Oerlikon textile division has positive outlook – VP (Mktg)

The Oerlikon Group is one of the most innovative and research-intensive industrial groups in the world. Six of the company's business units are active in machine and plant engineering: textile machines, thin-film coating, production plants for thin-film silicon solar modules, vacuum systems, drive systems and "Advanced Technology".

The leading technology solutions the Oerlikon Group provides and enable its customers to achieve decisive advantages with end users - both industrial and commercial customers as well as private end consumers. 60 percent of all twines used in industrially manufactured rugs are produced on textile machines from Oerlikon.

This type of cutting-edge technology is no accident. Oerlikon invests around CHF 250 million every year in R&D and has nearly 1,500 highly-qualified developers and scientists around the world working on the innovations of tomorrow. In 2008, more than 16,000 employees at 158 sites in 37 countries generated sales of CHF 4.8 billion.

The business units of Oerlikon Textile are the market leaders in virtually every technology area. With their innovations, they are continuously setting new standards for the global textile production.

They provide comprehensive overall solutions in the sector of textile machinery and plant manufacture: From the plant design for the production of man-made and nonwoven fibres up to facilities for ring spinning, rotor spinning, winding, twisting or embroidery, they cover the entire value added chain in the textile sector.

To get a better idea of the research activities and any new technology innovation in the making and also to understand its focus markets of the future, once the recessionary trends roll back, we spoke exclusively to Mr André Wissenberg, Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Communications of the Oerlikon Group.

Mr Wissenberg said, “We will spend 100 million Swiss francs (CHF) for the whole Oerlikon group in 2009, 40 million CHF of which will be invested in Oerlikon Textile innovations. ITMA ASIA will be held next year in Shanghai and we will be there with some revolutionary innovations as in the past”.

“As you may be aware, in the last two years, we launched the POY-Spinning system WINGS of Oerlikon Barmag, winding machine Autoconer 5 with Prezi FX of Oerlikon Schlafhorst and the BCY-Yarn machine Sytec One of Oerlikon Neumag and these products had an excellent market introduction under strong economical circumstances, he added by saying.

“But, I am not in a position to speak about our future innovations in detail, as, if I would, it would create a surprise for the market and textile industry in particular”, he concluded by saying.

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BRÜCKNER presents latest technology at Techtextil India

The family-run company with domicile and production site in Germany extends with the latest technology its worldwide leading position as supplier of systems and lines for textile finishing and for the finishing of technical textiles. In the last years, BRÜCKNER invested specifically in the continuously growing market of technical textiles. The impressive results will be presented on Techtextil India 2009.(10-12 October, 2009) Our team is glad to welcome you in the German Pavilion on booth no. D16.

BRÜCKNER produces with innovative technical know-how finishing and coating lines meeting the highest demands of finishers of technical woven and knitted textiles. Satisfy yourself of our comprehensive product range.

Consolidation and impregnation lines for the non-wovens
industry among other things for geo and filter non-wovens, voluminous non-wovens, sarking membranes, flame protection clothing, fabric for book covers, diapers/nappies, wet wipes and coffee filters.

Textile coating lines for direct and indirect coating with PVC, PU, acrylate and silicone and for the finishing of canvas, parachute silk, sailcloth, sun shades, labour protection, blackout, airbag, sports clothing and artificial leather.

Coating lines and dryers for textile floor coverings for example for all kinds of carpets, carpet squares, needle felt, non-slip underlays for carpets, artificial lawn and carpet back coating lines for backs made of non-wovens, jute and foam etc.

Finishing line for glass fabric / glass fibre mesh for the production of construction reinforcements, grinding disks, reinforcements for printed circuit boards and glass paper walls;

Special Purpose Machinery such as stainless steel stenters (clean-room technology) or special lines for the production of fabric for transport belts, 3D textiles, abrasive cloth or filter cloths in the high temperature field of more than 300 °C.

OPTI-COAT - innovative coating technology stands out
The market of functional textiles for sports and outdoor has grown considerably in the last years. Woven fabric can be directly coated without problems due to their high dimensional stability, therefore functional textiles became widely accepted in the field of woven fabrics. Knitted fabric, however, is very elastic and direct coating is therefore only possible with many difficulties.

