French textile machinery leaders to exhibit at Turkey fair

French machinery manufacturers have been actively preparing ITM 2012 which is taking place in Istanbul, April 21-24. They are used to come to ITM and, more generally, to Turkey which they consider a strategic market. Their latest regional collective action took place last October 2010 in Gaziantep (Turkey) and Alepo (Syria) where they organized two conferences, in Gaziantep mainly focused on the carpet industry which is so important in this fast growing city of Eastern Turkey.

For Evelyne CHOLET, the French Textile Machinery Manufacturers Association’s (UCMTF) Secretary General, “next ITM will be a major opportunity to meet once more our customers, communicate, at the highest level, about their needs to compete successfully on the ever changing global market, to introduce must-have new products, to have highly reliable, low cost and eco-friendly processes”.

The collective, highly visible, actions are in addition to each company permanent organization, through local agents and offices.

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India biggest market for Chinese textile machinery

“India is the largest overseas market for Chinese textile machinery and is also the biggest reason for Chinese producers looking forward to setting up shop in India”, a top official of a Chinese textile machinery association told fibre2fashion.

At a recent road show in Ahmedabad, to promote ITMA Asia + CITME 2012, fibre2fashion caught up with Mr Zhao Xiaogang – Director, China Textile Machinery Association (CTMA) and the Indian representative of the event – Mr Sooraj Dhawan.

CTMA which is the co-host of ITMA Asia + CITME 2012 will be held from June 12 to 16, 2012 in Shanghai and will have around 1,400 textile machinery exhibitors, up from 1,300 in 2010, with the number of visitors expected to cross the 100,000 mark.

“India sends the largest contingent of visitors among all countries to ITMA shows, which was clearly visible even at ITMA 2011 in Barcelona”, Mr Dhawan said.

Mr Zhao said, “The Chinese textile machinery producers are gung-ho on the Indian market and are looking for joint-venture partners in India to set up textile machinery manufacturing plants in India”.

“I would sincerely advise all Indian textile machinery exhibitors participating in the event to put up posters, preferably in the Chinese language indicating that they are open for tying up with Chinese machinery manufacturers”, Mr Dhawan added.

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Chinese textile machinery producer may dock in Gujarat

China Texmatech Co. Ltd. (CTMTC), one of the largest Chinese textile machinery producer, importer and exporter, has yesterday concluded feasibility studies to set up a production base in Gujarat – India.

Mr. Wu Xiuhua, Vice President of CTMTC, who had earlier visited Gujarat with an official delegation from CTMTC in November, confirmed the same to fibre2fashion.

Fibre2fashion had earlier reported in November 2011 that the officials from CTMTC were on a visit to Gujarat and had also met the Chief Minister of Gujarat – Mr Narendra Modi and senior officials of the Industry Ministry.

“Our technical team recently visited Gujarat and has completed the feasibility studies including scouring for potential sites. They will present their report at our head office after which we will take the final decision, sometime around June 2012”, he added.

He said it was too preliminary when quizzed about the investment and the type of machinery they will manufacture.

When asked the reason for selecting India and Gujarat in particular, he said, “India has the second biggest textile industry in the world and the sector is also growing, which presents a very good opportunity for us.

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Orders for Italian textile machinery sector up in Q4

Orders for Italian textile machinery manufacturers were on the rise again during the last quarter of 2011 after two quarters of fall down. The results were gathered by the quarterly survey conducted by The Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT).

Overall orders for the period from October to December 2011 rose up 28% over the previous quarter, at a value of 90.2 points. The most significant increase regarded orders in foreign markets (+32%), whereas on the domestic market orders were up 15%.
“We’re still far from the levels achieved in 2010,” comments Sandro Salmoiraghi, President of ACIMIT, “but this recovery, compared to the mid months of 2011, confirms the dynamic nature of our manufacturers.”

“Despite the current difficult conditions in global markets,” Salmoiraghi says “our manufacturers have managed to catch the business opportunities available in major foreign markets, especially China, Turkey and India, as well as the United States and Brazil.”

