally friendly process. HARAPAN KURNIA is certified for ISO9001, Oekotex and USA Cotton and focus on local social engagement. The company’s goal is to be the leader in textile business by developing new and fash-ionable products with modern and eco-friendly technology as well as supported by Indonesia’s skilled human resources. The company has in total 300 employees, a turnover of 50 million EUR per year and their annual growth rate

Nov142018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

The Future of Warp Knitting : Digital, Sustainable and Technically Innovative

Knitting, Sustainability & Recycling, Weaving

KARL MAYER impresses its visitors with an innovative show at ITMA ASIA + CITME, 15.–19.10.2018 in Shanghai The five-day-long ITMA ASIA + CITME trade fair ended on 19. October, and for many exhibitors it was a good opportunity to present their companies and their innovations to a broad specialist audience, and this was also valid for KARL MAYER. “ITMA ASIA + CITME 2018 was a successful show, with many visitors from China and also from other countries in and around Asia. Our stand was THE meeting-point for the sector, with its modern design, innovative machines and solutions designed to cater for current trends. We have shown that we are also pioneers in the future issues of sustainability and digitisation, and we are opening up new opportunities for our clients,” says Arno Gärtner, KA

Nov122018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Groz-Beckert Welcomes Over 4,000 Visitors to ITMA Asia

Fairs, Knitting, Nonwoven, Weaving

The sixth ITMA Asia + CITME in Shanghai, China, was extremely successful for Groz-Beckert. Over the five days of the trade fair in October 2018, the company welcomed over 4,000 international customers and partners to its booth. Around three quarters of the customers at the Groz-Beckert booth came from China, followed by guests from Japan, India and South Korea. With its 1,733 exhibitors from 28 countries, the trade fair attracted more than 100,000 visitors in total. Groz-Beckert was represented with all six product areas – Knitting, Weaving, Felting, Tufting, Carding and Sewing – and presented new transparent insights. The still relatively recent WeChat Channel also put the company in the spotlight. Visitors had the opportunity to become a follower directly at the booth and to recei

Oct172018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Denim Goes Greener Through The Whole Chain

Weaving

Prosperity Textile acting as a pioneer and choosing the first sustainable innovation in the weaving industry: the brand-new iSAVER™ by Itema Guangzhou, China and Colzate, Italy – A new important partnership marks the path of Itema towards a greener future for the whole denim production chain. Prosperity Textile, one of the main denim producers worldwide, has chosen for its new facility one of the most interesting and sustainable-oriented Itema technologies, iSAVER™ equipped on the Itema R95002denim. Prosperity Textiles is, in fact, one of the early adopters of this new technology chosen for the new plant that the world-famous indigo fabrics producer will open in Vietnam, and that will be exclusively equipped with the latest Itema weaving machine. Itema demonstrating once again its gr