In the first quarter of 2015, Oerlikon continued to deliver a solid performance in a challenging market environment. Order intake went up by 17.0 per cent to CHF 793 million and sales increased by 10.1 per cent to CHF 782 million. For the 13th consecutive quarter, the EBITDA margin exceeded 15 per cent, coming in at 16.8 per cent.
Browsing: technology
Dr NN Mahapatra of Colorant Ltd has penned a new book titled ´Textiles and Environment´. The book has been written in accordance to the author´s personal experience while he was working in big corporate companies as general manager of the dye house.
The Swiss textile innovator HeiQ has introduced a new technology that has the potential to revolutionise polyester dyeing. DYEFAST enables a faster textile dyeing procedure leading to lower costs, less energy and water consumption and reduced carbon footprint.
Extremely popular all over the markets, Savio Polar round magazine model has been recently developed to max 80 positions and gathers all the innovative solutions for the high quality demand, for both yarn and package output with any downstream process.
China is one of the most important markets for the textile industry. In the context of the expansion in Asia, on April 28, 2015 Rieter officially inaugurated the first Application & Research Centre for spinning technology in China. It is the most advanced in the world and is a key element in Rieter?s range of services.
Initially used in functional clothing, the energear´ textile technology from Schoeller Technologies is now being used as well in the field of upholstery fabrics and mattress toppers. energear´ allows the body´s own energy, which is radiated in form of far infrared rays, to be reflected back to the body. This can have a positive influence on the body and its energy balance.
Ahead of FESPA 2015, English fashion and interior designer Wayne Hemingway MBE talks to FESPA about the relationship between print and design, and the opportunities that digital technology in the interior environment presents.