CURNO, Italy — November 2015 — SEI Laser introduced its new range of digital and eco sustainable laser solutions to textile processing and finishing at ITMA 2015.

The main protagonist is Flexi Denim, the digital laser technology revolution for denim and textile garment finishing that can replace the traditional and manual methods for discoloration, abrasion, decoration, marking, engraving and cutting of jeans and finished garments.

Flexi Denim safeguards the environment by reducing water consumption by 80 percent and eliminating the use of toxic chemicals in traditional methods during jeans treatments. The traditional methods require numerous washes causing considerable amount of water wastage and use of sophisticated and expensive purification plants.

Flexi Denim is the state-of-the-art digital laser revolution and solution for denim and textile garment finishing with the highest productivity, highest quality and ease of use. Another unique feature developed by SEI Laser is the management and the optimization of laser energy. The benefit is the reduction in energy consumption costs while having three times higher productivity than conventional methods and other laser machines (up to 160 pairs of jeans per hour).

Posted January 18, 2016

Source: SEI Laser

ESCHENBACH, Switzerland — November 2015 — CREALET, exhibitor of warp let-off and cloth take-up systems at the ITMA is excited about the future. ITMA 2015, the world’s leading trade show for textile machinery, exceeded all records in Milan this year. With more than 123,000 visitors from 147 countries, the show was busier than ever. The CREALET booth was bustling throughout the show with guests gathering information on the latest products and services. A broad portfolio of innovative solutions such as warp thread feeding, narrow and wide weaving machines, and warp knitting machines were presented.

Items of particular interest to both visitors and the media were the innovative CS2 Selvedge Thread Let-off and the conversions from mechanical to electronic let-off for narrow weaving machines. These new technologies replace conventional systems using a new independent control option. With these new innovations, users are given greater flexibility and can optimize their weaving processes more efficiently.

Visitors were also excited to learn about CREALET’s portfolio of products for wide weaving machines. These include conversion possibilities for Projectile Weaving Machines as well as the possibility of additional warp beam frames that can be placed behind either weaving or warp knitting machines.

Walter Wirz, General Manager of CREALET, was very positive about this year’s ITMA: “We had a highly successful ITMA 2015 with very positive feedback on the presented CREALET novelties. We have had very qualified discussions with numerous visitors and made many new contacts, thus strengthening our position as an innovative and competitive company.”

Posted January 18, 2016

Source: CREALET AG

MONCHENGLADBACH, Germany — November 2015 — Reiners + Fürst reports that the recent ITMA exhibition in Milan was one of the most successful exhibitions ever in the 70 year history of R+F. Over 450 visitors at the prominent R+F booth mark a record. But more important is the large number of discussions with high professionals who showed great interest in the latest developments of German Reiners + Fürst.

During the show R+F presented the next generation of TURBO chromium coated rings and a selection of enhanced ring travellers. R+F is thankful to all customers and reports a 3 times higher order intake during ITMA than expected.

Many customers contact R+F in search for advice and solutions not only involving rings and travellers but also about possible optimization of the whole spinning frame. This fact underlines the trust customers have in R+F’s product developments and high professional expertise in the field of ring spinning. Together with its world-wide network of agents and warehouses R+F stands as a reliable partner to the ring spinning industry.

Posted January 17, 2016

Source: Reiners + Fürst GmbH u. Co. KG

OBERTSHAUSEN, Germany — November 2015 — Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH, reports positive feedback from the ITMA 2015 fair

One of the highlights at ITMA 2015 in Milan was KARL MAYER’s presentation. This well-known manufacturer was showing its products on a stand covering an area of 1,200 m² over two levels. This company was showing nine ground-breaking machines and nine new developments for the textile and services sectors. The exhibits were staged extremely effectively in a futuristic setting. A multimedia show and curved, organic shapes covered with textiles were visible from some distance away, and invited visitors to take a look into the future.

