Groz-Beckert receives environmental honours at ShanghaiTex 2011

Nowadays, textile manufacturers are interested to know and purchase energy-saving and environmental-friendly products. At textile machinery exhibitions in 2010, Groz-Beckert's litespeed needle became one of the focused products after it received a prestigious award in Germany in last April (2010).

Groz-Beckert is one of the key exhibitors of ShanghaiTex 2011 which will be held during Jun 14 –17, 2011 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, PR China. It is expected that Groz-Beckert's award-winning product and its latest innovations hit the market right and will become one of the focuses in Shanghaitex 2011.

Groz-Beckert describes that the litespeed needle is synonymous with precision and innovation in the best sense. "For the circular knitting machine, this means up to 20% lower temperature, less energy consumption, reduced oil requirement, minimized oil fogging and enormous carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction," the company said.

Tests found that if all relevant machines worldwide were equipped with litespeed needles, it would result in an annual CO2 reduction of over 457 million tonnes, according to Groz-Beckert.

The company was awarded the KYOCERA Environment Prize in 2010, which is one of the highest-value competitions for environmental protection in Germany stressing innovation, market potential, environmental relief and also transferability to other companies.
"Groz-Beckert is committed to assuming responsibility for conserving resources and preserving an intact environment, for present as well as future generations." Edelgard Keinath, Corporate Services, Public Relations & Advertising, said.

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CIRCOT & Fibre2fashion to host Business Development Programme on Cotton Technology

When Government research institution joins hand with private sector to start playing the role of incubator of entrepreneurial projects, then businesses are definitely bound to go places, benefiting all.

Zonal Technology Management and Business Planning & Development unit at Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology (CIRCOT), Mumbai in association with Fiber2fashion is jointly organizing one day Business Development Programme for “ Cotton Technologies” on January 7, 2011 at Ahmedabad.

Announcing this, Dr P R Roy, Director, Fibre2fashion.com said, “In India, CIRCOT today is a premier cotton research organization. Their pioneering research right up to the entire textile value chain is indeed commendable and needs to be taken to the market place.”

He adds, “Fibre2Fashion offers its business networking platform to connect CIRCOT with the industry whereby its research can be commercially exploited to benefit the cotton sector at large. Last month, Fibre2Fashion hosted the International Trade Centre (ITC), Switzerland led 36 member study delegation from East African countries visiting Ahmedabad and its surrounding cotton belt. Here, too we leveraged our forte at business networking and connectivity to promote the burgeoning Indian cotton sector and its technologies to the African cotton sector representatives whose industry has huge potential to grow by learning from our Indian experience.”

This Business Development Programme intends to bring technology and machinery suppliers, seed producers, pesticides manufacturers, cotton farmers and growers, ginners, spinners, weavers, allied value chain members and ICAR Scientists to discuss about the opportunities on setting up of knowledge based enterprises using agricultural technologies.

The BPD Units are also expected to promote entrepreneurial attitude and raise awareness about the technology driven business opportunities that the entrepreneurship can bring into the local business environment.

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Filtration 2010 brings the world of filtration to Philadelphia

The world of filtration came to Philadelphia earlier this month as crowded aisles and standing-room-only conference sessions combined to make the Filtration 2010 International Conference and Exposition the largest and most important filtration industry event in the world.

With the business of filtration continuing to play a vital role in the personal and business applications around the globe, Filtration 2010 drew 1400 attendees to the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Penn., November 30-December 2.

Living up to its reputation as the largest filtration industry event in the world, Filtration 2010 featured 129 total exhibitors. A total of 28 exhibitors were from outside of the United States and 17 were first-time exhibitors at a Filtration show.

“Attendees at Filtration 2010 were able to see and touch the latest developments in raw materials, machinery and finished products from both established and new companies from everywhere filtration products are made and used,” says Rory Holmes, President of INDA, Association of the Non woven Fabrics Industry, organizer of the annual event. “The future of the filtration industry was certainly on display at Filtration 2010.”

In addition to the Exposition, the well-attended three-day Filtration 2010 Conference focused on a number of vital topics to the business of filtration in 2010 and beyond. “The Conference
this year highlighted such vital topics as energy efficiency, sustainability and the environment, in addition to the latest product technology,” says INDA’s Technical Director, Steve Ogle. “It was the best place in the world this year for filtration executives to learn about the technical developments that will continue to drive this business in the 21st Century.”

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Brother International launches new series of embroidery machines

Brother International (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd intends to sell 100 units of each of its two new series of embroidery machines, PR-650 and PR-1000, and the embroidery software, PE-Design Next, each year.

Yoshiaki Otsuka, Director of the company, while speaking to the press at the launch of the machines, said that they are very much sure that the Malaysian market would positively welcome the two new series of machines.

Both the series of machines, he said, are so designed that it can arrange text, alter the size of designs, rotate patterns in one-degree increments and can also merge designs and insert letters. Over and above this, the size of these new machines have also been compressed which makes it a perfect choice for the home-based entrepreneurs who don’t have much space for production work, he stated.

The price range of these machines starts from RM 36,999 onwards and can be brought from the company’s authorized dealers. The machines have one year warranty.

The official also revealed that, the firm aims to boost its presence in the Malaysian market by 2011.

The launch of these new machines is reflective of the firm’s intention of further paving into the Malaysian textile and apparel industry, he said.

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EURATEX and CEMATEX announce R & D agreement

EURATEX – the European Apparel and Textile Confederation and CEMATEX – the European Textile Machinery Manufacturers Association have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Brussels. The agreement foresees a stronger collaboration of the two European industry bodies in fields such as research, technological development and innovations as well as the promotion of a positive forward-looking image of both industries with European policy makers as well as the general public.

