Tekno will be back in January 2009

April 25, 2008 (UAE)
The International Technological Exhibition for Industrial Machinery (Tekno/Tube Arabia) is a multi trade panorama which features medium and heavy equipment/machines, tools and cutting edge industrial technology. Tekno will be back in January 11-14, 2009 at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre, UAE.

Tekno is the only specialized Industrial Machinery Show and the most established event of its kind in the Middle East Region.

It attracts thousands of trade visitors from the Gulf, North Africa, the Indian Sub Continent and other part of the World.

Positioned to meet the challenges on the growing technology, Tekno is aimed to maintain higher productivity & better standard to meet the international demands.

The last edition of Tekno during January 13-16, 2007 attracts 179 companies from 11 countries with 9657 registered visitors.

We are happy to announce that Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, the company behind Tube and Wire Exhibitions in Germany, will be our overseas partner for the next edition of Tekno.

The manufacturing sector is a very important component of the Middle East economy, being a strong contributor to the region’s non-oil trade revenues. This thriving manufacturing sector helps boost the demand for machinery and the equipment sector.

According to industry sources, market demand for machinery and equipment in the Gulf region is growing at 20% per annum, reflecting the buoyancy in the manufacturing sector. Tekno provides an ideal platform for companies to source their growing requirements.

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COMEZ to present three models at ITMA ASIA + CITME

April 24, 2008 (Italy)
COMEZ is a global leader in advanced narrow fabric technology, offering a complete range of crochet knitting machines, weaving needle looms, double needle bed warp knitting machines and software for pattern programming - used to produce a broad range of laces and bands for underwear, ribbons for clothing, technical textiles, passementerie, fancy yarns and fabrics for outerwear.

From the extensive line of crochet machines, that well highlight the excellence of COMEZ technology, at the ITMA ASIA + CITME 2008 trade fair 3 models will be presented, featuring the application of newly engineered solutions aimed at maximizing production efficiency and flexibility.

COMEZTRONIC CT-16B/600 is an electronic crochet knitting machine with 16 weft pattern bars, designed for the production of an extensive range of high-quality and very complex laces, bra-straps and flounces, both elastic and non-elastic.

The electronic drive is applied not only to the weft bars, but to all the feeders (weft, warp, elastic yarns) and the finished product take-down, thus allowing for the possibility of different stitch density values (stitches/cm) on a single product, as well as different values for weft/warp feeding and elasticity.

Continued testing and research have resulted in the elimination of problematic vibrations of the bars, which now perform only a transversal, and no longer a vertical movement.

These engineering and design changes make it possible to work easily with as many as 16 weft bars. A high number of bars and electronic operating system allow for elaborate patterns to be created, with very long pattern repeats.

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DTG 2009 to showcase new technology

April 24, 2008 (Bangladesh)
If you wish to reach out to the textile and garment machinery & accessories market in South Asia, Dhaka Int'l Textile & Garment Industry Exhibition 2009 is the definitive gateway to provide you with excellent quality and high-effectiveness one-stop selling and sourcing platform.

Riding on the resounding success of DHAKA TEXTILE & GARMENT 2008, Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) and ES EVENT MANAGEMENT SDN BHD. announce the holding of The 6th DHAKA TEXTILE & GARMENT 2009 (DTG 2009) with the ultimate aim to offer an ideal platform to demonstrate new products and exploit business opportunities.

The event is designed to be the trendsetter for the industry player to showcase new technology, state-of-the-art equipments, materials and services, as well as an excellent avenue for international suppliers and visitors to expand business to the lucrative market and accelerate Bangladeshi technological advances that will impart effective quality, high speed and competitive cost to gain that all important edge in textile & garments industry.

Venue: Bangladesh-China Friedship Conference Center, Dhaka
Show Date: Feb 8 - 11, 2009
Time: 12:00 - 20:00 Daily
Admission: Trade Visitors and Professionals Only.
The 6th DHAKA TEXTILE & GARMENT 2009

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9th Coatema Conferences to be held in October

April 22, 2008 (Germany)
The COATEMA Symposia have become an important appointment on the agenda of experts and opinion-makers in the area of coating technology.

Basic researchers, process engineers, machine builders, experts in production and marketing as well as in product development meet every year in Dormagen on the Rhine to exchange opinions, keep contacts and make new ones.