The situation on the domestic market remains more difficult to resolve, however. The revival in investments recorded over the past three months is certainly a positive sign, but the gap remains large with current trends abroad.

The expectations of Italian machinery manufacturers for the first quarter of 2012 remain cautious, above all regarding the domestic market. “Economic uncertainty, combined with increased difficulties due to the danger of a credit crunch, are stopping investments of our Italian customers,” ACIMIT’s President concludes.

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Toyota Industries takes majority stake in Uster

The Board of Directors of Uster Technologies AG has noted that Toyota Industries Corporation has, as expected, increased its equity stake in Uster Technologies AG through the previously announced acquisition of the shares held by Groupe Alpha. On completion of this transaction, Toyota Industries Corporation will own 50.34% of all publicly owned shares in Uster Technologies AG.

The Board of Directors has also noted Toyota Industries Corporation’s confirmation that it will make a public offer for all outstanding shares in Uster Technologies AG within the statutory deadline. The independent members of the Board of Directors continue to recommend that shareholders do nothing for the time being about the announced offer, but wait until the Board delivers its official response to this offer.

The Uster Group is a leading manufacturer of products for quality control in the textile industry. The Group provides high-tech systems and services that help ensure optimization of quality at each individual stage of textile production; from the raw textile fibre, such as cotton, wool or synthetic filament yarns, to the final finished fabric.

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Aussie firm installs wool coring machine at Katanning

Westcoast Wools has recently installed a four-tube Jetco automatic wool coring machine, the first and only WA wool testing site outside the Perth metropolitan area.

The purchase of the machine costing more than Au$ 60,000 is expected to prove beneficial for woolgrowers in the South West, as they can now get their wool tested at Katanning, without a need to drive all the way to Perth.

The machine was in great demand and several buyers were in pursuit of the same following its limited availability. After fall of the wool industry, these machines are now produced only in South Australia and that too in limited quantity.

Like other companies, Westcoast Wools was also in quest for this machine for the past two years, particularly for the reason that now there is only one firm producing the same in the entire eastern region.

Previously too, Westcoast Wools had a wool coring machine at Katanning, but the same is now in need of revamping. For this reason, the company discontinued coring at Katanning, which compelled it to take all wool to Fremantle.

Though the process did not consume more time, it strained the Fremantle warehouse. Now, the company believes that installation of the new machine at Katanning would ease some of these issues and also help in offering reduced cost benefits to farmers.

The new installation is believed to help the Great Southern woolgrowers to save at least Au$ 10 to Au$ 12 per bale in freight charges by trucking wool to Katanning instead of Perth.

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Ho Chi Minh Uni student Le Nguyen receives Rieter Award

This year Rieter had again presented their popular Rieter Award to a student in Vietnam, after a break of 4 years. This time the Rieter Award was presented to Ms. Le Nguyen Bao Quyen, from the Ho Chi Minh University of Technology. Ms. Le had made her thesis about none woven, another very interesting branch in the diversified field of textile applications.

Ms. Le could enjoy the Rieter Award week in Switzerland and Barcelona middle of September this year together with all the other Award winners from all over the world.

The hand over of the crystal and the certificate has been done on the occasion of the Rieter Symposium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The event was held on 25 October 2011 where over 100 persons from 36 customers of the southern part of Vietnam were attending. The hand over ceremony was attracting the audience very much and it was appreciated well that Rieter is supporting young students in this field.

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T-shirt Magic invests in high technology equipment

The Australian direct to garment printing market is predicted to continue its exceptional growth in 2012 according to comments from Greg Stone, Director GJS Machinery.

“Last year we predicted that 2011 would be a tipping-point in direct to garment technology in Australia and we are very pleased to see that through our close relationship with Brother Australia that this prediction has become a reality with tremendous interest in these products throughout the year and more and more people realising the true potential that exists in this now proven technology,” Stone said.

“We even worked over the Christmas holiday break installing garment printers for customers due to the exception demand,” he added.

