Machinery and equipment

The Zurich-based Swiss Textile Machinery Association has appointed a new President and an additional member to its board.

A tearing line from Andritz is to be used by Pacific Jeans at its facility in Chattogram, Bangladesh, to recycle waste generated by the processes it uses to cut its jeans.

OC Oerlikon is to sell Barmag – the new name for its Polymer Processing Solutions division, which includes Oerlikon Barmag, Oerlikon Neumag and Oerlikon Nonwoven – to Rieter for an upfront purchase

A hydroentanglement line for the production of wipes has been started-up at International Paper LLC Uzbek's plant in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, by Andritz.

As it looks to enter the nonwovens business, Turkish yarn manufacturer Göliplik Şeremet Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ (Göliplik) has ordered a complete wetlaid/hydroentanglement (wetlace) line from

Lüneburg, Germany-based supplier of carbon dioxide (CO₂) laser systems, eurolaser, is to present a range of systems for the laser-cutting of performance nonwovens and technical textiles at Filt

Chinese nonwovens producer Alear Silk Road New Materials Co Ltd has ordered three complete hydroentanglement/cross-lapping lines from Andritz, of Graz, Austria.

A range of advanced technologies for the coating and finishing of technical textiles will be showcased by Monforts, of Mönchengladbach, Germany, at Techtextil North America (TTNA).

With the start of the 2025 FIA Formula One (F1) World Championship in March, the British Textile Machinery Association (BTMA) is highlighting the key role that its members' fibre- and fabric-produc

Supplier of advanced high-performance processing equipment and steel belts, IPCO AB, has acquired manufacturer of web-converting equipment, New Era Converting Machinery Inc.

An ultrasonic system for welding the hook-fasteners used in such as diapers to nonwovens has been developed by MS Ultraschall Technologie GmbH and Binder, and will be shown at IDEA in Miam

A tearing line that will be used to recycle textiles so that the resulting fibres can be employed in the production of insulation for buildings has been started-up at Buitex's plant in Cours, Franc

An airlay line that can convert recycled fibres into nonwovens for automotive and industrial applications has been installed at Carolina Nonwovens' new plant in Fostoria, Ohio, USA.

A robotic system developed by Loop Technology, of Dorchester, UK, for the high-rate manufacturing of large-scale composite structures attracted significant attention at JEC World.

An airlay line that enables the production of insulation panels from glass-wool waste that would otherwise be sent to landfills has been installed at Revibat's facility in Monthyon, France, by Andr

Pilot spinning systems for the development of new products, such as renewable precursors for carbon fibres, are to be shown by Dienes Apparatebau GmbH of Mühlheim am Main, Germany, on its stand at

IPCO will use JEC World to showcase a number of applications for its double-belt press systems, precision-scattering lines and continuous film-casting process.

Numerous reports in the German press and knitting trade journals suggest that Karl Mayer is considering the divestment of the flat-knitting machine builder Stoll in 2025.

Rotary screen-printing technology has been installed at the Adlington, UK-based facility of printer, dyer and finisher of military fabrics, Pincroft, which has invested £1.5 million in the project.

Monforts has completed the installation of a non-contact precision-spray finishing system (TexCoat G4) from Baldwin Technology at its Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Mönchengladbach, Germany, w

A tearing line that can process a wide range of waste materials has been installed by Andritz at one of Europe’s largest textile research and development (R&D) centres, Aitex in Alicante, Spain

A line for the decortication and refining of hemp, and the production of felts from the resulting fibres, has been installed at Ekolution's new facility in Malmö, Sweden, by Andritz Group.

An innovation centre dedicated to the development and promotion of dry-powder impregnation processes for adding functionality to textiles is to be opened in Lexington, North Carolina, USA, in Febru

A pair of lines for the refining and cottonisation of bast fibres has been installed at the facilities of Van Robaeys by Andritz.

SDL Atlas, a provider of textile testing instruments and consumables based in Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA, has acquired Mullen Testers of Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA.