A trendsetting stand

“Impressive”, “spectacular” and “totally visionary” were just some of the words used by the visitors to describe the stand. As soon as the fair opened, this was the stand that everyone was talking about and it quickly became a crowded meeting point for the sector. By the time ITMA was over, KARL MAYER’s exhibition team had recorded roughly 1,650 conversations. Most of the visitors – just over 26% – came from India. The team was also able to welcome many existing customers and newcomers from Italy (roughly 11%), Turkey (roughly 7%), and Germany and the USA (about 4% each).

In addition to the large number of visitors, KARL MAYER’s representatives were impressed by the high quality of the discussions they had. During the conversations, the guests asked many specific questions on the technology and end-uses. A number of projects involving first-time or continuing cooperation were planned, and sales contracts were initiated.

Warp knitting machines that set the standard

KARL MAYER’s new HKS 2-SE machine presents a multitude of innovations: a novel machine design, KAMCOS® 2 as a new automation platform, integrated monitoring functions with the new camera system and – with the Low Energy Option (LEO) – a very efficient means for cost saving.

Moreover, the HKS 4-M EL with its high productivity and maximum flexibility was another highlight during the trade fair – especially in combination with KARL MAYER’s DS OPTO-EC intended for the efficient manufacture of patterned sectional beams. At the machine show, the HKS 4-M EL was running at a speed of 2,100 min-1 and, despite its high dynamics, was operating with a high degree of precision. At maximum speeds, the shog movement for the underlap is executed precisely in just 6.3 ms. What is more, the extensive patterning potential of this new machine, which is the result of the EL function, is extremely impressive.

For the lace sector KARL MAYER was able to offer the most suitable product for every requirement: Whereas the new TL 79/1/36 FASHION is designed to produce high-end lace articles featuring relief-like patterns, thus, being of special interest to lace manufacturers of the premium segment, the highly productive MLF 46/24 machine attracted the attention of the mass producers.

Trendsetting warp preparation machines

The extra-wide MULTI-MATIC® was one of the exhibits of the KARL MAYER Business Unit Warp Preparation that attracted a great deal of attention. With a working width of 3,600 mm, the new MM 128/3.600 is 1,350 mm longer that its predecessor for the same number of yarns processed. Another highlight was the VSB Size Box, which is as good-looking as it is functional. The key element of the PRO SIZE® sizing machine offers numerous advantages in terms of process efficiency and quality.

In the sectional warping machine sector, KARL MAYER was showing a study in concept and design in the shape of the PRO WARP®, which is an extremely flexible machine. This new machine combines the “best of” technologies of the OPT-O-MATIC and the ERGOTEC. The standard machine is a good all-round machine, but it can be expanded to create a specialist machine to suit specific customer requirements. KARL MAYER was also showing an innovative system for the denim sector: a dyebath featuring the Double Vario technology as a key component of the PRODYE denim dyeing machine.

A WEFTTRONIC® for producing completely new weft-inserted, warp-knitted textiles

The Business Unit Technical Textiles showed a new machine featuring KARL MAYER’s modern corporate design: the WEFTTRONIC® HKS. The next generation of the HKS MSUS was running at a speed of 1,500 min-1 during the fair and was equipped with a needle gauge of E 40, which is something new for the technical textiles sector. The machine was processing a yarn having a count of dtex 33 to produce an interlining that was lighter and more flexible than any interlining ever produced before. In addition to its product repertoire, the WEFTTRONIC® HKS was impressing people with its quiet, accurate running.

The online world meets the machine builder

In addition to its new technical developments, KARL MAYER was also showing some pioneering online systems designed to make life easier for its customers. For example, the new KARL MAYER CONNECT app provides a quick link to the manufacturer for sending out service requests, and the customer benefits from faultless, efficient communication with the manufacturer. This app works with a QR code. This is scanned in via a mobile phone or tablet at the operator interface of the machine and displays important machine data.

