Author: Textile Planet Magazine

Mar112024 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Long partnership, strong performance

Zagis S.A. de C.V. is a family-owned spinning and knitting company in Tepeji del Río, Mexico, with a long history and big ambitions for a more sustainable future. Innovation is at the heart of its 60- year success story. By partnering with Trützschler, it is embracing cutting-edge technologies that boost efficiency, optimize quality and save resources – including the TCO 21 comber! Today, Zagis S.A. de C.V. is a fourth-generation business with a leading position in the Latin American textile industry. Its spinning and knitting facilities are able to process a huge variety of fibers, with cotton as its main raw material alongside polyester / cotton blends. Its portfolio covers yarns including ring, open end and airjet spinning. And Zagis is now targeting further success worldwide.

Feb292024 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

BekaertDeslee and CMC Textiles celebrate a successful collaboration at the INDIA mattresstech expo

Textile

BekaertDeslee and CMC Textiles showcased their groundbreaking innovations, including the TERRA collection inspired by sustainability and comfort, along with innovative and sustainable technologies at the INDIA mattresstech expo. BekaertDeslee, the world's leading specialist in mattress textiles and sleep solutions, joined forces with CMC Textiles, the leader of yarn texturizing and mattress fabric manufacturing company based in India, to establish a strategic collaboration. The joint venture, formalized after two years of extensive talks, represents a significant milestone for both companies, positioning them as key players in the international mattress and bedding market. The successful collaboration was kickstarted at the INDIA mattresstech expo held between February 22nd and Febru...

Jan142024 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Finishing lines for carpets and textile floor coverings – BRÜCKNER offers the widest range of products in this field

Dyeing – Finishing

BRÜCKNER has been known worldwide for decades for its high-quality lines for textile finishing. The company also offers a wide range of lines for the carpet industry. For more than 70 years customers around the globe have been working with BRÜCKNER lines for coating, drying and finishing a wide variety of floor coverings. Numerous lines for the production and finishing of carpets and textile floor coverings are in operation worldwide. In recent years, a wide range of lines have been supplied for finishing tufted and woven carpets, as well as thermofusion ovens for needle felt and back coating lines for artificial turf. BRÜCKNER lines offer the right unit for every process. Whether full bath impregnation for aqueous media, one-sided full-surface or dot application of latex and acryla

Dec142023 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Revolutionary Rapier Weaving Machine Ultimax

Fairs, Weaving

Picanol's completely new and revolutionary rapier weaving machine, Ultimax, was introduced in Asia for the first time. Held right after ITMA 2023 in Milan, ITMA ASIA + CITME once again presented an excellent opportunity for Picanol to demonstrate its technological leadership in air-jet and rapier weaving machines. ITMA ASIA + CITME visitors explored five different types of high-tech weaving machines and the PicConnect digital platform at Hall 3, Stand C11, at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai from 19 to 23 November 2023. “It goes without saying that the current global business environment has become quite challenging. At Picanol, we are confident that these challenges can be overcome by choosing the right partner. We want to be the best possible partner for our

Dec132023 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Innovation award “Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2024”

Associations, Fairs, Fibers, Spinning - Yarn, Technical Textiles, Textile

Innovation award “Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2024” Six award nominees will present promising sustainable solutions for the industry in the field of cellulose fibres value chains. The full innovation potential of the cellulose fibre industry will be displayed to a wide audience in Cologne (Germany), and online For the fourth time, nova-Institute awards the “Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year” award in the frame of the “Cellulose Fibres Conference 2024” (13-14 March 2024). The conference advisory board nominates six remarkable products and the nominees have the opportunity to present their innovation to a broad expert audience on the first day of the conference. After voting for the winner, the award ceremony will take place in the evening. Cellulose fib

Dec122023 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Mohan Spintex – fastest growing textile company in India invests “Brückner”

Dyeing – Finishing

Founded in 2005, Mohan Spintex India Limited (MSIL) is one of the fastest growing textile companies in India in the last decade. Sudhakar Chowdary, the young and dynamic Managing Director, has led Mohan Spintex with a vision through its exponential growth to become the second-largest textile company from Andhra Pradesh. By the turn of this decade the company will be without doubt among the top with a large global presence. With 4,500 employees and a yearly turnover of 0.134 billion USD, Mohan Spintex’s product portfolio includes cotton, blends of cotton with polyester, viscose, modal, linen and lyocell fabric. The weaves include percale, satin, twill, damask stripe, pin stripe, dobby and jacquard. In the home textile segment Mohan Spintex offers a variety of products from flat sheets ov

Nov72023 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

French Textile Equipment: Mireille Jautzy, New Secretary General

Associations, General

Beginning of October, the French Textile Machinery MAnufacturers' Assocation (UCMTF) announced the appointment of Mireille Jautzy as Secretary General. She took over from Christian Guinet who had decided retire. Hugues Schellenberg, the President, would like to underline " it is a great opportunutiy for us to wellcome Mireille. She will bring a new approach regards her experience has been on top positions, taking part to piloting strategies and significant projects. We chose her bringing new ideas and transition with christian Guinet has been smooth and as they had been working together from July this year. Hugues Schellenberg adds it was a significant period while working with Christain Guinet. He had to face the Covid crisis and particular situation over fairs and internati...

Aug292023 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

28 SEPTEMBER — 1 OCTOBER 2023 IBIA EXPO— 2nd MATTRESS SUPPLY INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGIES FAIR

Fairs, Industry 4.0

PROFESSIONALS OF THE BED INDUSTRY WILL MEET AT IBIA EXPO Contributing to the mattress production sector, which has a potential of 40 billion dollars, with a huge employment of 25 thousand people, the Turkish mattress sector ranks 14th in the world production and export rankings. In the bed sub-industry sector in Turkey; By the end of 2023, its production is expected to reach 4 billion dollars and its exports to 3 billion dollars. IBIA EXPO, which will be held for the second time this year by BİFAŞ in cooperation with IBIA- International Mattress Industry Association, within the scope of its contribution to exports and trade volume, will open its doors to industry professionals with thousands of visitors at Istanbul Expo Center between September 28 and October 1, 2023. Being the only

Aug162023 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Trützschler and Balkan join forces

Spinning - Yarn, Sustainability & Recycling

Textile Recycling: Trützschler and Balkan join forces The cooperation with Balkan Textile Machinery. INC.CO completes our product portfolio for recycling by cutting and pulling solutions, making us the first full-liner in spinning preparation for recycling! Thanks to our combined machinery expertise and technological know-how our customers can produce yarns at the highest possible quality level – and literally turn waste into value. We are happy to introduce Balkan Textile Machinery. INC.CO, a partner that not only complements our product line but also shares our values. Both Balkan and Trützschler are family-owned companies for whom sustainability in the textile chain is a major concern. Balkan is well established in Turkey, one of the most important markets for textile recycling.

Aug42023 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Meeting the need for tomorrow’s textile technicians

Associations, General

West Yorkshire is to have a first-of-its-kind apprenticeship training course for textile engineering technicians, reflecting a resurgence in the industry locally, and more generally in the UK. Calderdale College has partnered with the Textile Centre of Excellence (TCoE) and the British Textile Machinery Association (BTMA) to develop the bespoke Level 3 apprenticeship course which will start in September 2023. Engineering Technician apprentices at Calderdale College will receive training from the TCoE, helping them to develop the engineering maintenance skills required to close the skills gap in West Yorkshire’s textile industry. While the region has been a flourishing hub for textile excellence since the 19th century and is being revitalised through digitalization and the localisa