ITMA - the Olympics of Textile Machinery

Even though we have to wait till November 2015 for the next edition of ITMA, it is worth it. ITMA has been the world’s most established textile and garment machinery exhibition since 1951.

The expo showcases the entire textile and garment value chain from braiding & embroidery to equipment for plant operation, testing, measuring; from textile processing and logistics to nonwovens production.

Here are some information about the previous edition (2011)

The Sustainability of the Italian Textile Machinery Obtains Certification at ITMA Asia 2012

Italian textile machinery manufacturers will place productive sustainability and efficiency at the center of their production ranges. In fact, sustainability and energy efficiency are issues that, even in the textile industries of Asian countries such as China and India, will represent a discriminating factor in the near future in order to have a competitive advantage over international competitors.


Already during the last edition of ITMA ASIA two years ago, ACIMIT, the Association of Textile Machinery Manufacturers, had launched the “Sustainable technologies” project, later followed by the Acimit green label, a document which serves to identify textile machinery energy and environmental performance as to make them more easily comprehensible.


In particular, the parameter selected to provide an ecological efficiency value of the machinery being labelled is the quantity of equivalent carbon dioxide emissions (Carbon Footprint - CFP) produced during operation of the machinery.


At ITMA ASIA 2012 the green label certification was presented. In fact, in recent months ACIMIT had worked with an international certification body, RINA, defining the rules which would guarantee control of the values declared on the green label. The companies participating in this initiative are required to follow an implementation regulation and an operating instruction on measuring the energy/environmental performance parameters. Both the implementation regulation and the operating instruction on measurements were validated by RINA.


Of the 34 companies which participate in the project, 6 passed the RINA inspection audit this year in May: FLAINOX, ITEMA, JAEGGLI, REGGIANI, SANTONI and TONELLO.


“In the industrial machinery sector, explained Sandro Salmoiraghi, ACIMIT President, there are other brands which claim to attribute the sustainability license to those who wear their badge. In all actuality, continues Salmoiraghi, these are always brands which are self-referential and exclusively of a promotional nature. On the other hand, the ACIMIT president concludes, with the green label certification Italian companies are able to provide potential customers with performance information verified by an international certification body” .


In addition to the 34 companies which already participate in the ACIMIT “Sustainable technologies” project, other Italian exhibitors at ITMA ASIA were also prepared to demonstrate the progress made by their technology concerning cost reduction and production resource savings to the visitors of the most important show in the sector in Asia.


115 Italian textile machinery manufacturers were present in Shanghai, exhibiting on a floor space of about 4,700 square meters. The fact that Italian companies were present in all the pavilions at the show attests to the wide and complete Made in Italy technological range.


Source: www.acimit.it

Rieter’s Shares Are Falling due to Bad Sales

Shares of Rieter, a Swiss manufacturer of textile machines, fell drastically after it got known that orders for machinery from Germany declined for a sixth month in April 2012.

Rieter dropped as much as 7.3 percent. The decline pushed the stock down 3.7 percent this year. Competitor OC Oerlikon Corp declined 2.3 percent.

Orders for German machinery, adjusted for inflation, fell 11 percent from a year earlier in April, according to data from the Frankfurt-based VDMA industry association. Domestic sales contracts dropped 14 percent, while export orders declined 9 percent. Germany is the largest national export market for Switzerland’s machinery industry.

Source: Bloomberg

New Records in Shipments of New Textile Machines in 2011

In its newest report, ITMF has informed that after a sharp reduction in shipments of new textile machinery in 2008 and 2009 due to the global financial crisis, deliveries of new textile machinery increased in 2010 and came even stronger in 2011, in most cases to new record highs. In comparison to 2010 global shipments of new spinning machinery increased by +15% (short-staple spindles), by +35% (long-staple spindles) and by +27% (open-end rotors), of new draw-texturing spindles by +42%, of new shuttle-less looms by +44%, and of new electronic flat-knitting machines by +37%. Only worldwide shipments of new large circular knitting machines dropped in 2011 by -16%.

