Browsing: Spinning

World’s cotton harvested area in 2016-17 is projected at about three per cent below last season. For India—the leading cotton producer—the crop is forecast at 27 million bales in 2016-17, two per cent above 2015’s six-year low. In 2016-17, an above-average yield is expected to more than offset lower cotton area as farmers in India are reported to have planted alternative crops.

As many as 25 new products for the textile sector will be launched at the 10th India International Textile Machinery Exhibition (ITME), which will be held in Mumbai in December this year. The products include eight for the spinning sector, seven for processing and nine for weaving, said Sanjiv Lathia, Chairman of India ITME 2016.

Indian cotton crop for the next season beginning in October will remain at the same level as the current year. Mumbai-based Cotton Association of India (CAI) released the first estimate for the next year’s cotton crop beginning on October 1. For the 2016-17 (October to September) new season, India is estimated to produce 33.6 million bales (170 kg each). CAI has estimated current year’s crop production to be 33.8 million bales, which tallies with the recent estimate by Indian Government’s cotton advisory board.

The weakness in trade in China, the world’s second-largest economy, continued in July 2016. China’s exports fell again in July by an unexpectedly wide margin. Exports fell by 4.4 per cent to $184.7 billion, of course, a slight improvement over June’s 4.8 per cent contraction, the country’s customs data showed. On the other hand, imports fell 12.5 per cent to $132.4 billion rising from a decline of 8.4 per cent. Weak global demand has hampered efforts to shore up Chinese trade and stave off job losses in export industries.

Thanks to the charitable GoodTextiles Foundation most recently founded by Dibella, socially and ecologically engaged hotel guests and entrepreneurs can become involved in sustainable projects within the textiles value added chain. Use of the donations collected during the first initiative, the ‘GoodCotton Fund’, means that the living conditions of ecologically operating small cotton farmers will be improved. Dibella has been engaged for years now in sustainably produced hotel textiles.

Spin cans and all the components are designed, materials selected and manufactured in all sizes and diameters following ISO specifications.

For over 50 years, Kolkata-based Spincan and its associates have been manufacturing card and spinning cans for the jute and textile industries. The invaluable experience and expertise built over this period have kept Spincan abreast of current technology and enabled it to provide state-of-the-art cans and accessories.

With EvoTape, the process for manufacturing tapes has literally been revolutionised, and depending on the configuration, the systems output can be increased by up to three-fold, writes Jens Weinhold of Oerlikon.

The technology used for manufacturing tapes has remained the same for many years now. Although minor optimisations have been achieved with regards to the production speed, there have been no quantum leaps in the technology. For this reason, there has been very little replacement investment over the years.