Author: Textile Planet Magazine

May232022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

İtema opened its office in Turkey

Itema opens a new company in Turkey further strengthening the presence in the Turkish market Itema, the leading provider of advanced weaving solutions including weaving machines, spare parts and integrated services, announces the establishment of a new company in Turkey. The Turkish subsidiary, that operates under the name İtema Tekstil Makineleri Servis Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi, began its operations in Istanbul – company headquarters - and Bursa – company branch office - as early as April 13. The operation, aimed at enhancing the local presence and increase efficiency when serving the company’s significantly growing Turkish customer base that represents a sizeable part of Itema’s global turnover, is in line with the Company’s strategy to build up a stronger presence in ma

May172022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

“RIMTEX” with all its innovations at ITM 2022

Dyeing – Finishing, Fairs, Spinning - Yarn

Rimtex is leading the way in enabling Spinners across the globe to advance towards Industry 4.0. Starting with Process Digitalisation systems, its new product introductions are re-imagining the role of productivity and efficiency in the world of yarn manufacturing. With Rimtex, Take the Next Step in Spinning Quality It is widely accepted that Sliver is the basis of yarn making process; yarn inherits its properties and qualities from sliver. With this continued focus on ‘Sliver Management’ Rimtex Group conjures up innovative solutions for spinning mills for sliver handling. In its fresh product lineup, which will be unveiled at the upcoming ITM 2022 in Turkey (Hall No 3, Booth 308C), Rimtex has a lot of surprises for everyone to witness. We give you a sneak peek into what is in store.

May22022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

VDMA: Next stop Techtextil

Associations, Fairs

In the run-up to Techtextil, taking place end of June in Frankfurt, nine exhibiting VDMA member companies presented their highlights for the technical textiles market at a virtual VDMA kick-off event themed “Sustainable technologies for technical textiles”. A series of VDMA technology Webtalks are planned up to the fair as well Spotlight Talks during the show. Dr. Janpeter Horn, Chairman of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association and Managing Director of August Herzog Maschinenfabrik stated in his introduction: “This year’s Techtextil is the first important exhibition and get-together for the textile industry in Europe since 2019. For the first time, VDMA will be present with a group stand in hall 12. Altogether, more than 40 VDMA member companies will exhibit in Frankfurt, underlining t

Apr252022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Turkish textile future enhanced by French equipments

Associations, Fairs, Fibers, Spinning - Yarn, Technical Textiles, Weaving

“Next June 2022, ITM in Istanbul will be the first major textile equipments expo since the pandemic outburst. This is a major opportunity to meet in person with many of our long time Turkish partners” says Christian Guinet, the Secretary General of the French Textile Equipments Manufacturers’ association. He knows this market particularly well as he travelled around Turkey for many many years when he was the marketing manager of a world leader equipment manufacturer. The global turmoil due to the coronavirus has slowed many personal visits but, thanks to new communication techniques, innovation has continued to take place both in end products, equipments and production processes. Christian Guinet adds “market changes are what our industry is about, it is quicker and quicker whatever

Apr212022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Spotlight on the Montex stenter at ITM in Turkey

Dyeing – Finishing

Monforts and its Turkish representative Neotek are looking forward to meeting customers old and new at the forthcoming ITM 22 international textile machinery show which is taking place from June 14-18 at the Tüyap Fair and Congress Centre in Istanbul, after a three-year break. “We will be emphasising the robustness and versatility of the Montex stenter for essential processes such as drying, stretching, heatsetting and coating at the Istanbul show,” said Monforts Area Sales Manager Thomas Päffgen. “The Montex has become the industry standard for the fabric finishing industry, providing a number of advantages in terms of production throughput and especially in energy efficiency and savings.” “With energy prices rising steeply everywhere, features such as the MonforClean system, or

Apr132022 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Swiss Textile Machinery members drive filament yarn production for the expanding world of technical textiles

Associations, Fibers, Spinning - Yarn, Technical Textiles

What innovations are made of… Swiss Textile Machinery members drive filament yarn production for the expanding world of technical textiles High-performance yarns now offer almost unlimited possibilities for replacing traditional raw materials in a vast range of technical applications. Often tailor-made, these filament yarns go way beyond the conventional idea of ‘textiles’ – finding new uses in sectors such as automotive, aviation, maritime, medical and construction, among many others. Machines and technology from Switzerland are in the forefront of many such developments, producing the yarns which are the basis for these innovations. Technical textiles are everywhere in our daily lives today, even if we may not always realize it. Some are in more obviously textile products, from

Oct112021 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Oerlikon Nonwoven and A.Celli Nonwovens set up technological partnership

Nonwoven

Oerlikon Nonwoven and A.Celli Nonwovens on date October 11, 2021 announced the signing of an official agreement that will kick off a strategic collaboration for the production of solutions dedicated to the A.Celli festooning technology. The first step of this precious collaboration is the development of comprehensive solutions dedicated to festooning technology, an ideal process for the management of soft, thick and memory-effect materials. Thanks to this synergy, new machines, which will be part of the A.Celli F-LINE® family of multifunctional lines, will support the already tested A.Celli technology dedicated to spooling, thus completing the range of solutions dedicated to the management of soft materials. Increase and develop the production capacity “Oerlikon Nonwoven has m

Sep242021 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Always one step ahead of the state of the art – WEIDMANN and BRÜCKNER set new standards in stenter technology

Dyeing – Finishing, Industry 4.0, Textile

Mrs Henrike Weidmann, together with her husband Michael Rapp, are the third generation to run the family business. They are positive about the future. Mrs Weidmann says "The Brückner company, like us, has very high quality standards. The direct communication with Sales, Service and Design made it easy for us to implement our many requests for optimization. At Brückner, as always, we found reliability and the best support. Qualities that we, as a family run company have also anchored in our company philosophy. Another criteria in our purchase decision was that the company manufactures in Germany. This increases confidence in the quality and helps to maintain our textile know-how "Made in Germany"." One hundred and seventeen years ago, the WEIDMANN weaving mill was founded in the tranqu

Feb12021 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Oerlikon Barmag Huitong Engineering commissions its first PBS system

Fibers

Future trend: biodegradable polymers A polybutylene succinate (PBS) polycondensation system was commissioned at Yingkou Kanghui Petrochemical Co. Ltd. in Dalian in the Chinese Liaoning Province at the beginning of January 2021. The PBS system, for which Oerlikon Barmag Huitong Engineering supplied both equipment and engineering, has a daily production capacity of 100 tons. It is used to manufacture high-viscosity chips for biodegradable films. Consequently, Yingkou Kanghui, a subsidiary of the Hengli Group, is catering to rising demand for biodegradable polymer products – demand that is increasing not just in China, but across the globe. Yingkou Kanghui Petrochemical Co., Ltd., founded in 2011, predominantly produces polyester chips and films. By expanding its portfolio to include the

Jan152021 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

No sustainability without innovation – true to this motto, TINTEX and BRÜCKNER strive for new paths together

Dyeing – Finishing, General, Sustainability & Recycling

The Portuguese textile company TINTEX Textiles S.A. and the German textile machinery manufacturer BRÜCKNER Textile Technologies GmbH & Co. KG make a big step into the future together. A completely new developed process technology for coating bi-elastic knitted fabric opens new markets and new possibilities for both sides. „No sustainability without innovation.“ True to this motto, TINTEX is constantly researching for fabric innovations to develop and produce intelligent, functional and high-performance textiles. To round off the concept, a few years ago it was decided to cooperate with the German textile machinery manufacturer BRÜCKNER. Their product range includes machines and complete lines for coating and finishing of textiles, technical textiles, nonwovens and floor coverings