Brescia
Brescia and its surrounding area has always been one of the most important manufacturing centres for hosiery and sock manufacturing machinery as well as home to many internationally renowned producers of socks and hosiery.
Friday, 31 August 2012
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Merino wool innovations on show at Spin Expo
Shanghai
The Woolmark Company will showcase a selection of Merino wool innovations, trends and industry services at Spin Expo in Shanghai this September.
Some of the highlight product developments on show include:
Friday, 24 August 2012
Rumi stages private exhibition
Brescia
Terry sock machine specialist Rumi will be showing its updated machine range including its machine for technical socks, the Seven TS, at a private exhibition to coincide with FIMAST which runs from the 26-29 September.
Thursday, 23 August 2012
High strength raschel knitted geogrids
Chemnitz
Karl Mayer Malimo has developed a new range of geogrids with load-bearing capacities which it says have never been achieved before. The innovative textiles have a tensile strength of 1000 kN in both the weft and zero inlay directions.
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Shima Seiki to exhibit at Première Vision
Wakayama
Leading flat knitting machine manufacturer Shima Seiki will exhibit at the Première Vision (PV) show in Paris this autumn. The Japanese company will participate in a new category for flat knitted fabrics called ‘Knitwear Solutions.’
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Turkish velour weavers switch to warp knitting
Obertshausen
Karl Mayer has recently successfully convinced a number of Turkish traditional weavers to install its HKS series warp knitting machines for producing velour fabrics. This article charts the German company’s progress in this market and looks at the three different ways of producing warp knitted velours on the three bar HKS machines.
Brands battle for supremacy in major sporting events
In a year of several key sporting events, most notably the London 2012 Olympic Games, the major brands in the summer sportswear industry are battling for market share, according to the latest issue of Performance Apparel Markets from the business information company Textiles Intelligence.
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