ITMA Asia + CITME 2024
ITMA ASIA + CITME kick-off of the KARL MAYER GROUP with high visitor response
The KARL MAYER GROUP is delighted with the successful start to the ITMA ASIA + CITME 2024 exhibition. Stand C27 in Hall 4 of the Shanghai National Exhibition and Convention Center is a real crowd-puller with its modern, inviting design, its competent, welcoming staff and, above all, the wide range of innovations from all areas of the Group's technology. “We have already recorded 200 registered visitors,” says Kong Zhen, General Manager of KARL MAYER (CHINA), after one and a half days at the trade fair.
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Cleanzone Award 2024 goes to DITF and DASTEX
The Cleanzone, the trade fair for cleanroom and purity technology, hygiene and contamination control, took place in Frankfurt am Main on September 25 and 26, 2024. The Cleanzone Award is presented at the trade fair to recognize groundbreaking advances in innovation, automation, sustainability and efficiency in the field of cleanroom technology. This year, the award went to the German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF) and the Dastex Group GmbH for the development of a test method for cleanroom garments - the ReBa2.
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ITMA Asia + CITME 2024
Groz-Beckert at the ITMA Asia + CITME 2024 in Shanghai
The ITMA ASIA + CITME 2024 is in full swing and Groz-Beckert is presenting the highlights and innovations of its six product areas – Knitting, Weaving, Nonwovens, Tufting, Sewing and Spinning – in Hall H4, Booth C04.
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Textiles & Apparel / Garment
PERFORMANCE DAYS with a comprehensive range of topics
PERFORMANCE DAYS, taking place October 23 - 24 at Messe München in halls A1 and A2, is once again setting new standards in the world of performance fabrics for the sports and fashion industries. In addition to the new trends and innovations for the Winter 2026 season, the trade fair increasingly presents exciting special areas that provide an expanded range of information. Visitors can look forward to exclusive zones that highlight current trends and developments in the textile industry – from wool to bodywear, to sustainable concepts and exciting test areas.
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HEIMTEXTIL 2025
Global stage for inspiration: Heimtextil expands product range and makes textile interior design more visible than ever before
Resilient into to the new business year: From 14 to 17 January, already 2,900 exhibitors from 60 countries will present current trends, the latest collections, innovative materials and textile solutions at Heimtextil. High-calibre highlights await visitors: For the first time, the Milan-based design platform Alcova will curate the Heimtextil Trends 25/26. In addition, the worldwide renowned designer and architect Patricia Urquiola brings textile design to life in the exclusive installation ‘among-us’.
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New impulses for the textile care industry: Texcare 2024 supporting programme
The focus of Texcare International 2024 (6-9 November) will be on the major challenges facing the textile care industry, including automation, energy saving, circular models and textile hygiene. Together with its partners, the leading trade fair has designed a supporting programme that can offer progressive impulses for the future of the sector.
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Denim
MIC Spa organized a “Future of Denim Production" event in Egypt
MIC Spa, a historical Italian company specializing in the production of sewing threads, organized the Future of Denim Production event held on October 12th, 2024, at the Conrad Cairo Hotel in Cairo, Egypt. The event was attended by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Egypt and CDP, in collaboration with three other Italian companies from the denim production chain.
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Spinning
Rieter Ring Spinning System powers Beste’s fully traceable supply chain
The innovative Italian textile company Beste Spa has placed an order for a complete Rieter ring spinning system. The latest Rieter technology, in conjunction with digitization and automation solutions, will support Beste in setting up the entire textile production process locally in Italy, centered around producing the highest quality for luxury brands. This investment is a key component of the ITACO project, which focuses on creating a 100% organic and fully traceable Italian cotton supply chain.
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Recycling
Lenzing, Kaihara Denim and ROICA™ by Asahi Kasei launch SAISEI Collection, premium stretch denim line made of recycled materials
The Lenzing Group, a leading supplier of regenerated cellulosic fibers for the textile and nonwovens industries, ROICA™ by Asahi Kasei, a pioneer in premium stretch fiber, and Kaihara Denim, the world-renowned Japanese denim manufacturer, join forces for the first time to co-create a premium stretch denim collection, “SAISEI Collection.”
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Bemberg™ by Asahi Kasei lands at Smart Closet initiative with “A Dress For Venice”
Bemberg™ by Asahi Kasei has been one of the protagonist of the Zero Edition of the Smart Closet event that took place on 27-28-29 September during Milano Beauty Week.
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BASF expands its sustainable polyamide portfolio with products with reduced and, for the first time, net zero CO2 footprints
With Ultramid® LowPCF (reduced CO2 footprint/“Product Carbon Footprint”, PCF**) and Ultramid® ZeroPCF* (CO2 footprint of net zero greenhouse gas emissions), BASF launches two new product variants within its polyamide value chain in Europe. Greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced when compared to conventional products. BASF is offering its Ultramid® B brand and the precursor caprolactam as ZeroPCF and LowPCF variants, as well as Ultramid® C as LowPCF option.
