Year: 2020

The report from the 42nd annual International Textile Machinery Shipment Statistics (ITMSS) covers six segments of textile machinery, namely spinning, draw-texturing, weaving, large circular knitting, flat knitting and finishing.

For Indian textile manufacturers, the way ahead is clear – Textile 4.0 involving automation and real-time monitoring of manufacturing machines and utilities is the solution to meet tomorrow’s, post-pandemic, textile needs.

B&R’s mapp Cockpit is an advanced yet easy-to-use tool for commissioning and troubleshooting machines. Based on standard web technology and OPC UA communication, it’s ready to use at the push of a button with no additional programming.

With its products and systems and by collaborating with companies such as Electro-Jet, Rieter offers automated, customer-specific solutions for the entire spinning process from a single source.

On average, companies are expecting their turnover to plummet by -32 per cent. The range between regions differs with from -22 per cent in South East Asia to -36 per cent in East Asia.