Machinery and equipment

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).

The developer of a continuous thread-colouring unit for embroidery machines, Coloreel, has entered into a partnership with Juki America that will see Coloreel's technology employed in sewing machin

A.Celli has started-up end-of-line equipment, including a winder, rewinder, master roll-transfer system and shaft-extractor for a new hydroentanglement line operated by Akinal Sentetik Tekstil in G

A needlepunch line that will be used for the manufacture of synthetic suede for the automotive industry has been started-up by Meisheng Group at its facility in Shaoxing City, China.

Teknomelt Teknik Mensucat has started-up a wetlaid/hydroentaglement (wetlace) carded-carded-pulp (CCP) line from Andritz at its plant in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, for the production of nonwoven roll g

A facility for the demonstration of a waterless dyeing system developed by Alchemie Technology of Cambridge, UK, has been opened in Taiwan.

An updated hotmelt coating and laminating unit for the production of breathable sportswear, rainwear and protective clothing is to be shown by Cavitec at Techtextil.

A range of looms for the weaving of technical textiles will be showcased by Itematech at Techtextil in Frankfurt, Germany, on 23–26 April 2024.

A unit dedicated to the air-knife coating and knife-over-roller coating of textiles is to be launched by Monforts, of Mönchengladbach, Germany, at Techtextil.

A direct-to-textile three-dimensional (3D) printing system (3DFashion) is to be showcased by Stratasys, of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA, at Texprocess.

A microfactory for the production of fully finished filter bags has been developed and delivered to a customer by ACG Kinna Automatic and ACG Nyström, both of Borås, Sweden, in partnership with Juk

A technology centre established by Oerlikon Neumag in Neumünster, Germany, for the development of polyester (PES) staple fibres is now also available to customers for tests on continuous inline pil

While Swiss manufacturer of spinning machinery, Rieter, generated solid revenues in 2023, the company is currently facing a drastic decrease in incoming orders.

Oerlikon Group of Pfäffikon, Switzerland, has revealed plans to divest itself of its Polymer Processing Solutions division within the next one-to-three years.

Technologies for the production of yarns for airbags, seatbelts and geotextiles, and a system for the hydrocharging of meltblown nonwovens, are to be shown by Oerlikon Polymer Processing Solutions

A laboratory-scale system that enables companies to trial waterless dyeing technology has been launched by Alchemie Technology of Cambridge, UK.

A range of double-belt presses, precision scattering lines and continuous film casting technologies for the manufacture of composites will be shown by IPCO at JEC World.

Fibre Extrusion Technology (FET) Ltd of Leeds, UK, is to work with its compatriot the University of Manchester to improve the designs of the spin packs and spinnerets it uses on its laboratory- and

Zünd Systemtechnik AG has acquired its long-standing sales partner in Brazil, BG Soluções Tecnológicas, which is currently based in Porto Alegre and will now be known as Zund Brasil.

The UK's National Composites Centre (NCC) has taken delivery of a filament-winding machine that will form part of its facility for the manufacture and testing of composite vessels for the storage a

A biobased and recyclable thermoplastic fibre is being developed by Sci-Lume Labs with the support of Fibre Extrusion Technology (FET). 

A line for the recycling of garments has been started-up at Sfilacciatura Negro Biella’s plant in Biella, Italy, by Andritz.

Having successfully demonstrated a system that can detect, automatically and accurately, the most subtle of defects in patterned fabrics at speeds of up to 100 m.min^–1 during ITMA 20