Fast Track: Innovations at ITMA

October 2011 | 16 pages | ID: F5065F0F195EN
Textiles Intelligence Ltd

Abstracts

This report highlights a number of groundbreaking innovations which were launched at ITMA (International Exhibition of Textile Machinery) in Barcelona, Spain, during September 22-29, 2011. This report is vital for anyone involved in the textile and apparel industry in general, and especially for those with a special interest in suppliers of fibres, yarns, fabrics, finishes and equipment for making performance apparel, fabrics and yarns. The report focuses on the latest developments in environmentally friendly fibres and yarns from Sol y Agave de Arandas and Texplan and special finishes from Clariant and LJ Specialities, as well as equipment for cutting, digital printing, knitting, sewing, and testing from Datacolor, Erbe, Iberlaser, Keilmann Group, Konica Minolta IJ Technologies, Measurement Technology Northwest, Ozbilim, Shima Seiki and VAV Technology.

Contents

INTRODUCTION

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FIBRES AND YARNS

Sol y Agave De Arandas: turning waste leaves from tequila production into plant fibre
Texplan: Active Soya

SPECIAL FINISHES

Clariant
Foam Eco Care
Nuva N1811
Quiospheres
LJ Specialities
Itofinish LJ3000
Itofinish LJ5000

KNITTING

Shima Seiki
MACH2X series
SWG-Mini series
SWG-FIRST154 S21
SCG122SN
SSR112
Erbe
Universal Linking Robot

DIGITAL PRINTING

Konica Minolta IJ Technologies
Nassenger
VAV Technology
Picasso
Iberlaser
Lasertube+C18

CUTTING

Ozbilim
P4 Add

SEWING

Keilmann Group
Freely programmable CNC sewing unit

TESTING

Datacolor
Datacolor Viewport
Measurement Technology Northwest
Newton
Nemo