The wide format industry is changing, and the business owners who are most optimistic about the future are those who understand that they need to identify ways to add new applications or acquire new customers.

The textile encyclopedia ´The Rieter Manual of Spinning´ has been the standard work for students, technicians and other interested parties of short-staple spinning for many years. The brand new Volume 7´Processing of Man-Made Fibres´is now available.

The inaugural International Textile Fair (ITF), which closed at the Dubai World Trade Centre on November 4, triggered a robust response from local and international exhibitors, 90 per cent of whom have shown interest in taking part in the second edition that will be held on April 26 and 27, 2015, on a much bigger scale, organizers of the show said.

Established in 1996, Coimbatore-based Nestling Technologies is one of the leading providers of up-gradation of machinery like carding, open-end and spinning, etc. Apart from other products and services for the textile industry, Nestling´s main focus in on providing solutions for contamination issues.

Encasings are most familiar as covers used by allergy sufferers to protect mattresses, pillows and duvets from dust mites. However, these particle tight covers are also an important hygiene precaution anywhere where bed occupancy changes regularly. Greater use of special pillow encasings would make sense in hospitals and care homes and also in hotels.

The ALPHA 500 series carpet weaving machines are state-of-the-art solutions for producing any kind of area rugs and wall-to-wall carpets. Typical applications cover the residential, contract and transportation sector.

Digital printing is poised to capture a bigger share in the Indian market as the industry has started enjoying and reaping benefits of its technological advances. The ITJ Exclusive Report attempts to scan a view of this booming digital printing scenario.

On a rotor spinning machine, all ends are down after a power failure. For the new semi-automated R 35 a new FSI (Fast Spinning-In) feature allows to start up a full length machine with high piecing quality in less than 15 minutes.

Colorjet, a leading manufacturer of digital inkjet printers for textiles, has launched its latest printer model, ´Fabjet Grand´ and ´Vastrajet´ during their participation at the recently-concluded GTTES 2015, Mumbai. The launch of ´Fabjet Grand´ and ´Vastrajet´ signals the company´s move towards capturing the market for customised textile printers across the region.