These results have been released recently by International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) in a separate report. The report covers six types of textile machinery, namely spinning, texturing, weaving, large circular knitting, flat knitting and finishing machinery. This report is based on the survey with some 118 textile machinery manufacturers, representing a comprehensive measure of world production.

Spinning Machinery
After shipments of new short-staple spindles plummeted in 2008 (-33%) and 2009 (-17%) they jumped back in 2010 (+75%) to pre-crisis levels and increased in 2011 by a further +15% reaching 14.33 million, an all-time high. 94% of all shipped short-staple spindles were destined for Asia (13.46 million), with China alone absorbing 8.90 million or 62% of global shipments, followed by India as distant second (2.49 million spindles or 17%), Bangladesh (639,000 or 4.5%), Turkey (628,000 or 4.4%) and Indonesia (517,000 or 3.6%).

Global shipments of long-staple (wool) spindles soared in 2011 by +35% to 113,250. Europe was the main recipient (53,750 or 47%), followed by Asia (49,000 or 43%), the America (8,750 or 7.7%) and Africa (2,000 or 1.8%). The single biggest investor in long-staple (wool) spindles was Turkey (32,500), followed by China (23,400), Iran (14,300), U.A. Emirates (9,000) and Italy (8,800).

Investments in open-end rotors jumped in 2011 by +27% to 572,250, a new record high. Asia was once again by far the biggest investor in this spinning technology installing in total 463,250 new rotors or 81% of global shipments. China was by far the biggest single investor in rotors absorbing 388,250 or 68% of global shipments. India was again distant second with a total of 37,750 new open-end rotors (6.6%), followed by Turkey with 35,250 rotors (6.2%), Uzbekistan with 10,250 rotors (1.8%), Brazil with 30,250 rotors (5.3%) and the USA with 12,250 rotors (2.1%).

Texturing Machinery
Shipments of single heater draw-texturing spindles (for polyamide filaments) fell from 13,200 in 2010 to 1,824 in 2011 (-86%). Only two countries, Taiwan, China (1,536) and Vietnam (288) were installing new texturing spindles of this type.

In the segment of double heater draw-texturing spindles (for polyester filament) investments surged from 568,250 texturing spindles in 2010 to 826,500 in 2011, an increase of +45%. This meant also a new all time high of newly shipped double-heater draw-texturing spindles. By far the biggest investor in this type of machinery was China where 624,500 new spindles or 76% of global shipments were installed, followed by distant second India with 90,000 or 11%, Turkey with 20,000 or 2.4%, Japan with 19,750 or 2.4% and Taiwan with 7,500 or 0.9%.

Weaving Machinery
Worldwide shipments of shuttle-less looms continued soaring in 2011 to 153,750 machines, an increase of +44% from last year's record of 107,000. The main reason behind this development is the surge in shipments of water-jet looms. After a skyrocketing jump of +537% to 73,250 in 2010, which was partially due to the fact that more weaving machinery manufacturers reported for the first time in 2010, global deliveries in this shuttle-less loom segment continued soaring by +54% to 113,000 machines in 2011. In the shuttle-less loom segment of rapier/projectile looms shipments increased from 16,000 in 2010 to 19,250 in 2011, an increase of +20%. Also deliveries of shuttle-less air-jet looms increased from 17,750 in 2010 to 21,500 in 2011 (+21%). As in previous years the main destination of shuttle-less looms was Asia, where 148,500 or 96% of all new shuttle-less looms were installed. Country-wise the biggest global investor was again China with 128,100 looms (83%), of which 106,000 were water-jet looms, 13,900 air-jet looms and 8,250 rapier/projectile looms. With 9,100 looms (6%) of global shipments India was the second biggest investor, followed by Indonesia with 2,900 (1.9%) and Korea with 2,500 looms (1.6%).

Circular and Flat Knitting Machinery
Global shipments of large circular knitting machines decreased by -16% from 34,500 in 2010 to 28,900 in 2011. Nevertheless, this was still the 3rd highest number of large circular knitting machines ever shipped. Also in this segment Asia was the main regional investor in this type of machinery absorbing 26,400 machines or 91% of all machines shipped in 2011. The biggest single investor was again China with a total of 21,200 machines (a global market share of 73%) followed by India with 1,500 machines (or 5.2%), Bangladesh with 1,050 machines (or 3.6%) and Turkey with 900 machines (or 3.1%).

