Visitors appreciate Rieter’s presentation at Texfair

The Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) organized Texfair 2010 the international exhibition for textile machinery, spares, accessories, and other supporting services from December 17 – 20, 2010 at CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex, Coimbatore. The main objective of the event was to create awareness of the latest developments in textile machinery, accessories and equipment.

The Minister for Rural Industries and Animal Husbandry, Pongalur N. Palanisamy, inaugurated the event where 180 exhibitors showcased their products and services with 220 stands and more than 35 000 visitors attended.

Rieter India displayed Rieter SYS parts related to OE spinning, Compact spinning, Drawframe and Comber along with information booths from Jossi and Xorella. All the visitors conveyed their appreciation to the Rieter India team for their booth presentation and hospitality.

Overall, Texfair 2010 turned out to be a success in bringing together the industry stakeholders and increasing their understanding of individual requirements.

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Suppliers Connect with your buyers on Technical Textile B2B Marketplace

Today’s dawn brings forth an exciting, spanking new, innovative and full of freshness B2B portal for the globally vibrant technical textiles sector. Fibre2fashion the worlds largest B2B textile, apparel and fashion website has unveiled www.technicaltextile.net which will introduce and provide an entire gamut of services to the initiated as well as the uninitiated into the fascinating world of technical textiles.

Technicaltextile.net would provide knowledge based information on a global perspective of an emerging sector, which is expected to dominate future trends and technologies in textiles. It will also deliver value-added global business services and in the process facilitate sourcing and marketing requirements.

A 24x7 platform, technicaltextile.net carries key information for suppliers, buyers, consultants, institutes and associations through news, articles, white papers, trade fairs & conferences happening around world. The portal would strive to disseminate quality and authentic information for the sustainable development of the technical textiles sector by providing information about key policy changes affecting domestic as well as international business.

Among the key services provided by the portal to the global technical textiles sector are -

• Sourcing help desk.

• A complete knowledge bank for the entire supply chain in technical textiles.

• Assistance in inking strategic alliances with companies.

• Connecting with Ministry of Textiles in India. .

• Branding & promotion solutions through online as well as print media in the target markets.

• In-house creation of product specific project reports.

• Online trade fairs.

• Strategic alliance with Textiles Intelligence to deliver key market reports for the industry.

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Exclusive Brother Gt-782 launch party by GJS team

GJS Machinery is very proud to announce the immediate availability of the Brother GT-782, the industry´s most cost effective, industrial dual platen, white ink capable direct to garment printer.

The Brother GT-782 white ink capable direct to garment printer is perfect for medium to high volume shops. Thanks to its unique ability to print multiple prints simultaneously, production can increase as a result of reduced cycle times and fast flexible downloading of new images.

Inkjet garment printing is more economical, faster, and cleaner than traditional screen printing methods, plus it requires significantly less operating space and business start-up costs.

With the Brother GT-782, decorators and t-shirt designers can create one of a kind creations or mass production runs - regardless of the number of colours - without having to create film positives, stretching screens, and using chemicals to reclaim these screens. There is virtually no limit to the number of colours you can print, and the colours remain crisp and vibrant even after repeated washes.

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M&R introduces Diamondback XL Automatic Textile Press

M&R is pleased to announce the addition of the new Diamondback XL to M&R’s extensive line of automatic textile presses.

M&R’s new Diamondback XL just set a new standard in affordable larger-format entry-level automatic textile printing. With its huge 51 x 53 cm (20” x 21”) print area and the ability to print up to 9 colors, Diamondback XL offers more versatility for the price than any other automatic press on the market. Its servo-driven indexing system provides outstanding performance, while its pneumatic print heads can accept screens up to 66 x 91 cm (26” x 36”). Also included is M&R’s patented Revolver Print Program, which automatically operates individual printheads in programmed sequence and allows multiple flashing without losing a printing position.

Diamondback XL is available in either base or enhanced configuration. Both models feature a touch-screen control panel, side screen holders with micro-registration, calibrated squeegee and floodbar pressure adjustment, M&R’s three-point pallet leveling bracket with quick release, calibrated rear stroke length adjustment, and 41 x 56 cm (16” x 22”) pallets. Enhanced Diamondback XL models add pneumatic screen frame locks, pneumatic squeegee/floodbar locks with no-tools angle adjustment, and pneumatic squeegee pressure regulators.

M&R is the world’s largest manufacturer of screen printing equipment, with production facilities in Glen Ellyn & Niles, Illinois, USA, and in Wojnicz, Poland. With distributors and skilled technicians in over 40 countries on six continents, we’re able to provide the finest service and support in the industry.

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Investments in Gujarat textile sector set to treble

Investments in the high employment generator; textile sector is expected to receive a boost from the Vibrant Gujarat Summit beginning tomorrow. Investment proposals already received and for the which Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) have crossed the Rs 200 billion mark, up from Rs 84 billion in the previous summit in 2009.

The Gujarat government is mainly trying to attract investments in the technical textiles sector, which is still in its nascent stage in India. Two major multinational technical textile companies seem to have shown keen interest in setting up manufacturing operations in the state.

The other sector which is evincing interest is the spinning sector, in which the government has received around 40 proposals of the 125 odd investment proposals received. The technical textiles sector has attracted around 15 investors, with the rest accounted for by those in weaving, fabric processing and apparel manufacturing.

Amongst the major investors are big textile houses like, Alok Tex¬tiles, Welspun Group, S Kumar's Nationwide, SEL India, Chiripal group, Bhilwa¬ra Group, Jaydeep textiles, Nagarika Group, Mangal Textiles, Lux Hosiery, Filatex Group and many others. Amongst the global companies who are investing in the vertical of technical textiles are TenCate Geosynthetics and American Hygienics Corporation.

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