In the presence of representatives of the two sectors, the respective presidents of the two organisations, Dr. Peter Pfneisl, EURATEX and Mr. Steve Combes, CEMATEX highlighted in their speeches the growing importance of research and technological innovation for the European textile, clothing and machinery industries for maintaining a competitive advantage in the global competition, cited several examples of past joint actions between the two industries and outlined concrete plans for future activities.

Closing his speech, Dr. Pfneisl said “I would like to ensure our colleagues from CEMATEX that the European textile and clothing industry will not stop in its relentless efforts to innovate in its products and processes to always remain one step ahead of our global competition. These innovations are unthinkable without the right machines and equipment with the right functionalities and capacities, available at the right time. We don’t see anybody better placed to provide us with these innovation tools than our colleagues from the European textile machinery industry and we look forward to fill this collaboration agreement at European level with a wealth of mutually beneficial activities for many years to come.”

Mr. Combes confirmed CEMATEX’s strong believe in the benefits of cooperation stating that “We are keen to participate in Euratex initiatives such as the European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing.

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Rieter’s Changzhou plant to meet demands of further development

On December 9th, Rieter will host a ceremony to celebrate the start of construction of the second plant at Changzhou. This opens a new chapter of Rieter’s activities in China. More than 100 distinguished guests from local authorities, association leaders and customers will be invited to attend the groundbreaking ceremony.

Rieter will establish a new plant in Changzhou some four kilometers close to the existing one. The new plant construction aims to support the growing demand for textile machinery and provide Rieter Textile Systems with in-depth technology for Chinese customers, covering all major products: from blowroom to cards, drawframes and combers, as well as ring spinning machine and rotor spinning machines.

The new plant is planned to further expand facilities up to approx. 60 000 m2 within the next few years. The first phase, around 17 000 m2, will be constructed in 2011 and is expected to begin operation in the 4th quarter of 2011.

Latest technology will be adopted in the new construction, which will ensure the state-of-the-art production and quality for Rieter customers. In addition, extension of customer services is planned in the new area.

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Upgrading of equipment at ATIRA will be taken care of – Jt Sec, MoT

The government plans to peg the non-plan expenditure grants, if not increase it and will be pegged at 2004-05 levels rather than reduce them by 10 percent per annum, which will help keep up the basic maintenance of machinery and equipments at institutions like ATIRA, informed Mr V Srinivas, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Textiles

Mr Srinivas spoke exclusively to fibre2fashion on the sidelines of the road show on extension of ‘Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks’ (SITPs) organised by the Union Ministry of Textiles in Ahmedabad on Friday.

Mr Srinivas was replying to a query posed by fibre2fashion on modernizing equipments and machinery at Ahmedabad Textile Research Association (ATIRA), when on a guided tour of the testing facilities of the institution.

Secondly, he continued, “Under the non-plan capital grants, funding under TRS has been coming down, as the government plans to peg the non-plan expenditure grants, if not increase it and will be pegged at 2004-05 levels rather than reduce them by 10 percent per annum.

“This will help take care of the basic maintenance, up-gradation and modernization of machinery and equipments at institutions like ATIRA, which operates under the Ministry of Textiles and under the plan, more number of visage projects will be sanctioned”, he added by saying.

When asked about the integrated skill development programme, he said, “The integrated skill development programme for which Rs 2.29 billion has been sanctioned will help provide a kind of financial base for a greater skill build up”.

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China keen on investing in Indonesian textile industry

Maoxin Ye, the Vice President of China Hi-tech Group Corporations, is excited regarding the setting up of a machine spare parts producing unit for textile industry in Indonesia. He said that, the company does not have any problem in transferring technology to the new plant, and is also capable of financing the project.

Unlike China which has 100 million mills, Indonesia just has eight mills. Therefore, China is interested in playing a significant part in Indonesia’s textile machine restructuring program.

Though, Maoxin did not disclose the quantum of investment, he was optimistic that the government will help the company with its plan, like by offering tax concessions and import duty subsidies. He further said that, the company expects the government to treat it like an Indonesian firm.

If China makes investment in machine assembling, textile machine production will no more be meant to fulfil the domestic demand, as the machines then would be exported to even other developing nations including India and Pakistan, which also position themselves as major producers of textiles.

The shift towards Chinese products is mainly attributable to good quality of machines which enables the producers to boost their production to the level like that of the producers in Europe and Japan. Besides, energy saving capacity of Chinese machines is also high. Thus, Indonesian government has called upon the Chinese investors to invest in the country, and thereby to help it with its plan of restructuring the industry.

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500 attendees at French textile machinery conferences in Syria and Turkey

Christian Guinet, Commercial Manager (Textile division) of Stäubli France had just been elected President of the French Association of Textile Machinery Manufacturers’ Promotion Commission when the two conferences organized by UCMTF in Syria and Turkey took place on October 19 and 21, 2010.

Together with Evelyne Cholet, the Secretary General, he headed the French delegation. After the events he stated “we organized these conferences because we recognize the importance of direct communication between our customers and the top management of our companies. We consider our customers as our partners and want to personally understand their needs. It was a real privilege to receive so many well-known companies, we are very rewarded with these conferences outcome and we look forward to meet all these dynamic companies again and again.”

Evelyne Cholet adds “to have a more direct and personal contact with our customers we organized two conferences on both sides of the Syrian-Turkish border: one in Aleppo (Syria) and one in Gaziantep (Turkey). This enabled us to focus on the particular specialities of each group and to offer our customers the opportunity to listen and speak in their own languages.”

The French delegation included: N. Schlumberger, Laroche, Asselin-Thibeau, Andritz Perfojet, SwissTex France, Superba, Stäubli, Ebelmann, Dollfus&Muller, AESA Air Engineering, Alliance Machines Textiles, Rousselet, Callebaut de Blicquy.

