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May212019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

VDMA to Focus on Industry 4.0 at ITMA 2019

At ITMA, visitors will have the chance to see the whole range of I4.0 and other innovative solutions offered by VDMA member companies. ‘ITMA Countdown’ On the occasion of a VDMA press conference themed “ITMA countdown” in Frankfurt, speakers from member companies (Lindauer DORNIER, Herzog) and Mahlo showed how Industry 4.0 solutions are going to impact the textile process chain and what technologies visitors can expect to see at ITMA 2019. The products examples of the respective companies made clear that Industry 4.0 is no end in itself but helps to improve production processes and results and supplements the range of services. Herzog : Organic start with an app Dr. Janpeter Horn, CEO of Herzog, the leading company in braiding technology, introduced the company’s latest In

May202019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Feel The Power of Swiss Innovation

Associations, Fairs

ITMA 2019 will demonstrate the ‘inventive DNA’ of Switzerland’s machinery producers. For textile machinery manufacturers and their customers, ITMA is the ‘greatest show on earth’ – attracting huge numbers of delegates eager to discover the latest technology trends and the newest machinery developments. The 2019 edition of this four-yearly event takes place in Barcelona in June, and there will again be a strong presence of Swiss textile machinery companies, whose participation at any ITMA is always the focus of enormous visitor interest. The majority of the 63 exhibitors from Switzerland at ITMA 2019 will attend under the organisation of their national representative body, the Swiss Textile Machinery Association (Swissmem), whose president, Ernesto Maurer, promises an exciting and dy

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