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

The phenomenon of digitalisation and networking of the entire value chain ? Industry 4.0 ? is also gaining importance in the textile industry. H. Stoll AG & Co. KG, a long-established manufacturer of flat knitting machines based in Reutlingen, Germany, will present an innovative software tool for networking of machine parks with up to a thousand machines at the ITMA textile machinery show in mid-November.

Levi Strauss & Co. of USA, known worldwide for its authentic vintage look jeans, is the winner of the first ITMA Sustainable Innovation Award. It clinched the ITMA Industry Excellence Award category from two other finalists: Berto Industria Tessile (Italy) and Gebrüder Otto (Germany).

Leading wide format digital textile printer manufacturer MTEX Solutions launched a new mini-lab for sampling digitally printed textiles at ITMA 2015. A world first, the new MTEX Mini-lab comprises coater, steamer, washer and dryer which, when coupled with a digital textile pigment, acid or reactive printer, will produce 1m square samples accurately in a controlled professional environment.

PREMIER’s philosophy of “Intelligent Technology”, “Intelligent Solutions” and “Intelligent Support” is designed to address the challenges, while at the same time making it easier for the textile producer to achieve his quality goals. With the joint venture with Saurer Group, whose Saurer Schlafhorst is one of the world’s leading producers of automatic winders, the intelligent solutions will take a quantum leap towards a complete data control in the spinning process.

Is 2015 a watershed year for the textile technologies? Is the ITMA 2015 a gamechanger for the global textile industry? Joseph S, who witnessed some developments at the Fiera Milano Rho, attempts to explore the sentiments that prevailed at the fairgrounds.

Chinese cotton imports reached an all-time low in September, as large domestic inventories reduced reliance on foreign supplies, at a time when economic slowdown is weighing on demand. China imported just 50,900 tonnes of cotton in September, a decline of 59 per cent YoY. This is the lowest monthly import since records began in 2005, and the second month of record low imports in a row.

Leading reactive dyes manufacturer and exporter, Colorant had jointly participated with Color Root, China in Interdye Asia Exhibition, 2015 held on December 3-5, 2015 at Ahmedabad organised by Shanghai International Exhibition Company.

VITONOTO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN work for more than a quarter of a century in design of machinery with workstations ´ from hospital to laboratory, from machine tool to gastronomy industry and textile machinery. During all these years the company has developed a specific design methodology to optimise the quality of work and therefore of the product.