Positioned as the first ever global B2B textiles event in India, ‘Textiles India 2017’ brought to the fore the inspiring vision “From Farm to Fibre, Fibre to Factory, Factory to Fashion, Fashion to Foreign Exports”. In this regard, “Symphony of Weaves”, a fashion show curated and produced by IMG Reliance Industries Ltd at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar.

Reiner Block (52) is the new CEO of TÃœV SÃœD’s Industry Service Division, in which the international provider of quality, safety and sustainability solutions has pooled its engineering services designed to ensure the safe and reliable operation of industrial plants, refineries and power stations.

Rieter’s RSB-D 50 Autoleveller Draw Frame has achieved a new dimension in productivity, quality and easy operation. The new single-head draw frame generation from Rieter offers an unprecedented level of productivity with the highest quality standards.

Rieter is strengthening its service offering by implementing preventive maintenance packages for use in overhauls of Rieter machines. This new solution ensures customers can order the parts in one package, right when they need them.

The Swiss company Retech’s attention turned always to optimise heating and motor capacity in order to save energy. The whole power of new innovation leads to fulfill this credo and therefore to the optimised godet. To define the right and best suited godet a close collaboration between customer and equipment designer is very important. There is no such thing as an ‘off the shelf’ godet.

The Swiss textile machinery industry is strongly export-oriented and has a presence with its own companies, sales and service organisations in all the world’s key markets. Consistent customer focus, innovative overall solutions and state-of-the-art technologies are the guiding lines, what makes these companies global leaders in their sector.

Swiss-based Willy Grob Ltd is a specialised and innovative partner for cloth winding systems of high quality. It has a range of product to suit various applications. Its superior touch is a large batch winder for all types of weaving machines, ensuring uniform tension from empty to full cloth roller.

The Textile Machinery Division of SWISSMEM represents the interests of its 40 members. In 2015, SWISSMEM celebrated Diamond Jubilee, and over the past 75 years, its Textile Machinery Division has reached many milestones. Some of the members have become unchallenged market leaders in their segments.

On 1 May 2017, the Swiss company Crealet’s founder Leo Kuster took the step into partial retirement. But luckily CREALET AG does not have to do without Leo Kuster’s services: he will continue to be the company’s vice president and consultant.