Competent and efficient air engineering is of crucial importance for production quality and performance in textile mills.New technologies and ever more advanced and faster machines place higher and higher demands in the industry. An efficient air control system is all the more important for quality and performance in production. Luwa offers competent and extensive know-how – for air handling, air direction, air cleaning, air disposal as well as heat recovery. The capability to open up new market

Santex Rimar AG is showing with Santacompact RD their well-known felt belt compacting machine for the finishing of high-quality open-width knitted fabrics. This machine, specially designed for knitwear, enables the highest performance and best fabric quality to be achieved with minimum production and maintenance costs.Santacompact RD is a double felt belt compactor in one line with levelling frame at the entry. This unique design of short and direct feed from the levelling frame into the special

Karl Mayer will be presenting state-of-the art technology and best-of-textile solutions for warp knitting, warp preparation and technical textiles at ITMA, 20.-26.6.2019 in BarcelonaKarl Mayer will take its visitors on a voyage of discovery through the textile world of tomorrow at ITMA. The meeting point for all this will be at stand 8.0/B107 on the exhibition site in Barcelona. Here, the visitors can expect a display of highly efficient, complete solutions for production, which will give them t

Tatham, manufacturer of machinery for staple fibre processing, will focus on sustainable processing for hemp fibre, recycling carbon fibre and energy savings for customers with its TS Drive systems and Weight controls.At ITMA 2019, the company will be focusing on three products:Hemp fibre processingRecent legislative changes in many countries now allows the growing of the the virtually zero tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) Cannabis Sativa plant for the production of hemp fibre, shiv, seeds and the by-

Fabric inspection: A crucial element of any successful textile productionMaag Brothers Machine Works from Switzerland is a globally leading producer of precision machines in the field of quality assurance for the textile industry. The company specializes in machines for fabric inspection, plating, selvedge printing and packaging.At ITMA 2019, Maag will showcase its newest innovations in the field of automated visual error detection and IT solutions. Thanks to our new visual technology, Maag fabr

The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) plans to put at least 100,000 hectares under commercial cotton cultivation, with the sector poised to annually generate a minimum of $1 billion, according to managing director Pious Manamike, who recently said his company would start focussing on large estates keeping in view the climate-change issues being experienced.Manamike was speaking at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF).Large tracts of virgin land in Mashonaland Central, Kanyemba area (al

The net sales of Columbia Sportswear Company have improved 8 per cent (10 per cent constant-currency) to $654.6 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 as compared to $607.3 million for the comparable period during fiscal 2018. During the reported period, the gross margin expanded 210 basis points to a record 51.4 per cent of net sales.Pic: Columbia Sportswear Company"It is encouraging to see the momentum we created in 2018 continue into this year, with record first quarter net sales, g

DiloGroup, a leading textile machinery group, is set to exhibit a complete operating textile production line at ITMA 2019, in hall 5, booth B201. The line will show improvements and modifications as well as innovations in numerous machine design-engineering aspects. The textile and garment technology expo will be held from June 20-26, 2019, in Barcelona.Pic: DiloGroupThe complete technological process starting with fibre preparation via card feeding, to precise web forming and the new Hyperpunch

UK’s Debenhams Group Holdings Ltd recently announced details of two proposed company voluntary arrangements (CVAs), one related to Debenhams Retail Limited, the main trading entity, and the other regarding Debenhams Properties Limited. These actions will serve to keep Debenhams on a stable financial footing and ensure the company’s future, it said in a statement.The issues facing the UK high street are quite well know, but for the business to prosper, Debenhams needs to restructure its store por

The Kenyan Government will provide business to the Kitui County Textile Centre (KICOTEC), according to Interior cabinet secretary Fred Matiang’i, who toured the centre recently. Matiang'i said the textile factory was an embodiment of a county government keen to improve its people's livelihood. County governor Charity Ngilu took him on a tour of the factory.President Uhuru Kenyatta, during his recent visit to the place, is said to have agreed to award KICOTEC the tender to make uniforms f