The latest GJS Machinery customer to take advantage of the benefits of direct to garment printing is Alexandria-based printing firm T-shirt Magic who installed a Brother GT-782 garment printer over the Christmas break.

“At T-shirt Magic we invest in high technology equipment to ensure that we stay a leader in garment manufacture” said Andrew Sprason, Managing Director, T-shirt Magic Australia. “Our choice of a Brother GT-782 white ink garment printer future-proofs our business and ensures that we are equipped to handle customised short runs and one-off jobs that would otherwise be impossible with other printing methods.”

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Five Thread Overlock Thread Breakage Detector

Overlock, also known as "serging" or "serger stitch", can be formed with one to four threads, one or two needles, and one or two loopers. Overlock sewing machines are usually equipped with knives that trim or create the edge immediately in front of the stitch formation. Household and industrial overlock machines are commonly used for garment seams in knit or stretchy fabrics, for garment seams where the fabric is light enough that the seam does not need to be pressed open, and for protecting edges against raveling. Machines using two to four threads are most common, and frequently one machine can be configured for several varieties of overlock stitch. Overlock machines with five or more threads usually make both a chainstitch with one needle and one looper, and an overlock stitch with the remaining needles and loopers. This combination is known as a "safety stitch". Household overlock machines are widely used.

Five thread overlock machine is used to hem the raw edges of the fabric, this ensures the prevention of loosing threads from the edges. The five thread overlock machine is superior over the three thread overlock machine, because it has two needles and two loopers for secure stitch.

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Texprocess Americas to address most pressing issues

2012 Texprocess Americas Symposium developed by leading industry experts to address the most pressing issues. The latest in product development, technology, and international trade updates for the sewn products industry will be presented by industry experts and leaders.

from around the world during the 2012 Texprocess Americas Symposium being held April 24 - 26, 2012 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Held concurrently with the exhibition, the symposium will contain nine sessions with more than 42 presentations in a variety of formats that will cover a wide range of topics including sourcing to the European market, sourcing in the Americas, global market outlook, manufacturing technology and international trade updates.

Sourcing to the European Market

Recent European free trade agreements offer new opportunities for both regional sourcing and by extension, apparel brand marketing on a duty-free basis. Learn how sourcing in Central America, Mexico, Colombia and Peru can position U.S. Brands in the European market more competitively.

Sourcing in the Americas

Spiraling Asian labor costs, global raw material and energy costs, faster fashion and leaner retail inventory demands are driving reemergence of regional sourcing throughout the Americas. Don’t miss this dynamic panel of experts sharing their thoughts and strategies on the new sourcing landscape.

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Textile industrial cloud production equipment launched

Shoou Shyng Machinery Co Ltd launched a new series of textile industrial cloud production equipment and each equipment contains a huge information system.

Like artificial skin needle punching machine, high-temperature oxidation alumina fibers double-site needle punching machine, 6000 g/m2 super thickness glass fiber needle punching machine, aerospace industrial ceramic fiber needle punching machine, green felt production equipment, Lightweight of automotive interior production line, the V-lap production equipment for heat-proof and Fire-Resistive material in aviation industry and bullet train.

Shoou Shyng’s needle punching machine which has special design is the most elaborate machine in the world.

These needle punching machines combine the technology of biotechnology and medical treatment to put in use in high-tech industries for improve human health, the quality of medical treatment, human safety and also to reach the goal of energy saving and carbon reduction.

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New KARL MAYER ML series upgrades the production of lace

On the one hand, standard lace is one of the essential ingredients in the successful repertoires of lingerie and clothing manufacturers. On the other hand, these delicate fabrics are among those textiles that are subject to the rapidly changing trends of the fashion world, which make increasingly stringent demands of the production technology. Above all, the demand is for the efficient production of even short runs, short changeover times and flexible patterning possibilities – and all this must be achieved for the lowest possible purchasing price.

