Browsing: R&D

India is ranked in the top five export markets of Savio, so the attendance at ITME is meant at massive level for being closer to the important customers, who are interested in Savio machinery for either their greenfield or expansion projects.

In 12 halls covering a total area of 120,000 m2 at the TUYAP Fair, Convention and Congress Center, Istanbul, Turkey, over 1,200 exhibitors of ITM 2016 showcased their machines, components and parts from June 1 to 4, 2016 to one of the world´s biggest textile market, Turkey.

In a move to expand its innovative capacities, SANITIZED AG, provider of the most extensive portfolio of antimicrobial products for the plastics and textile industries, has opened the new SANITIZED TecCenter at its Burgdorf head office in Switzerland.

For more than 110 years, Mayer & Cie. (MCT) has manufactured circular knitting machines that are used to make t-shirts, night wear, underwear and mattress covers, among others. The capital goods manufacturer from the Swabian Jura has received many patents and revolutionised the automated circular knitting process, and is now the global market leader in the field.

Levi Strauss & Co. of USA, known worldwide for its authentic vintage look jeans, is the winner of the first ITMA Sustainable Innovation Award. It clinched the ITMA Industry Excellence Award category from two other finalists: Berto Industria Tessile (Italy) and Gebrüder Otto (Germany).

A pre-ITMA press meet in Switzerland I attended recently ended with a very interesting panel discussion on two issues: Today?s technology status quo and the menace of talent exodus in textile industry. The references pertained to the Swiss textile machinery industry, but I found to my surprise it reflected the sentiments of our own industry.

Leading Japanese computerised flat knitting machine manufacturer Shima Seiki Mfg, Ltd will exhibit at the ITMA 2015. The last time ITMA was held in Milan in 1995, Shima Seiki introduced the world´s first WHOLEGARMENT® knitting machine.