In the segment of electronic flat knitting machines, global shipments in 2011 jumped by +37% to 70,000 machines. The bulk of global shipments of electronic flat knitting machines was delivered to Asia (65,250 or 93%), while Europe's (including Turkey) share reached 5.8% (= 4,100 machines). The biggest single investor in 2011 was again China, where 54,800 new machines (78%) were installed, followed by Bangladesh with 4,475 machines (6.4%), Hong Kong with 2,930 machines (4.2%), Turkey with 2,150 machines (3.1%) and Italy with 1,120 machines (1.6%).

Finishing Machinery
The 2011 edition of ITMF's International Textile Machinery Shipments Statistics included for the seventh time also data on finishing machinery (wovens and knits continuous machinery).

Source: ITMF

GIA Releases Global Report on Textile Machinery Market

This week Global Industry Analysts, Inc. (GIA) has announced the release of a global report on the World Textile Machinery market.

According to the report the global market for textile machinery is projected to reach close to US$23 billion by 2017. The main drivers for this growth of the textile machinery market include the improving economic environment in this market, increasing demand for non-woven textile products, plus the growing demand in the emerging markets, especially in the Asian region.

This report states clearly that the market is now experiencing a shift from conventional machinery requiring manual labour to more sophisticated machinery. Final ownership costs, flexibility and versatility comprise the determining factors for new equipment purchases. In addition, the market is now facing the emergence of more technologically advanced machines at highly competitive prices owing to the introduction and adoption of new technologies in the industry.

After the toughest decrease in 2008 because of the economic downturn, which had a negative impact throughout the textile industry, the main exporters of textile equipment like Japan, Italy, Germany, China and Switzerland, who saw dramatic decreases in sales, have been reporting on better results ever since 2010. Still, the economic issues in the European Union were not stimulating sales in the internal markets. So the local textile machine manufacturers were and are seeking to export in foreign markets: Turkey, South-east Asia, China.

As stated in the newly released report, the Asian region represents the largest and the fastest growing regional market for textile machinery worldwide. Growth in the market is expected to be driven by the fabric machinery segment. The shift of operations from the US and Europe to the region is attributed as the main cause of the present-day booming market in the region. Still, as mentioned in the report, textile production will not be stopped completely in North America and Europe, where the local companies will stick to lean manufacturing tactics and techniques to stay competitive.

The Textile Machinery Report is available (for a fee) at the GIA site.

Fibre2fashion Launching its Machinery Year Book

Fibre2fashion, one of the leading informational sources about the textile industry on the web, announced its “Machinery Year Book”.

The premise for creating such a resource pertaining to the worldwide textile industry consists in the recent changes and advancements in the textile machinery market in the Asia region. As the region has established itself as a global hub for textile and apparel production, the governments of the respective countries (India, China, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia) are aligning their policies and laws with the increasing textile production in the countries. Upgrade of the technological base remains the main focus of the governments, which develop and promulgate rules and laws allowing easier and less time-consuming imports of textile machinery and equipment into the markets.

For instance, India’s ‘Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme’ is already showing a positive dynamics in terms of imports of textile machines. Indonesia has followed suit with its own upgradation scheme, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Vietnam to join the club in the long run.

As mentioned in the Fibre2fashion’s press release, all these initiatives are expected to open a plethora of opportunities for those in the worldwide textile, garment and allied machinery and equipment sector.

So that international textile machinery and equipment manufacturers reach out to the main players in the Asian region, fibre2fashion is keen on launching its “Machinery Year Book”, which will contain information about new technology, innovation, industry articles, white papers and case studies across the entire textile value-chain.

Fibre2fashion revealed that the Machinery Year Book would be made available in downloadable formats and hard copy. Here are more details about the Machinery Year Book from Fibre2fashion.

