Pakistan Textile Journal. april news

For the first time in Munich - ITMA Europe, the international textile machinery trade fair held during September 13-20, 2007, featured in addition to the interesting location, many innovations focusing on high performance, quality and lower production costs. Many exhibitors and visitors described ITMA 07 as the best ITMA Europe to date. 1,450 exhibitors welcomed 118 000 visitors from 149 countries. Never before in the history of this event, which goes back more than 50 years, have there been so many visitors from so many different countries. Germany headed the ranking for visitor numbers, followed by Italy, India, Turkey, Brazil, France, Switzerland, Spain, Iran and Belgium.

According to Paul Heller GmbH - a Wuppertal, Germany based company, “ITMA 2007 in Munich met our expectations, and we had many Asian visitors at our booth. We were also surprised that the number of Pakistan visitors was more than expected, and those Pakistan visitors at our booth were very competent and skilled in their sectors, and we were able to discuss their problems and also new products on a high level. For qualified inquiries, we had our Pakistan agent Nazer & Company at our booth, which was very helpful in getting successful new business connections. “

The key products which we exhibited were well known high quality ROLLTEX® Roller Coverings which are used by leading OEM companies, such as Picanol, Sulzer and Dornier. Among our new products, for example “S210” or “PU” ROLLTEX® Roller Coverings with different surfaces offers a very good resistance against abrasion and most chemicals which are used in the textile sector.

Andritz Küsters presence in the Nonwovens Hall proved to be a great success

Andritz Küsters presented a wide range of their products at the ITMA 2007 in Munich: together with the most recent developments in the area of textile calenders (teXcal s-roll technology with a maximum line force of 400 N/mm). Besides this, the enterprise from Krefeld also focused on the wet finishing for nonwovens.

“Our international public were as multifaceted as our exhibits”, says a pleased Andreas Lukas, Vice President Andritz Küsters Nonwoven. “In spite of the location of our booth in the Nonwovens Halls many textile calender customers found their way to us. In the meantime, a couple of the numerous enquiries have already resulted in firm orders.”

Just as pleasing was the high degree of acceptance of the ITMA Fair by the nonwovens industry: about half the number of visitors at the Andritz Küsters booth were nonwovens manufacturers. The ne

w nonwovens padder neXchem with a production speed of 200 m/min and higher proved to be real eye catcher. By the way, all those interested in finishing own products with the neXchem: the exhibit will be available at the STFI (Saxon Textile Research Institute) in Chemnitz for trials as of 2008.

“Our surprising success at this ITMA however, was the new measuring technology neXdetect”, adds Lukas. “The detection unit for stripe applications on nonwovens had apparently hit the nail on the head as far as producers of diapers from nonwovens were concerned. An initial order intake immediately after the close of the fair and almost daily enquiries confirm that our technology for reliable inline detection fills a gap that had up to now existed in the production of nonwovens for diapers.”

The Easy Link Digit+ is the new Sorter version developed by Loptex (Italy). It has been introduced in ITMA Munich 2007 and it offers a suitable solution to the new market demands.

The Easy Link Sorter can be directly attached to the outlet of any type of Fine Opener; it monitors the cotton in a upwards fiber flow.

It includes the Optic and Sonic systems for the detection and removal of colour, colourless contamination, white and transparent PP.

Digit+ refers to the state of the art digit technology which, by means of dedicated microprocessors, analysis and converts the Optic and Sonic signals into a feasible reference value.

Loptex paid a lot of attention in assessing and improving the reliability of its product line. System flexibility and consistency in performance are also Loptex key features.

Loptex is moving in a highly competitive market. The Easy Link offer a fast return of investment. The quality of its product line ensures the success of its customers in this competitive environment.

Gumatex S.L., manufacturer of the circular knitting machines trademark JUMBERCA presented 4 new models to cover the world wide market of knitting machinery within the different sectors of the knitting industry.

Leader in stripers technology, offers two new options for production of basic striped fabrics on single and double bed and with following objectives:

Solid and consolidated presence in the Sweater sector with its well-known TLJ-6E PLUS model 38” 14 gg., 18 productions feeds and 18 electronic 5 colour stripers, ready to give a good coverage to the growing sector of fine gauges.

And finally recovering the basic fabrics sector with a new single knit machine, model B-SINGLE shown on 30” 28gg., 90 feeds with 4 tracks and ready for production of high quality fabrics plating with elastomer yarn at high speed.

