Knitting & Hosiery
The TM WEFT is launched successfully in China
A well attended in-house event was held in Changzhou from15.-18.01.2019 to launch KARL MAYER’s new warp knitting machine with weft insertion.
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Heimtextil 2019: A lively start gives hope for a good business year ahead
The international home textiles industry has enjoyed a promising start at Heimtextil in Frankfurt am Main, which has finished on 11th January. The challenging economic situation and uncertainty in the retail sector were countered by a positive and confident mood at the world’s leading trade fair.
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DOMOTEX 2019 – a trade fair to connect the continents
The latest edition of DOMOTEX – the world's leading showcase for carpets and floor coverings (January 11 to 14) – has underscored its reputation as the sector's biggest and most important hub for business, innovations and trends. Over 1,400 exhibitors from more than 60 nations came to Hannover to kick off a successful new year of business. With close to 90 percent of all attendees having decision-making authority, the caliber of the show's visitors remained extremely high – a fact confirmed by exhibitors.
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Textiles & Apparel / Garment
A record number of international companies applied for ISPO Textrends, the performance textiles, accessories and trims forum for the Sports & Out-doors markets. Judged by an international jury of textile experts, Best Product, TOP TEN and Selection were awarded in 10 sectors that will feature at the ISPO Textrends forum at ISPO Beijing in January and ISPO Munich in February 2019.
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Durst, manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies, is expanding its high-revenue Large Format Printing (LFP) segment with a new leadership. Previously, the segment was divided into the areas of web-fed printing in Brixen and flatbed printing at the Lienz production site.
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ISPO Award jury honors the most innovative sports products for 2019/2020
The ISPO Award is regarded as a well-established seal of quality and approval for outstanding products in the sports industry. The 2019 winners have now been chosen. An independent international jury of experts have chosen the winners in the five segments Health & Fitness, Outdoor, Snowsports, Team & Social Sports, and Urban from amongst several hundreds of entries.
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Teijin Frontier launches new “Sensing Wear” range
Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., the Teijin Group's fibers and products converting company, announced today that it has launched a new line of sportswear and other clothing incorporating “wearable solutions”. Samples of the new line-up will be exhibited at the 5th WEARABLE EXPO, a leading trade fair for wearable devices and related technology, which will take place at Tokyo Big Site from January 16 to 18. Teijin Frontier’s stand (W14-8, West Hall) will showcase motion-sensing and vital-sign sensing products.
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EuroFibers appointed as premium supplier of Twaron®-based ripcords
To drive their process flexibility and offer customers the best service, Teijin Aramid has appointed EuroFibers BV as premium supplier of Twaron® based ripcords types. In concrete terms this means that as of January 1st 2019, ripcord orders can be placed at EuroFibers, who will handle the complete order process. The Twaron® based ripcords from EuroFibers are called Ripo RC and Ripo WB.
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Techtextil Innovation Award 2019: now open for entries
With the Techtextil Innovation Award, Techtextil, International Trade Fair for Technical Textiles and Nonwovens, will once again honour outstanding ideas in the field of technical textiles including, for the first time, ideas focusing on sustainability.
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Lectra strengthens its Executive Committee
Lectra is strengthening its Executive Committee to accelerate the implementation of its Lectra 4.0 strategy, initiated in early 2017, with the objective of becoming a key player in the Industry 4.0 market.
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Texprocess honours new textile-processing ideas
Honouring new, future-oriented technological developments in the apparel and textile industry: Texprocess Innovation Award now open for entries.
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As the key site for the construction of Monforts finishing machines, Montex Maschinenfabrik in Austria is currently working flat out to meet a very busy new order schedule, while also finalising the new exhibits which will be unveiled at ITMA 2019 in Barcelona this June.
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The December 2018 ICAC Recorder continued the theme established in the prior issue, which was released in September: ‘Cotton High Yields, This Time for Africa’. At 34 pages long, it includes four major feature articles, as well as an introductory editorial penned by the International Cotton Advisory Committee’s (ICAC) Head of the Technical Information Section, Dr. Keshav Kranthi.
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Knitting & Hosiery
STOLL und DITF present at ISPO Munich
Once again, H. STOLL AG & Co. KG will be exhibiting at ISPO Munich on 3 - 6 February 2019, this year in cooperation with DITF (German Institute for Textile + Fiber Research). DITF as the largest European textile research center and STOLL present a fully automated production and development process out of a digitalized 3D CAD model.
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The long view for ring spinners
Ring spinning machines are getting longer. And that’s a trend that is noticeable in some markets, where ringframes run to as many as 2,000 spindles – or about 70 meters in length. Even with good human eyesight capable of reaching 5,000 meters, it’s still not possible to have a total overview of end-breaks along the full extent of the frame. Only an automated system can monitor if the spindles are all operating correctly.
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“Smarter Textile. Better Life” in ShanghaiTex 2019
Textile means more than just a piece of clothing today, it has always been closely related to our daily life. Since more consumers are eager to buy unique, creative and functional clothing, innovative technologies are being adopted in a broad range of applications in the textile and fashion market. Fashion and technology are edging closer together to cater effectively for the needs of the consumers.
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Oerlikon Neumag presents world innovation at the DOMOTEX
World premiere at the DOMOTEX World Trade Fair for Carpets and Floor Coverings in Hanover: between January 11 bis 14, 2019, Oerlikon Neumag will be showcasing its innovative new development, the BCF S8, to a wide audience for the very first time in Hall 11, Stand B36.
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Full range of technologies for textile processing
Automation, individualisation, customisation and sustainability. The range of technologies at the coming Texprocess is more comprehensive than ever. Four months before its start, the leading international trade fair for the processing of textile and flexible materials is almost booked up.
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SGL Carbon and Airbus Helicopters agree on framework contract
The helicopter manufacturer Airbus Helicopters Germany and SGL Carbon have been working together for years in the field of processing composite materials for aircraft doors of the Airbus Group. In the future, the cooperation with Airbus will be extended to applications for the helicopter sector and further intensified.
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