As the city of Dormagen is conveniently situated near the highway A57 and the international airports of Düsseldorf and Cologne/Bonn, a timesaving journey is possible.

Lecturers from industry, sciences, and commerce will talk about the latest developments and will also get new ideas from the international audience.

Since 2005, the lectures have been held in English. Each participant will get a handout with all lectures. Directly after the speeches, their issues are being demonstrated in practice in the COATEMA coating lab which houses 10 pilot plants and 1 production plant in working widths of 250mm to 2000mm and 38 possible application systems on a surface of 1500m².

This unique combination of theory and practice has become characateristic for COATEMA´s symposia. Join the informal atmosphere and the high specialist level of this high-class event.

The 9th Coatema Conferences will be held on 8th and 9th of October 2008. Soon we will inform you here regarding the lectures and the subjects of their speeches.
Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH

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Preview of latest textile products collection in Shanghai

April 22, 2008 (China)
A venue to provide one-stop sourcing of the latest top-quality collections of textile products and the most up-to-date fashion trends, combined with international standard Korean textile technology.

Preview in SHANGHAI 2008 details:
• Preview in SHANGHAI 2008(Korea Textile & Apparel Show)
• Venue: Shanghai Mart
• Period: 22(Tue.) ~ 24(Thu.) April, 2008 (2009 Spring/Summer)
• Opening Hour: 09:00 ~ 17:00
• Scale: 150 Exhibitors / 400 Booths
• Buyers: Approx. 30,000 Buyers
• Programs: Exhibition / Fashion Shows / Seminars
• Organizer: Korea Federation of Textile Industries (KOFOTI)
• Sponsors: Korean Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Energy(MOCIE), Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA)
• Groups of Exhibits:
- Apparel: Women's wear, Men's wear, Casual wear, Sports wear, Kids wear,Inner wear, Furs, Leather, Wedding
- Trimmings & Accessories: Trimmings, Accessories, Embroidery, Hat, Necktie, Scarf, Shoes, Etc.
- Materials, Fiber, Yarn, Fabrics, Home Textile, Textile Machinery, Fashion Consulting, IT

A window for business contacts between Chinese buyers and Korean exporters equipped with well-established business skills and insight into the textile and fashion industries.

Establishment of a cooperative foundation for the Korean-Chinese textile industries to proceed as business partners and lead the Asian fashion industry in the 21 century.
Korea Federation of Textile Industries (KOFOTI)

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JEC is very successful for Coatema

April 22, 2008 (France)
The increasing demand for impregnation and coating machinery for prepregs at Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH led to the decision to take part as an exhibitor.

The trend towards flexible, multifunctional coating machines fort he production of various prepreg products made out of Rovings, textiles and multiaxial structures shows a worldwide increasing demand.

The combination of fibres like Carbon, Glass and Kevlar with epoxies for the use in fibre reinforced plastics for lightweight products in the aero-space, sports and automotive industries gains more and more of importance.

Users choose composite materials due to the characteristics of weight, high strength and economical use of material. As a result of the extreme differences of individual products, the expectations on production machines are also very high.

Due to its decades of experience, Coatema is in the position to offer highly innovative machine concepts. These concepts were very successfully transformed to each customer’s specific need.

That way Coatema is able to offer any machine starting from laboratory-size, flexible pilot lines to multifunctional production lines.

The individual processes can be tested and verified at the Coatema r&d centre before the layout of a machine is finalized.

Here Coatema sees itself as a manufacturer of customer orientated solutions challenged, to construct and produce coating and impregnation machines, which are designed for a specific product.

As a result, the exhibition JEC 2008 in Paris was very successful for Coatema, since a lot of professional inquiries were received from many different branches of the industry, as well as, from research institutes.
Coatema even received an order for a pilot plant. Therefore Coatema will definitely take part in the next years JEC exhibition.
Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH

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Indian Technical Textiles market to grow four times by 2020

April 21, 2008 (India)

“Indian Technical Textiles market is set to grow by more than 4 times to $37bn in the next 12 years i.e. by 2020”, estimates FICCI – Technopak Report on ‘Indian Technical Textiles Industry: Stimulating Demand and Promoting Development’.

