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Nov72023 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

French Textile Equipment: Mireille Jautzy, New Secretary 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...

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

Aug32023 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Kollmorgen expands its line of certified explosion proof products with new ATEX and IECEx/cETLus status for Goldline high-voltage servo motors

Dyeing – Finishing, General

For hazardous locations that require use of an explosion proof motor, Kollmorgen’s Goldline EB series of ATEX Certified and IECEx/cETLus Listed servo motors now includes the 480 Vac Goldline EBH. RADFORD, VA., 8/1/2023 — Kollmorgen, a global leader in motion control systems, today announced ATEX certification and IECEx/cETLus listing for the explosion proof Goldline EBH 480 Vac servo motor. These new explosion proof approvals for the high-voltage Goldline EBH servo motor exemplify Kollmorgen’s commitment to advancing the state of the art in motion control and meeting the most demanding application requirements. The high-voltage Goldline EBH servo motor joins a broad selection of Kollmorgen explosion proof motors certified and listed according to UL, ATEX, IECEx and/or CSA standards. Ex

May192023 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

ITALIAN TEXTILE MACHINERY: DROP IN ORDERS FOR 2023 FIRST QUARTER

Associations, General

The textile machinery orders index for the first quarter of 2023, as processed by the Economics Office of ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, declined markedly compared to January-March 2022 (-35%). In absolute terms, the index stood at 84.8 points (basis: 2015=100). This result is mainly due to a reduction in the orders intake recorded by manufacturers on foreign markets. Indeed, foreign orders dropped by 40%, whereas the domestic market showed a 14% increase. The absolute value of the index settled at 78.3 points abroad, while it measured in at 148.1 points in Italy. During this year’s first quarter, booked orders stood at 4.2 months of guaranteed production. ACIMIT president Alessandro Zucchi stated that, “The order index for the first quarter confi

Jan152021 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

No sustainability without innovation – true to this motto, TINTEX and BRÜCKNER strive for new paths together

Dyeing – Finishing, General, Sustainability & Recycling

The Portuguese textile company TINTEX Textiles S.A. and the German textile machinery manufacturer BRÜCKNER Textile Technologies GmbH & Co. KG make a big step into the future together. A completely new developed process technology for coating bi-elastic knitted fabric opens new markets and new possibilities for both sides. „No sustainability without innovation.“ True to this motto, TINTEX is constantly researching for fabric innovations to develop and produce intelligent, functional and high-performance textiles. To round off the concept, a few years ago it was decided to cooperate with the German textile machinery manufacturer BRÜCKNER. Their product range includes machines and complete lines for coating and finishing of textiles, technical textiles, nonwovens and floor coverings

Dec142020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Christian Straubhaar – New Head of Sales at Rieter Machines & Systems

General, Spinning - Yarn, Textile

In course of the succession planning, Christian Straubhaar will take on the position as Senior Vice President Sales at Rieter Machines & Systems in Winterthur on January 1, 2021. Straubhaar will succeed Reto Thom who will retire. Christian Straubhaar holds an Engineering Master’s Degree in Industrial Management from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) and is a sales executive with 20 years of extensive experience in the textile industry. Recently, Straubhaar was responsible as Group Sales & Marketing Director at Itema for the world-wide sales of machines and spare parts. Prior, he held various positions in Operations and as Business Unit Head in Itema and other global textile companies. His professional career shows a solid track record in identifying new

Jun62018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Double The Success For KARL MAYER in India

General, Knitting

KARL MAYER participated in the VDMA Symposium and held its own Tricot Circle in May 2018 India is an important market for KARL MAYER. In 2015, this country in Southeast Asia ordered more machines than ever before from this global company, which makes it one of its three most important sales regions. Business is taking off again after rather muted demand over the last two years. “India has a population of about 1.3 billion, who all need clothes,” says KARL MAYER’s Sales Manager, Mark Smith, when highlighting the simple truth about what is driving the Indian economy. This country is growing and KARL MAYER is in an ideal position to support this development. As well as offering high-speed machines, KARL MAYER can also offer its Indian customers expertise in warp knitting and new idea

May112018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

International Garment & Textile Machinery Expo Started at Port City Chattagram

Fairs, General

RedCarpet365 Limited has organized this expo at GEC Convention Center, Chattogram and will run from 10 to 12 May 2018. Mr. A.J.M. Nasir Uddin, Honorable Mayor, Chattogram City Corporation graced the exhibition by being the chief guest at the opening ceremony ad formally inaugurated the exhibition. At the opening ceremony other special guests were Mr. Moinuddin Ahmed, 1st Vice President, BGMEA, Mr. Mansoor Ahmed, 1st Vice President, BKMEA, Mr. Sayed Nurul Islam, CEO Well Group. The opening ceremony was leaded by Mr. Ahmed Imtiaz, CEO , REdcarpet365 Ltd. He said, Chattogram is the 2nd RMG heartland after Dhaka & known as the Commercial Capital of Bangladesh. The expo has almost 120 stalls with products from 12 countries including Bangladesh, China, England, France, Germany, Hong...

Jan122018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Wacker Opened New Technical Center In Istanbul

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Wacker opened new technical center for construction, textile and consumer-care applications in Istanbul. Wacker Chemie AG is expanding its range of services in Turkey with today’s official opening of a technical center for construction, textile and consumer-care applications in Istanbul. The technical facility serves as an application and test laboratory for polymeric binders and silicones needed in the region’s construction, textile, household and cosmetics industries. By broadening its local expertise in application technology and service, the Group can now offer its customers and business partners even better local support. “Our customers’ rising sales volumes are being joined by higher quality and service requirements, which we are now even better able to meet with our new local test