Textile

Jun12018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

German Technology Met Indian Textiles and Nonwovens

India is a very important market for the German textile machinery industry, with an export of more than €255 million (+ 8 %) in 2017. Many German machinery builders have longstanding relations with Indian customers and quite a number of them also provide production plants and training centres in India. Not surprisingly, about 370 decision-makers and experts from the textile and nonwoven related industry attended the VDMA conference and B2B event called “German Technology meets Indian Textiles and Nonwovens” in Mumbai on 15-16 May 2018. According to a survey, both the event and German textile machinery engineering received the highest marks among the visitors. About 57 % of the visitors stated very good and 38 % good experience with machines and components from German suppliers. T

May302018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Fabric and Accessory Manufacturers Meet in TEXHUB with a Variety of Colors and Patterns

Fairs, Fibers, Spinning - Yarn, Textile

Duty Fairs Ltd. and Texstar Co. , Limited will be held for the first time this year at the Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus Convention and Exhibition Center on 7-9 November 2018. This fair, where the world's brands will meet in the field of textile, yarn and accessories, will also host the participants from the Turkish textile and garment sector. Texhub Istanbul is preparing to welcome industrial yarn producers with the Yarnhub division, which will be realized simultaneously in addition to being a platform for exhibiting fabrics, accessories, yarns, fibers and patterns. Turkey's commercial and financial center (in Istanbul) Istanbul Fair held Texhub, will meet Turkish textile producers with quality and affordable products of Far Eastern textile suppliers especially in China. In addition ...

May252018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Benninger Increases Demand for Automation Solutions

Genel, Textile

1.000 automation solution of Benninger Automation has been installed at Getzner Textil AG The traditional textile company Getzner Textil AG in Bludenz, Austria is known world-wide for its high-quality fabrics for a wide variety of applications. In the sustainable production of textiles, Getzner has for many years relied on the innovative process and system solutions of the Benninger Group with its headquarter in Uzwil, Switzerland. As part of the current project of the two longstanding partner companies, the Ben-ninger-Pad-Dry Hotflue was equipped with the 1,000 automation solution from Benninger Automation GmbH, Zell, Germany. This milestone was taken by Beat Meienberger, CEO of Benninger AG, as an oppor-tunity to thank Getzner for the long-standing, good business relationship an...

May232018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

ACIMIT Announced Orders at the Beginning of 2018

Genel, Textile

The order index for textile machinery elaborated by ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, for the period from January to March 2018 dropped 12% compared to the same period for 2017. The value of the index came in at 104.8 points. This decline mainly affected orders for the domestic market. Indeed, in Italy the index came in at an absolute value of 94.1 points, that is, 22% less than the first quarter for 2017. In foreign markets, the drop was more contained (-9%) and the absolute value of the index registered 107.2 points. ACIMIT President Alessandro Zucchi does not appear to be too worried by these results for the first three months of the year: “In Italy, we had a rebound effect following the heavy investments made during 2017. The first three mont

May92018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

French Touch With Textiles

Textile

The French Textile Machinery Manufacturers are the sixth textile machinery exporter worldwide. They have a total annual consolidated turnover of 1 billion Euros. They are the sixth textile machinery exporter worldwide. They are particularly strong in long fibre spinning (wool, acrylic …), yarn twisting and control (including technical yarns), space-dyeing, heat setting for carpet yarns, carpet systems, dyeing and finishing, felts and belts for finishing processes, nonwovens, air conditioning of textile plants and recycling processes of textile materials. We thank Evelyne Cholet, their association Secretary General, for the interview. What kind of approach-method does UCMTF (French Textile Machinery Manufacturers Association) members work through in terms of quality and technologic