Month: August 2015

Founded in 1835 as a family business, Bräcker AG soon developed into a specialist for key products in the textile industry. Bräcker as technology leader with its own structures in development, production and marketing, supplies: top performance ring/traveller systems for ring spinning machines, inserting tools, cleaning devices, spinning tubes, cots & aprons, and maintenance machines.

The first R 35 rotor spinning machine in India was commissioned at Saranya Spinning Mill Pvt Ltd in Namakkal (Fig 1). This spinning mill already has experience with the former R 923 model and evaluates the innovations of the R 35 as distinctive advantages.

Céline Choussy Bedouet has been chosen as new Chief Marketing Officer of Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials. Bedouet, who was previously Marketing Director for Automotive and Furniture, will now cover all of Lectra´s markets.

Polysistec participated in the Mermaids project in consortium with three European partners: CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Italy), PSF (Plastic Soup Foundation; Netherland) and LEITAT (Spanish Technological Center). The main objective of the project is to help mitigate the impact of micro particles (micro and/or nanoplastics) caused from clothes attrition during laundry washes.

The focus of brands on chemical management across their supply chains has traditionally been the ´tip of the iceberg´, that is, their direct contractual vendors. Their influence beyond direct vendors (the Tier 1 suppliers) has been minimal.

What has textile technology got to do with aircraft manufacture? In fact, quite a few Swiss textile machinery companies would be able to answer that question, as aerospace is just one of the high-profile ´ and extremely demanding ´ business segments in which their products play a key role.

The importance of efficiently loading goods has always been evident. It has only increased with the years. Higher cost of skilled manpower consequently causes the necessity of hiring less qualified personnel. The cost of the goods is made up by the costs of raw materials´ production, storage, loading and shipment to the destination.