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News14 Jul 2014Lorenzo Minelli has been appointed director of ItemaLab following the retirement of current research and innovation director, Giuseppe Casarotto.
News11 Jul 2014West Yorkshire, UK-based specialist sport surfaces company Playrite produced a striking yellow floor covering for the steps of Leeds Town Hall, close to the starting point of the first stage of this year’s Tour de France.
Achieving a quality T-shirt depends on using high quality fabric which in turn depends on high quality yarn. Evenness testing helps ensure the latter
Karl Mayer has recently begun manufacturing in India, a market which it believes has great potential. India is currently the second most important sales region for its Warp Preparation Business Unit. In some sectors, such as direct beaming and sizing machines, Karl Mayer said it has a market share of more than 90%.
ITMA ASIA + CITME, now in its fourth edition, saw in excess of 100,000 visitors, a 7% increase on the 2012 event. Exhibitors commented that attendance from outside of China appeared to be growing, confirming that, while China remains the dominant textile industry force, there is also interest in the latest textile technology from a growing number of other countries, particularly in Asia.
News27 Jun 2014The five-day ITMA ASIA + CITME 2014 concluded successfully at the Shanghai New International Exhibition Centre on 20 June 2014. It received enthusiastic response, attracting visitorship of around 100,000 from 102 economies - an increase of 7% over the attendance recorded at the 2012 show.
Jakob Müller exhibited two new machines for air jet label weaving and jacquard pattern weaving at ITMA ASIA + CITME last week. The MÜJET MBJL6 has a working width of 1200mm and constant production speed of 950rpm, resulting in a 20% increase in output. An optimised weft insertion system is particularly stable and gentle. Compressed air in the left and right relay nozzle sections is individually adjustable and another new feature is retention air that can be separately switched on and off in order to reduce air consumption.
Itema has sold 72 of its A9500 airjet weaving machines to Zhejiang Haoxin Textile Co Ltd of Zhejiang Province, China. The A9500 is a high performance machine aimed at the mass production of quality woven fabrics. The positioning of the first frame is closer to the reed, allowing for a shorter stroke at higher speeds. Longer weft insertion provides less tension on weft yarns, as a means of increasing efficiency.
Verdol supplies technology for filament yarn processing including twisting machines for embroidery and sewing thread applications covering machines for hosiery, stockings, sportswear and technical yarns, air covering machines for hosiery, stockings and sportswear.
Dornier, a family-owned German company, produces various types of rapier weaving machines and air-jet weaving machines, implementing innovative and sustainable machine concepts for the production of sophisticated fabrics to eliminate air, water and soil pollution.