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Dürkopp to present at CISMA with ‘automation’

The manufacturer of sewing technology located in Bielefeld will present itself together with its majority shareholder SGSB in hall W2, booth no. A02 on an area of 360 m². The CISMA will be held in Shanghai from September 22nd to 24th, 2009. For Dürkopp Adler the CISMA is the one of the most important trade fairs in the Asian region. On an area of 360 m² Dürkopp Adler will show 47 machines for the segments Garment and Industrial. The Dürkopp Adler booth provides an own section for every central segment like Garments (machines for the production of trousers, men’s jackets and shirts) and Industrial (machines for the production of car and home upholstery). Segment Garment with the focus on automation - The “Garment“ segment on the booth is characterized by the leading theme “automation”. With the new range of standard machines, sewing automats and sewing units Dürkopp Adler meets the requirements of our customers to the highest degree. During the three exhibition days Dürkopp Adler presents among others novelties for pocket sewing, eyelet button-holing and sleeve setting as well as the newly developed special chainstitch machines class 175, 176 and 179 which are setting new standards for the processing of difficult-to-feed materials for outerwear. The M-Type at the top of the product range for medium-heavy duty sewing applications - For the production of home and car upholstery, technical textiles and shoes Dürkopp Adler focuses on the presentation of further new models of the very successful M-Type series. Among others the new free arm machine class 669 of this series will be shown. Owing to its design and its technical features this machine allows to realize innovative processing possibilities for technical textiles, leather goods, leather clothing and fancies. Another highlight is the new class “567 M-Type”, which offers outstanding sewing parameters at an affordable price level.

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BRÜCKNER presents different line concepts for non-iron finishing

For six decades BRÜCKNER is worldwide well-known as supplier of modular and well-tuned lines for the finishing of woven and knitted fabric. The family-run company with domicile and production site in Germany guarantees to its customers the highest possible quality standard and is strictly oriented at the customers' needs. With the example of Messrs. Tianjin Tiange Textile Co. Ltd. in China, BRÜCKNER presents different line concepts for non-iron finishing.

Since 2000 Tianjin Tiange Textile Co. Ltd. is a private company, emanating from the former Tianjin Fuqiang Spinning and Weaving Factory, which had been founded in 1968. Tianjin Tiange Textile specialized mainly on first-class yarn-dyed garments, mainly shirt and blouse fabric. Their trading partners are located in more than 50 countries and regions all over the world and the products will be supplied to Japan, Korea, China and the USA as well as to known European shirt producers in the range of Premium products.

Due to the continuous commitment to produce high-quality yarn-dyed garments, Tianjin Tiange Textile has been certified according to ISO 9001 for quality management and quality assurance, received the Oeko-Tex Standard 100 label and the ISO 14001 certificate for environment management.

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We still maintain high quality standards – Coatema

Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH stands for high quality coating and laminating plants and provides the best technical and cost-effective production solutions for the coating and laminating of roll-to-roll and sheet-to-sheet substrates.

From product development to commissioning, it offers coating lines and laminating lines as lab plants or production plants, for discontinuous and continuous processes, for all sizes from DIN A4 to working widths of 5.400 mm.

It products have wide applications in areas as diverse as textiles, paper, foil, nanotechnologies, film, solar cells, fuel cells, batteries, medical applications, glass single aggregates or turn-key production plants

In an exclusive interview with Fibre2fashion, a spokesperson, Ms Doris Eschenbruecher at Coatema, spoke about their evolution, new technologies at Coatema and on the emerging sub–sector of technical textiles.

We began by asking her, the evolution of Coatema in the last few years, to which she said, “Coatema is happy to see, that the world-wide demand for high-quality production equipment is rising strongly”.

She added by saying, “While the market developed during the 90´s on a cost driven approach, people have learned, that quality more than makes up for the difference in initial investment”.

“We at Coatema are proud, that we have not changed our production rules and are still able to offer highest quality since more than 35 years”, she concluded by saying.

Next we asked her to reveal details about new technologies displayed at Techtextil 2009, to which she replied by saying, “Most important technologies are the flexible and modular layout of our laboratory and pilot plants, like our click & coat systems”.


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