The report pointed out that the growth of Indian market for technical textiles, currently at $ 8.3 billion and growing at a healthy pace of 11.25%, is hindered by lack of product standards; R&D facilities and innovative technologies; inadequate regulatory measures in various application areas for ensuring use of technical textiles at par with developed countries; lack of economies of scale; inadequate testing facilities and skilled work force.

These deficiencies that are holding down the growth of different sectors of technical textiles have been spotlighted by a FICCI-Technopak Report prepared for the FICCI Conference of Indian Technical Textiles Industry to be held in the capital on April 22, 2008.

The conference will be inaugurated by Mr Shankersinh Vaghela, Union Minister of Textiles and addressed, amongst others, by Mr V Govindarajan, Member-Secretary, National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC); Mr A K Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles and Dr C S Gokhale, Chairman, FICCI Taskforce on Technical Textiles.

Leading industry professionals and senior government officials dealing with technical textiles will deliberate on issues confronting the industry at the day-long conference.

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Zhangjiagang Dacheng to present at ITMA ASIA+CITME

April 21, 2008 (China)
Zhangjiagang Dacheng Textile Machinery Co Ltd will attend the ITMA ASIA+CITME ASIA 2008 in Shanghai at New International Expo Center on July 27 to 31 2008.

The company will take one combing machine at ITMA ASIA+CITME in Shanghai (Booth Number : W1B08).

Zhangjiagang Dacheng Textile Machinery Co Ltd, founded in 1988, begins with dealing with second hand textile machineries. It has subsidiary companies, such as Textile Machinery Manufacturing, etc. We have the assets of over RMB200 million.

The ITMA ASIA + CITME 2008 show is jointly owned by the European textile machinery association CEMATEX and a Chinese consortium (CCPIT sub-council of Textile Industry, CTMA - China Textile Machinery Association -, and CIEC - China International Exhibition Centre Group Corp).

The partnership brings together the technological power of the CEMATEX countries in Europe and the massive market for textile innovation provided by Chinese textile producers.
Zhangjiagang Dacheng Textile Machinery Co Ltd

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Industry to anticipate a robust showing in 2009 TTNA

April 19, 2008 (USA)

The fifth edition of Techtextil North America (TTNA), the international trade show for technical textiles and nonwovens, took place April 1-3 at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Georgia.

The show hosted 310 exhibitors representing 21 countries, while the total verified registration reached 3,711 from 39 countries. The show welcomed nine international pavilions from Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy (two pavilions – fabrics/nonwovens and machinery), Portugal, Taiwan and Turkey.

“Our exhibitors and attendees alike commented repeatedly on the point that Techtextil North America provides them a unique opportunity to connect and get business done, all in one place, over three days’ time,” said David Audrain, president of Messe Frankfurt USA.

“This level of value results from bringing together a variety of industry segments, products and services from across the globe.”

Techtextil North America 2008 attracted an eclectic group of researchers, manufacturers and product specifiers and provided them with an internationally recognized Symposium program and industry-leading exhibitors, spanning more square feet of exhibition space than ever before.

Techtextil North America continues to exceed attendee expectations. Simply put, “The key is seeing what’s new, and we are,” said Rieter Corporation’s Tim Hockney.

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160 Italian exhibitors to be on hand at ITMA ASIA + CITME

April 19, 2008 (China)

With just a few months to go before the next ITMA ASIA + CITME, to be held in Shanghai from July 27 to July 31, 2008, it appears Italy’s textile machinery manufacturers will be among the most numerous and well represented, testifying the Country’s leadership position among textile technology suppliers.

160 Italian exhibitors will be on hand at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2008, occupying an overall exhibition area of some 7200 sq. meters; 76 Italian manufacturers will be presenting their products within the Italian Clusters area, organized by ACIMIT (Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers) and Italian Institute for Foreign Trade.

The three Italian Clusters will be located in the spinning pavilion (W2), weaving pavilion (E6) and finishing machinery pavilion (E1). Overall, Italian Clusters will be occupying an area of around 2200 sq. mts.