ITMA 2007 have been used as a platform to launch the new corporate image, reflecting what this new stage of Gumatex means for JUMBERCA, experience and youth. With a new logo, machines with better finishing and new colours, JUMBERCA upgrades its image giving more elegance, robustness and better quality in its product.

MHM participated at ITMA MHM presented on an impressive booth of approx. 350 m2 , the latest technologies in rotary- and carousel screen printing technology. The special highlight of interest to the entire printing industry was the latest development in rotary printing, the MHM - FP²S. A revolutionary system which combines open and closed bearing system and magnet and blade squeegees, together with a joy stick for repeat setting. Now the customer can choose the best settings for it’s specific product requirements, due to the flexibility of the system.

MHM representative at ITMA remarks that the response MHM received from textile printers all over the world was overwhelming and finally a system where the user can choose how to operate the system is available to the customer or printer.

MHM is the only supplier of textile machines who developed and showed a new printing system at the ITMA. Although the world introduction of the revolutionary FP²S system was done at Munich, the first machine is already in full operation at Brunotte Stoffdruckerei in Germany.

MHM will supply the new system as a retrofit package on a existing 20 colour rotary screen printing machine to Standfast & Barracks in UK early next year.

Switzerland based company VSMC offers caustic soda recovery and recycling plants, self cleaning filters and plants Normally, caustic soda is used in textile mercerising is recovered and recycled to keep the drained water clean and also can be reused for mercerising.

The main problem of a caustic soda recovery plant with the system of evaporating distilled water is the huge amount of cooling water used for condensation of the vapor steam after the last stage. VSMC now offers an additional step to reduce this amount of cooling water by increasing the number of stages in the recovery plant. According to Kash International, “Other competitors process till 4 stages, VSMC is able to supply recovery plants with 5 or even 6 stages. This helps to decrease the steam consumption compare to 4-stage plant by 40% and also the cooling water by the same number”.

New technology for the cleaning of the weak lye from the solid impurities and the purification of the recovered caustic soda makes it VSMC possible to recover the weak lye from the mercerizing process of knitted goods.

In relationship with 2 textile companies in Europe VSMC developed a system for the handling of the weak lye from this mercerizing process and to clean to a point, which enables the customers to re-use the recovered caustic soda.

According to Kash International (Pvt.) Ltd. “VSMC’s system is the only system which is most economical, efficient and effective for the finishing industry of Pakistan and also worldwide”.

MEMMINGER-IRO as the market leader in processing technology of yarn infeeding, control systems and lubrication technology for knitting machines presented a number of innovative new developments at ITMA Munich on a 233 square meter booth in hall A1. The company has already successfully introduced latest products like the motor drive belt system MRA 2 or the needle controller MNC complete the exhibition program.

MEMMINGER-IRO, Advanced knitting technology is considered as a benchmark when it comes to knitting machinery.

According to Marzoli, about one thousand field operators from more than 30 countries visited Marzoli booth during the ITMA Munich. In the 300 square meters booth, Marzoli exhibited for visitors and partners the latest technical innovations of the complete short-staple spinning line.

Mr. Mario Bianchetti reported: “ITMA 2007 in Munich is highly satisfactory for Marzoli. We would like to highlight that, not only the number of the visitors was exceptional, but also their interest; thus recognizing the position of Marzoli in the international textile market. Furthermore, Customers favorably welcomed the recent agreement between Marzoli and Trützschler for the supply of the Marzoli combing line.”

“ITMA is the leading trade fair for textile machinery manufacturers. We have found that at this fair visitor quality is really superb, from all over the world. And we get to talk to some really top people here, who you only rarely get to see. It all went extremely smoothly,” commented Heinrich Trützschler, Director of Trützschler GmbH & Co. KG Textilmaschinenfabrik and President of the ITMA Committee.

During the eight days of the exhibition, Marzoli stand had been visited with interest by more than 800 foreign visitors, 80% of the total. Beside Italy, the countries with the highest number of visitors came from India, Turkey, Central and Southern America, Russian Confederations and Egypt. A particular great interest has been recorded in the Countries of Central and Southern America (with approx. 20% of the visitors), such as Brazil that participated with 6.1%, Argentina with more than 5.2% or Mexico with 4.3%. The total number of visitors from this area were 155. From the Middle East, moreover, numerous visitors came from Syria (4%), Iran (5%), Pakistan (5.7%). From the Far East, we recorded the 10% of all the visitors.

British textile testing equipment manufacturers James H. Heal & Co. Ltd unveiled a wealth of creativity and design flair at ITMA Munich 2007.