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YIWU H&G 2010 opens today

A showcase of the world’s best hosiery-cum-seamless-underwear machinery, parts and accessories The 11th China (Yiwu) International Exhibition on Hosiery, Knitting, Dyeing & Finishing Machinery (“YIWU H&G 2010”) opens today (Nov 24-26, 2010) at Yiwu International Expo Centre. The 4th China (Yiwu) International Exhibition on Narrow Fabric, Braiding Machienry & Garment Machinery is held concurrently.

The 3-day exhibition has attracted 130 quality exhibitors from 9 countries and regions including China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey which bring their latest and advanced machineries, equipments and technologies to the exhibition, innovating a grand gathering for knitting industry.

The organizers have invited many leading officers and representatives from various associations and organizations, including China Textile Commerce Association, Yiwu City People's Government, Hong Kong Productivity Council, China Textile Commerce Association China Underwear Committee, China Chamber of International Commerce Yiwu Chamber of Commerce, Yiwu City Hosiery Industry Association, Yiwu City Braiding Industry Association, Yiwu City Seamless Knitting Association, Yiwu City Zipper Industry Association, Yiwu City Garment Industry Association, Yiwu City Glove Industry Association and Pujiang County Knitting, Printing and Dyeing Industry Association, etc. to visit YIWU H&G 2010.

A Grand Textile Industry’s Gathering of Local & Overseas Enterprises
Benefited from the global economic recovery, the China’s textile industry has started to rebound gradually. However, due to the inflation of raw materials, increase of labour cost, the appreciation of RMB, etc., enterprises are still facing enormous pressure in the market. YIWU H&G has been regarded as the exhibition specializing in knitting machineries, especially on hosiery and seamless-underwear machineries; it catches global textile industry’s attention and maximizes the business matching opportunities between upstream and downstream corporations. YIWU H&G not only brings plenty of information and business opportunities, but also offer a high quality interactive platform for the industry.

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Coatema wins JEC Composites Innovation Award

Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH was awarded the JEC Composites Innovation Award for 2010 for Impregnating, Laminating and Calendering with maximum flexibility and process versatility in the patented Coatema Click&Coat machinery concept.

The prestigious prize was presented by Prof. Klaus Drechsler, of the University of Stuttgart, to Andrea Glawe, Deputy Sales Director of Coatema, during the annual JEC Composites 2010 event in Singapore.

When asked about the differences between the Click & Coat concept and conventional technologies Frau Glawe said, "The innovation in this concept is our modular approach designed for flexibility and future expansion."

Glawe explained that this not only includes quick change coating heads but also many critical process components which can be moved into position by a simple "click" and connected to a recently developed master control system.

Combinations of 40 different modules for various processes are possible without expensive and time consuming mechanical and electronic alternations.

Adjustable floor rollers on each module, the unique Click&Coat connector system and minimum cabling requirements make changes and expansions very user friendly.

This versatility provides for a maximum of process variants for coating, drying, curing, cleaning, calendaring and other critical process technologies. Combined with Coatema´s well-known changeable modular coating and printing systems the Click&Coat technology cannot be matched for flexibility and as such is well-deserved of the JEC Innovation Award 2010 in the “Process” category.

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Research project on 3D fibrin textiles for biomedical sector

The use of textiles in the medical sector has been expanding continuously for a number of years now, a high technology field of application whose economic viability is undisputed. Research in this area is currently extremely active, with countless ideas for innovative textiles designed to respond to the needs of the medical/hospital sector.

One interesting project in course, dubbed "PANAGENESI," aims to optimize the implanting of human pancreatic islands through the use of fibrin scaffold. This project is financed by the Region of Lombardy and is being developed by five different entities bringing together their respective know-how and multi-sector expertise.

Among the research partners are three Italian manufacturers operating in the textile sector: TORCITURA DI MENAGGIO - a silk yarn twisting company; GAETANO ROSSINI HOLDING - specializing in the production of 3D fabrics; and COMEZ, based in Cilavegna (PV), a global leader in the manufacturing of narrow fabric technology machinery. These manufacturers are partnering their efforts with the STAZIONE SPERIMENTALE PER LA SETA [EXPERIMENTAL SILK CENTRE], one of Italy’s most renowned research centres specializing in the textile sector, and Milan’s Niguarda Ca’ Granda hospital, which is Italy’s most important medical research centre in the field of histotherapy, focusing on in vitro regeneration of human tissue.

Also involved in this project are the Diabetes Research Center of the University of Miami in Florida, a world renowned centre researching and experimenting with treatments for diabetes patients, headed by an Italian researcher, Dr. Camillo Ricordi.

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Recovery for textile machinery slows, but doesn’t stop

Over the third quarter of 2010, orders for Italy’s textile machinery manufacturers slowed their course somewhat, following the steady recovery under way during the year’s first two quarters.

According to economic trend surveys conducted by ACIMIT (the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers), orders of textile machinery for both the domestic and foreign markets appear to have dropped off compared to the previous quarter (-17% and –2% respectively). The total value generated is 152.7, a 4% decrease with respect to the second quarter, but remains nonetheless higher than values recorded in 2009.

The race to attain order placements matching pre-crisis levels thus appears to have been momentarily put on hold this past quarter. Abroad, the slowdown effectively seems to be just a pause, following strong growth in orders recorded between end of 2009 and the first few months of 2010.

“The worst of the crisis is now behind us - declares Salmoiraghi, the President of ACIMIT- but there’s still a great deal of uncertainty for the future. The euro’s continued strength and higher prices for raw materials are obviously worrisome signs for manufacturers, and especially for exporters, as is the case for companies in our sector”.

