The ALPHA 500 series carpet weaving machines are state-of-the-art solutions for producing any kind of area rugs and wall-to-wall carpets. Typical applications cover the residential, contract and transportation sector. New design options in carpet weaving up to 5.3 m wide with the advanced ALPHA series: With the highest flexibility in design options and weaving widths up to 5.3 m, the new ALPHA 500 UNIVERSAL carpet weaving machine from Schönherr includes all proven features of the ALPHA 400 and delivers increased productivity while handling different carpet sizes.
Month: March 2015
Encasings are most familiar as covers used by allergy sufferers to protect mattresses, pillows and duvets from dust mites. However, these particle tight covers are also an important hygiene precaution anywhere where bed occupancy changes regularly. Greater use of special pillow encasings would make sense in hospitals and care homes and also in hotels.
Gujarat-based ABN Industries is a manufacturer of textile weaving machinery spare parts for shuttleless looms. It provides rapier drive wheels for textile weaving machinery. The company participated at the recent GTTES event in Mumbai in which the company displayed its wide range of drive wheels for the textile industry.
The Karnataka Government has earmarked 1,000 acres for the upcoming textiles park at Yadgir in north Karnataka. The Government intends to also develop an integrated park at Yadgir. The Karnataka Government is also planning to develop smaller textile parks at various places such as Vijayapura, Ballari and Chamarajanagar districts.
In spite of slowdown in nonwovens, following general economy, the global per capita consumption is expected to grow from 1 kg to 2011 to 2 kg by 2025. And nonwoven and nonwoven-based products find wide applications in personal & healthcare, infrastructure, air & water purification and mobility.
Farrokh Cooper, Chairman and Managing Director of Cooper Corp, a Satara-based manufacturer of diesel engines turned 70 on January 13, 2015. Taking forward the legacy of the company that his grandfather Dhunjisha B Cooper established in 1922, he talked about Cooper´s ambitions of doubling its Rs 700 crore turnover in less than five years.
For the Italian textile machinery sector, the year´s fourth quarter resulted in a decline in orders, mainly due to a negative performance recorded in foreign sales. These findings have been reported in an economic survey conducted by ACIMIT, the Italian Association representing the industry, indicating a 4 per cent drop over the previous quarter.