VDMA ends its cooperation with Koelnmesse

A few days after the end of IMB 2009 — which was evaluated positively by exhibitors and visitors alike and has provided the strong stimuli the sector needs during the current economic crisis — the trade fair's conceptual sponsor, the German Garment and Leather Technology Association of the VDMA (German Engineering Federation), ended its cooperation with Koelnmesse.

IMB – World of Textile Processing – has taken place in Cologne for 35 years now, and in its most recent form it was held every three years.

Gerald Böse, Chief Executive Officer of Koelnmesse GmbH, was sorry to hear of this one-sided decision to end the partnership. "It's very difficult to understand this decision, especially right now," he said.

“In spite of the difficult overall economic situation, Koelnmesse organized a very satisfactory event. IMB 2009 succeeded in mobilizing the international industry and at the same time supporting German manufacturers in their international business activities in a sustainable way. I believe that the event's unique market position as a leading independent European trade fair for textile processing, as well as its worldwide reputation, have now been seriously put at risk."

"A surprising development after a good IMB 2009" he added.

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Monocapa unwinding device for leather & textile industry

Autex-Int. S.L.L. offers Monocapa. Monocapa is the ideal unwinding device to be used with conveyor type one-ply cutters. It is specially designed for the leather and textile industry that manufactures several different products such as shoes, upholstery, special clothes, leather goods, technical textiles, etc.

Since 1973 Autex-Int. S.L.L. has offered a wide range of spreading machines with accessories to cover our customers needs and expectations. We have grown year after year adapting our machines to the last technology of the moment in order to offer the best product of the market, always developing new ways of cutting and spreading and looking closer the latest currents in fashion, new fabrics, new tendencies...

Furthermore, we have trained a professional team with many years of experience and highly qualified in offering services and solutions. Our target is to keep being a global reference in the market of spreading machines and keep offering solutions to our customers, always taking care of the quality.


Source: Fibre2fashion

Attractive Market For Advanced Textile Machinery

On occasion of the International Technical Textile Symposium from April 14 to 17 in Taipei, seven member companies of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association will present their latest solutions “Made in Germany” to Taiwanese textile industry professionals.

The participating German companies are well-known technology providers for the textile industries around the world: Sahm, Oerlikon Saurer (Allma product line), Karl Mayer, Dornier, Mayer & Cie., Herzog and LIBA. An Overview about the product range in machines for technical textiles of VDMA members will be given during a presentation of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association.

Since Taiwan has focused on research and development of highly technical textiles, the country is an attractive market especially for advanced textile technologies. In order to deepen the cooperation in this sector, the VDMA Textile Machinery Association and the Taiwan Technical Textiles Association (TTTA) had signed a memorandum of understanding two years ago.

Together with Japan, Germany is by far the most important supplier of textile machinery to Taiwan. Like many other textile industries in the world, the Taiwanese one had to face a downturn last year, which resulted in a lower demand for machinery.

In 2008 the exports of German textile machinery and accessories to Taiwan decreased by 28 percent compared to 2007and reached 34 million Euro. With exports worth 17 million Euros, the highest demand was registered for knitting and hosiery machinery. The exports of spinning machinery amounted to 9 million Euros. The export figure of finishing machinery reached 5 million that of weaving machinery 3 million Euro.


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Knitting Specialists On The Trail Of New Products

Conference of the members of the German section of the International Federation of Knitting Specialists at KARL MAYER and Frankfurt-am-Main Airport, 25-26.05.2009

On 25 and 26 May the German section of the International Federation of Knitting Technologists (IFKT) will invite its members to its annual conference and assembly. It will be hosted by KARL MAYER Textilmaschinenfabrik in Obertshausen.

On the first day of the conference the tasks facing the assembled knitting specialists will include electing a committee for the period 2009 to 2012 as well as considering the usual committee and auditors' reports.

The first president, Chris Wilkens, will not stand for a further period in office. The remaining committee members will put themselves up for re-election. To round off the first part of the conference in the modern KARL MAYER there will be a report on the 44th International Congress which was held from 23 to 27 September 2008 in St Petersburg.

