Friday, October 24, 2008

Declining Export Trend In Taiwan Textile Machinery

The Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI) revealed statistics according to which, machinery exports of Taiwan amounted to US $8.557 billion in the first half of this year, up 12.4 percent than in the same period last year.

The category of machine tools ranked first in terms of largest export items, with export value reaching US $1.921 billion, up 20.8 percent over the previous year. Special purpose machinery stood at the second place earning $679.93 million, up by 20.2 percent.

Textile machineries fetched $273.667 million, down by 16.4 percent while the category of sewing machines brought revenues amounting to $188.952 million, up 1.2 percent. Even leather and shoes making machineries earned $44.234 million, surging by 28 percent.

In terms of the largest export markets for these products, Hong Kong and mainland China together ranked first by consuming $2.47 billion worth of products from Taiwan in the first half of this year, representing a rise of 4.5 percent and accounting for 28.9 percent of the total exports.

US ranked second with $1.265 billion, down 0.9 percent and commanding 14.8 percent of the aggregate exports followed by Japan at the third place with $497.32 million, up 4.9 percent and accounting for 5.8 percent. The fourth place went to Vietnam with $341.16 million, up 53.8 percent while Germany stood fifth with $320.97 million, up 30.7 percent. Thailand was the sixth-largest export outlet with $266.45 million, up 0.3 percent.

Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Italy, Turkey, South Korea, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Singapore, Brazil, Canada, Australia, France, Spain, Finland, United Arab Emirate, the Philippines, Russia, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia were some of the other key export destinations for Taiwanese machineries.



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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Textile Machinery Sees 51% Drop In Import Orders

In less than ten month the German textile machinery industry has experienced a downturn in incoming orders hardly conceivable quite recently. In the period from January to July 2008 altogether 42 percent less orders have been registered than in the same period 2007.

For spinning machinery the drop even totalled 51 percent. Due to this bad order situation, several companies already had to take drastic measures such as staff reductions and short-time work. "Business with textile machinery always has undergone cyclical fluctuations, but what happens actually is the strongest slump since World War II," states Fritz P. Mayer, Chairman of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association and Managing Partner of Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH, Obertshausen.

There is no sign at all that the sector will recover soon. The uncertainty on the finance markets on the one hand and the dependence of the textile industry on state subsidies in many parts of the world on the other hand, impede a well-founded prognosis. The VDMA Textile Machinery Association had to correct its sales forecast really dramatically to minus 25 percent.

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Monday, October 20, 2008

No Short Term Arrangement To Boost Crop Size - Dr Neil Forrester


Australian entomologist Dr Neil Forrester recently visited Karachi Cotton Association on Tuesday the October 14, who was scheduled to brief his opinion on cotton situation in Pakistan to the major stack holders in this trade. He also paid a visit to All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA).

During the meet, Dr Forrester declined any short term arrangement for enhancing the crop size in the country and discussed in detail about bad impacts of the bureaucratic behavior in country's top machinery and less commitment with country's larger interests.

The entomologist observed that multinational companies are not contributing their part to increase the crop size and not investing required money into the R&D (research & development) into the new seeds verities and better yieldage.

Dr Forrester further said, “Government must go for legislation of copy right and other patent issues to secure the interests of multinational companies to introduce new seed verities more resistant to weather impacts and pest attacks.”

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Saturday, October 18, 2008

Ozone Cracking In Drafting Aprons

Introduction

Ozone

Ozone (O3) is a triatomic molecule, consisting of three oxygen atoms. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic O2. Ground-level ozone is an air pollutant with harmful effects on the respiratory systems of animals. Ozone in the upper atmosphere filters potentially damaging ultraviolet light from reaching the Earth's surface. It is present in low concentrations throughout the Earth's atmosphere. It has many industrial and consumer applications. Ozone, the first allotrope of a chemical element to be recognized by science, was proposed as a distinct chemical compound by Christian Friedrich Schnbein in 1840, who named it after the Greek word for smell (ozein), from the peculiar odor in lightning storms. The formula for ozone, O3, was not determined until 1865 by J.L.Soret and confirmed by Schnbein in 1867.The odor from a lightning strike is from ions produced during the rapid chemical changes, not from the ozone itself.


Ozone layer

The highest levels of ozone in the atmosphere are in the stratosphere, in a region also known as the ozone layer between about 10 km and 50 km above the surface (or between 6.21 and 31.1 miles). Here it filters out photons with shorter wavelengths (less than 320 nm) of ultraviolet light, also called UV rays, (270 to 400 nm) from the Sun that would be harmful to most forms of life in large doses. These same wavelengths are also among those responsible for the production of vitamin D, which is essential for human health. Ozone in the stratosphere is mostly produced from ultraviolet rays reacting with oxygen:

O2 + photon (radiation<>

O + O2 → O3

It is destroyed by the reaction with atomic oxygen:

O3 + O → 2 O2

The latter reaction is catalyzed by the presence of certain free radicals, of which the most important are hydroxyl (OH), nitric oxide (NO) and atomic chlorine (Cl) and bromine (Br). In recent decades the amount of ozone in the stratosphere has been...........


