Technical Textiles

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The ICAC predicts that global production will increase to 27.6 m tonnes. Picture: Ring frame © Bremer Baumwollbörse

 
05/07/2019 – Bremer Baumwollbörse

Bremer Baumwollbörse

Cotton Consumption at Record High

The cotton industry is facing continued uncertainty as a result of the unsolved trade row between the USA and China. By  Editorial staff
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On the way to an evergreen with ecological: Samples from a warp beam which had been dyed with Greendye. © Karl Mayer

 
28/06/2019 – Karl Mayer

Karl Mayer

Eco-friendly indigo dyeing technology

Karl Mayer remains on a growth path with its Denim Excellence Center at Karl Mayer Rotal and a wide-ranging product portfolio. By  Editorial staff
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Halo electronics provide custom-tailored IT solutions, that offer textile industry customers the perfect level of data transparency - from fibre to finished product. © Halo electronics

 
25/06/2019 – ITMA 2019

ITMA 2019

Fokus Industry 4.0: Halo electronics

Halo electronics from Austria develops Enterprise-Resource-Planning (ERP) systems for the textile industry. CEO Marcus Ott explains the advantages. By  Editorial staff
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The integration of Hoftex CoreTech GmbH, constitutes one of the elements of the growing strategy implemented by the group that allowed to overcome a turnover amounting at € 75 millions. Filidea President Massimo Marchi © Filidea

 
24/06/2019 – Filidea

Filidea

Hoftex Coretech changes the owner

The italian company Filidea s.r.l., announces the acquisition of Hoftex CoreTech GmbH from the German group Hoftex. By  Editorial staff
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The Vitrulan Group is expanding and investing around EUR 6m in the purchase of new production systems by 2020. © Vitrulan

 
24/06/2019 – Vitrulan Group

Vitrulan Group

New processes, new products, new markets

The Vitrulan Group is tapping into new markets with innovative technologies and a customer-oriented approach to research and development. By  Editorial staff
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Dr Christof Soest, CTO, Trützschler © Trützschler

 
19/06/2019 – ITMA 2019

ITMA 2019

Focus Industry 4.0

The future of the textile industry is more and more determined by Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 has many dimensions and possible fields of application. By  Editorial staff
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PET bottles are turned into polyethylene fibres whose first textile use is as protective rainwear … after which they are recycled again into T-shirts. © Carl Weiske

 
19/06/2019 – Sustainability

Sustainability

“We need to get into chemistry”

How would it be if a PET bottle that had been recycled into fibres were then to re-emerge successively as different types of clothing? By  Hans-Werner Oertel