KARL MAYER has reorganised the set-up of its ML series of machines so that it can optimally support those customers who operate on the fast-moving lace market with its extreme cost constraints.

As of the first quarter of 2012, all the electronic Multibar Lace machines can be bought from KARL MAYER China, and machine types ML 41, ML 34 and ML 46 will be available.

This shift in production should enable the KARL MAYER Group to network all its regional centres of excellence in the best possible way. Whilst the production, quality assurance and development departments at the company’s headquarters, with their many years of know-how and expertise in the manufacture of fully electronic Multibar Lace machines, will always be on hand, the Wujin site will profit from its geographical location close to the market and its advantageous business conditions.

All the models in the ML machine series are equipped with the KAMCOS computer platform, electronic guide bar control, and the high-performance, high-precision string bar system for patterning. These features place the Multibar Lace machines at the cutting edge of KARL MAYER’s lace production technology.


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Solar machine to revolutionize Indian silk reeling

The traditional tiring technique of reeling silk, under which first cocoons are soaked in a pot and then yarn is spun manually, is likely to come to an end with the launch of the Solar Multi Muga Reeling cum Spinning Machine.

The new machine is so devised that it can simultaneously carry out the reeling as well as spinning jobs for different varieties of silk like Mulberry, Muga, Eri and Tasar without any laborious human effort.

The new machine is a brain child of Mr. Manoharmayum Manihar Sharma, an innovator and a master craftsman of Adarsh Kartha (Marked) Industries based in Nongmeibung Pung Makhong, near Imphal, the capital of Northeast Indian State of Manipur.

The machine designed by Mr. Manihar uses a solar plate to operate, which has a capacity to charge 17 volt to 15 watt on a usual sunlit day.

In the absence of sunlight, the machine has a 12 volt-2 amp charger attached to it, which acts as a back-up to support its operations.

With five reeling heads, the normal dimensions of the machine are 28x 20x 12, and each of the reeling heads has a separate electric switch. Thus, even when one reeling head is switched off, the other heads can still operate normally.

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A beautiful textile technique behind festive lingerie set

Christmas is the time for snug hats, cosy gloves and warm coats – yet you would be surprised at the beautiful, seductive textile hidden under all this arctic clothing. When the wraps are off, something unexpected may be revealed – as the example illustrated here shows. This festive lingerie set comprises a halter-neck top and a pair of briefs made from the subtly patterned fabric bands produced on KARL MAYER’s RSJ 4/1.

Ornamental effects and snaking tendrils form the central theme of this romantic, lace-like pattern. The filigree motifs run towards two wide, lengthwise stripes, which enclose a spotnet ground featuring a delicate spotted look in the centre.

The textile construction, which is reminiscent of the Pointillism style of painting, attractively complements the simple net construction that forms the background to the decorative effects. The edges of the decorative bands run towards the Paisley patterns on the outside with their stylised wavy shapes and flat border.

Two of the fabric bands were sewn together horizontally to produce the briefs and the body section of the top. With its high level of stretch in the working direction, this clever textile guarantees an excellent fit and lies smoothly against the body to provide a high degree of comfort.

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Low-cost analysis of phosphorus flame retardant on fabric

Applied Rigaku Technologies Inc. announced a new energy dispersive XRF method for the analysis of phosphorus flame retardant compound on fabric.

Application Note #1127 demonstrates the effectiveness of the Rigaku NEX QC benchtop EDXRF analyzer for the analysis of phosphorus flame retardant compounds on fabric by Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence spectrometry.

The flammability of many textiles, including easily ignitable cotton or polyester materials, necessitates that clothing fabrics be treated with flame retardant compounds to suppress the burn rate.

Phosphorus based flame retardants have not been shown to form carcinogens during combustion, such as dioxins or furans. Work clothes, uniforms, baby clothing and other garments, therefore, are typically coated with a phosphorus compound for the purpose of flame retardancy.

During the coating and processing of treated fabrics, the flame retardant material must be closely monitored to ensure optimum quality without incurring cost overruns due to product rejection or overuse of chemicals.

