French machinery at India ITME 2016

The Indian textile industry, the second most important worldwide, and the French textile machinery manufacturers, the sixth exporters, have historically established strong ties. The French manufacturers, often world leaders on their specific markets, are offering state-of-the-art machinery and service in long fibre spinning, yarn twisting and control, heat setting, carpet systems, nonwovens, dyeing and finishing, air and recycling processes. The 10th edition of India ITME, from December 3-10 in Mumbai, will be a very easy opportunity for the textile industrialists from India and the neighbouring countries to see the French latest developments.

Evelyne CHOLET, Secretary General of the French Manufacturers Association, states, Our strategy is based on R&D. We are the successors of Jacquard, the most well-known textile machinery inventor. R&D is our DNA. India ITME visitors, from India and other countries, should visit our booths to discover each individual companys innovations which are mainly derived from down-to-earth partnerships with our clients.

Hubert TRETSCH, of SUPERBA and President of the Associations promotion Committee would like to focus on the very effective networks which have been set up by each company to offer the best service to the most remote customers locations, service and spare parts. These are very important to get the best use of the machines, and at the end, the best bottom lines for our customers.

The French machinery manufacturers are well established in India, they operate with long time partners. They often visit India; for example, their latest road show in Delhi and Surat attracted more than 300 textile companies from Delhi, Panipat, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Silvassa, Vapi, Baroda, Vadorara, to name a few.

The following French companies will exhibit:

NSC Fiber to Yarn s 2 new drafting heads
Stand H1S4 / Hall 1A
N. SCHLUMBERGER and SEYDEL, members of NSC Fiber to Yarn, will introduce during the forthcoming India ITME in Mumbai two new drafting heads: the chain gill drafting head GC40 and the screw gill drafting head GN8. These two types of drafting heads are perfectly adapted to process any kind of wool or wool like fibres as well as cashmere.
NSC Fiber to Yarn will introduce its complete product range and in particular the latest developments in combing machine ERA40 and in gillboxes with the GC40 and the GN8.

For further information: www.nsc-sclumberger.com
AESAs custom-made solutions
Stand A19/ H1
AESA Air Engineering is a global leader in industrial air conditioning which is so important to optimise the production processes in the textile industry. In Asia, AESA has offices in India, Singapore and China and a network of agents in many other countries.

AESA combines rigor and experience, particularly for the textile industry, in which the company teams are specialised in spinning, weaving, knitting, nonwovens, dyeing and finishing, man-made fibres. The custom-made solutions for each factory are focusing on optimising the added value in term of precision, reliability, waste management and energy savings.
For further information: www.aesa-ae.com

LAROCHE, eco friendly solutions for future
Stand H1R4 /Hall 1A
Over the past 30 years, LAROCHE has been one of the leading companies around the world, deeply involved in the development of the textile waste recycling technologies, achieving great processes and continuously helping to discover new ecofriendly solutions for the future.
LAROCHE offers complete processes to open into fibres almost all types of textile waste. Taking as example, the post-consumer garments, LAROCHEs technologies can open the used garments into fibers removing all the bottoms and zips.

The open fibres are used:

• For respinning, saving cotton raw material which will reduce water consumption, pesticides on our fields and chemicals used during the dyeing and finishing process.
• For nonwoven, using LAROCHE AIRLAYS technologies. The open fibres can be used as sound acoustic insulation felt for the automotive industry or for building as thermic insulator felt which will reduce energy for heating or for cooling inside the rooms.

LAROCHE has supplied in 2015 a complete line from old garments to final nonwoven felts in Guatemala. This line allows the recycling of old garments that cant be used in the second hand market, giving these textiles a new life in the bedding upholstery industry. The objective is to recycle most all textile post-consumer waste to bring a life to new products.

SUPERBAs innovative solutions for carpet making
Stand H6D9 / Hall 6
SUPERBA is the largest and most experienced manufacturer of high-tech heat-setting machinery. Since July 2015, SUPERBA is part of the family of companies from the Belgian group VANDEWIELE with very strong synergy effects in the carpet field. The company develops and produces integrated heat- setting lines for the processing of yarns that are used in the carpet manufacturing industry.

India is an important and promising market for SUPERBA: since 2014, the company has a new agent in Mumbai, A.T.E. Enterprises under the responsibility of Vikas Sharan. The textile industry has always been very strong in India and many of second hand machinery were found on the market; nowadays, more and more Indian customers are investing in brand new lines. They want to benefit from the latest technology, energy saving process, high productivity, also be able to offer high-quality end products to domestic and export markets. SUPERBA is providing innovative and competitive solutions with a complete range of machines: The well-known TVP3 heat-setting line is the main product of the company and has been significantly improved over the years leading to the latest version TVP3s that was presented at ITMA 2015. This line is very often completed with friezing devices: here also, the famous MF4 has evolved to the new patented MF400 friezing box, offering the carpet manufacturers a wider range of frieze effects and a newer style of yarn with very even waves. SUPERBA, already mastering the sophisticated space-dyeing technique for years, is now offering their latest machine type MCD3: this new version is able to continuously dye a bundle of 72 yarns, with a production of up to 300 kg/h and a range of six spot colours. The new MCD3 also permits a new style of space-dyed yarn, thanks to its exclusive bi-colour technology, offering the carpet designer a wider range of possibilities.

DOLLFUS & MULLERs improvised compacting felt
Stand H2aC6 / Hall 2A
DOLLFUS & MULLER, founded in 1811, manufactures endless felts and dryer belts for the textile finishing factories. The company will exhibit during the coming India ITME 2016 show: compacting felts for knit finishing, sanforizing felts for denim and woven fabrics finishing, printing dryer belts for textile printing, sublimation blankets for transfer printing, decatizing felts for wool finishing, dryer belts for thermo-bonding ovens, and tensionless dryer belts for knit finishing.

DOLLFUS & MULLER will introduce during India ITME its improved compacting felt for knit finishing with major evolutions compared to other products in order to serve better the dyeing houses. The compacting felt quality brings a special care to the fabrics thanks to its smoothest surface, has an excellent guiding and the best compacting rate in relations with its new exclusive compacting felt design.

The DOLLFUS & MULLER sanforizing palmer felts are ideal for denim producers. The company will as well show its proven durable sanfor felts. DOLLFUS & MULLER Sanfor felts are recognised by most of the major machine makers as the best felts.

Furthermore, DOLLFUS & MULLER will display its new durable printing dryer belt quality TAMIP HT 500 NR. This print dryer belt is the most durable printing dryer belt specially designed for pigment printing of bed sheeting. DOLLFUS & MULLER will as well display its exclusive print open mesh belt specially designed for the production of fine fabrics, scarves, flags; these belts have special non marking surfaces which can avoid as well the particles on the back side. The company manufactures many exclusive dryer belts for digital printing dryers. DOLLFUS & MULLER has the widest range of printing dryer belts and the strongest dryer belts.

The Indian market is very important for DOLLFUS & MULLER, the French company is represented by different agents in India:
– for sanforzing felts, Premal R Joshi, company Trans World Marketing in Mumbai
-for compacting felts, Viren Dalal, company Textherm in Mumbai
-for compacting felts, SB Ramesh Chandar, company Lords Consultancies in Tirupur