KARL MAYER also provides more support with obtaining spare parts – in the shape of the SPARE PARTS WEBSHOP platform and the KARL MAYER CHECK PARTS app. About 1,500 wearing parts for all the current warp knitting machines can be ordered directly from the webshop, just by clicking on the mouse. For other spare parts, the webshop offers an easy-to-use request function via online access to the electronic spares catalogue for machines built from 2006 onwards.

Once the spare part arrives with the customer, it can be checked to ensure that it is not a copy using the new KARL MAYER CHECK PARTS app and a QR code. This digital element is a feature of the new seal of authenticity. After scanning, the QR code provides the information on the quality status. If there is any doubt about the origin, a report, together with a photo, can be sent to KARL MAYER via a simple menu navigation system.

Posted January 17, 2016

Source:  KARL MAYER

PFÄFFIKON, Switzerland — November 2015 — Stäubli AG presented its latest innovations in textile machinery at the recent European ITMA, held in Milan from 12 to 19 November. A total of 13 novelties were demonstrated, all of which offer greater advantages and are aligned with the needs and expectations of the market. Industry representatives and other visitors from around the world responded with great interest.

For Stäubli, a leading manufacturer of high-speed textile machinery since 1892, ITMA was an excellent occasion to present its latest innovations to the public. Several thousand visitors showed strong interest in the new high-performance products, and many appreciated the inviting booth and the hospitality of the Stäubli staff. The Stäubli product brand DEIMO knitting solutions showcased its know-how at a separate attractively designed booth in the knitting hall.

The international Stäubli team gladly received the many customers and other interested persons, who confirmed that Stäubli’s strategy is well aligned with market needs. A number of business agreements were made at the show, and the Stäubli sales teams must now convert the significant interest shown at ITMA into concrete business during the forthcoming months. Following this successful trade fair, Stäubli is looking forward to 2016 with strong optimism.
Spotlight on some Stäubli novelties
Outstanding performance is always based on good preparation, and this also applies to weaving. That is why Stäubli has again expanded its range of weaving preparation solutions. The SAFIR S60 automatic drawing-in machine, offering the highest levels of efficiency and productivity, has been successfully launched. Interested visitors watched it in operation and were amazed by the dependable automatic optical yarn & color detection functions. Also launched recently is the SAFIR S40 automatic drawing-in system with mobile drawing-in trucks, which is especially interesting for denim weavers. It was creatively presented in an attractive holograph displaying the system details and showing the Matterhorn covered in denim.

From an elevated deck at the booth, visitors could perfectly observe the new SX, LX and LXL Jacquard machines operating in combination with Stäubli Jacquard harnesses and healds. The high-performance weaving machinery setups produced sophisticated applications like OPW (one piece woven) airbags and African damask, underlining the profound system understanding Stäubli provides to weavers by means of its Jacquard weaving machinery in combination with Stäubli Jacquard accessories.

A large part of the booth was dedicated to the newly unveiled ALPHA 500 INNOVATION carpet weaving system with an accessible weavers stand. It generated great attention, especially as it was in operation weaving the most diverse and innovative carpets. Another highlight and world premiere was demonstrated by the Stäubli product brand Schönherr carpet systems: Magic Shadow Effect (patent pending) for weaving single-colour carpets featuring astounding designs.

The Stäubli product area DEIMO knitting solutions presented a world novelty to the knitting industry, which responded with amazement: the D4S fully automatic toe-linking device. Installed directly on the knitting machine, it permits unloading socks on the fly and ensures very short downtimes.

Posted  January 17,2016

Source: IFF Media

REINACH, Germany — November 12, 2015 — Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals, today officially introduced its new Inkpresso® system for digital printing.

Archroma is present at ITMA 2015 to showcase an array of solutions that combine performance, cost optimization and responsible textile production, under the motto: “IT’S WONDERFUL. Color enhanced. Performance enhanced. Sustainability enhanced.”

The company hosts “Innovation Sessions” that take place every day at its booth in Hall 8 – Stand F101 at 11:00 to allow visitors to take an in-depth look at what some of these innovations will mean to the textile industry.

