The Trützschler companies´ participation at this year´s Techtextil show is focused on efficiency and quality. Various examples of Trützschler Nonwovens´ complete line concepts and technologies out of one hand combine these targets. Multimedia and interactive presentations inform on line layouts, machinery, applications and end products.

Loepfe Brothers Ltd started business 60 years ago in 1955. Solutions for weaving mills significantly increased the efficiency of the production systems in the 1960s. WeftMaster provides components for weaving machines such as weft stop motions, short weft detectors, weft thread brakes, projectile brakes, knot detectors, weft feelers, fusible fabrics cutters and yarn stop motions for different applications.

Sarah Bellos, founder and president of Stony Creek Colors, is the recipient of the AATCC Young Entrepreneur Award. Bellos is being recognized for producing regionally-sourced natural dye colorants and pigments for industrial use. By blending education and experience, she has developed a complete agricultural supply chain to deliver reliable and safe bio-based dyes to the textile industry and to help fashion brands reduce hazardous chemical use.

Nonwoven crop covers can also be used again and again, and by increasing the production and limiting damage to agricultural crops, nonwovens ensure that what is grown in the field counts.

Technical textiles is a passion for me, said Anuj Bhagwati, Managing Director of A.T.E. Group once. The Mumbai-based group has been proving that this newly-emerging sector of textile industry is more than a passion to it.

Swiss-based Santex Group has signed a contract with Gain Lucky (Vietnam) at the beginning of the year. The contract includes the delivery of six Santashrink drying machines. Santashrink is the perfect solution for shrinkage, relaxation, and tensionless drying of tubular or open-width knitted fabric.

For more than 130 years, companies around the world have depended on Intertek to ensure the quality and safety of their products, processes and systems. Intertek goes beyond testing, inspecting and certifying products; it helps customers improve performance, gain efficiencies in manufacturing and logistics, overcome market constraints, and reduce risk.

At some point or the other, we have to realise that forums and talks will not fulfill ambitious plans. Somewhere a beginning has to be made to tackle any issue. Upholding Sustainability or cleaning the dirty act of polluting the earth must have a starting point. In this respect, it is worthwhile to note some changes that happened recently in China.

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.