Among the innovations displayed on the Heal’s Stand 145, in Hall A4, was TruBurst2; a fully pneumatic bursting strength tester which comfortably exceeds the exacting requirements of ISO 13938-2, ASTM D3786-06 and the test principles of many other national and international standards.

TruBurst2 comes in two models. With a maximum capacity of 1000kPa/145psi, Model 810 is suitable for the majority of textile specimens (including cyclic testing of elastomerics), as well as for many paper, board and similar materials.

However, there are many less resistant, more delicate materials (e.g. non-wovens, tissues and plastics), which require a lower capacity/higher resolution machine for successful and repeatable bursting strength tests.

With the ability to measure values as low as 5kPa/0.7psi and a maximum capacity of 100kPa/14.5psi, Model 801 is ideal for these applications.

Also on show was Gyrowash 815; an official AATCC testing instrument for evaluating the colour fastness, staining potential and durability of fabrics under accelerated wash conditions, according to AATCC Test Method 61.

Gyrowash 815 also complies with ISO 105 and conforms to the requirements of major European Retail Store Groups, including Marks and Spencer and Next. The instrument’s horizontal rotor can hold five test vessels on each of the four sides thus having a maximum capacity of 20 large (1200ml) or 20 small (500ml) vessels, or a combination of large and small.

Heal’s range of Quality Assured Consumables for colour fastness and shrinkage testing and the Healink suite of servicing, maintenance, calibration and training also featured prominently in the James H. Heal display.

Over the duration of the show, Heal’s Technical Experts met with many high profile European Retailers and also noted a large number of visitors from the South Americas and the Indian subcontinent, who came to the Heal’s stand to get valuable advice on laboratory design, appropriate tests for their products and buyers as well as suitable instrumentation and accessories to carry out these tests.

Heal’s Sales Director, Elliot Rich, commented on the exhibition: “I am delighted that we were part of ITMA Munich 2007. We had a very impressive stand, at an excellent position, with a constant footfall of visitors. This exhibition gave us the fantastic opportunity to interact with our high profile customers from all over the world and get immediate feedback on our new products and services.”

Interspare is specialized in the supply of original spare parts for stenters, steamers, washing and

bleaching machines etc. from Babcock Textilmaschinen GmbH / BTM (ARTOS, FAMATEX, HAAS and KRANTZ) BRUECKNER, MONFORTS, STENTEX and TEXTIMA.

In co-operation with specialists the company can also arrange also electrical and mechanical service for repair, assembling, dismantling and conversion of new and used machines as well as for planning of expansions and upgrades.

The group also has a brand Interspare Lubricants, that sells special lubricants for the textile industry.

According to Mesdan, “We are very pleased with ITMA Munich, as we had welcomed an extraordinary number of visitors from different countries: 36% coming from Asia (India and Turkey in first positions), 43% coming from Europe representing companies, who have survived the textile crisis followed by quota removal. The EU companies have started again to invest in high quality processing and technical productions”.

What was new at ITMA and attracting lot of interest is given here of the interest of our readers:

Retech-one of the renowned producers of various components and an expert in the thermal treatment and drawing in the field of synthetic yarn production, has also reported a positive response from the visitors at Retech booth.

Visitors from more than 50 countries, even more than during ITMA 2003 from all over the world have claimed detailed technical information and advice concerning the entire RETECH product range, in particular related to our ITMA Highlight, the brand new ESM Energy Saving Motor, because the improved performance of this High-Tech drive and the cost saving factor, the ESM is really a vital issue in today's industrial world for synthetic yarn production.

The very new STS-GITI godet roll with integrated electronic control device for temperature and speed, with the perfect compact and functional design was not only an eye catcher but also a technical highlight during the show.

The ultimate peak level however was accomplished by the presentation of the LCR, Liquid Cooled Roll demonstration unit, working under production conditions while monitoring the delta in temperature using a state of the art heat detecting infrared camera. The LCR godet roll is able to reduce the filament temperature to the condition of crystallization very rapidly.

In order to process different type of yarn, in particular technical yarn with it’s typical functions, it is mandatory to guarantee stable conditions during the process of production. Well controlled and monitored process parameters are the essential issues concerning high quality yarn in this respect.

Because of experience over decades, RETECH has the ability to meet customers needs and expectations in the field of heated and cooled godet rolls. Very flexible and client specific technical solutions, in terms of various specifications, like dimension, speed and temperature, are the key to cover a large variety of process application ranges.