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Igmatex provides platform for 45 plus participants

Igmatex fair, one of the leading trade exhibitions and event organizers in India hosted the 6th Technology show at Kanpur from 23-25 oct. 2010 at Brijendra Swaroop Park. Igmatex Fair provided a platform for 45 plus participants such as Piyush machineries, IIGM, Juki, Mehala Machines, Indian Sewing machine Co., Inside, Somaya machines, Usha International Ltd, NISI, rattan Glitters, Excel Overseas, JC Enterprises, Swati Overseas, Needle & Eliments, Arun Electronics, JV Plastics, Ramsons, Fonaco, Sunstar, Jap Stretch, Genious Traders, Quality Traders, Pack prints, Super Lab, R K Threads etc, in the presence of Media partners like, Apparel Online, Apparel Views, Communion, Fashion Era, Foot wear Today, Hosiery Times, Igmatex, garment Line, Trade India.com.

• Leather wear and Footwear wear market is rapidly growing in kanpur approx 10% to 15% every year.
• Domestic garment market is growing at a higher rate of 20 %
• The technological development in industry reported high growth in Innerwear, Kids wear, Women’s Men’s wear , Work wear & Uniforms.
• Kanpur has a potential to increase its leather export share in world trade.

The representatives and stalwarts from Leather, apparel retail industry as well as representatives from the various Institutes, Associations, MSME (Ministry of Industry, Govt of India), Textle Committee, NITRA, GCTTI, visited the exhibition and saw live demonstrations of the machines. Some visitors also came from Roorkee, Meerut, Delhi, Agra, Lucknow and Varanasi.

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Release of Cyclone L 1000 Forcespinning System

FibeRio Technology Corporation – The Force For Nanofibers - is announcing the launch of the first ever nanofiber production equipment utilizing Forcespinning Technology at the Filtration 2010 and Materials Research Society conference in Philadelphia and Boston, respectively, from November 30 - December 2. The Cyclone L 1000 series produces nanofibers with average diameters of 500nm and below and it features solution and melt spinning capabilities. It is the best opportunity to participate in the nanofiber revolution.

Forcespinning is an award winning technology that utilizes centrifugal force to spin nanofibers, nanowires, and nanorods. In 2010, Forcespinning received the Silver Award at the World’s Best Technology Showcase and was recognized by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers as a 2010 Innovation That Could Change the Way You Manufacture.

“As an equipment company, FibeRio is proud to deliver Forcespinning to advanced materials researchers and the nonwoven and filtration industries,” said CEO Ellery Buchanan. He went on to say that “The Cyclone L-1000 Series is the most versatile nanofiber system ever developed and is the introductory tool for companies anticipating the use of Forcespinning at the industrial scale.”

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First ever International Denim Conference ends on successful note

The first ever two-day ‘International Denim Conference’ opened on October 29, to a rousing reception, from the more than 500 plus delegates, who included the who’'s who of the Denim & Jeans industry, present on the occasion, at the hallowed campus of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM-A), Ahmedabad

The conference had been organized by fibre2fashion, the leading global B2B portal for the textile, apparel and fashion industry in conjunction with the Ahmedabad chapter of the Textile Association of India (TAI), which is the foremost textile professional body in India & the largest in the world.

Dr PR Roy, Director of fibre2fashion and President Emeritus of TAI, began the proceedings by announcing the theme of the conference. He aptly said, “Denim is a subject that does not need to be introduced, but needs to be experienced, touched and felt, to understand the fabric”.

More than 25 eminent speakers from the global denim and jeans sector had been lined up at the conference and who were able to attract the eyeballs and ears of all the delegates. It was said that, these delegates broke all previous conventions to be present in full strength, even during the closing hours of the second day of the conference, which goes to show the high level of deliberations, conducted at the conference.

The topics lined up at the conference ranged from overview of the Indian and US jeans industry, technology developments and innovations as well as marketing strategies in the denim & jeans sector, recovery and recycling of cotton waste, branding and retailing, Indigo wool and silk, organic cotton denims and many more. The highlight of the conference was a panel discussion on denims.

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World’s largest exhibition of textile machinery goes to Italy in 2015

Italy will host the 17th edition of ITMA, the world’s largest exhibition of textile machinery. It will be held at the Fiera Milano Rho exhibition centre in Milan, from 12 to 19 November 2015.

Fiera Milano won the international bid organised by CEMATEX, the owner of the ITMA show, after beating three other short-listed bidders from an original list of 12.

This high profile exhibition is returning to Milan after 20 years, and the news will be welcomed not only by the city itself but also by the region’s large textile machinery industry.

“The award of ITMA 2015 to Fiera Milano is the clearest sign that by working together we can achieve a very competitive bid," stated Sandro Salmoiraghi, President of ACIMIT, the association of Italian textile machinery manufacturers.

"I thank Fiera Milano for all the efforts they have made to win the right to host the event,” continued Salmoiraghi, “I thank CEMATEX for having once again chosen Italy, and also all the Italian textile machinery manufacturers for their strong support of ACIMIT during the bidding process."

ITMA is an exhibition which should not be missed by any companies working in the textile industry. It attracted 118,000 visitors from 151 countries during its 2007 edition in Munich, over 80% of whom came from outside Germany. In 2015 the show is projected to take up 100,000 square metres net of the exhibition space in the Rho-Pero venue.

“We are very proud to announce this success today,” Fiera Milano General Manager Enrico Pazzali said. “ITMA is in fact much more than a big exhibition. It is a very special event which takes place every four years, and all the major exhibition centres in Europe which are large enough to host it are always very keen to win this important contract.

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‘International Denim Conference’ off to a deafening start

The first ever ‘International Denim Conference’ opened today to a rousing reception at the hallowed campus of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Ahmedabad, also called as the ‘Denim Capital of India, from the more than 350 plus delegates, who include, industry leaders and stakeholders from the textile industry, present on the occasion.

The conference has been organised by Fibre2fashion, the leading global B2B website for the textile, apparel and fashion industry in conjunction with the Ahmedabad chapter of the Textile Association of India (TAI), which is the foremost textile professional body in India & the largest in the world. The morning began with registration of all the delegates, who have come from across the length and breadth of India and abroad.