The members' conference will be followed immediately by a series of reports with the emphasis on technical textiles. Professor Marcus O. Weber will present a paper from the Niederrhein Technical University on the theme 'Measurement and evaluation of the yarn tension in stitch formation'. Dr Uwe Moehring, from the Thueringen-Vogtland Textile Research Institute, will present the results of his research work.





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Rahul Patel of Sintex ranked amongst top four CEO’s in India

Mr Rahul Patel, Managing Director of the multifaceted Sintex Industries, with a turnover of Rs 23.34 billion, with interests in textiles and a leadership in plastic tanks has been ranked at fourth place in the ranking for creation of value from amongst all sectors, in a survey conducted by a reputed magazine ‘Business World’ to pick “India’s Most Valuable CEO’s”. Mr Patel has been ranked fourth in creating value for his company from amidst 79 illustrious top guns and honchos from across all sectors in the country and is preceded by Mr Dilip Sanghvi of Sun Pharmaceuticals, Glenn Saldhana of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals and Mr Ramnathan of Exide Industries in the first, second and third place, respectively. Mr Patel joined the family owned business in 1983 and was appointed as whole time director in 1994 and was mainly concentrating on devising strategies to increase the export business of the company’s textile division. He has continuously upgraded the product mix and technology in the organization to match the global needs. Mr Rahul Patel, who has a Masters in Business Administration from the US, was appointed as a Managing Director of Sintex Industries in 2004 and is credited with changing the company into a multinational, multi product and diversified company and under whose stewardship, turnover of Sintex Industries has risen five folds since he took over as Managing Director. Since 2004, Sintex has made six major overseas tie-ups with reputed plastic manufacturers like Wausaukee Composites Inc, USA, Nero Plastic Inc, USA, Nief Plastic, France, etc. He is also credited in playing a key role in the acquisition of Zeppelin Mobile System India Ltd, which is a leading BT Shelter Manufacturing company in May 2006. Source : Fibre2fashion

Marching in March, Textile Machinery Trade Fairs: A Gateway To Opportunities!

March 2009 is waiting for some mega events which will put on view machinery innovations to the textile world. Textile fraternity is expecting to generate some good business through these trade fairs in this otherwise crisis driven times.

ITMEX Americas 2009

Out of total export of 327 million Euro worth of textile machineries to Brazil, Germany accounts for 116 million Euros capturing 1^st position in machinery export to Brazil and leaving other competitors like Italy, Japan way behind.

Considering above figures and to further conquer its position in Brazilian market, VDMA Textile Machinery Association organized a special event called ITMEX Americas 2009- International Textile Machinery Trade Show to come closer to Brazilian machinery buyers. The fair is going to be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The four day event will start from 10^th March and will conclude on March 13th, 2009. German government is supporting VDMA in its initiative.

Full spectrum of machinery in the areas of spinning, weaving, finishing and clothing machinery will be displayed in the fair. Approximately 400 exhibitors are going to showcase their latest technology in front of 40,000 expected visitors.

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Renewable Inputs for the Textiles Industry

The TTNA, in conjunction with the International Fibre Centre, will be conducting its first in a series of three seminars throughout 2009, exploring the present and future use of renewable raw materials in fibre and textile production.

When: Thursday, 2nd April 2009
Venue: Multi Purpose Room, (Printing Building), RMIT University, 25 Dawson Street, Brunswick

The lineup of speakers includes:

Sustainability input policies of Toyota – Jon Ward, Manager Environmental Policy Corporate Affairs, Strategy & Environment, Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd

The impacts of climate change and of changing consumer vehicle preferences are a key focus of the current Green Car Plan for Australia’s automotive industry. Akin to other car-producing nations around the world, Australia is investing heavily in developing green and hybrid car technology and looking seriously at including renewable inputs in all aspects of future automotives. This presentation will explore what this means for the Australian TCF industry.

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