ACIMIT’s president, Paolo Banfi, declares himself optimistic with respect to the Chinese trade exhibit. “ITMA ASIA + CITME is a merger of two very successful trade fairs, ITMA ASIA and CITME, both well established by now with the Asian public. China, of course, is the world’s largest market for textile machinery: Chinese imports in 2007 exceeded 9 billion US$. This is yet another plus for the success of ITMA ASIA + CITME.”

The number of Italian exhibitors and the surface area they will occupy are by far greater than for the ITMA ASIA 2005 edition. “The response of our manufacturers to the change in location could not be more positive” continues Banfi.

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USTER® TESTER 5 by Uster - Product Focus

The importance of quality control in yarn manufacturing is magnified when the end-use is a high-cost product such as the currently-popular denim jeans with slub yarns. For these latest-fashion garments, the yarns must appear irregular, yet retain precise and consistent control over quality - which means fewer complaints and ultimately more profit.

USTER^® - the world-leading supplier of total quality solutions from fiber to fabric - has tackled this requirement with the launch of a novel system which analyses slub yarn quality. The new USTER^® Fancy Yarn Profile for the renowned USTER^® TESTER 5 uses a unique measuring method which makes it easier than ever before to obtain all the quality-relevant information for slub yarns, while maintaining the high standards of precision and reliability for which the USTER^® TESTER family is acknowledged.

Brilliant testing - superior analysis

For years the USTER^® TESTER has been synonymous with quality management in staple yarns, rovings and slivers. The new USTER^® TESTER 5-S800 measures the most important quality parameters - such as evenness and yarn imperfections - with high precision at an unbelievable testing speed of 800 m/min. Doubling the previously-attainable test speed to 800 m/min also allows the sample throughput to be almost doubled as well. The customer can use this additional test capacity either to test all spinning positions more quickly, or to test the same number of samples with a longer test length, giving statistically more significant results. Even at this tremendous speed, the S800 enables reproducible measurements at all time.

FM Sensor - classification of foreign fibers

Foreign fibers are now one of the major problems in spinning mills. Here the USTER^® TESTER 5-S800 writes a new chapter in measuring technology. The system detects and classifies foreign fibers in the same operation as all the other quality parameters. If cops contaminated with foreign fibers are tested in the laboratory, any foreign matter problem will show up within only few kilometers of yarn. With the FM Sensor, the USTER^® TESTER 5-S800 offers the most comprehensive quality control there has ever been.

Unique sensor technology - gives the advantages

Factors such as hairiness, diameter variation, shape and density - as well as soiling caused by trash and dust - influence the quality of yarns in woven and knitted fabrics. In most cases, a single measurement technology alone is not sufficient to judge yarn quality. Only by combining a number of different sensor technologies can the full quality picture be assessed. Using both capacitive and optical sensors, the USTER^® TESTER 5-S800 measures all the necessary criteria and offers an optimal analysis of both yarn quality and the spinning process. Yarn manufacturers and yarn finishers profit from the unique USTER^® TESTER measurements, which are recognized as an international quality criterion.

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Texworld Worldwide Textile 'Rendez-vous' fair from Sept 22

April 18, 2008 (France)
Texworld Worldwide Textile "Rendez-vous" exhibition is scheduled to be held on 22 – 25 September 2008 at Paris Le Bourget.

Visitor target group:
Manufacturers of clothing, Fabric Manufacturers, Private Label, Textile Retailers and Wholesalers, Garment Retailers and Wholesalers, Mail-order, Large scale retailing, Chain store, Department Store, Trading Companies, Agents, Designers, Buying Offices, Sales Representatives.

Product groups:
Texworld Fabrics: Silk, Silky aspects, Wool, Cotton, Shirting, Knitted, Prints, Denim, Linen, Functional Fabrics, Embroidery / Lace, Accessories, Yarns, Fibers, Full Package. Texworld Clothing: Ladieswear, Menswear, Children and Infants’ wear, Sport and Casual Wear, Swimwear and Lingerie, Textile Fashion Accessories, Garment made from functional and eco fabrics. Design – Style – Trends, Trade Publisher, Textile Machinery, Logistics and supply chain management.

