Wednesday 27 February 2013
Shima targets Korean market
Shima Seiki is targeting the Korean market for its SDS ONE APEX3 design system . . .
http://www.knittingindustry.com/latest-shima-seiki-technologies-go-on-show-in-korea/
Tuesday 26 February 2013
Monday 25 February 2013
Profits stagnate at M&S supplier Ciel Textiles
Port Louis
Mauritius Headquartered clothing group Ciel Textiles posted a fractional dip in first half pre-tax profits last week, as a jump in profits from woven items offset a sharp fall in knitted goods profits.
Friday 22 February 2013
World's finest warp knit goes to Interfilière
Hong Kong
50 gauge fabrics make a fine distinction when it comes to warp-knitted lingerie and sportswear fabrics. The finest warp-knitted fabric in the world is produced on a machine equipped with 50 needles per inch and is the result of research work carried out by German machine builder Karl Mayer. The fabric will be available for viewing once again at this year’s Interfilière trade fair for lingerie and swimwear in Hong Kong.
Thursday 21 February 2013
Lace curtain fabric with enhanced pollen-trapping function
Tokyo
Teijin Frontier, a Teijin Group fiber-product converting company, announced this morning that it has developed a new polyester curtain fabric that traps double the amount of pollen as conventional polyester curtain fabric, helping to minimize pollen levels indoors. Teijin Frontier will sell the new fabric for use in lace curtains from March this year.
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Stoll website now available in Russian
Reutlingen
Already catering to German, English and Chinese speakers, the historic Reutlingen, Germany based company Stoll is now launching its website, www.stoll.com , in Russian.
Monday 18 February 2013
Belgian knitwear designer wins International Woolmark Prize
London
Christian Winjants, a 35-year-old knitwear designer based in Antwerp, Belgium, has been announced as the winner of the 2013 International Woolmark Prize, during the final award event held at the ME Hotel in London this weekend.
Premiere Vision: Colourful approach reflects mood of buyers
Janet Prescott reports from Paris
Gathering optimism evident since the first fabric and yarn shows was also present at Premiere Vision where there was an increase in exhibitors and where a colourful approach to design reinforced the mood of buyers looking for the new and attractive for SS 2014.
Friday 15 February 2013
New Research and Technologies Benefit Cold Weather Knitwear at ISPO
Munich
Beyond the world of outerwear and protective gear, cold weather performance also requires base and mid-layers that have evolved to be much more than “long-johns” or “thermals.” At the ISPO Munich trade fair, held February 3 – 6, some of the newest concepts in cold weather knitwear were on display, offering innovative takes on composition, construction, and technology.
New Research and Technologies Benefit Cold Weather Knitwear at ISPO
Lenzing plans new Tencel jumbo line
Lenzing plans new Tencel jumbo line
Lenzing
Lenzing is constructing a EUR 130 million jumbo Tencel production line at its plant in Lenzing, which will go into operation in 2014. The new plant will have a 64,000 tonnes per annum capacity.
Invista starts polyamide salt facility in Netherlands
Rozenburg
Invista reports that it started production this week at its new, polyamide salt plant, an expansion of the company’s polymer facility in Rozenburg, the Netherlands. The expanded site will serve the company’s European fibre and plastic customers through its integrated supply chain.
PVH completes Warnaco acquisition
New York
PVH Corp. announced earlier this week it has completed the acquisition of The Warnaco Group, Inc., which now makes it one of the largest global branded lifestyle apparel companies in the world. With a diversified portfolio of iconic brands led by Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, as well as its heritage brands – Van Heusen, IZOD, ARROW, Bass, Speedo, Olga and Warner’s, PVH has revenues of over $8 billion.
Wednesday 13 February 2013
Merino now in brights and white
Bregenz
Austrian wool yarn spinner Schoeller, in partnership with Australia’s The Merino Company (TMC), has developed a completely new technology called Enciel, which offers a range of brilliant wool colours and a white merino yarn with up to 160% better white standard.
Tuesday 12 February 2013
Sustainable Fashion in Italy
Textile Institute Sustainability Special Interest Group Event
When: 18 February, 2013, from 7pm talk starts at 7.30pm
Where: Garden Restaurant, Manchester Metropolitan University
Will eco-friendly fashion dress the future? Can fashion be sustainable? Sustainability is a challenge that cannot be ignored today. Sustainable fashion reassesses the material and manufacturing components without renouncing the aesthetic and symbolic.
Lenzing Color Trends Autumn-Winter 2014/2015
Lenzing
Lenzing has released its Lenzing Color Trends Autumn-Winter 2014/2015. The 52 page image rich PDF version of Lenzing’s colour forecasts with Pantone TPX referenced colour palettes can be downloaded below.
Monday 11 February 2013
Versatile Mec-Mor knits seamless jacket
Munich
At last week’s ISPO exhibition in Munich, Santoni showed, among other garment samples, a prototype of a seamless Track-Jacket knitted on its Mec-Mor CMP open width garment length knitting machine.
Friday 8 February 2013
Student project highlights hidden warp knit applications
Zwickau
Karl Mayer’s textile machines produce warp-knitted textiles which make many areas of day-to-day life easier, better and more attractive – but they also provide the inspiration for new works of art.
Wednesday 6 February 2013
Colours and themes reflect positive mood at Pitti Filati
Carlo Volpi reports from Florence
The 72nd edition of Pitti Filati took place as usual at the Fortezza da Basso in Florence last week. Foreign buyers once again led the show, with very good turnouts from Hong Kong (+75%), Turkey (+30%)United States (+33%), Spain (+22%) and Great Britain. With a total of 3,700 buyers, the International buyer turnout stayed the same as the previous winter edition last year even though the number of actual buyers was inferior (there were about 4,000 last winter).
Tuesday 5 February 2013
Project succeeds in processing carbon fibre heavy tows
Dresden
Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), in partnership with textile machinery manufacturer Karl Mayer Malimo, has carried out a special project to produce concrete reinforcement from carbon fibre heavy tows (CFHT). A specially modified, industrial Malitronic Multiaxial warp knitting machine developed by Karl Mayer was used in the research work.
Cytec solutions on show at Italian composites show
Marina di Carrara, Italy
To demonstrate its expertise in process consumables advanced materials producer Cytec will be displaying a selection of vacuum bagging consumables, infusion materials and reusable vacuum systems, at COMPOTEC/SEATEC 2013, which is being held at the CarraraFiere Exhibition Centre, Marina di Carrara, Italy, from the 6 to 8 February 2013.
Monday 4 February 2013
VIDEO: Shima Seiki 50th Anniversary Celebration - FASHION SHOW
Wakayama
Billy Hunter reports
Leading Japanese computerized flat knitting machine manufacturer Shima Seiki has launched a fantastic new video of a fashion show, which the company put on for customers during its three day 50th Anniversary Celebration event held at its hometown in November 2012 in Japan - and it really is worth watching, both for the content and for the camera work.
VIDEO: Shima Seiki 50th Anniversary Celebration – FASHION SHOW
Friday 1 February 2013
Chinese knitter invests in TM 4 T terry machines
Jiangsu Province
Chinese cleaning textiles producer Suzhou Top Clean Co., Ltd acquired its first Karl Mayer TM 4 T tricot terry machine in December 2011 which was quickly followed by another with EL guide bar control in September 2012. The innovative fabrics produced on the machines are said to be creating a lot of interest on the international market.
Intensive training courses from the Textile Institute
Manchester
The Textile Institute has announced details of its latest intensive training short courses for the textiles industry. The Institute is a leading provider of short courses for the industry, drawing on over 100 years of textiles knowledge.