A two-month training program on weaving, which commenced on November 10 at the training centre of Lamding Cherapur Handloom Cluster, Wangjing, Thoubal district, has concluded recently.
This training program was organized by DIC, Thoubal, under the integrated handloom development scheme to make women proficient in certain specialized weaving skills by using advanced designing machines, including, jacquard, dobby and jalla.
20 women, two from each ten self-help groups of Wangjing area, underwent this training program and gained knowledge of modern weaving and designing techniques to produce improved and more attractive handloom products as per current market trends.
Training to produce specially designed traditional phanek (wrap-around), shawls, bed sheets, mufflers, salwar-kameez and shirt pieces had been imparted thoroughly to the trainees.
With the development of a new silver ink, Xerox scientists have paved the way for commercialization and low-cost manufacturing of printable electronics. Printable electronics offers manufacturers a very low-cost way to add "intelligence" or computing power to a wide range of surfaces such as plastic or fabric. This development will aid the commercialization of new applications such as "smart" pill boxes that track how much medication a patient has taken or display screens that roll up to fit into a briefcase.
"For years, there's been a global race to find a low-cost way to manufacture plastic circuits," said Paul Smith, laboratory manager, Xerox Research Centre of Canada. "We've found the silver bullet that could make things like electronic clothing and inexpensive games a reality today. This breakthrough means the industry now has the capability to print electronics on a wider range of materials and at a lower cost."
Until now, bringing low-cost electronics to the masses has been hindered by the logistics and costs associated with silicon chip manufacturing; the breakthrough low-temperature silver ink overcomes the cost hurdle, printing reliably on a wide range of surfaces such as plastic or fabric. As part of its commercialization initiatives, Xerox plans to aggressively seek interested manufacturers and developers by providing sample materials to allow them to test and evaluate potential applications.
Integrated circuits are made up of three components - a semiconductor, a conductor and a dielectric element - and currently are manufactured in costly silicon chip fabricating factories. By creating a breakthrough silver ink to print the conductor, Xerox has developed all three of the materials necessary for printing plastic circuits.
Using Xerox's new technology, circuits can be printed just like a continuous feed document without the extensive clean room facilities required in current chip manufacturing. In addition, scientists have improved their previously developed semiconductor ink, increasing its reliability by formulating the ink so that the molecules precisely align themselves in the best configuration to conduct electricity.
The printed electronics materials, developed at the Xerox Research Centre of Canada, enable product manufacturers to put electronic circuits on plastics, film, and textiles. Printable circuits could be used in a broad range of products, including low-cost radio frequency identification tags, light and flexible e-readers and signage, sensors, solar cells and novelty applications including wearable electronics.
The Belgium based, Picanol NV develops, produces and markets high-tech weaving machines. Picanol weaving machines are a synthesis of technological know-how and experience built up over more than half a century. Today, about 2,600 weaving mills around the world use Picanol machinery, totaling to around 110,000 weaving machines. Picanol recently presented its latest weaving solutions for technical textile fabrics at Techtextil in Mumbai, from 10-12 October 2009. In 1999 Picanol re-entered the specialty markets with a tire cord airjet weaving machine. This development came after a 10-year period of redefining Picanol's strategy based on two new technologies: airjet and fast rapier. In an established market dominated by a small number of players, a new entrant has to formulate its own strategy. Picanol decided to use its proven strengths to be successful in the demanding field of technical textiles. Techtextil Mumbai proved to be a good opportunity for weavers to discover what Picanol has to offer specifically for this niche market. Fibre2fashion spoke exclusively to Erwin Devloo, Marketing Communications Manager, Picanol NV, to share their experiences about Techtextil, who said, “Picanol participated for the second time in Techtextil. Our overall experience is very good when it comes to facilities and efficiencies.” “The facilities are according to international standards and the price is also OK. We had a good mix of competitors, fellow OEM's customers and prospective customers having stalls at the exhibition. There cannot be a comparison with Techtextil in Frankfurt, but this Mumbai edition compares well with other initiatives in Shanghai or Atlanta”. Commenting on the visitation and interest shown by industry towards the show, he said, “The major response came from India and some Turkish, Pakistan and Bangladesh visitors as well and the best day was Sunday, with a more than normal attendance and organising this event during the week-end is definitely to stay.” Picanol, with 70 years of experience, is well established in traditional textiles market. How was the response from buyers from the emerging field technical textile products, was our next question, to which he replied by saying, “Picanol re-entered in to the business of Technical Textiles in 1999, after being absent for 20 years.” “The main reason for this move was because of overwhelming demand from existing customers who are entering themselves into this field of application and also due to the fact that, our existing and prospective customers did not find the same excellent quality-price solutions they where used to with Picanol, when working with the existing suppliers in this emerging sector”. To conclude the interview, we asked him about the current trends in technical textile machinery, to which he said, “When it comes to India, the following segments in woven technical textiles are gaining importance; Sunscreens, outdoor furniture, coated fabrics, geotextiles, packaging , tyre-reinforcement ( Tyrecord ) and conveyorbelts.”Read more..
China (Yiwu) International Exhibition on Hosiery, Knitting, Dyeing & Finishing Machinery (also named as “Yiwu H&G”) is the first UFI (The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry) approved hosiery, knitting and braiding machinery exhibition in China. It has long been recognized as the ideal platform for showcasing the world's best hosiery cum seamless underwear machineries, parts and accessories.
Yiwu H&G 2009, to be staged from 18-20 November at Yiwu International Expo Centre, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province, PR China, will come to its 10th anniversary this year.Undoubtedly, Yiwu H&G 2009 will draw much attention from the industry, and create breakthroughs in terms of content and product zoning in 2009 edition to ensure a fabulous fair for visitors from around the world.
Since its inception in 2000, Yiwu H&G holds annually in Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province, PR China. Developing along with the textile industry, Yiwu H&G is now regarded as the most professional and international exhibition of its kind in China. In the last fair, there were 130 exhibitors from 9 countries / regions including Bangladesh, Germany, Hong Kong SAR, Italy, Japan, Korea, PR China, Switzerland and Taiwan Province, exhibition area reached 9,000sqm. Yiwu H&G is listed as the must-attend fair and ideal souring platform for many enterprises, in particularly for those from knitting industry.
As the renowned knitting machinery exhibition in China, Yiwu H&G exhibits a wide collection of knitting machineries, parts and accessories, including the knitting & hosiery machines, seamless underwear machines, crochet knitting machine, dyeing & finishing equipment, knitting yarns and related fibres. Apart from the knitting section, garment machinery is another highlight which include braiding machines, zipper making machines, label printing machines, sewing machines and related equipments. With explicit theme zones, Yiwu H&G serves as the one-stop sourcing platform to bridge the upper and lower stream of knitting industry. Stepping into its 10th anniversary this year, the organizers of Yiwu H&G will host related concurrent activities and invite international experts to join the event.
In July 2009 the DENIM centre of excellence of KARL MAYER’s Warp Preparation section received an order for a new open-width dyeing and sizing machine with ‘DEEP COLOR’ technology. With an investment of about 2 million euros, the Turkish manufacturer Sirikçioglu wants to extend his market competence for fashionable DENIM clothing, thus, being able to produce economically and ecologically both deep indigo-dyed (more than 5%) and sulphur-dyed product ranges. The newly developed ‘Vario Double’ application system guarantees the so-called “DEEP COLOR“ effect thanks to an optimum utilization of the mechanical substance exchange harmonized with a completely uniform liquor flow at the textile material.Read More..
