Karl Mayer has recently introduced a new Multibar Textronic Lace series machine for economical lace fabric production. The MT 51/1/32 features more than 32 yarns in front of the fall-plate to enable unique and varied effects in the finished lace in addition to larger widths of lace bands.
Year: 2014
At the start of the year, three companies in the Turkish textile stronghold in and around Kahramanmaras were awarded globally recognised Belcoro certification by Schlafhorst. Beyteks Tekstil San. Ve Tic. A.S of Ceyhan, along with Akarca Mensucat San. Ve Tic. A.S and Elif Iplik Tekstil Insaat Tic. Ve San. Ltd. Sti. of Kahramanmaras now belong to the exclusive club of companies able to supply certified yarns of the highest quality.
Italy-based Tonello S.r.l. has introduced Kit Batik 2.0, a fully automatic version of its Kit Batik technology that is installed on Tonello washing and dyeing machines to create special effects on denim and ready-to-dye garments.
Woven-like nonwoven hydroentangled apparel fabrics are a reality. However, it will take time to penetrate into apparel sector.
Rahul Mishra was announced the winner of the 2013/2014 International Woolmark Prize (IWP), during the final awards event held at the Triennale Museum, Milan. An esteemed judging panel including Frida Giannini, Franca Sozzani, Tim Blanks, Colette Garnsey, Angelica Cheung, Alexa Chung and representatives from the global IWP retail partners, selected Rahul Mishra-representing India and the Middle East-as the winner.
To meet the manufacturing investment needs for leading global garment marketing firms, Kenya will host a fully serviced textile city at the export processing zone (EPZ) in Athi River.
Delta Electronics, the worlds no 1 provider of switching power supplies, introduced the highly affordable and reliable PMT panel mount power supply series with the addition of a 48V output voltage providing 150W power rating model.