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‘We specialize in tailor-made solutions’ – Parth, KB Corp

“Share your idea of any textile equipment or machine with us and our excellent R&D team will design and deliver a tailor-made solution”, says a confident Parth Panchal. Parth aged 29, is Director (Sales) and also overlooks export sales of KB Corporation, a textile machinery and equipment manufacturer.

KB Corporation established in 1967 by Mr JR Panchal, offers complete range of dyeing to drying machines in batch/continuous form. It also has in its product portfolio, size preparation equipments and colour kitchen equipments for denim production. It also specializes in delivering tailor-made solutions for the wet processing & finishing industry.

The major product mix of KB Corporation includes, Cabinet Yarn Dyeing Machine, Continues Yarn Dryers, Hydro extractor, Continuous Dryer, Size Preparation Vessels, Size Storage Vessels, Braiding Machines, etc.

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Sam-Polen Tekstil, a Successful Project by ULI

Uzbek-Turkish joint venture Sam-Polen Tekstil purchased continuous fusing equipment manufactured by Örnek Makine Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Sti, and twist bunching machine manufactured by Oerlikon Saurer Zweigniederlassung der Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG, through leasing services of Uzbek Leasing International (ULI).

The term of the lease period for this transaction is 3 years, the total cost of the equipment - $500,000.

This modern and hi-tech equipment will undoubtedly serve to produce high quality products not only for residents of the regions, but also the neighboring regions.

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‘Find your own way’ – A.T.E. scion advices young textile leaders

One look at his face and thoughtful looking eyes; you could mistake him for a professor or researcher. Well he would almost have been one, if his father had not called him to join the family business back home in India, when he was pursuing a PhD program in applied physics at Cornell University in the US.

He is none other than Anuj Bhagwati, third generation scion of the Bhagwati family and CEO of the A.T.E Group, which has vast inlterests in the machinery sector, mainly textile machinery. He heads A.T.E Private Ltd., the holding company of A.T.E. Group, which has nine companies under its fold.

Anuj did his schooling at St Mary’s in Mumbai, junior college at St Xavier’s and joined VJTI to pursue a course in mechanical engineering.

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ATNT Conference to Kick-off With 125 Papers

The 7th edition of ATNT (ADVANCES IN TEXTILES, MACHINERY, NONWOVENS AND TECHNICAL TEXTILES) international conference will be held in the textile city Coimbatore, India from December 15th to 17th, 2011.

Texas Tech University, USA will co-organize ATNT 2011 with Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, India for three days, December 15-17. Over 125 papers spanning the entire textile supply chain will be presented over 16 sessions. Textile scientists from industry and academia from 8 countries will convene in the campus of Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, India.

Participants from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Kazakhstan, Japan, Taiwan, Germany and India will be at the ATNT-2011. Many leading textile companies and academia such as Porous Materials, Inc. Ithaca, USA, Enercon Industries, USA, Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd, Voltas Ltd, University Institute of Chemical Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, RMIT, Australia to a name a few are participating.

A special feature of this international event is the technical workshop on “Opportunities in Technical Textiles” conducted by the co-organizing secretary Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar of Texas Tech University, USA.

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Large RAMATEX Order for PAREX MATHER Singeing Machines

World-renowned RAMATEX Group has placed a major order for PAREXMATHER UNIVERSAL singeing machines to be installed at multiple sites in Malaysia and China. The order for an eventual total of eight machines was released by RAMATEX shortly after ITMA 2011 closed its doors.

For RAMATEX, this significant investment will further cement its globally leading position as highly efficient manufacturer of quality fabrics with a small carbon footprint.

“This significant order – coming so shortly after ITMA 2011 – confirms that our strategy of being ahead of our competition in terms of both burner technology and energy efficiency in an attractively priced package is as relevant today as it has ever been,” says PAREX MATHER Managing Director John Fletcher.

The agents of PAREX MATHER in Singapore and Malaysia are VENTEX PTE LTD.

PAREX MATHER LTD

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