At the “Innovation Session” on November 14th, Rainer Roesch, Head of Global Business Development, Archroma Textiles Specialties, will introduce for the first time to the public Inkpresso, a pioneering system that Archroma believes will mark a turnaround in the textile digital printing market.

Developed together with Ink-Situ, a Swiss technology provider, Inkpresso will change the way inks are supplied to digital printers. The system brings together benefits that were unattainable so far in inkjet printing: Production flexibility, no shelf-life problems, a larger color spectrum and the possibility of an individual coloristic fingerprint.

More than 20 billion linear meters of printed textiles are produced every year. Currently, only around two percent of these are made using digital printing techniques.

Rainer Roesch comments: “A major component of ready-mixed inks is water. This, however, leads to higher transport costs, increasing environmental impact and reduced shelf life. The Inkpresso system enables mixing of the required ink on site and on demand.”

The central component of the system is the Inkpresso Ink Formulation Unit (IFU), where eight color modules are available. The colors can be mixed to meet manufacturers’ specific needs – at any time.

Depending on the size and complexity of the printing company, inks can be sent directly from the Inkpresso IFU to the printer through a piping system, or several printers can be supplied simultaneously using a special distribution unit. In addition, colors can be stored for several weeks in a storage unit.

“Inkpresso is driving the digital printing revolution by bringing ink manufacture back to the printers themselves,” Roesch concludes.

Inkpresso® is a trademark registered by Archroma in many countries.

Posted January 17,2016

Source: Archroma

LEONBERG, Germany — December 15, 2015 — This year’s ITMA in Milan was for the German textile machinery producer Brückner in every respect a complete success. The new corporate design underlined perfectly the guiding idea of the exhibition to provide for more sustainability in the production processes of the textile value-added chain. The great number of visitors and the quality of the discussions exceeded by far the expectations. The throughout positive feedback for our participation and mainly for the exhibited innovations was for the complete Brückner team a confirmation for their work.  Many projects have been discussed on the fair in detail and technological solutions have been prepared together with the customers. During the eight days in Milan, Brückner closed deals in the double-digit million range. The variety of the projects is very pleasing: Machines for finishing of woven and knitted fabrics, coating lines for technical textiles and lines for the carpet industry. Brückner could score in all fields due to new technologies and competent advisory service.  And there was a great interest for spare parts and the modernization of existing lines.

There was a great interest on the fair for sustainable and energy-saving products. Brückner offered beside the new and efficient stenter concept POWER-FRAME ECOLINE mainly innovations in the field of coating technology. They presented the new application unit ECO-COAT which has been developed particularly for minimum applications. This unit allows impregnations as well as applications on one and on both sides of the fabric. The minimum application quantities require in the following drying processes clearly less water evaporation which has a positive effect on the energy requirement at the respective dryer.

Also the new software tool ECO-MATIC has been excellently received by the customers. It supports the user and helps to question and check again and again the ongoing processes. The tool leads to a more efficient handling of the machine and the resources. The result of the optimisations shows in a significant saving of resources and cost. This software functions not only in new machines and leads to a clearly better understanding of the relation between machine technology and finishing process by the users.

“Our customers have a true interest in sustainable products and know by now the benefits of life cycle considerations. In most cases the investment in high-quality machines turns out to be profitable because the consumption of energy and spare parts as well as the maintenance over the lifetime of the product are clearly lower. The positive feedback by our customers show the success of our product development in sustainable, efficient and reliable machines. We will consequently follow this way also in future.” explains Regina Brückner, owner and CEO of the Brückner group. “Thus we bank also in future on Germany with its skilled labour as a location for industry. We ensure thereby that our lines “made in Germany” satisfy the high expectances of our customers regarding quality and efficiency.”

