Tag: Industry 4.0

Nov182019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Futureproofing The Nonwovens Network

Now in its 23rd year, the Nonwovens Network has pulled together an extremely strong programme for its 2019 annual seminar. Nonwovens Network will be held at the John Smith’s Stadium in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK, on December 5th. Keynote speakers at the event, entitled Futureproofing the nonwovens industry, will be Mark Cotton, managing director of the John Cotton Group, and Seán Kerrigan, director of communications and media relations for EDANA, the Brussels-based European disposables and nonwovens association. Seán Kerrigan’s presentation will focus on two key issues which have been occupying a lot of EDANA’s time over the past year – its Wipes Outreach programme and the upcoming EU single-use plastics directive. Expansions John Cotton is one of the UK’s most successful

May172019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

BRÜCKNER at ITMA 2019 – 70 Years of Success Through Innovation

Dyeing – Finishing

BRÜCKNER will demonstrates the great diversity of Its experience and product portfolio at ITMA Barcelona. For 70 years, BRÜCKNER has been the worldwide partner for all companies which are drying, coating and finishing web-shaped materials: whether clothing fabrics, nonwovens, carpet, glass or coatings - the variety of materials to be processed has never been limited. Today, it is no longer just a question of machines, but rather of automation and control systems. The topic of digitization and Industry 4.0 opens up completely new possibilities for increasing productivity, reducing the use of resources and improving quality. In addition, an increasing shortage of skilled work-ers can be addressed by more intelligent software. BRÜCKNER has invested, developed and implemented a lot i

Mar292019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Laroche Collaborative Solutions

Nonwoven, Sustainability & Recycling

Laroche offers turnkey plants to customers for recycling and innovative nonwovens. Laroche is a specialty manufacturer of textile recycling, airlay web forming and bast fiber processing equipment. Robert Laroche, the CEO, is both an engineer and a frequent traveler. His associates have a strong commitment to the company which allows to go well beyond purely “commercial” relationships. Know-how from over 100 years in the same business, dedication to innovations and long-term service and customer relationships are the DNA of the company. Robert Laroche, made important statements about the collaboration and activities. Turnkey plants for recycling and airlaid nonwovens: “10 years ago, states Robert Laroche, we had already a long history in recycling and nonwoven processes, but at

Mar82019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

New Managing Director for Monforts

Dyeing – Finishing, Genel, Industry 4.0, Nonwoven

Mr Stefan Flöth has been assigned as a further Managing Director of A. Monforts Textilmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG in Mönchengladbach, Germany, as of January 1st 2019. He has re-joined Monforts in his new role from the Trützschler Group, where he was the MD of Trützschler Nonwovens from 2009 onwards. Having spent his working life in the textile machinery industry, Mr Flöth started his career with Schlafhorst. Between 1996 and 2009 Stefan Flöth was already a key part of the Monforts team in various roles related to R&D, mechanical design and management of the company’s joint ventures. He is now looking forward to acquainting himself with the current wider Monforts network of customers and suppliers at the forthcoming Techtextil and ITMA 2019 exhibitions in Frankfurt and Barcelona

Dec192018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

A Revolution in Nonwoven Fabric: Madaline®

Industry 4.0, Nonwoven

Mogul, which is the first in Turkey to begin the production of spunbond, meltblown, bi-component, microfilaments and SMS, is the first member of EDANA (European Nonwoven Association) from Turkey. With the large portion of the capacity to export to 56 countries around the world Mogul, is among the first 1,000 exporting companies and industrial organizations in Turkey. Since 2013, Mogul has been one of the top 40 nonwovens manufacturers in the world and has been granted the INDA Special Entrepreneurship Special Award in 2001 and 2016 for its rapid growth. Turkey's first producing microfilaments of the fabric Madaline® opened a new era in the garment industry. Mogul Company’s Sales Director Murat Pırasacı shares the details of the Madaline® fabric with our readers. Would you please

Dec192018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Turkish Textile Machinery in Global Market

Associations, Industry 4.0, Textile

Temsad,which holds the title of being a combiner and developer in Turkey’s textile machinery industry, is known to become an indispensable path in this industry with its activities. Textile Machinery and Accessories Manufacturers Association President Adil Nalbant, answered the questions related to Turkey's textile machinery sector through our magazine. Can you give us some information about Textile Machinery and Accessories Industrialists Association? The members of our association are textile mechanics, suppliers of textile machinery spare parts and textile chemists. Founded in 1998, our association has 190 members as of 2018. Textile Machinery and Accessories Industrialists Association (TEMSAD), established 20 years ago to serve the Turkish textile machinery sector, and has been

Oct222018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Oerlikon Designs the Future with Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0

The Oerlikon Manmade Fibers segment is already successfully digitalizing its ‘From Melt to Yarn, Fibers and Nonwovens’ process chain. Creating the digital yarn factory Reliably and efficiently manufacturing superlative quality – that is the wish of every yarn, fiber and nonwovens manufacturer. However, optimally adjusting manufacturing with constantly-changing products is a huge challenge: because even small deviations can have a massive impact on the quality of the end product. To better monitor and control production across all systems against this background, globally technologically- leading machine and systems constructor Oerlikon has expanded its Manmade Fibers segment portfolio to include new digital products and services. By integrating the know-how of the recently- acquir

Oct172018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Original Technology Makes The Difference

Dyeing – Finishing, Fairs, Industry 4.0, Nonwoven, Spinning - Yarn

Shanghai, Frankfurt, 15th October 2018 – ITMA ASIA + CITME 2018, Asia’s foremost trade fair dedicated to textile machinery, is once again marked by a significant presence of German companies both in their number and in the quality of their technology. Visitors to the fair will have an opportunity to appreciate the high level of technology being proposed by more than 100 exhibitors from Germany, including more than 80 VDMA member companies. They cover nearly all different machinery chapters with a focus on spinning, nonwoven, weaving, knitting, warp knitting and finishing. The overall exhibition space occupied by German machinery manufacturers is more than 7,000 square meters, confirming Germany’s leading position among exhibiting foreign countries. The German exhibitors increased their

Sep52018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Ahead of Progress with Monforts at ITMA Asia + CITME

Industry 4.0

The potential of Industry 4.0, in combination with the drive to reduce waste and minimise raw materials usage, has led to some significant new developments by Monforts. At this year’s ITMA Asia + CITME, in Hall 6 at booth H6/D05, visitors can learn about the company’s latest Qualitex 800 control system, which along with the Web-UI app, allows the remote visualisation of Monforts technologies via smart phones and tablet devices. “We are already embracing many Industry 4.0 principles in our approach to new machine concepts and the Qualitex 800 has all the intuitive features operators will be familiar with from touchscreen devices,” explains Monforts Vice-President of Sales and Marketing Klaus Heinrichs. “It is making navigation extremely easy for operators, cutting down the time requir

Aug12018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Quality Assurance Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Industry 4.0, Printing & Digital Printing

BST Eltromat International’s iPQ-Center offers flexo and gravure printing companies comprehensive ways of controlling and assuring their production quality. The history of the modular solution suite reflects the dynamism with which quality requirements in the packaging industry have developed over the decades. It also documents how BST eltromat is proactively driving this development forward. At the same time, a glance at the history of the iPQ-Center allows conclusions to be drawn for further development in the age of Industry 4.0. “We entered the quality assurance systems market as a manufacturer at a time when web guiding technology was increasingly going electronic,” says BST eltromat’s Head of Product Development for Web Handling Jürgen Bettführ. He is referring to the year 1979, w