Peter Summo is taking over as president of WACKER POLYMERS effective October 1, 2016. He is succeeding Arno von der Eltz, who is retiring on this date. He previously headed the engineering silicones business unit at WACKER SILICONES. Summo studied business administration in Augsburg, Germany. He subsequently worked at Akzo Nobel – a producer of specialty chemicals – in the area of product marketing, before joining WACKER in 1995.
January 1, 2017 brings change to the management of the development division within the Oerlikon Manmade Fibers segment. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. (University of Technology Chernihiv) Klaus Schäfer is finally retiring from the company as planned. His successor is Jochen Adler, who has headed up the Development Project Management at the manmade fiber systems market leader for the past 10 years.
Following last year’s successful introduction of its Textile Spray Applicator in Europe and the United States, and with the constantly increasing demand for energy, water and chemistry savings, Baldwin launched its new industrial spray system for textile finishing and impregnation on the Asian market. The product was presented at ITMA. The Spray Applicator technology has been available in the printing industry for more than 30 years, with Baldwin’s 40,000 installed units making it a market leader.
KPR Mill, with its state-of-the-art production facilities in Tamil Nadu, produces yarn, knitted fabric, readymade garments and wind power. Now, the mill is set for expansion, with its garment capacity poised to go up by 36 million garments to cope up with the upsurge in market demand. This expansion will make the company one of the largest garment producing corporates in India.
Aniruddha Deshmukh, MD & CEO, Mafatlal, has a rich experience of over 30 years in management and consultancy area. His last stint was as President – Textiles with Raymond Limited, where he worked for more than three decades. Deshmukh at Mafatlal is responsible for driving overall growth of Mafatlal Industries whilst providing strategic and leadership support to internal businesses: textiles, denim, marketing services and new business.
The future is here: the latest version of Dyneema® Denim can be applied to single-layer motorcycle clothing and passes the standard impact abrasion test – without sacrificing the comfort and style of traditional denim and without the need for an extra lining.
Loepfe Brothers presented a comprehensive portfolio of quality control solutions for the textile industry at ITMA Asia. For the very first time in Asia, the company informed about the developments in the new LabMaster series. The series consists of the two measurement devices FIBERMAP, YARNMAP and LabMaster TOP. Both of them integrate the most important measurements into a single device.