Imports of Textile Machinery in Pakistan Are At Record Lows

According to Business Recorder, a Pakistani publication, the import of textile machinery in Pakistan fell by 59 percent in March, which was mainly because of a significant decrease in textile exports and output.

With strict laws and energy shortfalls, investors are now ready to relocate their existing manufacturing to countries like Bangladesh and elsewhere in the world, where conditions are more favorable. Pakistan’s import of textile machinery fell by 59 percent in March 2012 to 19,4 million dollars. In March 2011 textile machinery imports netted out at 47,1 million dollars, according to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.Compared to February 2012, the imports of machinery fell from 45,3 million dollars.

Looking at the statistical data for the fiscal year starting on July 1, Pakistan imported textile machines for 316 million dollars in the 11-12 fiscal year, which is a decrease of 56.25% from the same period in the 10-11 fiscal year.

Local specialists and market experts say that the present negative business environment does not motivate investors to expand their existing factories and plants, but rather have them relocate their businesses in countries with reliable sources of energy and business-favoring government policies.

Source: Business Recorder [www.brecorder.com]

A Growing Demand for Italian Textile Machinery in India

The Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT), will hold two important workshops in Mumbai and Ichalkaranji (India). The organization of the two events is the response of the Italian textile machinery industry to the strong demand for textile machinery in the Indian market.

India is the world’s second largest market in terms of value for textile machinery imports (amounting to 1.11 billion euros). Italian technology is especially in demand. In 2011, 133 million euros worth of Italian textile machinery was sold to India, which is a 19% increase compared to 2010.

As mentioned in a press release at the president of ACIMIT mentioned in a press release at acimit.it, “ Business opportunities have multiplied, particularly in recent years, owing in part to the incentives set up by the Indian authorities to promote the modernization of local industry .”

To meet this growing demand for Made in Italy textile machinery, ACIMIT is organizing two important events with Indian textile manufacturers. Mumbai and Ichalkaranji will play host to two workshops to be held on May 7 and 12, at which various Italian machinery manufacturers will be presenting their latest technology proposals.

The following Italian machinery manufacturers will be taking part: Canalair, Cs Automazione, Fimat, Flainox, Itema, Jaeggli Meccanotessile, Ptmt, Smit, Testa.

The workshops, organized by ACIMIT, are part of the “Machines Italia in India” program financed by the Ministry for Economic Development, which has entrusted the organization to the Federmacchine group (the Federation of Italian Manufacturers of Capital Goods). “Machines Italia in India” is an initiative aimed at supporting the internationalization activities of businesses in the sector, which is experiencing some of the most intense economic development anywhere in the globe.

Source: www.acimit.it

ITM Texpo Eurasia 2012 Exhibition to Be Held with HIGHTEX 2012 Technical Textiles and Nonwovens Exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey

In a press release published on www.itm2012.com, it was announced that the ITM Texpo Eurasia 2012 Exhibition, which brings together the world’s leading textile technology manufacturers, will be organized in Istanbul on April 21-24, 2012, at Tuyap Beylikduzu Fair and Congress Center.

This year the ITM International Textile Machinery Exhibition joined with Texpo Eurasia International Textile, Weaving, Yarn, Finishing, Knitting, Hosiery Machines, Side Industries and Chemicals Exhibition organized every year and is now named as ITM Texpo Eurasia 2012.

Turkey being one of the world’s leading textile investment countries still continues to be the location of interest in the international arena with its potential, experience, know-how, qualified human force, production capacity, production capacity, quality, development in R&D and P&D studies and other features. As per the international trade statistics realized in 2010 and in the first half of 2011, it is obvious that the effects of the global crisis having hit the whole world and the textile industry in 2008-2009 ended and textile investments in Turkey continue by increasing. If the textile industry continues its recovery with this speed, it seems that it will reach its levels before the crisis by the end of 2011.

With regard to these developments ITM Texpo Eurasia 2012 Exhibition is expected to be an exhibition visited by the surrounding and neighboring countries and it is also assumed that Turkish textile manufacturers will place new machinery orders during the exhibition.

