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Sunday, 7 October 2012

Comez acquired by Jakob Müller

Cilavegna

Italian narrow fabrics machine manufacturer Comez, best known for its crochet machines, has been acquired by Swiss competitor Jakob Müller.

Comez acquired by Jakob Müller

Thursday, 4 October 2012

Seamless autumn hosiery with touch of elegance

Obertshausen

As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, the time has come to wear warmer clothes. In this case, the tights shown below bring a touch of floral splendour to the cool days of autumn.

Seamless autumn hosiery with touch of elegance

Tefron to distribute hi-tech sportswear brands in North America

Misgav

Seamless knits specialist Tefron has announced today that it has entered into a licensing agreement with X-Technology Swiss R&D AG (XTS), under which it has been granted exclusive rights to manufacture, market and distribute XTS sportswear brands in North America. 

Tefron to distribute hi-tech sportswear brands in North America

Karl Mayer celebrates 75th years in the warp knitting industry

Obertshausen

Karl Mayer has influenced the warp knitting and warp preparation sectors like no other company and this year marks its three-quarters of a century as a leading textile machinery builder.

Karl Mayer celebrates 75th years in the warp knitting industry

Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Fritz P. Mayer opens new facility in India

Surat, India

Karl Mayer has reported strong growth in India over the past 18 months and says it has up to 80% of the market and is still expanding its position. The German company says it has responded to the growing importance of the country by offering a “projected development of its supply of services, training programmes and new machine construction as well as an improved spare parts service”.

Fritz P. Mayer opens new facility in India

Monday, 1 October 2012

Fashion fabrics get technical at Première Vision

This article was written by Debra Cobb for our sister site Innovation in Textiles which has a technical textiles focus. However, the ‘fashion fabrics get technical’ message was so powerful and knits featured so heavily, that we thought we would publish it here too...

Fashion fabrics get technical at Première Vision

Fashion fabrics get technical

Paris

September’s edition of Première Vision, the trade show for high-fashion fabrics held in Paris September 19 – 21, showed that fashion fabrics are getting more and more technical – a growing trend.

Fashion fabrics get technical