2010 as recovery year for Italian textile machinery manufacturers

Preliminary 2010 data drawn up by ACIMIT (the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers) show a decisive recovery under way for Italy’s textile machinery sector, in the wake of a 2009 which had been marked by a conspicuous drop in production. In terms of value, Italy’s textile machinery production recorded an 18% increase with respect to 2009, from 1.9 to 2.3 billion Euros. Exports drew a similarly favourable increase, at +19%, reaching a value of just under 1.8 billion Euros.Obviously, these gains in sales and orders are a physiological consequence of the minimum levels of the previous two-year period. However, it does underscore...

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Belgian textile machinery road show in India

The Belgian Textile Machinery Association SYMATEX organizes a road show in India.From February 28 to March 4 2011, a delegation of the Belgian textile machinery industry will meet key decision makers of the Indian Textile Industry. The roadshow will visit Ludhiana, New Delhi, Mumbai, Coimbatore and Bangalore. Some key Belgian companies participating in this roadshow are Bekaert, Bonas, Picanol and Van De Wiele. The Belgian delegation will interact with the Indian textile industry to select effective technologies that meet Indian industrial needs.The Belgian textile technology industry will present its newest developments in the areas of flat...

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Event on German Technology for the Vietnamese textile industry

On initiative of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association, the conference and exhibition “German Technology for the Vietnamese textile industry” will take place in the New World Hotel in Ho-Chi-Minh City on 6 and 7 April 2011.The symposium is officially supported by the German Ministry for Economics and Technology as well as by AGTEK, the Association of Textile and Apparel in Ho-Chi-Minh City.The two-day event themed “Innovation for successful business” will present machinery and technology solutions comprising all fields of the textile chain. In about 20 lectures, German textile machinery manufacturers will report about their latest developments...

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Exempt MMF from import duties – CITI

The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has placed its Pre-Budget Memorandum for 2011-2012 for the perusal of the Finance Minister of India, Mr Pranab Mukerjee.CITI has recommended that it is important to exempt duties imposed on imports of man-made fibres (MMF) to help the textile sector source the raw material in large volumes at affordable prices.CITI has pointed out that, globally MMF is the most dominantly consumed textile fibre and the ratio between man-made fibres and cotton fibre consumption is 60:40 globally while in India it is 41:59 (2009-10).The recommendation adds that the share of man-made fibre based textile products...

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New wool press comes up with higher efficiency

A wool press designed as well as built in Mosgiel has been launched in the market. It is the first no-tramp wool press that has come up in New Zealand after several years. Shearing Services will be selling the machines and P&W Engineering will be manufacturing them.The 60 percent hike in wool prices in the current season has once again diverted the focus on wool and wool growers as well as wool contractors are replacing their shearing machines. There has been a shortage of a wide variety of machines in New Zealand particularly after the receivership of a wool press producer from Australia around three years ago.There has been a gap of around two to three years when no new wool press has come up in the market. The launching of Micron wool press designed as well as built in Mosgiel and...

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CNTAC President to address ITMA-ITMF World Textile Summit

One of the most powerful men in Chinese textiles, Du Yuzhou, President of China National Textile & Apparel Council (CNTAC), is to address international industry leaders at the ITMA-ITMF World Textile Summit later this year.Mr Du, President of China National Textile & Apparel Council (CNTAC) is one of a trio of speakers newly announced by the organisers of the Summit, which will take place in Barcelona, Spain, on September 21. He will outline China’s strategic ambitions for its textile industry and report on progress in its extensive modernisation programme.The challenge of technological change and the drive for product innovation will...

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BERNINA 830LE comes with exclusive Alphabet Collection

BERNINA of America is pleased to announce that its 830 Limited Edition (LE) is now available at dealerships in the U.S. and Canada. Only 4,000 of these unique machines will be made and each features a special design, engraved with its own production number.830LE customers can also celebrate this momentous occasion by gaining access to an exclusive two-day retreat in the Chicago area where they'll experience a VIP reception and inspiring workshops, while learning new techniques and creating engaging projects. Each 830LE machine also comes with an exclusive Alphabet Collection and Embroidery CD with 1,000 unique designs, a limited edition collector's...

