Industrie 4.0 is the interconnection of state-of-the-art information technology and manufacturing processes. The Internet has already profoundly changed private life; in the meantime, the Internet of Things and Services is entering the production process and is creating new business models.

Mathis AG presented updated versions of its popular SmartLiquor dyebath monitor and the SmartScan digital system for colour fastness assessments. SmartLiquor comes in a version for exhaustion dyers, SL-AZ, and in a version for continuous dyers, SL-AT.

LaserBird is a non-hazardous, chemical free, hassle free and economical rotary screen stripping alternative to the conventional hazardous way. Embee, established in 1956 with a small beginning, always believed in continuous innovation and research for the betterment of today’s and tomorrow’s commitments to the textile industry.

Rotor spinning has a great potential to reduce the twist factor, which is the basic prerequisite for the production of knitted fabric with a soft touch; by support of a new spin box generation and its components, explains Nitin T Patil, Prof Dr SP Borkar, Dr Stephan Weidner-Bohnenberger and Marc Schnell.

Technoweb Textile Engineering Pvt Ltd, established in 1993 as a specialised marketing organisation engaged in the promotion of leading European textile machinery and components, has a team of textile engineers with a varied experience of working closely in manufacturing etc.

The scope of supply includes the delivery of an ANDRITZ neXline spunlace eXcelle line with two TT cards, which is now the new standard in China for high-capacity production of wipes. ANDRITZ Nonwoven, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has received an order from Hangzhou Pengtu etc.

Fourteen textile parks, big-ticket projects of some textile majors, liberal norms for backward regions and ‘Farm-to-Fashion’ initiative have all the ingredients to turn Maharashtra’s textile dream into reality. An ITJ Exclusive throws some light.

The Rotorcraft presented a revolutionary new ring spinning frame. Named Next Generation Spinning (NGS®), this frame meets all the requirements of a 21st century mill. In order to avoid any human and operating errors that are common with ring frames today, the NGS® frame has no setting screws whatsoever.

Minimal residual shrinkage values combined with uniform fabric appearance and soft supple handle make SANTACOMPACT ideal for finishing of open-width knitted fabrics. SANTACOMPACT is a levelling, steaming and compacting calender machine, which provides the mechanical basis for highest quality requirements on open-width knitted fabrics.