The Cotton Council International organized an invitation only seminar evening recently at Trident Oberoi, Mumbai. The seminar offered useful insights on the global scenario of cotton and the cotton textile industry.

The Autoconer was the first automatic winding machine in history and each of its new machine generations caused quite a sensation in the textile industry. Now it is happening again: Equipped with improved process intelligence, the new Autoconer 6 boasts powerful innovations, a noticeable increase in productivity and best energy efficiency.

Five years after the introduction of the successful I-Fix, SETeMa has announced at FESPA 2015 a complete newly developed high speed II-Fix for the fixation of Disperse dyes and Pigments up to 5m width.

Picanol NV (Ieper, Belgium) will be exhibiting for the fourth time at the bi-annual Techtextil fair in Frankfurt. Picanol will be at the Belgian Lounge, organised by Symatex, the Belgian Textile Machinery Association.

SUMA SL 288 is a CPM (electronic jacquard) designed for double width weaving machines. Electronic control system in this CPM has been designed on the latest micro processor based technology. It has four vertical heads containing 72 hooks in each head for making patterns on selvedges.

Miller Weldmaster has announced the appointment of Jeff Sponseller as Chief Marketing Officer. In this capacity, he will be in charge of new product development, branding, positioning and product strategies.

KK Maheshwari, Group Business Director ´ Fibres and Textiles, and Managing Director, Grasim, spoke eloquently addressing the press a few hours before the launch of brand ´LIVA´ stating that the launch of LIVA was ´indeed a defining moment for us as we take another major step forward in the continuing journey of Birla Cellulose towards achieving greater heights of excellence and growing leadership globally.

A.T.E. ties up with Superba, France, for carpet heat-setting process. Superba S.A.S is a global leader in saturated steam continuous heat-setting process of BCF carpet yarn (PA6, PA66, PP, PES, PAN) or spun and wool blend.

DiloGroup will provide extensive information about production lines made in Germany and machine concepts from the DiloGroup companies DiloTemafa, DiloSpinnbau and DiloMachines.