At the inaugural session of the conference were present, Mr Maheshwar Sahu - IAS and Principal Secretary, Industries & Mines, Govt. of Gujarat and also the Chairperson of the conference, Mr Sanjiv Shah, CEO – fibre2fashion, Mr Naishad Parikh, Advisor - Arvind Ltd, the biggest denim producer in India, Robin Anson - Managing Editor, Textiles Intelligence, UK, Dr PR Roy, convener of the conference, Mr TL Patel and Mr VJ Trivedi, President and Honorary Secretary, respectively of TAI.

Mr TL Patel gave the welcome address by welcoming all those sitting on the dais and all the delegates from across India and abroad.

Dr PR Roy, Director of fibre2fashion and President Emeritus of TAI, began the proceedings by announcing the theme of the conference. He began by saying, denim is a subject that does not need to be introduced, but needs to be experienced, touched and felt to understand the fabric. He said, India used to cultivate cotton and indigo was also used to dye cotton and wool more than five thousand years back, however in the intervening period, it did not witness much commercialization.

He informed that India is still struggling to find a sustainable cotton policy and at the same time, China is reducing its cotton acreage in order to increase food output, which could prove to be an opportunity for Indian denim manufacturers to take the lead. He further informed that globally, denim consumes 14 percent of the cotton produced worldwide and expects Indian denim output to touch one billion meters in a few years.

He spoke about a new strategy called ‘Blue Ocean’, which emanated from France and implies; “Why compete with everybody. Let everybody swim in the red ocean and you swim in the blue ocean, where there is less competition”. Denim manufacturing in India, he said, was born in the 1980’s from the need to compete with the decentralized sector also called denim the ‘New face of Indian textile & apparel industry’. He concluded by saying that, new innovations are needed to sustain denim for a longer period of time.

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Launch of Entrepreneur Pro PR-1000 with 3D technology

Brother International Corporation is raising the bar on industry trends and technological advancement once again, this time by introducing the first 10-needle home embroidery machine in 3D.

As the first company in the niche sewing and embroidery industry to incorporate 3D video into their product launch, Brother continues to impress their customers with excitement and innovation. Although 3D technology is taking over movies, television and even video games, there are few companies who have used it to promote their products.

The Entrepreneur Pro PR-1000 is an impressive, sixth generation machine. It is the result of more than 100 years of Brother research and innovation. The technology built into the 10-needle embroidery machine makes it easy to learn, use, and operate.

It is the fastest home embroidery machine yet since a 10-color, 50,000 stitch-count design can be completed up to 12% faster than a 6-needle machine and up to 30% faster than a single-needle machine. This means an embroiderer can be more productive than ever before. Other impressive features include:

• New InnovaChrome LED Color Thread System: Underneath each of the thread spools is a full color LED light which mimics the color of the thread that belongs on the spool for each design, eliminating any guesswork as to what color thread should be used. The lights also double as a visual status system. They also flash when a design has been completed. Coupled with audio cues, the system allows an embroiderer to limit their supervision of the machine, as these cues give the operator the freedom to do more than one task at a time in their work room.

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Demand for new Picanol weaving at high level in Q3

During the third quarter of 2010, the Picanol Group recorded a consolidated turnover of 96.51 million euros. This represented an increase of 63% compared to the consolidated turnover of 59.34 million euros realized in the third quarter of 2009.

Following on from the first half of this year, demand for new Picanol weaving machines also continued at a high level in the third quarter of 2010. Amongst other things, this is a consequence of continued strong demand in Asia (mainly China) and the effect of the favorable euro exchange rate. Furthermore, sales of spare parts and weaving accessories also profited from the positive market situation in the third quarter.

The Industries Division also experienced an increase of activities in the third quarter. Through making full use of the advantages delivered by its new molding line (Proferro) and by focusing on the continued development of its controller competences (PsiControl Mechatronics), the group was able to complete several new projects across various different sectors.

During the third quarter of 2010, the Picanol Group recruited 150 additional temporary workers for its production unit in Ypres – taking the total of temporary workers being hired in Ypres to 200 since the start of 2010. The Picanol Group remains on the lookout for skilled technicians and CNC operators. The third quarter also saw the registered office of the group moved to the Karel Steverlyncklaan 15 in Ypres.

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Nishat Mills to install Monforts Energy Towers

Pakistan’s fully vertical integrated textile producer, Nishat Mills, has ordered six Energy Towers from Monforts to ensure significant energy savings.

To combat ever increasing energy costs, Pakistan’s vertically integrated fabric producer, Nishat Mills has ordered six Energy Towers from A. Monforts Textilmaschinen.

The towers will be installed on three existing Monforts, Montex stenters at Nishat’s Lahore finishing facility.

Fresh air passed through the towers heat recovery system is heated by the exhaust air of the stenter, before re-entering the stenters chambers.

With the Monforts heat recovery system capitalising on the high temperatures of the exhaust air, savings of up to 30% on energy costs can be achieved.

The Monforts Towers each housed within a 1.3 m x 1.7m x 2.9 m high enclosure, have been designed for retrofitting to existing stenters or hot flues where access is restricted above the units.

They are built as a ‘stand alone’ unit for installation alongside the stenter.

Ordered through the local Pakistan representative Al Ameen, its six Monforts Towers are scheduled to be installed before the end of the year.

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Machinery makers seek end of sops on second-hand imports

A demand to end fiscal sops on imported technology, particularly from China, has been made by the domestic machinery manufactures to the government in order to curb the unrestrained import of second hand textile machinery.

An expert cited that such an import of second-hand and low-priced Chinese looms is the biggest hurdle in country’s textile growth. A pre-budget memorandum submitted recently to the government by Textile Machinery Manufacturers' Association (TMMA) says that according to the planning commission, no subsidy should be offered to import any second-hand machinery.

