Monforts Archives - EURO TEXTILE

Jul172020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Magnetic Attraction of The Montex®Coat

Monforts reports increasing success with its latest fully integrated Montex®Coat finishing lines. A number of doctor blade options are available for the Montex®Coat coating unit, including air knife, roller knife, magnetic roller and foam coating, in addition to screen printing. The company also provides fully explosion-proof lines for solvent-based coatings and for high-temperature processes up to 320°C, such as for PTFE sintering. Wide widths There has been a notable adoption of magnetic roller coating technology, the company, which is headquartered in Mönchengladbach, Germany, notes – especially by technical textiles and nonwovens manufacturers who are finishing wide-width materials. With this option, it is possible to carry out applications such as full PVC coatings, pigmen

Mar272020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Rajby Textile Uses Advanced Technologies in Fabric Production

Sustainability & Recycling, Weaving

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...

Nov82019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Monforts at Techtextil India

Nonwoven, Technical Textiles

Monforts will be providing information on its extensive range of coating and finishing technologies for the production of nonwovens and technical textiles at the forthcoming Techtextil India exhibition. “India has one of the largest working-age populations in the world and a complete textile value chain for both natural and synthetic fibres.” says Monforts Head of Denim Hans Wroblowski. In addition, he adds, India’s government, through its Ministry of Textiles, has been actively promoting the growth of technical textiles through various programmes based on investment promotion, subsidies, the creation of infrastructure and the stimulation of consumption. As a result, India’s Ministry of Textiles is forecasting that the growth of technical textiles in the country will be over 18% annu

Nov42019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

VDMA Delegation in Pakistan

Associations

Monforts will be part of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association’s forthcoming delegation to Pakistan which will take place from November 11th to 14th. In total, 14 companies covering the entire textile chain are participating in the visit, which will showcase the benefits and technological innovations of German textile machinery at seminars held in both Karachi and Lahore. “The regions surrounding both of these cities have become major hubs for textile manufacturing, especially in areas such as home textiles and denim, where Monforts enjoys market-leading positions with its finishing systems,” says area sales manager Manfred Havenlith, who in addition to presenting at the seminars, will be holding meetings and networking with existing Monforts customers and potential new ones during

Feb132019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Complete E-control for Istanbul Boyahanesi

Dyeing – Finishing, Weaving

Through investment in new Monforts technology, Istanbul Boyahanesi is planning to increase its capacity for the commission dyeing and finishing of woven goods to a monthly 2.5 million square metres during 2019. The company is surely also the only dyehouse in Turkey to date with its own proprietary software for virtual control of all operations via smartphone or TV from the boardroom. The special app-based programme has been developed by co-founder and director Kemal Taşkin, who has a background in software engineering, and it provides real-time information on all machine parameters and operator activity. “I’am now developing it further and in the near-future it will also be able to provide financial forecasting for us right down to individual batch level,” he says. This develop

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

Aug132018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Quality, Reliability and Productivity with The New Monforts Felt Compactor Range

Knitting

The new Easy Compact range from Monforts has been specifically designed for the advanced compacting of open width knitted fabrics. Compacting is an essential stage in the finishing process, with a decisive influence on the final quality of knitted styles such as jerseys, piques, interlocks, plushes and ribs. It perfectly controls shrinkage and reduces yarn slippage while providing fabrics with a smooth, soft, fluffy and silky touch, adding lustre and improving opacity. The stretching field of the new Monforts Easy Compact is equipped with a vertical chain return and its twin felts guarantee controlled shrinkage and the lowest possible shrinkage values. They are constructed from 100% Nomex® to ensure a long lifetime and durability, even under high process temperature conditions. As

Jul162018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Monforts Continues to Develop Denim

Dyeing – Finishing

As the number one supplier of finishing ranges to the denim industry globally, the benefits of the latest Monforts Eco Line are already being enjoyed by several of the sector’s leading manufacturers in both Asia and South America. Denim manufacturing consumes huge amounts of energy and resources at virtually all stages of production, but especially during shrink finishing, and on conventional ranges, large volumes of water, steam, chemicals and thermal energy are required. A significant portion of these resources, however, can be wasted without precise feeding, monitoring and control. This is an issue that Monforts engineers have successfully addressed with the Eco Line for denim, based on two key technology advances – the Eco Applicator for minimum application of the selected mo

Jul22018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

A Modular Approach to Coating

Textile

As the only manufacturer which is able to offer completely integrated coating lines from a single source, the latest Monforts coating heads are tailored to the company’s drying technology for maximum benefits. For an unprecedented range of options, Monforts now offers multi-functional coating heads for its industrial texCoat and Allround coating units. The modules can be integrated into new lines or retrofitted into existing ones, while the Allrounder is a complete system, designed to be integrated into a complete Monforts finishing range. Coating head modules are currently available for: Screen printing. The coating head for rotary screen printing is suitable for woven, knitted and nonwoven fabrics, with the ability to apply single colour patterns and also achieve 3D effect