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Friday, October 17, 2008

USTER Brings ‘Think Quality’ Concept At ITME India

The 8th India International Textile Machinery Exhibition (INDIA ITME 2008) is to be held from 15th to 22nd November 2008 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), India. The exhibition will give an opportunity to the participants and business visitors to access the new technology and developments in textile production and operations.

The ”Think Quality” concept devised by USTER, takes an all-round approach to the improvement of quality throughout the textile process sequence, from fiber to end-product, combining leading-edge equipment with USTER’s unrivalled expertise, to meet the most stringent needs of customers all along the chain.

USTER Booth at ITME: Hall 3 / Booth B104

Signposting “The Way to Think Quality” are five core elements:


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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

High Raw Material Prices To Hit Uster’s Sales

Unexpected Deterioration in Economic Situation - 2008 revenue expected to be around CHF 150 million, Strong EBITA margins of 22% - 24%

Uster Technologies Ltd, the leading high technology instrument manufacturer of products for quality measurement & certification for the textile industry, announced an update on its 2008 outlook.

At the half year, declines in consumer spending, strong currencies (China and India), high raw material prices and over-supply of yarn were having an impact on Uster Technologies’ client base, which were reflected in significantly reduced investments in production machinery.

Nevertheless,investments in testing systems were still at good levels. However, the recent deterioration of the world’s finance and banking sector has had major impacts on economies worldwide, which was not foreseen at the half year.

This results in a negative impact on Uster’s customers’ investment plans and along with restricted ability to obtain credit, has led to a further decline in demand for machinery as well as testing systems. As a consequence, for the full year 2008, Uster Technologies expects revenues to be around CHF 150 million (compared to CHF 187 million in the previous year).

In spite of the demanding economic situation, the Company’s flexible business model & low cost base allows Uster Technologies to keep its strong EBITA margin in the range of 22% – 24%. The net result is expected still to increase significantly compared to the previous year.

This improvement is mainly due to a lower cost level, lack of one-time items and a decrease in interest expense following the refinancing after last year’s IPO.


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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Staple Fibre Sizing Range By Prashant Group

Technical Specifications

Beam Creel

Maximum No. of Beams
Section Beam Flange Diameter
Brake
Layout

30
800 mm/1000 mm/1250 mm
Band Brake/Shoe Brake
Stationary/Magazine in the Module of 4

Size Box

No. of Boxes
Sizing system

up to 4
Single dip - Single nip or Double dip - Double nip

Dryer

No. of Cylinders


Layout

up to 24 drying Cylinders. Predryer in the multiples of 4 to 6, and final Dryer having 4/6 or 8 cylinders.
Many Options in Vertical/Horizontal configuration available.

Beam Winder

Working width
Beam flange diameter
Max. Yarn Speed
Carriage
Tension
Doffing

1800 mm to 4000 mm
up to 1250 mm
150 Meters per minute
Both side motorised
Auto Control
Automatic Hydraulic Beam Doffing

Beam Creel:

  • Structural steel construction.
  • Large steel floor brackets for rigidity.
  • Guide rollers for separation of warp sheet and for yarn placement.
  • Predetermine tension value is maintained from full to empty beam.
  • Pneumatic shoe brake for uniform beam tension control.

Size Box:

  • PLC Based controls for size box.
  • Separate motors & drives for size rolls.
  • Size rolls, S.S. claded on steel tubes having thick walls to prevent undue deflection
  • Positive drive for minimum yarn stretch at the entry to the vat.
  • Linear speed of the size applicator roll is precisely regulated through inverter drive to follow the linear speed of the machine and control elongation at minimum value.
  • Indirect and direct heating to prevent undue dilution of size.
  • External size circulation system with filtering is provided to remove the size lumps.


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Monday, October 13, 2008

Cairo To Host French-Egyptian Seminar On Textile Machinery

French-Egyptian Seminar on Textile Machinery will be held at Nile Hilton, Cairo, on October 22, 2008.

It was announced that the seminar is organized by UCMTF, the French Textile Machinery Manufacturers' association, in collaboration with Ubifrance, the French agency for international business development, and the Economic Department of the Embassy of France in Egypt.

ECTI (Egyptian Chamber of Textile Industries), IMC (Industrial Modernisation Center) and CAFE (French-Egyptian Chamber of commerce) have also supported this event.