In this regard, the association has recommended the Textiles Minister, Mr. Dayanidhi Maran to restrict the import of second-hand textile machinery, and subsidy under the Technology Up-gradation Fund (TUF) scheme should not be offered to such imports. It also suggested the removal of distortions in the excise duty structure in 2011-12 Budgets.

In addition to this, TMMA made further suggestions, including uniform rate of eight percent excise duty on all items of textile machinery as well as imposition of less than four percent taxes on parts, components and accessories in order to encourage its domestic textile machinery.

The industry has been held back by decades-old technology, which is less efficient, consumes more electricity and requires high maintenance. In the year 2008-09, around 1354 second-hand looms have been imported in India.

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Navis TubeTex to improve global HQ & manufacturing facility

Navis Tubetex, the leading global manufacturer of textile finishing machinery, has announced that a 15 year lease extension has been signed for its manufacturing and headquarters facility in Lexington, NC. Additionally, Navis Tubetex has announced that it will be performing major renovations to the facility.

In a statement, President and Chief Executive Officer Will Motchar noted “We are pleased to announce the long term commitment that we are making to North Carolina and Lexington in particular. We will continue to house our Global Headquarters and manufacturing operations at this facility”. Work will soon begin on completely renovating the office space along with improvements in the 90,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility.

Tube-Tex started out as a manufacturer of knit-based machinery, and from the very beginning has been a leading innovator in the textile industry. Over the years, this machinery has helped change the way fabrics are processed, dramatically improving appearance, feel, and performance while increasing efficiency and cutting production costs.

By adopting a more far-reaching vision, Tube-Tex has transformed again to Navis TubeTex. Navis TubeTex has emerged as a world-wide force in the design and manufacture of finishing machinery for knits and wovens, with a presence in more than 65 countries.

Navis TubeTex is a designer, manufacturer and developer of processing and finishing machinery and equipment for woven fabrics and knitted fabrics.

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YIWU H&G – ‘must-go’ knitting exhibition

Knitting industry has not only become the significant element of China’s textile industry, but also has been developing in fast pace recently. The competitiveness index of China’s knitted garments and accessories has been experienced a wavy upward trend since 2005. In Jan – May 2010, it climbed to 97.23%, which was 1.85% higher than woven garments and accessories.

Official statistics showed that China’s knitting industry has contributed RMB156.245 billion to the Gross Industrial Output Value in Jan – May 2010, witnessing an increase of 22.21% and a growth rate at 14.56% respectively as compared to the statistics of last year. Meanwhile, total sales value accumulated to RMB152.356 billion, showing an increase of 21.26% and a growth rate at 14.21%, which is an apex since 2008; The sales/output ratio met 97.51%, the industry’s production and sales is running smoothly. Therefore, China’s knitting industry has been recovered from the financial crisis and is developing steadily.

Modern exhibition is the best platform for enterprises’ product launching and brand showcasing, the development of the industry’s trends and directions have been witnessed. The 11th China (Yiwu) International Exhibition on Hosiery machinery, Knitting machinery, Dyeing machinery & Finishing Machinery (herewith below “YIWU H&G”), which will be held on 24-26 November 2010 at Yiwu International Expo Centre, has steeled itself through the past 10 years and become the top professional exhibition specializing in knitting technology, especially on hosiery and seamless underwear machineries. Most of the domestic and overseas industry players would regard it as a ‘must-go’ knitting exhibition every year.

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VTG 2010 to kick off on October 27

10th Vietnam Int’l Textile and Garments Industry Exhibition (VTG 2010) will return to Ho Chi Minh City from Oct. 27-30, 2010 at Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC) with a stronger and larger scale show for consecutive 10 years. VTG 2010 is expected to attract more than 16,000 domestic and overseas visitors. The exhibition will host about 230 exhibiting companies which will cover approx. 9,000 sqm of the SECC exhibition ground.

A Fashion show with more sponsors will be held at this year’s exhibition as a catalyst for more business deals and exposure for the exhibitors’ brand names. Fashion brands like CK, Diesel and Levi’s will present the latest fashion on the runway with 2 performances in the first 3 show days. We also humbly invite all the listed companies and members in the related associations in Vietnam to VTG 2010; surely, more professional buyers are guaranteed.

Suppliers of textiles and garments manufacturers are upbeat about the current business prospects and will be joining in large numbers. Country/region pavilions from China, Indonesia and Taiwan will amaze you at the first glance. International leading brands from Australia, Belgium, China, France, German, Holland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey and U.S.A will be taking parts in the exhibition, with major industry companies such as brother, calmat, Chee Shiang, CTMTC, Da Kong, Flying Tiger, HASHIMA, HIKARI, Kornit, Kauo Heng, Luwa, M&R, MHM, MITSUYIN, Naomoto, ORGAN, PEGASUS, PICANOL, Respa, Rutland, Schenk, SiRUBA, SMART MRT, SwissTex, TWIN STAR, TYPICAL, VIET TIEN TUNG SHING and more… who will be showcasing their brand-new products and technology to the Vietnamese market.

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Gartexma 2010 expo begins in Mumbai

Mumbai hosts the three-day Garment and Textile Machinery and Accessories (Gartexma) 2010 expo, which started on 10th October. The expo will display the country’s garment and textile machinery and accessories.

The expo is a business to business (B2B) platform for the promotion of products, companies as well as technology and has been organized in collaboration with Community of International Sewing Machine Industry, India (CISMI) and Dara Projects.

According to Manjeet Singh Bakshi – the chief executive officer of Gartexma 2010, over 100 processing units and 30,000 apparel units have emerged in and around the city during the past several years. He further added that, Gartexma 2010 has been held in Mumbai for the first time because of the growing prospects of the region.

