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Mar242023 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Acimit’s Press Conference ITMA 2023 (Stresa – 15 March 2023)

ITALIAN TEXTILE MACHINERY AT ITMA 2023: SUSTAINABILITY AND DIGITALIZATION A WINNING ASSET FOR ITALIAN TECHNOLOGY After a positive 2022, the Italian textile machinery industry looks with optimism to the current year. In 2023, after eight years, ITMA, the most important trade fair in the sector, returns to Milan. It is an opportunity to highlight the excellence of Italian technology and stimulate new investments in the textile industry. Promoted by ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, a press conference was held on 15 March at Villa Frua (Stresa, Italy) to unveil Italian participation in ITMA, the leading textile machinery exhibition, scheduled from 8 to 14 June at Fiera Milano – Rho. During the event, Alessandro Zucchi, President of ACIMIT, showed the

Dec152022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Monforts marks 40 years of advanced manufacturing in Austria

Dyeing – Finishing

Montex Maschinenfabrik – the key site for the manufacturing of Monforts finishing machines in Austria – has celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2022. Located in St. Stefan, in the centre of Austria’s Lavant Valley in Carinthia, the advanced manufacturing hub was founded by Monforts in 1982. “From the outset, we have specialised in all aspects of machine production, including high-precision sheet metal working, laser cutting and welding, and the pre-assembly of machines and components, , along with a well-organised quality management and spare parts service,” says Montex plant manager Gert Hanzl. “We work very closely with the Monforts research and development team in Mönchengladbach, Germany, to take the latest new ideas through testing and prototyping, in readiness for future series

Oct272022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Dickson-Constant anchors its presence in Hauts-de-France with the assistance of Monforts

Dyeing – Finishing, Technical Textiles

Dickson-Constant has recently opened its second brand new plant in northern France in response to growing demand for its range of well-known technical fabrics. New technology installed at the plant includes a highly-customised Monforts Montex 8500 stenter, with the specific lay-out of the line the result of a long collaboration between the German machine builder and the French sun protection and outdoor upholstery fabrics specialist. Know-how The oldest weaving operation in France, with roots dating back to 1836, Dickson-Constant specialises in woven acrylic fabrics and has been part of Glen Raven since 1998. Its Dickson-branded solar protection and flooring materials and Sunbrella home upholstery and market-leading marine industry fabrics are renowned for their quality and durabi...

Oct132022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Oerlikon at the K 2022

Fairs

Sustainable solutions for the entire process chain The Swiss Oerlikon Group’s Polymer Processing Solutions division will be presenting itself at the K 2022 under the banner of ‘Feel the Flow. Keep Control’. The leading international trade fair for the plastics industry is taking place in Düsseldorf, Germany, between October 19 and 26 this year, with around 200,000 visitors expected. Oerlikon will be presenting a broad range of products and services focused on manufacturing and processing plastics. Innovative solutions and technologies concentrating on such topics as raw material preparation based on modern polycondensation and extrusion systems, the latest recycling technologies, efficient hot runner systems, innovative coating solutions, sustainable manufacturing processes for fil

Sep272022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

The 61st anniversary of the Dornbirn GFC Congress took place face to face this year after a long break

Fairs, Fibers

61st Dornbirn GFC Global Fibre Congress Board Members of Lenzing and Indorama, the biggest global players from the fibre industry, the CEO of Paboco, the most innovative company in the packaging industry and a highly reputated professor from Oxford University opened the congress. Further, top companies from the digital sector like Servicenow and PwC showed us how they would support to create a sustainable future for the industry. Key topics were innovation, sustainability & circular economy and the and the final panel discussion “CEO Panel” with the above leaders showed us the way forward and how current and future challenges would be managed. 93 Expert Lectures from Universities and Research Institutes An active matchmaking was granted as Dornbirn GFC, RW

Sep262022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

ITMA ASIA + CITME 2022 rescheduled to November 2023

Fairs

ITMA ASIA + CITME 2022 has been rescheduled to November 2023 due to the uncertain pandemic situation in China. Show owners CEMATEX and Chinese partners, the Sub-Council of the Textile Industry, CCPIT (CCPIT-Tex), China Textile Machinery Association (CTMA) and China Exhibition Centre Group Corporation (CIEC) advised that the new show dates will be announced shortly. Mr Ernesto Maurer, President of CEMATEX, stated: “Due to the present circumstances in China, we have decided to reschedule the combined show to next year when the pandemic situation is expected to stabilise. As the exhibition features the participation of overseas exhibitors and visitors, we believe it is in the interest of the industry that we postpone the exhibition to allow greater participation at the most important te

Sep202022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Unique waxed cotton finishing with new Monforts line

Dyeing – Finishing, Technical Textiles

Monforts has installed and commissioned a new Montex finishing range at the Baltic Works of Halley Stevensons in Dundee, Scotland, to further boost the weatherproofing specialist’s highly flexible operations. The range, with a working width of two metres, was built at the Montex assembly plant in Austria and consists of a Montex®Coat coating unit in knife execution for paste and foam coating and a Montex 8500 6F stenter. Unique know-how Founded in 1864, Halley Stevensons has amassed unique technical know-how and manufacturing experience in the art of waxed cotton for weatherproofed fabrics and is able to provide international orders in custom colours and finishes to very low minimum quantities where required. The company exports worldwide and its premium brand customers include Be

Sep132022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Finishing Line for HEATHCOAT FABRICS LIMITED from BRÜCKNER!

Dyeing – Finishing, Technical Textiles

HEATHCOAT FABRICS – the journey continues HEATHCOAT FABRICS partnered again with BRÜCKNER Textile Technologies / Germany and their sales partner ADVANCED DYEING SOLUTIONS to install a state-of-the-art BRÜCKNER finishing line for industrial textiles. HEATHCOAT FABRICS are at the leading edge of textile engineering. They have a proud heritage spanning over two centuries and are a global market-leading technical textile manufacturer with internationally recognised expertise in texturising, weaving and warp knitting as well as dyeing and finishing. HEATHCOAT’s highly specialist products are manufactured for use in the automotive, healthcare, defence, and aerospace industries, to name a few, contributing to some of the most innovative fabric-making projects in the world. BRÜCKNER worked e

Sep92022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

A Unique Inspection Technique for Finding Patterned Fabric Defects

Testing, Textile

Seeing beyond the patterns with Shelton Vision A ground breaking and unique new fabric inspection technique for accurately detecting the most subtle of defects on patterned fabrics during high speed production has been developed by BTMA member Shelton Vision, of Leicester, UK. The patent-pending system has been integrated into the company’s WebSpector platform – already the most powerful plain fabric inspection system on the market – and validated through factory trials on a purpose-built full scale in-house demonstration system with sophisticated fabric transport capabilities. As a result, a first system has already been ordered by a manufacturer of both plain and patterned fabrics, including camouflage, in Colombia. This follows the successful conclusion of a 21-month Innova

Sep82022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

MONFOTRS at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2022

Dyeing – Finishing, Textile

Focus on machines for high-performance at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2022 Monforts will highlight its technologies for special technical textile applications at this year’s ITMA ASIA + CITME which takes place at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, China, from November 20-24. From its headquarters in Mönchengladbach, Germany – home also to the Advanced Technology Center which offers customers and potential customers the opportunity to carry out extensive trials in real production conditions – to its Montex factory in St Stephan, Austria, where special machines have been manufactured for more than 35 years, Monforts continues to stake its reputation on a commitment to being always helpful, accurate, fast and reliable. “Diversification is the key in today’s competitive