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Santex Rimar Group is one of the leading machine manufacturers for weaving, textile finishing, nonwovens, technical textiles and green technologies for water treatment and drying processes.

International technology Group ANDRITZ will present comprehensive nonwovens and textile production technologies at Hightex/ITM 2016 in Istanbul (Hall: 11, Booth: 1124 A). ANDRITZ Nonwoven – comprising ANDRITZ Asselin-Thibeau, ANDRITZ Küsters, and ANDRITZ Perfojet – has been active successfully on the Turkish market for many years and provides full lines and individual solutions for spunlace, wetlaid, needlepunch, bonding and finishing for spunbond applications, and textile calenders.

Oerlikon announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the entire staple fibres technology portfolio of Trützschler Nonwovens & Man-Made Fibers GmbH, Egelsbach, Germany. This company is part of the German Truetzschler Group, which is a specialist in fibre preparation for the yarn spinning and nonwovens industries. The acquisition expands the Manmade Fibers Segment’s technology portfolio and opens up access to new customers in the market for synthetic staple fibres.

From May 3-5, 2016 the trade fairs Texprocess Americas and Techtextil North America will take place at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, USA. Groz-Beckert will participate with its product areas Sewing and Felting. The company will present its products and services of the two sectors in hall B1A, booth 701. At the Texprocess, formerly known by the name of Spesa Expo, the visitors can find everything related to textile finishing and technologies for the development, acquisition and manufacture of sewn products.

INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, has recognised Thomas W Federle, Ph.D., Research Fellow at Procter & Gamble, with its prestigious 2015 Lifetime Technical Achievement Award. This award is given to individuals with long established technical careers in the nonwovens industry and technical innovation.

While Malaysia´s textile and apparel industry may be facing fierce competition from low-cost suppliers in Asia and elsewhere, the country´s technical textile industry shows inclination towards tapping the export opportunities inherent in developed countries.