The 50th anniversary of the world-famous USTER®STATISTICS quality benchmarking data for textile fibers and yarns was celebrated at ITMA Munich. Uster Technologies also presented a special printed edition of the 2007 STATISTICS, in book format, as well as the CD version to the interested visitors at ITMA.

The USTER® STATISTICS program has a pedigree dating back to 1948, when the first evenness tester for yarns was introduced in spinning mills. This laboratory system enabled the mass variations of yarns to be recorded, via paper printouts. A special birthday with a party for customers and suppliers at Munich’s Planetarium, with the theme ‘Think Quality – Think Uster’ the world’s leading source of laboratory and online quality control and monitoring systems was organized by Uster Technologies.

The brand new Uster Tester 5- S800 measures the most important quality parameters – such as evenness and yarn imperfections – with high precision, at a testing speed of 800m/min.

Customers can use this additional test capacity either to test all spinning positions more quickly, or to test the same number of samples with a longer test length, giving statistically more significant test results.

The Uster Tester range includes a Fancy Yarn Profile, which analysis slub yarn quality. This is especially applicable denims, which make wide use of slub effects.

The new Fancy Yarn Profile for the Uster Tester 5 uses a unique measuring method which makes it easier than ever before to obtain all the quality-relevant information for slub yarns, while maintaining high standards of precision and reliability.

New: YarnMaster Zenit standard for online quality control, presented at ITMA Munich offers an additional clearer channel for the detection of the optical CV , which allows an extended quality monitoring for ring and compact yarns. Thanks to the well acknowledged detection and clearing of polypropylene, the contamination problems created by the cotton bale packing are thus also overcome by the spinners. The Millmaster®Central quality management system is a central and bidirectional online quality management system for all YarnMaster data. Complete monitoring with comprehensive analysis and evaluation of the quality and production data is possible with this system.

The Weftmaster®Solutions for top quality fabrics by Loepfe includes the equipment for the weaving sector: weft stop motions, short weft detector, weft thread brakes, projectile brake, knot detector, weft feeler, fusible fabrics cutters, yarn stop motions for different applications.

According to the recent information by Loepfe, Barco Belgium signed a contract on July 19, 2007 with Italian Itema Holding for the sale of its business unit BarcoVision of which Loepfe Brothers Ltd. is a part of since end of 1994.

The present International Textile Machinery Exhibition is taking place in the period between “Signing” and “Closing” of the deal. The legal takeover by the new owner is expected to be finalized by end of 2007.

Loepfe representative added, “We wish to make clear that Loepfe Brothers Ltd. remain a Swiss autonomous company also under the future shareholders and continue to do their reputed business under the well-known yellow brand from Wetzikon, Switzerland. There are no alterations planned in the handling of markets; customers and business partners refer to the same responsible persons as before.

In addition, Loepfe explained, “our current production programme for following will remain unchanged as well as the accustomed and reliable customer support by the Loepfe Service crew.

Xorella – one of the leading manufacturer of Yarn conditioning machinery exhibited at ITMA the new Contexxor range of machinery.

A philosophy of “Swiss engineering with Chinese manufacturing” since its acquisition by Fong’s Group in 2002 will now be consolidated by the planned relocation to a new 800,000 square metre facility in China. Xorella makes the Contexxor range of conditioning and exhibited at ITMA Munich a Beta version of its machine, which offers offers 25% reduction in energy consumption.

The new XO branding can be seen at ITMA Munich, infact a huge picture of Xorella installation at Dewan Textile Mills (Pakistan) was also seen at the booth.

According to the Pakistani representative from Simag, we have entertained several leading spinners from Pakistan at Xorella stand, notable among them Dawood Spinning mills and Al-Nasr Textiles and many others.

The textile industry recognizes the unique finishing treatment and quality of the XO-Steaming System, and the XO-Process for vacuum steaming of textiles uses 100% saturated steam and the renowned XO-Intermediate Vacuum Procedure.

The XO-Smart offers steaming of 600 to 1200 kg per batch, whereas XO-Select allows the user to select a range, from a menu of features and create a machine to suit the specific applications and technical needs of the yarn.

The new XO-Generation offers the treatment vessel and all piping made of world-class stainless steel. The XO-Steaming system is comprised of advanced components and technology.

A XORELLA two-stage high performance vacuum pump and an internationally renowned brand of controller with Swiss engineered software complete the new technology package. Semi- and fully automatic loading systems are available.