Many French and Egyptian companies related to textile machinery business are expected to be present at the inauguration. Mr Rashid Mohamed Rashid, Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry, and Mr Jean Felix-Paganon, Ambassador of France, are expected to do the honours.

Around ten important French companies are likely to attend the seminar to present their products and share technological know-how. Firms will offer equipments, services for maintenance, output optimization and modernization of the existing equipments.


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Saturday, October 11, 2008

French Egyptian Seminar On Textile Machinery Manufacturers

Mr Rashid Mohamed Rashid, minister of Trade and Industry, and Mr Jean Felix-Paganon, Ambassador of France, will start a French Egyptian seminar on textile machinery


This is to be started in presence of numerous French and Egyptian companies as well as experts and businessmen dealing with textile and related machinery.

Hassan Behnam, Head of Ubifrance regional press office, announced that the seminar is organized by UCMTF, the French Textile Machinery Manufacturers' association, in collaboration with Ubifrance, the French agency for international business development, and the Economic Department of the Embassy of France in Egypt, with the support of ECTI (Egyptian Chamber of Textile Industries), IMC and the CAFÉ.

The most top ten important French companies will attend the seminar to present their products and know-how and their renovated and modernized technical expertise in the textile industrial domain, offering equipments, maintenance services, output optimization and modernization of the existing equipments.

As part of french textile machinery manufacturers that have established a firm foothold on the international markets, the 10 french companies will also analyze the recent market trends, give suggestions and propose technical solutions to their egyptian counterparts in order to enhance the competitiveness of the Egyptian textile industry in sectors such as cotton and natural fibres, recycling, carpet yarn processing, technical and nonwoven textiles, dyeing and finishing and air conditioning equipments for textile factories.

According to Behnam, the added value of the seminar lies in the fact that France is the third largest exporter of textile machinery in the European Union and the fifth in the world. Having dominant positions in their specialties, the 10 French companies that will participate at the event on October 22nd aim at presenting themselves as true partners of the Egyptian textile industry, thus contributing to its development and provide answers to the needs and requirements of this important industrial sector in Egypt that looks forward to take up the challenges of globalization on domestic as well as international markets.

Source: Ameinfo & yarnsandfibers.com


Tuesday, October 7, 2008

'Indian Textile Machinery Market Down Temporarily' - Rieter India


TEI industry of India is feeling heat of slow down in textile field. Demand for textile machinery has come down as most of textile companies are either abandoning expansion plans or closing down their units. Textile industry apart from other ailing factors like instability in currency, rising raw material prices is also affected by USA market slowdown as India exports approximately 35% of its textiles output to USA.

According to data provided by council China is also experiencing reverse trend in investment of fixed assets. All these factors are resulting in reduced exports of textile machinery. According to some industry experts, growth of Indian textile machinery industry drop from 26% to only 7%.

Fibre2fashion had dialogue with Mr. Michael Enderle, Chairman - Rieter India and Head of Business Group India, and asked for his insights on current situation of textile Machinery industry

Fibre2fashion: How Indian Textile Machinery Market is performing in recent times?

Mr. Enderle: The textile machinery market in India is facing a temporary downturn which was caused by currency situation, drastic increase in raw material inputs and slower demand from US and European markets. Our customers also faced infrastructure deficiencies like power shortages and lack of availability of skilled manpower to run their units in an optimal manner.

Globally too, Rieter Group faces the effects of the cyclical downturn in the textile machinery markets. Rieter Group considers India as one of its key markets and serves its customers through Rieter India to reaffirm its commitment to the Indian market. Rieter is able to maintain its strong market position by virtue of its strong brand, good products, global presence and a committed workforce.


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Saturday, October 4, 2008

Textile Machinery Leaders To Participate In INDIA-ITME Show



French textile machinery manufacturers will welcome their customers and potential customers at next INDIA-ITME (November 15-22), the major textile event in 2008 in India. “They are not just participating in this show but have a long term approach of this strategic market” says Evelyne Cholet, the Secretary General of their association, UCMTF.

In 2007, for example, with the support of the Indian Textile Associations like the Textile Association of India (TAI) and the Federation of All India Textile Manufacturers Associations (FAITMA), UCMTF organized two very successful seminars in New Delhi (Hyatt Regency) and Mumbai (The Leela) during which six workshops analyzed the market trends, the business opportunities and offered technical solutions for enhancing the competitiveness of the Indian textile industry.

Evelyne Cholet adds “at INDIA ITME 2008 the Indian textile producers will have one more opportunity to discover the state of the art French offer, it is a major one as France is the 5th exporter of textile machinery worldwide with total exports of more than US$ 1 billion”.