Technical Textiles

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

Jul272023 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

SASA places customer service order with Oerlikon Neumag

Fibers, Spinning - Yarn, Technical Textiles, Textile

SASA Polyester Sanayi A.Ş. and Oerlikon Neumag reinforced their partnership at the ITMA 2023 trade fair in Milan. SASA placed a customer service order with Oerlikon Neumag for its staple fiber systems. The order comprises both original parts and two secure remote service agreements. Original parts are designed explicitly for the demanding deployment of the systems for which they are intended. Due to their superlative quality standards, they are considerably more durable than other spare parts, hence preventing unplanned production stoppages and saving money in the longer term. Mustafa Kemal Öz, Executive Board Member & General Manager of SASA confirms this: “Cutting costs when it comes to original parts makes no sense. Poor quality in wear parts used for staple fiber systems always h

Oct272022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Dickson-Constant anchors its presence in Hauts-de-France with the assistance of Monforts

Dyeing – Finishing, Technical Textiles

Dickson-Constant has recently opened its second brand new plant in northern France in response to growing demand for its range of well-known technical fabrics. New technology installed at the plant includes a highly-customised Monforts Montex 8500 stenter, with the specific lay-out of the line the result of a long collaboration between the German machine builder and the French sun protection and outdoor upholstery fabrics specialist. Know-how The oldest weaving operation in France, with roots dating back to 1836, Dickson-Constant specialises in woven acrylic fabrics and has been part of Glen Raven since 1998. Its Dickson-branded solar protection and flooring materials and Sunbrella home upholstery and market-leading marine industry fabrics are renowned for their quality and durabi...

Sep202022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Unique waxed cotton finishing with new Monforts line

Dyeing – Finishing, Technical Textiles

Monforts has installed and commissioned a new Montex finishing range at the Baltic Works of Halley Stevensons in Dundee, Scotland, to further boost the weatherproofing specialist’s highly flexible operations. The range, with a working width of two metres, was built at the Montex assembly plant in Austria and consists of a Montex®Coat coating unit in knife execution for paste and foam coating and a Montex 8500 6F stenter. Unique know-how Founded in 1864, Halley Stevensons has amassed unique technical know-how and manufacturing experience in the art of waxed cotton for weatherproofed fabrics and is able to provide international orders in custom colours and finishes to very low minimum quantities where required. The company exports worldwide and its premium brand customers include Be

Sep132022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Finishing Line for HEATHCOAT FABRICS LIMITED from BRÜCKNER!

Dyeing – Finishing, Technical Textiles

HEATHCOAT FABRICS – the journey continues HEATHCOAT FABRICS partnered again with BRÜCKNER Textile Technologies / Germany and their sales partner ADVANCED DYEING SOLUTIONS to install a state-of-the-art BRÜCKNER finishing line for industrial textiles. HEATHCOAT FABRICS are at the leading edge of textile engineering. They have a proud heritage spanning over two centuries and are a global market-leading technical textile manufacturer with internationally recognised expertise in texturising, weaving and warp knitting as well as dyeing and finishing. HEATHCOAT’s highly specialist products are manufactured for use in the automotive, healthcare, defence, and aerospace industries, to name a few, contributing to some of the most innovative fabric-making projects in the world. BRÜCKNER worked e

Jun22022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

BRÜCKNER at ITM 2022 & TECHTEXTILE FRANKFURT

Dyeing – Finishing, Nonwoven, Technical Textiles

You can find out further solutions in a personal meeting with BRÜCKNER at the ITM in Istanbul from 14 - 18 June in hall 14, booth 1406B or at the TECHXTEXTIL in Frankfurt from 21 - 24 June in hall 12.0, booth B60. BRÜCKNER's answer to the current challenges in the textile industry Who would have thought after the last ITMA 2019 in Barcelona that the world would change so drastically in a very short time, that a virus would force the whole mankind to stay at a distance and that Europe now also has to experience a war. Add to this the global supply chain problem, extreme price increases in many areas and general uncertainty about the future development of the markets. Such times of crisis are challenging, but also reveal opportunities. The German machinery producer BRÜCKNER used exact

Jun22022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

MESDAN at ITM and TECHTEXTIL

Spinning - Yarn, Technical Textiles

MESDAN® S.p.A., the Italy-based leading manufacturer of YARN JOINING SOLUTIONS and LABORATORY TESTING EQUIPMENT will be again in the spotlight at two important forthcoming events: ITM exhibition (14 – 18 June), the most important textile machinery exhibition of Turkey. Mesdan will attend this show for the first time in its new Vandewiele corporate vest. Mesdan will be exhibiting in two locations on its agents booth: Hall 3, stand no. 309A with SARTEKS MAKINA, agent for the spinning sector (for both splicers and laboratory equipment). AUTOFIL, the very new fully automatic tensile strength tester for yarns and fabrics will be on display. Autofil is the spearhead of the Mesdan dynamometer range, which has been recently completely revised with the latest technology availab

May282022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Oerlikon Polymer Processing Solutions presenting at the ITM 2022

Fibers, Nonwoven, Technical Textiles

Energy-efficient manmade fiber systems for the Turkish market The ITM in Istanbul, repeatedly postponed due to the pandemic, will now take place at the Tuyap Fair and Congress Center with around 1,000 interna- tional exhibitors between June 14 and 18. The Oerlikon Polymer Processing Solutions division will be showcasing its solutions and technologies at the Tekstil Servis stand in Hall 3, Stand 313. The focus for the machine and systems builder will be on total solutions – from melt to yarn, fibers through to nonwovens. “Turkey is an extremely active market”, comments Sales Director Oliver Lemke, talking about the current mood in the country. “Our customers are hugely interested in factory projects that comprise everything – from the in-house polycondensation system through to the t

Apr252022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Turkish textile future enhanced by French equipments

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

“Next June 2022, ITM in Istanbul will be the first major textile equipments expo since the pandemic outburst. This is a major opportunity to meet in person with many of our long time Turkish partners” says Christian Guinet, the Secretary General of the French Textile Equipments Manufacturers’ association. He knows this market particularly well as he travelled around Turkey for many many years when he was the marketing manager of a world leader equipment manufacturer. The global turmoil due to the coronavirus has slowed many personal visits but, thanks to new communication techniques, innovation has continued to take place both in end products, equipments and production processes. Christian Guinet adds “market changes are what our industry is about, it is quicker and quicker whatever

Apr132022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Swiss Textile Machinery members drive filament yarn production for the expanding world of technical textiles

Associations, Fibers, Spinning - Yarn, Technical Textiles

What innovations are made of… Swiss Textile Machinery members drive filament yarn production for the expanding world of technical textiles High-performance yarns now offer almost unlimited possibilities for replacing traditional raw materials in a vast range of technical applications. Often tailor-made, these filament yarns go way beyond the conventional idea of ‘textiles’ – finding new uses in sectors such as automotive, aviation, maritime, medical and construction, among many others. Machines and technology from Switzerland are in the forefront of many such developments, producing the yarns which are the basis for these innovations. Technical textiles are everywhere in our daily lives today, even if we may not always realize it. Some are in more obviously textile products, from