Author: Textile Planet Magazine

Oct262020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Rieter Investor Update 2020

The market recovery, which Rieter reported in June 2020, has continued. This is reflected in capacity utilization at spinning mills worldwide, which Rieter monitors. In April 2020, the proportion of producing spinning mills was around 40% while at the end of September 2020 this was around 90%. Against this backdrop, the Rieter Group increased order intake in the third quarter of 2020 to CHF 174.4 million (2nd quarter 2020: CHF 45.7 million). In the first nine months of 2020, the Rieter Group achieved a cumulative order intake of CHF 425.1 million (2019: CHF 524.5 million). Compared to the previous year period, this represents a decline of 19%. Order Intake by Business Group CHF million January – September 2020 January – September 2019 Change Change in local

Oct222020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

First class wipes with Phantom technology

Nonwoven, Technical Textiles

An exclusive license from Procter & Gamble offers the best for nonwovens Success is built by connecting the right peo-ple with the right product. In a global marketplace, this means collaboration is just as important as competition. Companies need to focus on their strengths, while finding practical ways to innovate and expand upon their capabilities. In order to do so, working together often makes the most sense. This is what motivated Procter & Gam-ble and Oerlikon Nonwoven – Teknoweb Materials to agree on an exclusive license agreement to market and sell the Phantom platform worldwide. The patented process for hybrid nonwovens combines the best of both airlaid and spunmelt technolo-gies to deliver new, flexible ways of creating wet and dry wipes. Phantom technology of

Oct202020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

The TC19i: A new benchmark for man-made fiber processing

Fibers, Spinning - Yarn

Man-made fibers are durable, versatile and cost-effective. That’s why they have become indispensable in yarn production over the past decade and now account for more than 40 percent of staple fiber consumption. Truetzschler has supported this trend by developing highly specialized machines for man-made fibers that meet constantly rising expectations for quality and efficiency – and the TC 19i is now winning over customers worldwide. The intelligent card TC 19i for man-made fibers was launched in 2019 and is now the international benchmark for man-made fiber processing. The results from major textile markets across Asia, Europe and the Middle East speak for themselves: customers were able to increase productivity by between 20 and 100 percent, while also improving quality (IPI) by betwee

Oct162020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Mesdan Cotton Stickiness Testing Method Recognition

Fibers, Spinning - Yarn, Testing

If “sticky cotton” is not detected in time and properly handled, it can generate excessive maintenance costs in spinning, affect the production and compromise yarn quality. There are several testing techniques for determining cotton stickiness: chemical, mechanical and thermo-mechanical methods. In the latest findings of the ITMF International Committee on Cotton Testing Methods, in cooperation with CIRAD, Fiber Institute Bremen and ICA Bremen, one important conclusion has been outlined: due to its highest correlation with processing behaviour and yarn quality, only thermo-mechanical methods are recommended (in both production and trade). In fact, the high variation in stickiness within a sample, as well as within a bale and within a lot, makes the thermo-mechanical method suit

Oct142020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Control costs today, ready for future profits…

Fibers, Spinning - Yarn

USTER’s newest launch allows spinners to react flexibly to shiftingbusiness conditions Uster Technologies launches a new standalone version of USTER® QUALITY EXPERT which leverages the value of USTER® instruments to significant profitability gains. Connecting to USTER®QUALITY EXPERT enables flexible and fact-based responses to the changing business environment. With the newstandalone version, a relatively small investment means cotton spinners can optimize costs in tougher times– and maximize profits when markets recover. USTER is opening the door to advanced quality and process optimization– making its unique Quality Management Platform available to a much wider range of yarn manufacturers. Until now, USTER® QUALITY EXPERT has been exclusively hosted within USTER®TESTER 6. The new U

Oct72020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

KTM 2020 – HAS PROVEN ITS SUSTAINABILITY AT TURKEY AND EUROPE

Associations

One of the most important centers of the textile sector in Turkey, Kahramanmaras, hosted KTM Fair for the sixth time. Since 2014, it has become one of the most important meeting platform for the textile sector as a whole Kahramanmaras International Textile Machinery Exhibition (KTM), it continues to introduce new textile technologies to the textile industrialists and representatives in Turkey. The organizer of KTM fairs, ECR Fuarcılık General Manager Ümit Vural said, "We would like to thank our participants who showed interest in the International Textile Machinery Fair KTM2020, in which we organized on September 24-26, by taking all necessary health and safety measures during the Covidien-19 period, at the time of struggle as the whole world experiencing. International KTM fairs have n

Oct12020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Automating the wiping process can reduce the yarn break rate by up to 30%

Fibers, Spinning - Yarn, Weaving

Retrofitting a wiping robot to spinning systems is well worthwhile. This is confirmed by the experiences of those customers who have already installed the wiping robot. Oerlikon Barmag wiping robots have been cleaning spin packs at filament yarn manufacturing facilities in China and India for several months now, increasing efficiency considerably. Regular wiping of the spin packs is important for process stability and yarn quality. These can be positively influenced using wiping robots, because – as confirmed by data acquisition and analysis at the respective manufacturing facilities – the yarn break rate can be reduced by up to 30% by automating the wiping process. And the yarn break rate has a direct impact on the key production figures; to this end, a considerable reduction tr

Oct12020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Hugues Schellenberg new UCMTF President

Associations

The French Textile Equipment manufacturers’ Association, well known as UCMTF, as elected a new President following the retirement of Bruno Ameline who has chaired the association since 2004. Hugues Schellenberg who has been on the board for 10 years, has been unanimously elected to succeed him. He is the CEO of Dollfus-Muller of Heimsbrunn in the French province of Alsace. An engineer, Schellenberg got an MBA from Montpellier University in Southern France. As President of UCMTF, Schellenberg will represent the French association on the board of Cematex, the owner of ITMAs. After his election, Schellenberg initiated a standing ovation to thank Bruno Ameline for his outstanding job during his 4 terms of tenure (16 years). He stated “it is a great honor but a stressing responsibility

Aug212020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

VDMA Continues Technology Webtalks

Associations

Energy efficiency in textile dyeing and finishing will be the topic of VDMA’s next edition of Textile Machinery Webtalks on 27 August 2020. Efficient energy management is of increasing importance in textile dyeing and finishing. Innovative machine designs with minimal water and energy consumption as well as the recovery and use of the heat energy produced in the processes represent valuable potential savings for any modern company. The presenters at a glance: Ludger Sommer, Thies, will show how to manage heat energy in wetprocessing. Benjamin Schnabel, Brückner Textilmaschinen is going to demonstrate how to make one of the most energy consuming processes in textile manufacturing more sustainable, eco-friendly and cost effective. Fabian Buckenmayer, PLEVA Sensors and Contr

Aug192020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Virtual Communication Platforms As Alternatives to Real Trade Fairs?

Fairs, Nonwoven

The coronavirus crisis is demanding new approaches for servicing the global market. The coronavirus pandemic is also presenting the global textile machine industry with new communication challenges. Leading technology and continental trade fairs such as the ITMA Asia, the ITM, the INDEX and the ITME, along with important sector events such as the Global Fiber Congress (GFC) in Dornbirn, will not be taking place as normal in 2020 and have had to be postponed until next year. However, what alternatives are now available for intensively maintaining networks and continuing to communicate with partners and customers – and for attractively presenting new products and services in the process? New virtual communication platforms could possibly be a solution here and could ultimately also be con