Author: Textile Planet Magazine

Jun62018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

ITEMA Group Showed a Very Significant Growth Rate in The First Quarter of 2018

Itema Group, the leading global provider of advanced weaving solutions, including best-in-class weaving machines, spare parts and integrated services, announced its results for the first quarter of 2018, once again confirming the Group constant growth over the past few years. The turnover amounted to €80.5 million in the first quarter of 2018, increasing by +15% compared to same period last year. A special mention goes to the Company’s core business, manufacturing and marketing of best-in-class weaving machines, which registered unprecedented sales results over the same period of 2017. An exceptional leap for Itema weaving machines which increasingly represent the preferred choice and continue to gather the appreciation of weavers in the main textile markets such as China, Turkey and In

Jun52018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

HKS 3-M Machine Produced by KARL MAYER Inspires Turkish Tulle Curtain Sector

Knitting

Turkish warp knitting companies in the net curtain sector are continuing to record good sales levels - of embroidery tulle in particular. In Turkey the growth in sales of tricot and raschel machines has been stable over the last two years in particular. The RJPC 4 F-NN jacquard raschel machine with fall plate, the RSE 4-1 raschel machine and various types of high-speed tricot machines can be used to produce warp-knitted fabrics for the net curtain sector Patterned fabrics for the embroidery sector Established types are the three-stitch, hexagonal tulle produced on high-speed tricot machines, but especially powernet fabrics produced on the RSE 4-1 in a gauge of E 32, with a beam mounting arrangement of 4x30" and a working width of 192". Efficient raschel machines are experiencing a...

Jun52018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

USTER® is now more reliable with Elbit Imaging Systems

Industry 4.0

USTER closes acquisition of EVS – Combined technology offers customers more potential for further automation and improvement for increased and sustainable performance. Uster Technologies AG has announced the successful closing of the acquisition of Elbit Vision Systems Ltd. (EVS), a world-leading high-technology supplier for automated vision inspection in the textile industry. This expands USTER’s competencies in quality control and strengthens its product portfolio. EVS’s products are used to automatically locate, label and trace defects of fabric and web products, and ultimately to grade the quality and determine the value of the produced goods. Thomas Nasiou, Chief Executive Officer of USTER, said: “I am delighted that we are now able to finalize this major milestone, which embodi

Jun12018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

German Technology Met Indian Textiles and Nonwovens

Nonwoven, Textile

India is a very important market for the German textile machinery industry, with an export of more than €255 million (+ 8 %) in 2017. Many German machinery builders have longstanding relations with Indian customers and quite a number of them also provide production plants and training centres in India. Not surprisingly, about 370 decision-makers and experts from the textile and nonwoven related industry attended the VDMA conference and B2B event called “German Technology meets Indian Textiles and Nonwovens” in Mumbai on 15-16 May 2018. According to a survey, both the event and German textile machinery engineering received the highest marks among the visitors. About 57 % of the visitors stated very good and 38 % good experience with machines and components from German suppliers. T

May302018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Fabric and Accessory Manufacturers Meet in TEXHUB with a Variety of Colors and Patterns

Fairs, Fibers, Spinning - Yarn, Textile

Duty Fairs Ltd. and Texstar Co. , Limited will be held for the first time this year at the Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus Convention and Exhibition Center on 7-9 November 2018. This fair, where the world's brands will meet in the field of textile, yarn and accessories, will also host the participants from the Turkish textile and garment sector. Texhub Istanbul is preparing to welcome industrial yarn producers with the Yarnhub division, which will be realized simultaneously in addition to being a platform for exhibiting fabrics, accessories, yarns, fibers and patterns. Turkey's commercial and financial center (in Istanbul) Istanbul Fair held Texhub, will meet Turkish textile producers with quality and affordable products of Far Eastern textile suppliers especially in China. In addition ...

May292018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

The World’s Widest Tricot Machine is Now Available on The Market

Genel, Knitting

KARL MAYER has extended its successful model in the HKS machine series, the HKS 3-M, by including a version having a wider working width. To complement the current machines having widths of 186" and 218" (472 ve 553 cm), a version having a width of 280" (711cm)is now available. The HKS 3-M, 280", is the widest tricot machine available on the global market, and its wider width delivers greater productivity and flexibility. Like all the HKS three-bar machines, this new machine targets a wide variety of end-uses, from car interiors, through furniture and sportswear, to coating/backing substrates and advertising media. Fabrics processed with different widths can now be produced on one machine instead of two, which used to be the case. The simultaneous production of webs can also be increas...

May282018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Two Major Brands with Innovation Spirit and Traditional Values : Inman Mills and USTER®

Spinning - Yarn, Weaving

Textile manufacturers and their technology suppliers face many challenges in common, in an increasingly competitive and quality-conscious business. That’s why it’s important that they share a vision of excellence, which fosters both individual success and technological progress. Well-known North American textile producer Inman Mills is a prime example, in its relationship with USTER®. Both companies have a proud heritage, founded on ‘traditional’ values – and a strong commitment to innovation. Inman Mills produces some of the world’s most advanced fabrics for a wide range of applications. Its spinning and weaving plants are well established throughout the Southeast portion of the United States. The mill founded in 1901 near Spartanburg, South Carolina, is one of the oldest and most tra

May282018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Starlinger Acquires Barmag Spinnzwirn from Oerlikon

Genel, Spinning - Yarn

The Austrian Starlinger Group takes over the business unit Barmag Spinnzwirn based in Chemnitz (Germany) from Oerlikon. The integration of the related technologies for spinning lines for the production of tapes, monofilaments, yarns, and twisted yarns as well as texturing machines into the existing product portfolio holds significant potential for synergy effects in service, engineering, and sales. The business unit known as Barmag Spinnzwirn is a part of the Oerlikon segment Manmade Fibers that specializes in turnkey extrusion plants for the production of tapes and monofilaments such as artificial grass, baler twine, carpet backing, or geotextiles as well as in high speed winders and precision winding machines for textile and technical yarns and twisted yarns as well as texturing machi...

May252018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Benninger Increases Demand for Automation Solutions

Genel, Textile

1.000 automation solution of Benninger Automation has been installed at Getzner Textil AG The traditional textile company Getzner Textil AG in Bludenz, Austria is known world-wide for its high-quality fabrics for a wide variety of applications. In the sustainable production of textiles, Getzner has for many years relied on the innovative process and system solutions of the Benninger Group with its headquarter in Uzwil, Switzerland. As part of the current project of the two longstanding partner companies, the Ben-ninger-Pad-Dry Hotflue was equipped with the 1,000 automation solution from Benninger Automation GmbH, Zell, Germany. This milestone was taken by Beat Meienberger, CEO of Benninger AG, as an oppor-tunity to thank Getzner for the long-standing, good business relationship an...

May252018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Reggiani has Exhibited the Newly Released Textile Printing Machine in ITM

Industry 4.0, Printing & Digital Printing

Twelve-colour Reggiani printer and Mezzera product for greener denim production make their debuts in EFI exhibit of advanced textile technologies Textile companies can take full advantage of expanded print opportunities with the groundbreaking new EFI™ Reggiani COLORS digital printer which Electronics For Imaging, Inc. EFI’s exhibit, also highlights important advances in traditional manufacturing, with new EFI Mezzera technology for more environmentally sustainable dyeing on denim garments. The EFI Ecosystem of technologies leverages EFI Reggiani’s 70 years as a leader in textile industry innovation with digital and conventional processes. EFI Reggiani products, along with some of the industry’s most advanced software innovations, simplify the transition from conventional to digital p