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One of the largest textile machinery equipment suppliers in the world, Groz-Beckert has demonstrated with its “Litespeed” needles for circular knitting machines that product innovations are not driven solely by financial considerations. T

Faster than a formula 1 car: During cabling ? a mechanical yarn finishing process in carpet manufacturing ? the yarn in the ?CarpetCabler?, built by Saurer Volkmann in Krefeld, reaches top speeds of up to 420 km/h (261 mph). With a few decisive innovations the Saurer Group, with seven locations in Germany, is making a significant contribution in the effort to reduce energy consumption and therewith also the CO2 emissions associated with industrial carpet manufacturing

Weaving is one of the oldest manufacturing processes known to man, but in the age of technical textiles it is about to undergo exciting new transformations, says Peter D. Dornier, chief executive officer and co-owner of Lindauer DORNIER GmbH.

One of the largest textile machinery equipment suppliers in the world, Groz-Beckert has demonstrated with its “Litespeed” needles for circular knitting machines that product innovations are not driven solely by financial considerations. T

RFID readers in the dye house read the contents of radio tags, robotic dispensing systems supply the precisely constituted dye mix. If sensors report excessive shrinkage of the textile goods, the smart machine controller corrects the process parameters.

One of the largest textile machinery equipment suppliers in the world, Groz-Beckert has demonstrated with its “Litespeed” needles for circular knitting machines that product innovations are not driven solely by financial considerations. T