Weaving

Mar272020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Rajby Textile Uses Advanced Technologies in Fabric Production

Monforts customer Rajby Textiles is the first company in the world to have finally achieved the Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Platinum Standard for a product. Its Beluga denim fabrics have gained the ultimate sustainability score in all five categories covered by the C2C standard, which is acknowledged as involving the toughest and most thorough testing and assessment it is possible to put a product through. As such, Beluga denim fabric is based on 100% GOTS certified organic cotton and employs no hazardous chemicals in its production. At the same time, it is both recyclable and biodegradable, with 100% of the energy used in its production offset by green energy and involving a closed loop system with no waste water generated and no material wastage. Until now, no company has been able t...

Feb232020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Benninger AG Acquires LAB-PRO

Dyeing – Finishing, Knitting, Spinning - Yarn, Weaving

Benninger AG expands its product portfolio in growing markets. Benninger is the world's leading manufacturer of technologically advanced textile finishing and tire cord machinery for the global textile, tire and conveyor belt manufacturing markets. Benninger offers complete solutions for all major textile finishing processes, with a special expertise in the field of continuous open width processing of woven, knitted and technical textiles with minimum resource consumption. LAB-PRO GmbH was founded in 2003 by Thomas Widmer and Thomas Gerhard. With their excellent market and product knowledge, they have succeeded in building up a complete range of world-leading technological products for discontinuous wet finishing within 17 years. Especially the jet dyeing machines and jiggers from LA...

Jan92020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Itema Exhibited Weaving Innovations at ITMACH INDIA

Weaving

Itema, the global leading provider of best-in-class weaving solutions, including weaving machines, OEM spare parts and integrated services, showcased at ITMACH India. India represents one of the most interesting textile industries in the world, featuring numerous textile districts throughout the country and producing a wide range of woven fabrics. Over the years, the evolution of Indian weaving mills has been remarkable, due to the increasing introduction of the most modern and advanced weaving machinery and the ability to produce ever-more sophisticated fabrics, including technical textiles. Itema is a trusted partner of many Indian weaving mills, from large textile conglomerates to smaller textile manufacturers, providing the most advanced and user-friendly weaving technology and ...

Jan32020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Picanol Strengthens Its Presence In India

Weaving

Picanol demonstrated its latest weaving technology at the third edition of ITMACH India, which took place in Gandhinagar (Gujarat), the most important hub of textile manufacturing in the country. ITMACH India witnessed the Indian premiere of Picanol’s brand new airjet machine, the OmniPlus-i. This machine further builds on the solid base of nearly 40 years of experience in airjet weaving, during which over 100,000 airjet machines have so far been shipped. The OmniPlus-i, which is exhibited in ITMACH India, is a 220 cm machine weaving a denim fabric at the highest industrial speeds. “India is a market that is of crucial importance to Picanol as it is one of the world’s key textile markets. We are therefore very proud to be able to demonstrate our latest airjet machine, the OmniPlus-

Nov12019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Transparency and Quality in Fabric Inspection Offered By USTER

Weaving

USTER® Fabric Inspection offers real benefits for weavers in terms of both customer satisfaction and their own long-term business success. Since 2018, the world-renowned USTER quality systems include fabric inspection – and ITMA 2019 has seen the launch of the first major innovation to be developed since the acquisition of automatic vision inspection company Elbit Visions Systems (EVS). Fabric makers will already be familiar with the successful, industry-proven solutions USTER® EVS Q-BAR, FABRIQ VISION and FABRIQ SHADE, which today are used worldwide to inspect upwards of 60 million meters of fabric per day. At ITMA in Barcelona, USTER® Q-BAR 2 and USTER® FABRIQ EXPERT have been launched and explained to show visitors. For fabric manufacturers, the competitive nature of the textil

May62019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Oerlikon to Present Tomorrow’s Materials at Techtextil Frankfurt

Fairs, Nonwoven, Spinning - Yarn, Textile, Weaving

Oerlikon will be showing chemical fiber applications made of polyester, polypropylene and Co. and what they can do in these fields at Techtextil. At home, at work, on the street, in the sky, on the water, even in space, technical textiles and nonwovens are swinging towards ever higher performances in amazing applications. Versatile and light, but sometimes stronger than metal, these materials of the future gain their superpowers from the interaction of precisely coordinated textile systems. At Techtextil in Frankfurt from May 14 to 17, 2019 in Hall 3, B06, Oerlikon will be showing chemical fiber applications made of polyester, polypropylene and Co. and what they can do in these fields. However, these exhibits are only a communicative means to an end, as Oerlikon is primarily interested

May32019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Staubli to Exhibit Its Extensive Range at ITMA Barcelona

Knitting, Weaving

With continual R&D activities, Stäubli delivers machinery that perfectly meets evolving market demands and the associated customer requirements. With core competencies in shedding (cam motions, dobbies, and Jacquard machines) and weaving preparation (drawing-in, leasing, and warp-tying machines) Stäubli plays an important role in the design and quality of woven end-products. Based on over a century of experience in the traditional textile industry and its continuous R&D activities, Stäubli constantly offers new and improved high-performance systems and solutions for processing fabrics for fashion, home textiles, automotive, protection, carpeting, and highly complex technical textiles. At this year’s ITMA in Barcelona, Stäubli will be showing a selection of its latest product

Apr262019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Starlinger Group at ITMA 2019 With Its New Member

Sustainability & Recycling, Weaving

At this year’s ITMA, the world’s largest textile machinery exhibition held every 4 years, the Starlinger Group will present itself in Barcelona together with its new member STC Spinnzwirn for the first time. On a total area of 460 m², Starlinger underlines its leading position in the field of machinery and process technology for plastic fabrics. Everything from a single source: The Starlinger Group with headquarters in Austria is the world’s only supplier of the entire product range for the production of plastic fabrics, from tape extrusion lines and circular looms through to sack conversion, plant monitoring, and the recycling of production scrap. With the acquisition of the company now operating under the name STC Spinnzwirn (formerly known as Oerlikon business unit Barmag Spinnzwi

Apr192019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Itema to Launch Itematech Company at Techtextil

Weaving

Itematech, establishing a new technological leadership in technical textiles weaving. Itema, the leading Italian manufacturer of best-in-class weaving machines, spare parts and integrated services, will exhibit at Techtextil in Frankfurt from May 14th to 17th (Hall 3.0, D05) and announces an important contribution for the sector. In fact, Itema will seize the opportunity of the worldwide technical textiles flagship event to launch Itematech, the new company exclusively dedicated to producing weaving machines for the benefit of technical fabrics weavers. With the aim of setting a new technological benchmark in technical textiles weaving by providing the market with the most comprehensive product offering to manufacture this highly specialized fabrics, Itema recently signed an agre...

Apr172019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

French Machinery@ITMA 2019

Associations, Dyeing – Finishing, Fairs, Fibers, Knitting, Nonwoven, Spinning - Yarn, Sustainability & Recycling, Weaving

French Textile Machinery Manufacturers will offer hardware, software and most wanted services at ITMA 2019. Evelyne CHOLET, the Secretary General of their association, states that “the French textile machinery manufacturers are technology partners for their customers. Together they cooperate on long term basis often from a specially designed machine to many after sales services”. The objective of these services is to let the customers get the best return from their investments. They include, for examples, remote assistance through internet, spare parts availability and upgrading. “In fact, she adds, often, even before the investment decision is made, the machinery manufacturers’ R&D teams work directly with the customers to design specialty machines”. French textile machinery