Textile machinery manufacturer Trützschler Group of Mönchengladbach, Germany has sold eighteen TC 30Si carding machines to Ibrahim Fibres, a producer of yarns for woven and knitted fabrics based in

The Chinese carpet-yarn manufacturer Zhejiang Sitong New Material Technology Co Ltd (Sitong) is expanding its capacity for the production of polyester (PES) yarn with the commissioning of a bulk co

Zünd’s biggest cutter (Q-Line) is being paired with the world’s largest industrial robot (FibreLINE) to create a system for manufacturing preforms for the production of composite structures for the

A method for overwrapping the rotors used in the electric motors for vehicles is being developed by Cygnet Texkimp and Bowman Power.

ORV Manufacturing SpA has placed an order for a production line (T-Suprema) for needlepunched and thermobonded polyester (PES) nonwovens for, among other applications, filter media, with Trützschle

A tearing line that will be used to recycle post-consumer and post-industrial textile waste has been installed at Sealy Australia’s mattress-manufacturing plant in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia,

The benefits of a system that removes trims such as zips, buttons and labels from  end-of-life textiles are to be highlighted by Valvan at the 63^rd Dornbirn Global Fiber Congress (GF

The developer of a device that enables the haptic properties of textiles to be measured objectively has been presented with an Innovation Award in the New Product category at

The Trützschler Group has closed its Man-Made Fibers Division so that it can focus on its spinning, card clothing and nonwovens businesses.

Rocket Lab USA has started to install a 12-m-tall automated fibre-placement (AFP) machine at its facility in Middle River, Maryland, USA, which it will use for the production of the largest carbon

Oerlikon Barmag reports that it is seeing a spike in demand for its spinning system for technical yarns from customers in India.

UK-based digital textile-dyeing company Alchemie Technology has opened an office in Taiwan to carry-out servicing and commissioning work for its customers there.

Cygnet Texkimp has delivered a multi-mode filament-winding cell to TWI’s Materials Integrity Centre in Middlesbrough, UK, where it will be used to develop, validate and commercialise composites and

A pilot-scale line for the production of carbon fibre from bitumen is to be supplied to Alberta Innovates by Harper International.

The developer of a continuous thread-colouring unit for embroidery machines, Coloreel Group AB of Jönköping, Sweden, has filed for bankruptcy.

The Karl Mayer Group, of Obertshausen, Germany, claims to have recorded "an important victory" in its fight against product piracy in China.

Karl Mayer Technical Textiles, of Chemnitz, Germany, reports significant interest in its latest knitting machine (Max Glass Eco) for the production of non-crimp fabrics made from glass fibres.

At its plant in Liège, Belgium, Sioen Technical Felts is to produce heavy fabrics in a single step using a complete needlepunch line from Andritz, having placed an order for the equipment with the

EcoTechnilin has purchased machinery for cleaning flax scutcher tow from Dilo Temafa to augment its flax fibre-preparation plant in France.

Andritz has received an order from manufacturer of insulation felt, Şiteks Şişmanlar Tekstil San ve Tic AŞ (Şiteks), to supply a complete needlepunch line for its production plant in Tekirdag, Turk

A system that improves the energy-efficiency of cylinder dryers has been developed by Karl Mayer of Obertshausen, Germany, for its Prosize sizing machines and Bluedye dyeing plants for warp prepara

A quality-monitoring system (QMS) for warp-knitting machines has been launched by Karl Mayer's digital technologies company, KM.ON.

An RF5 line that is equipped with a number of complementary technologies from A.Celli Nonwovens, and produces spunbond nonwovens and high-loft products, has been installed at a facility in Jinjiang

An efficient system for testing the water-resistance of textiles has been launched by SDL Atlas of Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA.

FixDye is to produce dope-dyed filament yarn from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) flakes on melt-preparation systems from Oerlikon Barmag Huitong Engineering (OBHE).