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Nick Butler selects the highlights from those exhibiting finishing machinery at ITMA Asia + CITME 2016.

Increasingly Asian manufacturers are turning to technical textiles and, while the principal focus of many attending ITMA Asia remains the traditional sectors of the industry, Nick Butler has still found plenty to interest those operating in performance markets.

More and more, nonwoven manufacturers are looking to make fabrics for technical applications and machinery builders are responding by developing equipment to meet their specific needs. Nick Butler reviews those about to be exhibited in Shanghai.

ITMA Asia + CITME 2016 will be held in Shanghai, China, on 21–25 October 2016 and Nick Butler shares his highlights of the exhibits relevant to manufacturers of technical textiles. He starts with technology for digital printing where the rapid pace of development will be evident as visitors discover just how much has changed in the scant few months since the last ITMA was held in November 2015 in Milan.

The oil price may be low, but as far as the growing market for biopolymers and biofibres is concerned, the prices of sugar and corn are just as significant, according to Adrian Wilson.

Ian Holme reports technical textiles were high on the agenda at the 24th International Congress of the International Federation of Associations of Textile Chemists and Colourists, held in Pardubice, Czech Republic, on 13–16 June 2016.

Production of cars and lightweight vehicles in China has slowed over the past few years, but this has not stopped suppliers of textiles and nonwovens from investing in this market, says Adrian Wilson.

By observing key developments at two of the most important suppliers to the global automotive manufacturing industry, Adrian Wilson looks at the future for textiles technology in motor vehicles and concludes that lightweight and smart fabrics made from natural materials will dominate.

Discussions and presentations made during IDEA 2016 (held in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on 2–5 May 2016) highlighted the fluctuating fortunes for players in different regions of the world and different sectors of the industry. Adrian Wilson summarizes what was said.

Reena Mital spoke to the Executive Director of Shiva Texyarn, K.S. Sundararaman, to learn about the company’s unique approach to making and selling technical textiles in India, and how it hopes to exploit the Government’s support for the replacement of many imports with locally made products. 

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