Texworld Clothing reflects the most dynamic Ready-to-Wear in the world, complementing Texworld Fabrics, the world meeting-place for Fabrics: 1 show, almost 950 exhibitors, 2 complementary themes, 4 days.
Messe Frankfurt GmbH

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interpack to celebrate its 50th anniversary

April 17, 2008 (Germany)
From 24 to 30 April 2008, the international packaging industry will get together in Düsseldorf at the biggest interpack event ever staged – that much is already certain from the current level of registrations. Exhibitors and visitors will benefit from the additional floor space in the new Hall 8b. Spread across 19 halls, interpack will fill the Düsseldorf Trade Fair Center to capacity.

Launched in 1958, interpack will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a fair of superlatives. A new record in terms of participations is also expected – based on current assessments, the figures promise to top the highly successful interpack 2005 performance.

“The interpack 2008 concept responds to the needs of a market which is at present developing very positively. This is evident not only in the increased size of traditional exhibitors’ stands but also in the large number of companies that will be making their first appearance at interpack,” commented Wilhelm Niedergöker, Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf.

On the industry’s pulse
Over interpack’s seven-day run, visitors will not only have the full encyclopaedia of the latest processes and packaging trends in such segments as foods and beverages, confectionery and baked goods, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, non-food consumer goods as well as industrial goods laid out before them, but also have opportunities to forge new contacts in the sector.

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GFT 2008 presents a golden opportunity for garment sector

April 17, 2008 (Thailand)
On 3 April 2008, GFT 2008 proudly presented Garment and Textile Industries Focus in Bangkok with the topic “Golden Opportunities for Thai Garment and Textile Industries under JTEPA” by Dr. Wilawan Mungkalatanakul , Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership (JTEP) Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Vilaivan Tapwongsri, Director, Bureau of Trade Preference, Ministry of Commerce and Mr. Chen Namchaisiri, Vice Chairman, The Thai Synthetic Fiber Manufacturers' Association.

Over 271 entrepreneurs and executives in garment and textile industries, members of association and organizations related to garment and textile industries and interested persons crowded the venue.

Besides the seminar, delegates could take a sneak preview of machinery and technologies presented by 25 exhibitors listed in GFT 2008.

The presentation files are downloadable here:
For the full-fledge seminars with more hot issues, the Garment and Textile Executive Forum featured in GFT 2008 from 3 to 6 July 2008 at BITEC, Bangkok will be another resource you cannot afford to miss!
GFT 2008

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Indian powerloom sector with special focus on powerloom cluster

Overview of the Indian Power Loom Sector:

India manufactures 5% of cloth through organized sector, 20% through Handloom sector, 15% through knitting sector and 60% of Indian cloth is produced through decentralized power loom sector.

The decentralized powerloom sector is the lifeline of Indian Textile Industry. India is having approximately 19.42 lakhs of powerlooms weaving almost 19,000 million meters of fabric, and provides employment to more than 7 million workers. The industry now produces wide range of fabrics ranging from grey, printed fabric, dyed fabric, cotton fabric, various mix of cotton, synthetic, and other fibres. The country exports Rs. 44,000 million worth of goods to countries like U.S.A., France, Germany, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Italy etc.

Although the growth of power loom industry was slow initially; it has started gearing up now. Number of shuttle less looms has augmented to almost 50,000 and from this about 35,000 looms are working in the decentralized sector.

Most of the Power loom units are concentrated in semi urban, or rural area. Among all; Maharashtra has highest number of powerlooms amounting to approximately 8 lakhs of powerloom, Tamilnadu is second with 5 lakh units, and Gujarat ranks third with 4to4.5 lakh worth of power looms.

A modern loom at a powerloom factory

Powerloom sector of Bhiwandi:

Bhiwandi, known for its powerlooms is situated at about 30 kilometers away from Mumbai in Maharashtra state. Bhiwandi is a key textile center of western India.

Bhiwandi has approximately 6 lakhs powerlooms, which is 33% of countrys total powerlooms. Turnover of this segment is projected to be around Rs. 10,000 Crore annually. With approximately 1.6 lakh customers this industry is spread across 700 sq. km of area. Bhiwandis powerlooms support family of about 15 lakh workers; most of them being migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Nearly 40 % of the national production from the powerloom sector is contributed by this township.

Although in its early years, Bhiwandi entered into cloth making business with Handlooms, it slowly transformed itself into powerlooms hub. Powerloom industry of Bhiwandi started blossoming fully during era of 80s.


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