Cotton swab machines leaders join forces

Falu AG of Switzerland and Bellini & Meda Srl of Italy are pleased to announce that they have joined forces in the area of the cotton swab business.

Falu will assume responsibility for customers, markets, distribution and product design under the brand name Falu, Bellini & Meda will assume responsibility for manufacturing components, modules and assemblies for the cotton business.

Bellini & Meda will continue its food machine business in its own right and will remain a specialist in the field of food packaging machines.

The cooperation between Bellini & Meda and Falu represents a pooling of expertise of two major players in the business. United by a common industry background, the new alliance combines a large customer base as well as a complementary product portfolio.

Swiss based Falu AG, pioneer in cotton swab machines, has gained considerable experience by building machines for more than 45 years. Falu machines are reliable and have a long life expectancy. Its reliable after-sales service offers a wide availability of spare parts, even for old-timer FALU machines.

Italian based Bellini & Meda has been in production, development and sales of cotton swab machinery for over 25 years. Equipped with a modern production machine park, the company focuses in the future on its manufacturing strength and will supply Falu with its expertise and a wide range of parts, assemblies and machinery as an independent company.

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Faux Real launches humorous & outrageous apparel line

 Faux Real, the novelty shirt showcasing one-of-a kind 3D printing techniques launches a new line of entertaining apparel featuring t-shirts with images sure to garner a double take, this August at STREET/MAGIC in Las Vegas August 20 - 22.

Showcasing a line of both men’s and women’s styles, Faux Real T’s are the perfect combination of quirky, funny, and scandalous pictures for consumers who want to stand out from the everyday fashion crowd.

Adding to the current best selling, black and white "tuxedo shirt', and the “1970’s Hairy Chest”, a shirt printed with a peace sign necklace and aviator sunglasses over a suede vest, are shirts just in time for Halloween and Christmas. A few of the new additions include "Zombie", "Red Smoking Jacket", and assorted styles and colors of the classic "Ugly Christmas Sweater" are available in both men's and women's styles.

Faux Real photorealistic apparel is a novelty line that is sold Nationwide in gift shops, boutiques, and catalogues across the nation. Faux Real offers themed shirts for a wide variety of special occasions.

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Web Processing develops hot-melt carpet-backing machine

Web Processing (M/C) Ltd. - a United Kingdom-based manufacturer of coating, laminating, flocking and prepregging machinery for the textile, paper and plastic industries, and a Cygnet Tex-Web company - has developed a carpet-backing machine that enables manufacturers to manufacture fully recyclable floor coverings and thereby decrease the volume of commercial and domestic carpet sent to landfills.

The Hot-Melt Carpet-Backing Machine applies a thermoplastic adhesive that replaces traditional difficult-to-recycle carpet-backing materials such as latex, polyvinyl chloride and bitumen. According to the company, carpet backed with the adhesive may be recycled at more than 90 percent of industrial and household recycling plants.

"Our Hot-Melt Carpet-Backing Machine has been developed in close collaboration with carpet manufacturers and adhesive suppliers and is being heralded as a major step forward in the campaign to make the flooring market more ecologically-sustainable by creating products that are completely recyclable," said Roy Conway, technical manager, Web Processing.

"We have invested over a decade of experience in carpet manufacturing to engineer a machine that surpasses previous green credentials for the industry."

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ParAid Textile invests in latest hi-tech machinery

Telford-based ParAid Textile Services, which specialises in the design and assembly of straps, harnesses and other sewn products, has significantly boosted its infrastructure and expanded its workforce, following its investment in the latest hi-tech machinery.

The new Genesis 2300 conveyorised textile cutting machine is manufactured by Blackman & White Ltd and is known for its speed and cut accuracy. One specific feature of the machine is its optical recognition camera which allows it to cut individual pattern graphics precisely and quickly.
The purchase will allow ParAid Textile Services to bring all its fabric cutting and preparation in-house instead of outsourcing. The new machine will also allow the company to offer an additional bespoke cutting service to new and existing customers.

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Indonesia trims budget for textile machinery upgrade

Indonesian Ministry of Industry has announced a reduction in the budget allocated for machine upgradation programme, which ams at enhancing the competitiveness of textile, leather and footwear industries.

Industry Ministry’s Textiles and Miscellaneous Industries Chief, Ramon Bangun, said the Ministry would cut the budget allocation for the programme by 4.6 percent from last year’s Rp 152.5 billion to Rp 145.5 billion this year.

The reduction in budget allocation followed a need for budget efficiency required to balance the delay in fuel price rise.

Mr. Ramon informed that a sum of Rp 34 billion, which is equal to 23.37 percent of the Ministry’s total budget allocation for restoration of aging industrial machinery, has been released to 32 companies by May 2012.

The Ministry originally sanctioned the aid for 100 firms, but so far it has disbursed the amount only to 32 firms, he added.

Mr. Ramon said the Ministry was also assessing another 18 firms for the programme, and added that more than 173 firms were asked to benefit from the programme this year.

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