#ITMA-Asia + CITME-2014

2014-05-09

Santex Group at ITMA Asia with their 4 major brands

At ITMA Asia + CITME 2014 the Swiss and Italian Santex (Hall E7 / Booth E14) will show the Santex ESC Chamber during the exhibition. The Santex ESC, Energy Saving Chamber stands for higher productivity and as a result a better ROY. Santex focused on the finishing of quality knitted fabrics and comprehensive systems of individual machines for pre-treatment of tubular and open-width knitted fabrics.

The Santex Group will particulary inform about the following products:

Santex Santashrink – for tensionless shrinking and relax drying of tubular and open width knitted fabrics. Santacompact; width control and equalization of open-width knitted fabric through distortion-free, controlled pinning management. NOVA - Dry to dry continuous water-free cleaning ranges. A solution for scouring of finished fabrics to remove unfixed dye-stuff to eliminate residues.

SperottoRimar Specialized in finishing of machinery for wool & wool like fabrics (cotton, silk, Viscose and synthetic fabrics). Decofast; continuous decatizing machine; under steam pressure to achieve outstanding dimensional stability on worsted, woollens and warp knitted fabrics.

Cavitec Hotmelt coating and laminating with Hotmelt adhesives. Cavitec combines the Hotmelt machine with laminating calender, low tension drive and web guiding systems. Final end products are for clothing, protective and sports textiles.

Prepreg plants for the impregnation of various types of glass and carbon fiber materials for structural composites for the end use in aircraft, space automotive industry.

Nonwovens materials are dried or bonded together in the Santatherm oven, using the variable nozzle and fan systems; the required thickness and weight can be adjusted.

Isotex Experts for complete lines for coating, resin finishing, impregnation & laminating plants wet and dry application. Embossing machines for thermoplastic films, coated & coagulated fabrics and rotogravure printing presses for calendered PVC films, synthetic leather, tarpaulins, vinyl flooring.

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