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A&E introduces Repel
Pic curtesy: American & Efird
American & Efird (A&E), a global
leader in industrial sewing thread
manufacturing, has introduced
Repel, an advanced, PFC-free, water
repellency enhancement. Repel is an
additional feature that customers can
order and have applied to A&E’s global
sewing thread brands. Repel is ideal
for backpacks, footwear, athleticwear,
uniforms, and workwear.
Repel will not affect product colour,
the company said.
for processes (polycondensation,
spinning, and textile processing) at
the Guben site where Trevira produces
filament specialties for the textile
industry.
A total sum of approximately €7.5
million is scheduled to be invested.
These investments will generate
additional quantitative growth and
optimise processes and procedures
at Trevira’s site in Guben where flat
and texturised filament yarns are
produced for automotive interiors,
technical textiles, apparel, and home
textiles.
SILK
Kraig marches ahead in silk
production with Prodigy
FIBRE | YARN
Indorama Ventures to invest in
projects at Guben site
Pic courtesy: Trevira
Trevira’s owner Indorama Ventures
has decided to invest in various
large projects at the Guben site
which will be of importance for the
company. The approved investments
will be in the form of equipment
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Kern-Liebers Textile unveils latest
Relanit Sinkers
Kern-Liebers Textile, developers of
the world’s leading range of high
quality parts and components for
high-performance knitting systems
in the textile industry, headquartered
in Germany, has introduced a new
generation of Relanit Sinkers.
The sinker fully meets the latest
requirements of the advanced knitted
machines in the textile market.
The new generation enables a
uniform pattern even for highly
advanced knitted fabrics, considerably
extending the range of strength of
knitted fabrics.
Shima Seiki joins MIT Media Lab as
lab member
Coloreel & Ricoh to make thread
colouring unit for textile
Coloreel, Swedish innovative firm,
has sealed a partnership with global
electronics company, Ricoh. Together,
they are set to create a ground-
breaking, thread colouring unit for the
textile industry. Ricoh will develop and
build one of the major sub-systems in
the unit, based on its inkjet printing
technology and Coloreel’s technology
for colourisation.
The partnership is a joint
development effort to revolutionise the
textile business, first with the thread
colouring unit for the embroidery
industry.
22 per cent less than the first quarter
for 2017. In foreign markets, the index
registered 107.2 points.
Pic courtesy: Kraig Biocraft Laboratories
Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc., the
leading developer of spider silk based
fibres, has taken its next step towards
the commercialisation of spider silk
technology, following the recent
announcement of formation of its
Vietnamese subsidiary, Prodigy Textiles
Co,. Ltd.
The company views Prodigy as
its main production arm for spider
silk technologies and is gearing up
production of its proprietary spider
silk silkworm eggs in preparation for
shipment to Prodigy.
MACHINERY
Italian textile machinery order index
drops in early 2018
The order index for textile machinery
prepared by ACIMIT, the Association
of Italian Textile Machinery
Manufacturers, for the period from
January to March 2018 dropped 12
per cent compared to the same period
for 2017. The decline mainly affected
textile machinery orders for the
domestic market, while the drop was
more contained in export markets.
The value of the index for the first
quarter of 2018 stood at 104.8 points
(basis: 2015=100). For the Italian
market, the index was at 94.1 points,
Shima Seiki, a Japan-based computerised
knitting machine manufacturer, has
joined the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology Media Lab (Cambridge,
Massachusetts, US) as a consortium lab
member. With this collaboration, Shima
Seiki seeks to explore next generation
technologies that open up new
opportunities for the garment sector.
Saurer to open technology centre
in Arbon, Switzerland
Pic courtesy: Saurer
The Saurer Group, a leader in
machinery and components for yarn
processing, has announced that it is
set to invest in a technology centre in
Arbon, Switzerland. The research and
development centre at Saurer group’s
headquarters will combine Saurer’s
leading expertise in sensor technology
and automation with the latest
innovations of Industry 4.0.
The technology centre in Arbon will
work closely with existing research and
development departments of the Saurer
Group.