The XO-Steaming Process has many applications in textile manufacturing: Relaxing, twist-setting, pre-shrinking, fixation and stabilization of the textile substrate from fiber to fabric are typical applications of the XO-Steaming Process.

MATHIS AG headquartered in Oberhasli, Switzerland has been in the business of manufacturing dyeing laboratories since 1968. Nowadays, the company is also active in the manufacture and sale of production plants for dyeing textile ribbons. In a second area of production they develop and build machines and installations for coating a wide range of materials.

According to Beat Mathis, “Our company is one of the leading manufacturers of high quality dyeing machines for laboratory, and our experience entails machines for discontinuous dyeing, exhaust dyeing and continuous dyeing machinery.”

While talking about Asian markets, he said, India, China and Pakistan are our leading markets. Represented in Pakistan by Intertex Corporation, Mr. Beat Mathis elaborated that our focus is on quality and service and our references include leading companies, such as Al Abid, Nishat, Be Be Jan, etc. The exhaust dyeing machine Labomat is quite successful in Pakistan. The LABOMAT TYPE BFA is ideal for dyeing Textile materials and their blends in various materials.

Configured accordingly, the LABOMAT is used for the following operating procedures:

Welker presented several innovations in conditioning and heat setting of yarns at ITMA Munich. The show highlights include Sonic Pre-sorter SPS, COOLVAP Technology and Welker Rovemaster.

According to Claus Koch, ”Pakistani market is very informed and customers demand quality equipment, and therefore, the European manufacturers have better marketing opportunities in markets like Pakistan. Represented in Pakistan by Noortex, Welker has numerous installations of several different kinds of Welker machines in Lahore and Karachi.”

At ITMA in Munich, Welker had sold COOLVAP system to Dar-es-Salam Textile Mills and Welker Rovemaster to Alliance Textiles in Karachi.

In 2006, Welker introduced the new generation of CONDIMAT and CONDIBOX with ECOTHERM technology. The ECOTHERM technology provides "fair engineering" avoiding the waste of energy and water, followed by the introduction of patented COOLVAP technology in 2007. The new COOLVAP machines are therefore, the ultimate technology in conditioning, especially when used in warm climate regions. Applying COOLVAP at the end of the cycle, customers can expect results far above 2.0% moisture, in some cases above 2.5%!

Stripping of roving bobbins and opening of the roving ends is an important task in the spinning mills.

Existing methods like cutting the layers of roving with knives and opening them directly in the blow room leads to damage to the valuable bobbin surface and also the fibres are subjected to fatigue which affects yarn quality.

ROVEMASTER has been developed to ensure that no damage occurs to the bobbin surface and the fibres are also safely opened during the process. Rovings are removed by applying rotary movement to the bobbins and simultaneously unwinding the rovings, which then are sucked into the Venturi Opening System.

Texpa Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. from Germany exhibited at ITMA Munich a terry sewing installation and a folding installation for bed linen. Texpa offers a range of fully autom

atic systems for cutting, sewing, folding and packaging machines of home textiles. The first fully automatic installations for bed linen, blankets and terry towels were designed and produced by TEXPA.

According to Managing Director: Mr. Johannes Graf Von Westphallen, “TEXPA offers specialized customer-designed machines according to individual needs of each customer. We see a great future and growth in bed sheets and terry towels, and we invest around 15% of our turnover in R&D.”

He added, “Our service is not just limited to the supply of highly efficient installations with innovative advancements, but also includes the assembling and the intensive training of customers by our highly skilled personnel, a competent customer service and fast and reliable spare parts delivery - TEXPA installations are designed to reach maximum productivity.”

Represented by Intertex Corporation, Texpa already has seven installation in some of leading manufacturers and exporters from Pakistan.

Globally, Texpa reports a market share of 80%, China and USA both have share of 90%, with 70% of such installations in India are supplied by Texpa.

Various kinds of home textiles can be produced by automatic manufacturing lines, even curtains, wash gloves and other special articles. Manufacturing of home textiles with automatic machines offers constant quality level, with faster manufacturing, and therefore, faster sales and higher return on investment.

Furthermore, these machines entail less manufacturing steps, leading to optimum utilization of internal storage and less internal transport from one sewing station to another. The Texpa machines occupy less space, when compared to manual cutting and sewing places, and provides less risk of contamination and soiling of products during sewing and stitching of fabrics.

All TEXPA machines are controlled via touch screen and teleservice and offer the best possible comfort and easy use to the customer.