Monday, November 29, 2010

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.


Saturday, November 27, 2010

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.


Wednesday, November 24, 2010

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.


Monday, November 22, 2010

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.


Tuesday, November 16, 2010

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.


Friday, November 12, 2010

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”.


Wednesday, November 10, 2010

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.


Tuesday, November 9, 2010

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.”


Thursday, November 4, 2010

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.


Monday, November 1, 2010

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.