Rieter is presenting new machine generations for preparation and end spinning as well as appropriate spare parts, is showing components for the economical manufacture of high quality yarns in addition to aftersales services and is demonstrating optimisation possibilities for spinning mills with the assistance of so-called ‘Internet of Things’.

The Swiss-based SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG, the inventor of the electronic yarn traverse system, will continue its tradition of trend-setting with the presentation of breakthrough technologies at the forthcoming ITM in Istanbul. After the successful introduction at ITMA in Milan, SSM will show its latest technologies and inventions for the first time in Turkey.

Home textiles, apparel lace, sizing and a comprehensive service – KARL MAYER is well prepared for the ITM trade fair in Istanbul. The exhibits at the ITM exhibition, which takes place at irregular intervals, cover the entire textile production chain. KARL MAYER is the first port of call for anyone who is interested in innovative warp preparation machines for weaving and state-of-the-art warp knitting machines.

INDA’s Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics (JEFF) has strengthened its collaboration with academic scholars and industry experts with its appointment of new editorial leadership. Behnam Pourdeyhimi, Ph.D. and Executive Director of The Nonwovens Institute at NC State University, has been named Editor-in-Chief of the international, peer-reviewed, scientific e-Journal.

The 1st Defence-ITTA Joint Exhibition-cum-Seminar on Make in India was successfully held in February, 2015. The connectivity created during the 1st seminar between the defence officials and the leaders of the technical textile manufacturers in India have resulted in product quality improvement, reduction in imports and new product development for defence during the post event period.

Teijin Limited has announced it will expand Technora para-aramid fibre production by 10 per cent through increasing capacity in Teijin’s Matsuyama Factory. Construction begins this June at a cost of 1.5 billion JPY, with operation slated to begin from October 2017. Teijin and the group’s core aramid-fibres business Teijin Aramid B.V. will jointly expand the worldwide sales of Technora in response to increasing market demand worldwide.

Aprivate-public collaboration will invest $317 million towards developing next generation textile industry in the United States. According to a just released statement from the U.S. Department of Defense, a consortium of 89 universities, industry and non-profits organised Cambridge, MA-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will form the “New Revolutionary Fibres and Textiles Manufacturing Innovation Hub.”