Technologies to be Exhibited

At ITM 2012 Exhibition, Cotton and Fiber Preparation, Yarn Preparation, Yarn Twisting, Weaving Preparation and Weaving, Flat and Circular Knitting, Quilting, Hosiery, Embroidery, Dyeing-Printing-Finishing Machineries, Textile Chemicals, Laboratory Equipments and Quality Control Systems, CAD- CAM- CIM Application and Automation Systems, Machinery Spare Parts and Accessories will be exhibited. All related technology, raw material, chemicals and semi-products and end-products related with technical textiles and nonwovens will be exhibited at HIGHTEX 2012 to be organized at the same venue, at the same dates.

Source: itm2012.com

Tsudakoma, Japanese Textile Machinery Manufacturer, to Open a Plant in China

A renowned textile machinery manufacturer, the Japanese Tsudakoma announced its plans to set up a product plant in China. The new plant will be producing air-jet looms.

To start the plant, Tsudakoma Corp. established a joint venture with Jingwei Textile Machinery Co., Ltd. with the view of building the plant in the Shaanxi province.

The joint venture was set up with the share capital of 126 million RMB, in which Jingwei Textile Machinery Co., Ltd. holds 51 percent.

Photo: ZAX-9100 Air Jet Loom

The plant will focus on manufacturing the ZAX series of air-jet looms.

Source: http://www.tsudakoma.co.jp

Italian Textile Machinery Exhibited at Techtextil North America

According to the press release of ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, the association has organized a Meeting Point where some Italian machinery manufacturers involved in the production of machines for technical textiles will show their innovative solutions.

The companies that will be taking part in the event are: Cormatex, Dell’Orco & Villani, Loptex, Ratti Luino, Saspe.

For the Italian textile machinery industry, Techtextil North America will be a great occasion to exhibit the most up-to-date technical textiles technology to potential customers.

The US market for specialty fabrics and technical textiles saw a recovery in 2011. The projections for 2012 look very promising.

Also Italian exports to the US market testify the will of American textile customers to invest in updated equipment. In 2011 Italian sales of textile machinery reached a value of about 68 million euro (i.e. 94.7 million US dollar) with an increase of 84% compared to 2010.

In 2011 the most relevant share of the Italian machines exported to the US market was for accessories (33%), followed by spinning machines (20%) and finishing machines (20%).

Source: ACIMIT

Rieter, a Swiss Textile Machinery Manufacturer, to Double its Workforce in China

Rieter Holding AG, a Swiss textile machinery manufacturer, will double its workforce in China to reach 1,800 employees until 2013 within its expansion plan in Asia, to expand in Asia.

Other than increasing its workforce in China, the company also intends to grow the number of its employees in India to reach the number of 2,000 by 2013.

These plans were voiced in an interview with Mr. Stoller, the manufacturer’s chairman, at a conference in Winterthur, Switzerland, earlier in March, 2012.

As per Bloomberg, the company got about a third of its 2011 sales from China and India. Rieter said earnings before interest and tax rose to $123 million last year. The stock fell as much as 11 percent.

Rieter must manufacture textile machinery in India and China. Otherwise, the company will face undercuts by competitors in those countries since local manufacturing helps save on import taxes.

Rieter also mentioned that the expansion plans will not impact the personnel in Switzerland.

The company had 4,695 employees at the end of December, 2011.

Source: Bloomberg

SwissTex, a Renowned Textile Machine Manufacturer, to Restructure its Business

In a press release on its website, SwissTex Winterthur informed that high price pressure coupled with the intensified competition, additionally strengthened by the dramatic decline of the most important sale currencies to Swiss Franc, led to a substantial breakdown of its yields during the last months. The company also suffered from delays in delivery and current work for two large-scale projects, which had an impact on the company’s liquidity.

Despite large efforts toward the reduction of costs and efficiency improvement in the past financial year, the enterprise suffered a very high loss, which triggered an acute liquidity crisis.

As a result, the board of directors made the decision to restructure profoundly and concentrate on some few margin-strong activities, so that the enterprise can have a financial recess.

In the course of this restructuring SwissTex Winterthur AG is said to lay off a part of its personnel. This concerns presumably about 80 of the 91 currently employed workers.