Posted January 18, 2016

Source: Brückner

MILAN, Italy — November 13, 2015 — This morning, the Textile industry of Piemonte, north western Italian region, forefront provider of innovative technological solutions, took front stage at a conference at ITMA 2015 (Milano – Fiera Rho, 12-19 November). The meeting was organized as part of Piemonte Textile Excellence, an integrated sector-specific project managed by Piemonte Agency appointed by the Regione Piemonte, Unioncamere Piemonte and of Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta Chambers of Commerce, in order to provide foreign interlocutors with a preferential channel to get in touch and make business with the regional excellence in the textile and textile machinery sectors.

The conference revealed, amongst others, that Piemonte is able to respond effectively to the main challenges facing the sector, first and foremost sustainability and a propensity for aggregation.

On a market where sustainability is a major issue, the Italian textile-clothing supply chain in general, and that of Piemonte in particular, is attentive to reducing environmental impact and the use of polluting or toxic substances. “ACIMIT’s commitment to moving in this direction is reflected in the launch, in 2010, of “Sustainable Technologies”, a project specifically intended to stress Italian manufacturers’ commitment to researching eco-compatible solutions by supplying environment-friendly, efficient and effective textile technologies with noteworthy positive spill-over on users also in terms of reducing production costs” explained Angelo Vanali, Past President of ACIMIT, Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers.

“The textile and textile machinery sector of Piemonte is a provider of innovative, highly beneficial technological solutions, responding effectively to all the main technological challenges identified by the EU. The path initiated by POINTEX will continue, promoting inter-sector and international design capabilities and partnerships. POINTEX is, therefore, amongst the promoters of the newly-established national Textile Technology Platform set up in cooperation with SMI, TexClubTec and the main Italian textile industries” declared Pasquale Campanile, Project Manager of Pointex, an association of businesses, consortia and research organizations whose purpose is to promote industrial competitiveness through cooperative innovation.

“The solution to safeguarding Made in Italy value chains and to promoting these on international markets lies in stringent certification of their sustainability and, ensuring transparency of all processing stages, guaranteeing the absence in the product and in the process of chemical substances hazardous to consumers’ health and for the environment” specified Mauro Rossetti, Director of the Health and Textile Association.

Companies operating in Piemonte are also successfully engaged in various aggregation processes, such as the merger of CAIPO Automazione Industriale with the Spanish Pinter, both sector leaders in the production of yarn manufacturing machinery and systems, to set up a single holding, PINTERCAIPO TECHNOLOGIES, which has moved from a position of cutting-edge competitor to become the sole worldwide leader in their segment. “Three years ago, we decided to focus on internationalisation, enlarging the size of the company and, therefore, boosting its competitiveness. Today, we can say that we have overcome this challenge, confirming that aggregation is a winning strategy for small companies intending to overcome size-specific limits to develop their business and, at the same time, to maintain the attention to detail that is a strong identity trait of a small company with international horizons” explained Marilena Bolli, Vice President Pinter-Caipo and President of the Employers’ Association of Biella.

The strengths of the textile industry of Piemonte, high level performance and quality, have been forged by technological research, high-tech information services, advanced mechanical and electronic design tools, the use of state-of-the-art, robotised machine tools. A qualified consulting and efficiently-organized technical assistance service foster optimal insertion and maintenance of the machinery in worldwide manufacturing scenarios.

The sector is one of the mainstays of the entire regional economic system and is concentrated mainly in the area of Biella, one of the most important and most highly qualified centres of the world wool industry.

Biella’s specific industrial specialisation in the textile sector has stimulated the setting up and development of numerous textile machinery companies and constant dialogue between customers, suppliers and research centres have permitted the construction of cutting-edge machinery. The textile machine companies of the Biella area design and produce machinery and accessories covering each phase of the textile manufacturing cycle: machines for preparation, spinning, weaving and knitwear, dyeing, finishing, automation systems, accessories. Factors such as technological research, knowledge of the requirements of the fashion industry and creative styling have enabled Biella to achieve the highest standards in the production of yarns for all types of use.

Posted January 18, 2016

Source: Press Office – Piemonte Agency