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Digital career guidance - Lindauer DORNIER offers virtual tours and informs about training professions
For more than 10.9 million pupils in the country it is currently: home schooling instead of face-to-face lessons and for the 1.8 million associated school leavers: disorientation instead of career guidance.
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Weavers of carbon fabrics
People's concerns about adverse effects from pollution on our living environment is growing. Industries are being forced to reduce their impact on the environment. Transportation accounts for up to one third of all CO2 emissions and cars generate a major share of the pollution. The need to reduce the weight of a car in order to cut its emissions or to increase its range is clear. Steel is getting replaced by carbon fiber based composites and car interiors are being provided with luster by using carbon fabric inlays. The quality of the carbon fabric is crucial for reaching the expected performance.
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Brazilian customer Döhler’s experience on the new TerryPlus-i
Last year we launched our new TerryPlus-i airjet weaving machine. Döhler was the first Brazilian customer to order the TerryPlus-i. Ingo Döhler, Industrial Director, outlines his thoughts on the new TerryPlus-i: “We are very impressed by the stability and performance of the TerryPlus-i weaving machine. TerryPlus-i fulfills its promise of delivering top level pile quality, even at the highest speeds, and this allows us to offer a perfect terry fabric to our customers.”
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Heathcoat Fabrics Limited was selected by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to design and make a super high-strength and heat resistant parachute fabric for the Mars 2020 / Perseverance Rover mission. And Heathcoat chose a Picanol weaving machine for the development of its DecelAir™ parachute fabric. Picanol’s weaving machine is the perfect solution for the production of high-quality fabrics for technically demanding end uses. You can read the full story below.
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Vandewiele informs they have reached an agreement for the acquisition of 100% of Savio Group. They are convinced that the Savio Group will be a valued member of Vandewiele, consisting of several textile machine companies, all trendsetters in their field.
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Stäubli, a global leader in industrial and mechatronic solutions, is starting the new year with a new Chief Executive Officer. Gerald Vogt, previously responsible for the global business of the Robotics Division, will take over as CEO from Rolf Strebel on January 1, 2021.
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A modern composite lightweight design is not based on the material alone. It is rather an optimal synergy of material, process and application.
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Stäubli – innovation driver and long-term shaper of the Swiss machinery landscape
December 9, 2020 marks the 80th anniversary date of the Swissmem Textile Machinery Division. Stäubli, a member of Swissmem since January 1897, was among the founders of this section, dedicated to the textile industry. The section was established during very difficult times, World War II, but has achieved success for both partners: Today the Swissmem Textile Machinery Division is celebrating its 80th anniversary, and the Stäubli Group, as a founding member headquartered in Switzerland, enjoys worldwide renown as an innovation driver in textile mechatronics.
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The installation of 112 OmniPlus-i machines at Ada Fios in Portugal reaches full cruising speed!
Challenges in life are inevitable, but they can often be used to one’s advantage. This was the perspective that the Portuguese company ADA Fios took when it was hit by a fire that completely destroyed its spinning section and most of its weaving machines at the end of June. ADA Fios faced the challenge by confidently looking to the future and it made immediate plans for an even more modern weaving mill than it had before.
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Itema signs the contract with the Egyptian Cotton & Textile Industries Holding Company C.T.I.H.
Itema, the global leading provider of best-in-class weaving solutions including weaving machines, OEM spare parts and integrated services, has been chosen as the weaving partner for the colossal modernization program of the public sector of the Egyptian textile industry.
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DORNIER initiates mask development with the German Institutes for Textile and Fibre Research (DITF)
Initiated by weaving machine manufacturer Lindauer DORNIER, the DITF are launching a project to develop reusable medical face masks based on high-precision air-jet weaving technology.
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Automated solutions for quality satisfaction
USTER® fabric inspection solutions cover the value chain from weaving to finishing. The ingenious design of USTER® Q-BAR 2 and USTER® EVS FABRIQ VISION fits every production line – delivering the right quality, while reducing waste and optimizing fabric yield.
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