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Kordsa hosts International Composites United Innovation Day
Kordsa, partnered with Composites United (CU), one of the foremost organizations in the composites industry, to host the CU Innovation Day, focus on "Sustainable Composites" at the Sabanc? Technology Center in Munich.
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Archroma brings “PLANET CONSCIOUS+” innovations to PERFORMANCE DAYS 2024
Archroma, a global leader in specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, will showcase innovations that advance sustainability for functional fabrics at PERFORMANCE DAYS 2024 in Munich this month.
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Textiles & Apparel / Garment
Authentico® by Schneider Group returns to Textile Exchange Conference with the fabric collections of the Marzotto Group brands
Authentico® by Schneider Group is a brand that stands for a complete, transparent, verified, traceable, ethical and high-quality wool supply chain – from farm to garment. It aims to be recognised as the global brand that enables the fashion industry, together with end-consumers, to choose new levels of premium quality comprising fully traceable and responsible wool, in compliance with a carefully structured approach that verifies, traces and brands the sourcing and manufacturing processes throughout the whole supply chain. Authentico® is based on the Schneider Group global certified network.
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Associations
Heberlein Technology (Switzerland) joins ITMF as Corporate Member
Founded in 1835, Heberlein Technology is a world leading provider of air interlacing and air texturing jets for synthetic continuous filament yarns. Heberlein’s core competence is the development and production of highly specialised key components for process-optimised treatment and finishing of synthetic yarns – especially filaments.
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The business situation has slightly improved in September but remains dire
The ITMF Global Textile Industry Survey (GTIS) for September indicates an improved business situation, marking the best conditions since September 2022, with progress largely driven by recoveries in South America and Africa. Despite this, other regions showed no significant advancements.
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Trützschler Nonwovens and Texnology to supply complete needle-punching line to O.R.V. Manufacturing S.p.A., Italy
Trützschler Nonwovens and Texnology S.r.l. have received an order from O.R.V. Manufacturing S.p.A. to deliver a new production line for needle-punched and thermobonded polyester media which, among others, will serve the huge market for filter media. The collaboration of the three family-owned companies will establish one of Europe’s biggest multi-purpose lines at the leading producer of non-woven fabrics and polyester wadding in Italy and Europe. The celebration on October 1st marked the start of the project.
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Green Label becomes CLIMA!
During a press conference occurred at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2024, the world textile machinery exhibition, last October 15 in Shanghai, ACIMIT, the Association of Textile Machinery Manufacturers, unveiled CLIMA (Committed to Low Impact Machinery), the new green certification applied to Italian textile machinery. CLIMA will replace Green Label previous certification designed by ACIMIT back in 2011.
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Machines with a focus on the Asian market and textile developments with market potential - this is what STOLL is showing at ITMA ASIA + CITME
The global textile industry is characterized by profound changes and challenges. At the upcoming ITMA ASIA + CITME, the KARL MAYER GROUP will be presenting solutions that can be used to exploit the opportunities arising from the upheavals, including in flat knitting. STOLL's innovations for this sector will be presented on two podiums: at Stand C27 in Hall 4 of the Shanghai National Exhibition and Convention Center and during an in-house show at KARL MAYER (CHINA) in Changzhou accompanying the trade fair. The focus will be on two important trends in the Chinese mart.
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Water Hyazinth plant pots
Together with Fiber Engineering GmbH, the DITF presents a process for the production of biodegradable plant pots. The products are cost effective and competitive. At the same time, the production process combats the spread of the invasive water hyacinth, whose biomass serves as the raw material for the plant pots.
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Smart technologies for green textile production
With 42 exhibiting member companies, ITMA ASIA + CITME 2024 is once again marked by a strong presence of VDMA companies. They cover nearly all different machinery chapters with a focus on spinning and man-made fibers, nonwovens, weaving, braiding, knitting & warp knitting, finishing & dyeing as well as technologies for textile recycling and processing of recycled material. In total, the German participation at the fair is the largest from outside China.
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ITMA ASIA + CITME 2024 features a bigger cutting-edge textile technology showcase to advance the textile industry
Asia’s leading business platform for textile machinery, ITMA ASIA + CITME opens in Shanghai with a display of cutting-edge textile and garment technologies. The five-day combined exhibition highlights an interesting array of solutions that will help propel the textile industry in Asia toward advanced and sustainable manufacturing.
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The Italian textile machinery industry expects good demand from China at ITMA Asia + CITME 2024
About 50 Italian companies are exhibiting at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2024, taking place from October 14 to 18 in Shanghai. With an area of around 1,400 square meters, Italy ranks among the top exhibiting Countries, as in previous editions. 29 Italian exhibitors will show their innovations within the National Sector Groups, organized by ACIMIT (Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers) and Italian Trade Agency.
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