About SwissTex Winterthur AG

SwissTex Winterthur AG is a global manufacturer of textile machinery and a system provider with a profound knowledge of BCF and T&I extrusion processes for the continuous filament market. The company is located in Winterthur, Switzerland.

Site: www.swisstex.ch

Japan is Attracted by Bangladesh’s Heavy Industry Expansion, Including Textile Manufacturing

Mainichi Japan reports that local companies in Bangladesh are aggressively diversifying into heavy machinery industries, offering a new window of opportunity for world and Japanese manufacturers in a promising Asian country (Bangladesh has a population of some 160 million).

Auto, electronics, textile manufacturers from Japan rush into this expanding and growing market with an effort to establish the necessary platform and start grabbing market shares.

The textile sector of the country has been one of the main industries prospering and showing constant growth throughout the last decade.

As Bangladesh has been seeing annual economic growth of around 6 percent in the recent years and its government is seeking development of industrial clusters by setting up special economic zones.

Hoping to beat foreign rivals in establishing a presence in the promising market, a Japanese economic delegation led by the government-backed Japan External Trade Organization, known as JETRO, visited Bangladesh in February. Officials from about 40 Japanese companies including electronics, auto parts and textile manufacturers took part in the program, reflecting Japanese firms' growing interest in the country's cheap labor and economic growth.

Some of the officials who visited the country cited concerns about lagging infrastructure development, but voiced hope for business potentials arising from gaining a foothold before more companies from around the world come into the market.

Source: Mainichi Japan

Santoni and Lonati Are Heading to Moscow for the 2012 Edition of Techtextil

As presented on KnittingIndustry.com, the Italian circular knitting machine manufacturer - Santoni - and its sister company Lonati, the world's leading hosiery machinery manufacturer, are heading to Moscow this month. The two Brescia located companies will be exhibiting at technical textiles exhibition Techtextil Russia and textile machinery show Inlegmash, which are taking place at Moscow's Expocenter between March 12-14.

Santoni's Marketing Manager Patrick Silva, who is preparing for the Moscow trade show, mentioned that the company will be presenting its Seamless Technology, which “is an innovative concept in clothing - free of irritating side seams. This technology can directly produce almost finished products, and so reduces the production costs.” He also added that Santoni seamless garments are primarily made from a combination of microfiber yarns, elastane and cotton. Microfiber yarns are made up of fine filaments of nylon that produce the softest fabrics. Natural fibers give a smooth look and a soft touch, have reduced pilling and are used in bodysuits, lace, or in jacquard knits.

"This new seamless apparel has transformed the knitting industry and the overall worldwide production process. The technology is not only replacing traditional knitting but is also replacing anything stitched or with seams," Silva explained.

According to Patrick Silva, Seamless products are being used for a variety of applications as they offer numerous benefits to the user. The technology is forecast to continue growing and apart from current uses Silva says Santoni's smart seamless knitting technology is playing a prominent role in integrating electronics into materials as a result of its flexibility.

Source: www.knittingindustry.com

French Textile Machinery Leaders to Exhibit in Turkey

As communicated by www.fibre2fashion.com, French machinery manufacturers are actively preparing for the well-known ITM expo to take place in Istanbul, April 21-24. Many of the French manufacturers exhibit at ITM on a regular basis since they consider Turkey a strategic market. Their latest regional collective action took place last October 2010 in Gaziantep (Turkey) and Alepo (Syria), where they organized two conferences, in Gaziantep mainly focused on the carpet industry, which is so important in this fast growing city of Eastern Turkey.

As per the official person from the French association “next ITM will be a major opportunity to meet once more our customers, communicate, at the highest level, about their needs to compete successfully on the ever changing global market, to introduce must-have new products, to have highly reliable, low cost and eco-friendly processes”.

It is important to remind that France is the 6th textile machinery exporter worldwide. Together the 35 manufacturers’ annual exports exceed 1 billion Euros (1.3 billion USD).

France is a main regional supplier of textile machinery, for example the 4th supplier for Turkey.

