Author: Textile Planet Magazine

Jul212020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Unity is Strength

The Swiss Textile Machinery Association has been crisis-proof for 80 years. When an organization reaches its 80th anniversary, there is a strong chance that it has survived several crises over those years. In the case of Swiss Textile Machinery, the association was actually born out of a crisis situation. Looking back over its history today inspires optimism that current and future challenges will be met with equal success. Past experience provides hope for the future... In 1940, a year after the start of World War II, events far away from the battlefields began to impact on the local machinery industry in Switzerland. One problem was a lack of skilled workers – through military service call-ups – and another was a shortage of raw material, much of which was diverted to weapons produ

Jul172020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Magnetic Attraction of The Montex®Coat

Dyeing – Finishing

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

Jul132020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

VDMA Continues Technology Webtalks for The Textile Industry

Associations

Topic of the second edition is “Technologies for the production of nonwovens for respiratory protection masks (FFP masks and surgical masks)” On July 15, the “Textile Machinery Webtalk – powered by VDMA” continues. Topic of the second edition is “Technologies for the production of nonwovens for respiratory protection masks (FFP masks and surgical masks)”. Participants from 24 countries already registered. Time: 15 July 2020, 2 pm - 4 pm (CEST). The presenters at a glance: Automated masks manufacturing with integrated inline quality control, Edgar Mähringer-Kunz, General Manager, IMSTec GmbH www.imstec.de Auxilium FM – High-speed Surgical Mask Production Machine Sven Weissoertel, Business Area Manager, Winkler+Dünnebier www.w-d.de Ways to certification and appr

Jul132020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Yarn Expo Autumn Returns In September 2020

Fairs, Spinning - Yarn

Ms Wendy Wen, “With its extensive experience and understanding of the industry, Yarn Expo is in a strong position to support the overall recovery of the yarn and fibre sector.” After hosting a record breaking 543 exhibitors from 14 countries and regions, along with over 19,000 visitors from 93 countries and regions in 2019, Yarn Expo Autumn will return to Shanghai from 23 – 25 September 2020. Known within the industry as the leading fair for accessing the promising Chinese and Asian markets, the 2020 Autumn edition will provide the perfect platform to help the industry rebound and recover from the worldwide COVID-19 disruption. The fair is expected to occupy 26,000 sqm of exhibition space at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai. When commenting on the upcoming fa

Jul92020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

New TC 19i Delivers Outstanding Results

Spinning - Yarn

The TC 19i with WASTE CONTROL monitors the carding waste, gives recommendations and adjusts the knife automatically. Only a few months after its launch, the new intelligent Truetzschler card TC 19i has proven its performance in customer applications in key textile markets. TC 19i achieved up to 40% less yarn imperfections and new potentials for productivity increase for customers. At the same time, TC 19i demonstrated significant raw material savings of up to 2% at a consistent yarn quality level. Several hundreds of intelligent cards sold since January demonstrate that Truetzschler is answering some of the most pressing challenges for yarn manufacturers: Producing consistent quality and reducing cost of ownership. Intelligent functions improve quality, productivity and raw mater...

Jul62020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Oerlikon Nonwoven Supplies The Meltblown Technology for Innovatec GmbH

Nonwoven

Oerlikon Nonwoven decided to significantly ramp up their production of the machines and systems for its meltblown technology. Germany's Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier handed over the first notice of funding to Innovatec GmbH in Troisdorf as part of the recently launched "Nonwoven Production" funding program. The North Rhine-Westphalian company intends to produce an additional 1 500 tons of nonwoven per year in the future with the two newly installed subsidized meltblown lines of which one is from Oerlikon Nonwoven. The additional volume will enable the production of more than 1.5 billion protective masks. Innovatec GmbH, the self-proclaimed largest nonwoven manufacturer in Europe, has invested a two-digit million Euro amount in two new production lines for meltblown non...

Jun292020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Plan Now to Succeed Tomorrow

Fairs

The main exhibition of textile machinery of Central Asia “CAİTME 2020” is planned in October 2020 in Uzbekistan. In October 2020, the annual Central Asian International Textile Machinery and Technologies Exhibition "CAİTME 2020" is scheduled to take place in Uzbekistan as part of Global Textile Days Tashkent 2020. Event dates - October 28-30, 2020 The exhibition has been a key industry event in the Central Asian region in textile machinery for 13 years and is a showcase of new products and advanced technologies for the textile and knitwear industry in the region. A distinctive feature of the exhibition is the narrow specialization and "for specialists only" format. CAİTME annually provides an opportunity for direct dialogue between textile manufacturers and the world's leading man

Jun252020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

New President of Cematex

Associations

Ernesto Maurer has been appointed as the new President of Cematex, the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers. Ernesto Maurer has been appointed as the new President of Cematex, the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers. His four-year term of office will cover three major events in the pivotal ITMA series of textile technology exhibitions scheduled for Europe and Asia. Maurer was elected at the Cematex General Assembly, on June 12. He is President of the Swiss Textile Machinery Association since 2015, serving during the same period as a member of the Cematex Board of Directors and its 1st Vice-President for the past four years. Also elected at the General Assembly were 1st Vice-President Mikael Äremann (TMAS, Sweden) and 2nd Vice-President Charles B

Jun232020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Glass Fabric Finishing Manufacturers Trust In BRÜCKNER Technology

Dyeing – Finishing

The Belarusian company recently ordered various lines from the German machine manufacturer BRÜCKNER for thermal finishing, caramelization and desizing of glass fiber. The company JSC POLOTSK STEKLOVOLOKNO, founded in 1958 and based in Belarus, has been among others a world market leader in the production of glass fabrics for decades. The wide variety of products from glass fibre to glass yarn, electrical insulation and construction glass fabric, glass mesh and silica materials enables STEKLOVOLOKNO to be successful in many branches of industry. These include mechanical engineering and shipbuilding, automotive and aircraft industry, electro-technical industry, metallurgy as well as the military and construction industry. Every year, the Belarusian company processes around 55,000 tonne

Jun182020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

ACG’s New PPE Plant – From Idea to Reality in Less Than A Month

Nonwoven

It now employs 80 staff in a two-shift operation and has been such a success that a second immediate order has been secured from the Swedish authorities. Members of Sweden’s ACG Group have rapidly responded to their country’s urgent need for PPE (protective personal equipment), by setting up and staffing a dedicated new nonwovens fabric converting and single-use garment making-up plant in just three weeks. The new plant was established to convert and coat the fabric and turn it into fully finished protective overalls for hospital staff each month. It now employs 80 staff in a two-shift operation and has been such a success that a second immediate order has been secured from the Swedish authorities. This will push production up to a monthly 1.8 million square metres of converted fabri