A number of technology providers from countries like Japan, Korea, China, Switzerland and Italy would also display their machinery in the expo. Around 150 participants from India will take part in the exhibition.

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LMW delivers new ringframe model to Chinese clients

Deputy Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin of Tamil Nadu has recently launched a product of Coimbatore-based Lakshmi Machine Works (LMW) in Shanghai, which had established a textile machinery unit in the southern Jiangsu province of China in September 2009. This was the first South Indian venture in China.

LMW supplied its recently engineered ring frame machine, utilized in yarn manufacturing, to its three Chinese clients.

The $12-million manufacturing unit of LMW located adjacent to Shanghai, is just one of the few Indian companies, which have established such units in China and are looking forward to cater to the requirements of the Chinese market.

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Gartexma to make a remarkable debut on 10\10\10

GARTEXMA 2010, an exhibition to showcase Garment, Textile Machinery & Accessories in association with CISMI (Community of International Sewing Machine Industry, India) & Dara Projects; announces its grand opening at Bombay exhibition centre at Goregaon, Mumbai on October 10, 2010. One of the oldest & biggest show builders `GARTEXMA 2010' will be an exclusive B2B platform to promote company, Product, Machinery & Technology or Institute in Mumbai.

The exhibition will see participation from textile and apparel machine suppliers to showcase latest technology for different processes like stitching, cutting, finishing, drying, testing, embroidery, spinning, knitting, water treatment solutions, etc. Besides, machinery accessory suppliers, consultants and fashion institutes from all over India will also exhibit their products.

While India is retaining its position as an important destination for international retailers and as buyers consider India as an important market there is a growing need towards building capacities in terms of upgraded and modern technology. The industry has realized the need for an industry platform to showcase products and technology for manufacturers in this sector.

Spread over an area of 10,000 square metres, Gartexma 2010 is first of its kind exhibition that has been organized keeping in mind the international standards and benchmarks.

“The focus of the show is to offer a world class business environment to both participants and exhibitors so that new business opportunities are created for relevant sectors associated with this industry,” said Manjeet Singh Bakshi, CEO, Gartexma. The exhibition would see 150 participants from India and several international technology suppliers from regions such as Italy, China, Korea, Japan and Switzerland - to showcase their quality oriented and efficient production systems.

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Gujarat - Home to the most vibrant textile hub

Gujarat which is considered one of the most industrialized states in India has a vibrant textile industry, whose history can be traced, going back by many decades.

Ahmedabad at one time was considered the ‘Manchester of the East. Surat, the second biggest city of the state is one of the biggest textile hubs in India and is also the biggest man-made textiles manufacturing hub in the country.

The textile industry contributes as much as 6 percent to the industrial production of the state and Surat also has to its credit installations of over 40,000 multi-head embroidery machines in the world, in the last three years.

The state also accounts for 12 percent of all textile exports from the country and has a well developed infrastructure for the textile industry, consisting of 18 product clusters, 5 dedicated Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and six industrial parks.

Gujarat accounts for 35 percent of the cotton output and also 60 percent of cotton exports from India. With the world’s third largest denim production capacity and the biggest in India, Ahmedabad has arguably earned the distinction of being called the denim capital of the world.

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Galaxy of speakers lined up for 'Global Denim Conference'

As the countdown begins for the ‘International Denim Conference’ to be held in the hallowed premises of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad on October 29-30, 2010, about 15 eminent speakers from the global denim and textile sector have confirmed their presence, so far, with more yet to confirm.

Textile Association India, Ahmedabad Unit is all set and geared up to host the conference on the global denim & jeans industry in association with Fibre2Fashion, under the chairmanship of Dr. PR Roy.

The inaugural keynote address on ‘Strategic Issues in Managing Global Denim Business’ is slated to be delivered by Mr Sanjay Lalbhai, Chairman and Managing Director of one of the largest global denim manufacturers – Arvind Ltd., India.

Robin Anson, Managing Editor, Textiles Intelligence, UK, will share insights on ‘India's potential in the International Market for Denims & Jeans vis-a-vis China, Bangladesh, Pakistan & Sri Lanka’.

Mr Shumone Chatterjee, Head Marketing, Levi Strauss (Asia Pacific Region) will deliver his views on ‘Global Brands entry into emerging Indian Market’.

Another well-known face in Branding & Retail - Mr Darshan Mehta, CEO, Reliance Brands will speak on ‘Premium Denims & India - Branding & Retailing’ while Mr Rajiv Dayal – Managing Director of Mafatlal Denim will provide an ‘Overview of Indian Denim Business’. Ms Jenna Caccavo from Cotton Inc, USA will delve on the ‘US Denim & Jeans Industry’.

There will also be a panel discussion on ‘Jeans’ which will be chaired by J Suresh - CEO, Arvind Brands.

Enrique Silla representing Jeanologia from Spain - a consultant for the apparel industry, specialised in product and process research and development, and engineering solutions for garment production will speak about ‘Recent developments in garment treatment for jeans’.

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Texprocess shows trends in decorating textile products

Apart from special weave, knit, dyeing, printing and fabric finishing effects which can be produced during the manufacture of fabrics, normally the main methods of product decoration are printing and embroidery. These techniques can be mixed and matched as much as the designer's flare and inspiration will allow. The wealth of different threads, fabrics for appliqué, trims, dyes and inks further enhance the decoration. Texprocess, the new leading international trade fair for the garment and textile processing industry from 24 to 27 May 2011 in Frankfurt, shows the new machinery for decorating textile products.

In terms of embroidery a wealth of single and multiple head machines are available; each head containing multiple needles, each of which can sew a different colour. Some multiple head machines now have selective head switch-off allowing apparent variable head spacing. Increasingly sophisticated software compliments the machines enabling maximum innovation of design. Attachments can be added enabling automatic attachment of a wide array of fancy yarns, ribbons, cords, chains, sequins, as well as colour and height adjustable chenille stitch loops. Tufted embroidery is also available.