Dollfus & Muller will introduce at ITM 2012 its new compacting felt for knit finishing with major evolutions versus its existing products in order to serve better the dyeing houses. The new compacting felt quality brings a special care to the fabrics thanks to its smoothest surface, an excellent guiding and the best compacting rate in relations with the new exclusive compacting felt design. Furthermore, Dollfus & Muller will display its durable printing dryer belts. In Turkey, already many printers of fine fabrics, scarves, flags are using the Dollfus & Muller printing dryer belts for their non marking surfaces which can avoid as well the particles on the back side.

LAROCHE will show a full range of products made from their latest technologies. After 20 years of experience in Airlay technology Laroche will notably introduce the new “FLEXILOFT+” Airlay machine and the latest innovations in used clothes recycling processes.

Spoolex will present its Calemard and Decoup+ product lines for web products processing and handling, on the standof its Turkish agent Tekstil Servis.

STÄUBLI will exhibit a selection of the most modern products of the complete textile machinery range. These include cam motions and dobby machines, electronic Jacquard machines and harnesses, and weaving preparation systems products.

Group member Schönherr carpet systems will show its exclusive carpet samples - produced on ALPHA 400 series carpet-weaving machines - and Group member DEIMO will present state-of-the-art electronic control solutions mainly for textile machinery.

AESA, SWISSTEX France, AESA Air Engineering, NSC Fibre, Petit SA and SUPERBA will also be there to showcase their products and lines.

Source: fibre2fashion.com

Breakthrough Solar Power Textile Machinery Exhibited at a Pakistani Trade Show

The Megatech Pakistan 2012 expo, a leading textile expo in the region, saw a  great number of trade visitors from various cities in the country and from abroad. Also key textile industrialists as well as diplomatic representatives were present at the trade show. They appreciated the efforts of the organizers for putting up such an extensive exhibition of the latest textile machinery.

Many notable textile industrialists were amazed at the latest trend of energy efficient solutions and machinery with longer life. According to industry experts, the technology is an important aspect for the advancement of any industry as it helps in increasing export volume of textiles from Pakistan. A number of exhibiting companies also demonstrated their machinery powered by solar energy available at Expo Centre Lahore, which is a step forward in green energy for textile industry.       

 

Source: pakobserver.net

Used Textile Machinery Offered in February 2012

Used Textile Machines offered in February 2012: 

Dell'Orco Tearing Line

ROLANDO Pulling Machine

Electrical Group 250 KVA recycling machine

HEAT SETTING Line SUSSEN GILBOS yarn spinning machine  

BENNINGER Supertronic Weaving Machine

Techtextil Russia is a Hub of Russian and International Textile Companies

Techtextil Russia, a trade show for technical textiles, nonwovens and protective clothing, organized in Moscow is a unique event for the regional textile industry. It takes place every two years in Moscow in the downtown-based Expocenter. In 2010 the expo had 130 exhibitors from 18 countries. In 2012 the organizers hurried to announce that the expo was all sold out with over 190 companies taking part in the event.

Based on the statistical report from 2010 the expo was visited by close to 3,000 textile industry specialists and professionals.

In 2012 the event, which will open its doors on March 12 - literally a week from now, promises to be an outstanding expo with various activities planned during its 3 expo days.

Located in Russia, an emerging market with a huge potential for growth, Techtextil Russia (organized by the renown Messe Frankfurt) is a great opportunity:

- to establish business contacts with potential clients and partners,
- to analyze the competitors’ activities,
- to estimate the market conditions,
- to confirm the status of strong and stable company,
- to carry out effective advertising campaign for your target audience.

During the expo there will also be a unique exposition High-Tex from Germany, sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology in cooperation with the Association of the German Trade Fair Industry and supported by the Confederation of the German Textile and Fashion Industry. Meetings and seminars from outstanding industry persons will take place within this exposition.

If you are interested to attend the expo in Moscow, Russia, here are some details:

The 2010 results of Techtextil Russia

The 2012 exhibitors of Techtextil Russia
Textile machinery manufacturers will be heavily present at this event.

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