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Italian textile machinery will be presented at two seminars

ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, and the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade, will organize two technological seminars in Pakistan. The two events will take place in Karachi (March 14th) and Lahore (March 17th).The following 7 leading Italian manufacturers of textile machinery will present their latest technology developments at the Pakistani textile companies: Loris Bellini, Comez Gestioni, Corino Macchine, Jaeggli Meccanotessile, Mario Crosta, Roj, Simet.For 2010 Pakistan confirms itself as one of the major destination for Italian exports of textile machinery. In January-October 2010 Italian sales in the...

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Presentation of Terrot S4F348 at Dhaka Textile & Garment Exhibition

The 8th DHAKA TEXTILE & GARMENT 2011 (DTG 2011) with the ultimate aim to offer an ideal platform to demonstrate new products and exploit business opportunities is set to be held in February 13~16, 2011 in BICC. The organizers have received a lot of space reservation demand during DTG2010, and they are all confident that DTG2011 will be successful and thriving as previous years.Venue: BICC, Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, Agargaon, Shere - Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, BangladeshDate: February 13- 16, 2011, 12:00 to 20:00 hoursTerrot as one of the world brand leader is among the exhibitors at DTG 2011. Together with our partner Terrot...

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Express Logic’s ThreadX powers Bernina 830 Sewing System

Express Logic Inc, the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS), announced that Bernina International AG has selected Express Logic’s ThreadX RTOS for use in its advanced, state-of-the-art Bernina 830 sewing and embroidery product.The new Bernina 830, considered to be the world’s most innovative sewing and embroidery system for home users, is highly programmable, delivering touch-screen programmability, graphics scalability, and other advanced features.Bernina, one of the world’s largest sewing machine manufacturers and the world’s only privately held sewing machine company, chose Express Logic’s ThreadX RTOS to meet...

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Tatham’s TS System - driving costs down worldwide…..

Tatham, manufacturer of specialist technology for the textile industry, is offering a variable machinery drive system designed to cut energy consumption by up to 50%. Tatham’s TS System is intended to offer the latest drive control technology to help customers achieve significant energy and operational savings.Contrary to fixed speed motors, which always operate at full speed, variable speed drive systems use drive converters to adapt to their operating requirements. The Tatham designed system only draws the amount of power necessary at that particular point, thereby significantly reducing operating costs.A variable-speed drive converter also...

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Almost three-fold increase in Rieter Textile Systems orders

The recovery in the textile machinery and automotive markets that had started in the second half of 2009 continued in 2010. Despite the usual seasonal effects at Automotive Systems in the second six months, demand over the course of the year as a whole was at a considerably higher level than in the previous year.Orders received by the Rieter Group in the 2010 financial year totaled 3’170.0 million CHF. Compared to the previous year’s figure, this corresponded to an increase of 64% (1’935.1 million CHFin 2009). The trend in order intake was dynamic throughout the year. The steep rise compared with the previous year was due primarily to very strong...

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Wanjie Group places order for PSF spinning plant

Wanjie Group Co. Ltd. based in China has ordered for a complete polyester staple fibre (PSF) spinning plant from Oerlikon Neumag based in Germany. The Germany-based company will extend engineering services apart from the machinery.The plant is likely to be installed in the Shandong Province towards the end of this year and the manufacturing is likely to start by the middle of 2012. As per Oerlikon Neumag, Wanjie Group has the highest market share of staple fibre production that is meant for textile usage in the Shandong Province. The Chinese market is extremely competitive for the plant manufacturers.China is one of the most rapidly growing...

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ATME-I to continue with Techtextil North America in 2012

American Textile Machinery Association (ATMA) and Messe Frankfurt USA have agreed on the inclusion of American Textile Machinery Exhibition–International (ATME-I) with Techtextil North America every even year starting in 2012. The two exhibitions successfully co-located last May in Atlanta.Techtextil North AmericaGeorgia World Congress CenterAtlanta, Georgia, USAApril 24 – 26, 2012ATME-I will provide textile machinery, equipment, products and service suppliers a broad textile and apparels industry base to showcase their products and services. American Textile Machinery Association (ATMA) traces its beginning and that of ATME-I to the International Cotton Machinery Exposition in Atlanta in 1881.The agreement between Messe Frankfurt USA and ATMA follows the launch earlier last year of Texprocess...

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