In Hall 9 (Hightex), the exhibitors will present the complete industry value chain from nonwovens raw materials, production machines and accessories to the end-product.

Truetzschler Line Commander connects complete Blow room line and cards together, which itself is basis of IoT concept long before Industry 4.0 conceptualised.

SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG will show their latest applications at ITM in Turkey. SSM has announced their participation of the forthcoming ITM in Istanbul. The Swiss-based SSM, the inventor of the electronic yarn traverse system, will continue their tradition of trend-setting with the presentation of breakthrough technologies which will help the customers to get their goals.

With the MAG SPinFO, an online individual spindle monitoring system for spinning mills, operators can effortlessly find the end breaks or stoppages and prioritise their patrolling pattern to increase the productivity.

A.T.E. Enterprises in collaboration with their principal MAG Solvics has launched SPinFO, online spindle monitoring systems in ITMA 2015 and till date supplied more than four lakh spindles and have many bulk orders under supply.

For the first time in Italy, the line will feature air-through bonding capabilities in combination with calendering.

ANDRITZ has received an order from Manifattura Fontana, based in Valstagna, Italy, and part of the Belgian technical textile company Sioen Industries, to supply a neXline needlepunch eXcelle line for the production of geotextiles. Start-up of the line is scheduled for October 2018.

Single-end Sytec One is recommended for processes with high breakage rates, fine filaments, frequent colour changes or in general when demanding processes take up an increasing share in the business.

The market for the production of carpet yarn is increasingly evolving towards more demanding processes. However, beyond commodity products, standard plants can no longer fully exploit their advantages. From March 20-22, 2018, Oerlikon Neumag presented an economical alternative in Shanghai in hall W3, booth F03 at the Domotex asia/Chinafloor, the leading floor covering trade fair in the Asia-Pacific region: the BCF plant Sytec One with single-end technology.

Together with the prestigious ramisch technologies, which are now part of the ANDRITZ portfolio, ANDRITZ has advanced to become one of the top addresses in the textile calender market.

Rieter posted an order intake of CHF 1,051.5 million in FY2017. This represents an increase of 16% compared to the previous year (increase of CHF 146.3 million).

A significant increase in order intake and order backlog at the end of the year marked the 2017 financial year. In terms of sales, Rieter posted a slight increase. The EBIT margin before restructuring charges was 5.4 per cent. Despite special effects, the company’s dividend policy and solid financial position allow the payment of an attractive dividend. Therefore, the Board of Directors proposes to the shareholders to leave the dividend unchanged at CHF 5.00.

Mouvent has announced that the TX801 – its ingenious new digital textile printer – will be demonstrated live at ITM 2018, April 14-17, in Istanbul.