Lasers further enhance the embroidery effect possibilities for cutting embroidery appliqués, holes, emblems and labels. Lasers can also be used for garment decoration in their own right by burning and engraving patterns direct onto the fabric, especially when used with thicker fabrics such as leather, plastic, and denim. Machines for embossing three dimensional designs using metal moulds have also been developed.

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Mattei helps Autofil in its drive towards energy efficiency

Rotary vane compressor manufacturer Mattei, has helped yarn manufacturer Autofil to reduce energy usage in its Nottingham facility by upgrading its compressed air equipment.

Autofil manufacture a range of yarns primarily used for car seating fabrics. Part of this process involves operation of the dye house to colour the fabrics, which runs 24/7. The processes within the dye house require compressed air to be provided at a pressure of seven bar. As compressed air can account for a high proportion of a company’s energy usage, Autofil decided to invest in two new, more energy efficient compressors to help reduce consumption and associated overheads.

Following extensive comparisons of a variety of makes of air compressor, they chose Mattei’s highly energy efficient Maxima75 as this equipment has the capability to provide a similar amount of air from a 75kW motor as other manufacturer’s 90kW models. This reduced input offered significant savings by minimising power consumption, but still delivering the same levels of compressed air.

Mattei’s Maxima range can provide 1m3/min of compressed air from as little as 5.4kW of electricity. This demonstrates the benefit to those looking at improving energy efficiency and reducing costs. Additional benefits to the customer include the very low operational speed of 1000rpm, which helps to extend the life of the compressor.

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New TMT/Oki A3 Colour Printers – more than just OK!

TheMagicTouch as global pioneers of the digital image transfer process continue with a host of original developments and innovations.

The company have recently extended their global alliance with OKI Printer Group as image transfer partners and have awarded the new range of digital A3 colour printers with their unique “5 Star” compatibility rating for use with their complete range of transfer papers.

Jim Nicol, Managing Director explains “The new A3 OKI printers are simply the best for our unique transfer process; they are quick, outstanding image quality and very affordable with the TMT/Oki A3 model available for less than a thousand pounds. Using the latest toner technology the durability of transfers especially for textiles gives outstanding results on textiles and fabrics including 100% cotton, denim, nylon, polyester and even leather regardless of colour. Plus when not used for transfers they are the perfect plain paper office printer”.

The new TMT/Oki printer models are firmware and printer driver enhanced for compatibility with all transfer papers from TheMagicTouch, and are supported with a standard 3 year warranty.

TheMagicTouch allows those yet to benefit from transfers to do so without the financial risk or capital investment normally associated. Garment decorators should consider TheMagicTouch as an additional sales and marketing tool that assists in creating new business from both existing and prospective customers.

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Board of Abhishek Ind OKs expansion projects

Abhishek Industries Ltd has informed that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company was held on September 25, 2010. The Board of the company has approved following projects & matters in its meeting held on September 25.

1. The Strategy Committee of the Board in its meeting held on September 25, 2010 has approved the following expansion projects:

i) Yarn Expansion Project for setting up 275904 spindles & 2040 Rotors including other balancing equipment at a total capital outlay of Rs. 1117 crores as appraised by SBI Capital Markets Ltd.
ii) Expansion cum Modernization Project in Terry Towel Division by installing 14 new Air Jet Dobby Looms along with other machineries in processing, finishing house and spinning sections at a total capital outlay of Rs. 55 crores as appraised by Corporation Bank.

2. The Company has been selected for Silver trophy for "Top Exporters - Madeups" in the category of 'Towels' and the Bronze trophy for "Highest Global Exports for textiles" for the year 2009-10 by Texprocil. The award would be conferred on the Company in Texprocil award function scheduled to be held on September 28, 2010.

3. The operations of Terry Towel Division (Unit 3) of the Company which had been disturbed due to explosion of Chemical storage tank have been normalized.

Abhishek Industries Limited is engaged in the manufacture of terry towel, agro-based paper and yarn.

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Demo of next generation of Kornit DTG printers at SGIA

Kornit Digital, a leading-edge company that develops, manufactures and markets high-speed industrial digital inkjet printers, superior pigmented ink and unique chemistry solutions for the textile decorating industry, will demonstrate the next generation of the Kornit Direct-On-Garment printers at the 2010 SGIA expo in Las Vegas, featuring unprecedented printing speeds with the new Kornit Avalanche 951 Digital printer for high-volume production businesses.

Kornit Avalanche 951 is a dual-pallet industrial digital inkjet printer for the high-volume production of light & dark garments. With an extremely innovative and robust industrial platform, designed for printing vast quantities in a high-level production environment, the Kornit Avalanche 951 demonstrates an unparalleled ability to generate spectacular 4 color process prints at an impressive rate of up to 300 garments per hour.

With its advanced, fully automated system that insures a smooth and seamless production workflow, the Kornit Avalanche 951 enables garment decorators to produce remarkable multi-color prints on a wide range of textile applications and finished garments, and to efficiently and cost-effectively reach optimum digital printing results for 24/7 short & long run production.

Featuring matchless printing capabilities, the Kornit Avalanche 951 is the optimum solution for massive-level production DTG businesses and traditional screen printers that are looking to expand towards hybrid apparel decoration enterprises.

"For the past two years Kornit has extensively invested in research and development for the purpose of providing customers with a better, bigger and faster solution to their printing needs, pushing the limits of innovation" says Ofer Ben Zur, CEO of Kornit Digital. "As the garment decoration industry undergoes digital migration, we are proud to introduce to the market the next generation of breakthroughs, delivering undeniably differentiated printing experience with the Kornit Avalanche 951".

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