Groz-Beckert also satisfies the market for the sewing and of Hall 4.0 in addition to the existing exhibition space in Halls 3.0 combining of surfaces to a finished end product. and 4.1, thanks to the relocation of the ‘Theme Park’ in Hall 6. In At this year's CISMA the product sector demonstrates that other words, we have been able to cater very well for the current comprehensive services also belong to high-quality sewing boom in furniture and decorative fabrics.” Companies returning to needles, which are decisive for success, the company reports. Heimtextil in 2016 include Enzo Degli, Luilor, Texao, Marzotto Lab, This is exactly the approach of the service concept Sewing5, Ratti Spa and Pozzi Arturo from Italy; Libeco-Lagae, Verbatex and according to the manufacturer. The concept is based on the five Annabel Textiles from Belgium; and Penelope from Turkey. S's (Supply, Solutions, Service, Superiority and Sustainability), Hall 4.0 will also offer more space for the expanding digital-print which together represent consistent customer orientation and segment. There, Heimtextil presents a comprehensive spectrum service competence for Groz-Beckert. of technologies from leading print-machine manufacturers including Hewlett Packard, Epson, Durst, Xeikon, Mimaki, MS Printing Solutions, Kornit, Reggiani and MTEX Solutions. BTK Textile Implements And Goes Live With Datatex Now Suite Of ERP Solutions Lacom to exhibit new generation coating and Datatex has announced that BTK textile in Shakhty, Russia, has laminating technology at ITMA gone live successfully with its full NOW ERP suite of solutions in in high-tech (smart) textile manufacture. Lacom, a leading supplier of laminating and coating machines, The selection of the Datatex solutions was made after receiving will exhibit its technologies and share the company’s knowhow responses to its RFP from the world’s leading ERP solutions, at the upcoming ITMA 2015 exhibition for textile machinery and included very detailed sessions of presentations, system that takes place from 12-19 November 2015 in Milan. demonstrations and question and answer sessions. From The manufacturer is inviting visitors to get to know its team of BTK textile part selection team was made out of consultants, experts, who will offer information about Lacom’s cutting-edge executives and the group IT team. ideas and state-of-the-art technologies, and have a closer look The implementation process was more challenging than at the company’s products.During the trade show, Lacom will average as it involved a totally new business process which introduce a new generation of laminating and coating machines was being created while implementing so procedures could be for the treatment of flexible substrates. modelled and modified in real time. The system covers all customer related activities, all production planning and machine scheduling, production management and control up to the level of data collection from each machine including automated real time fabric inspection. جناب آﻗای مﻬندس مﺤﻤد نیﮏ پنجه مدیریت مﺤترم شرﮐت نیﮏتکس Heimtextil 2016 expanding window, upholstery segments با سﻼم International home and contract textiles trade show Heimtextil is expanding the window and upholstery segments at the Jan. 12- درﮔﺬشت ﺧواهر ﮔرامیتان را به شﻤا market due to increased demand for decorative and furniture 15 و ﺧانواده مﺤترم تسلیت عرض نﻤوده .fabrics, Messe Frankfurt announced The window and upholstery categories will occupy a large area in و آرزوی ﺻبر و سﻼمتی برای شﻤا و .Hall 4.0 in addition to Halls 3.0 and 4.1 بازماندﮔان آن عﺰیﺰ از دست رفته Last year, several renowned manufacturers of decorative and“ داریﻢ. ,furniture fabrics said they would like to exhibit again. Unfortunately we could not accommodate them at that time due to insufficient تﺤریریه ماهنامه نساجی امروز room,” Heimtextil Director Ulrike Wechsung said. “For Heimtextil 2016, however, we have been able to make available a large area

Sep 2015 No.154 9 55,049 local and international trade visitors and buyers from 66 According to FMI, the nonwovens segment has the largest countries and regions, with more than 1200 exhibitors from 23 share in the technical textiles market, accounting for 52.6% countries and regions. It included buyers from Decathlon, C&A, share in 2015. FMI expects this segment to expand at a CAGR of New Balance, and H&M, according to show organizers. 5.1% during the forecast period 2015-2020. The four day show had a series of conferences and showcases The composite segment held a 14.7% share of the global were held concurrently with ShanghaiTex 2015, including a technical textiles market in 2015 but FMI estimates it will sustainable development of the textile and fashion industry account for 14.4% market share by 2020. conference, sportswear revolution conference, a digital print The others segment, which includes knitting, braiding, and arena, and the 2015 Asia investment forum for Chinese textile weaving, accounted for 32.7% share of the technical textiles manufacturers. market in 2015. FMI estimates this segment to expand at a ShanghaiTex is sponsored by ShangTex Holding Co., Ltd., China CAGR of 3.8% during the forecast period and reach a valuation Council for the Promotion of International Trade Shanghai of US$ 61 Bn. Sub-council, and China Chamber of International Commerce Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, and organized by Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd., Shanghai Textile Technology Service & Textile companies aim to quadruple exports by Exhibition Centre, and Shanghai International Exhibition Co Ltd. 2025 Acting as China's prime textile industry fair, the next Shanghaitex exhibition will be held October 2017 will affirm the leading role While the much celebrated Egyptian cotton has fallen from in transformation and upgrading of the industry. grace in recent years, elsewhere the textiles industry has been truly blossoming. Now representing 20% of manufacturing exports, the sector is buoyed by an initiative that has both Technical textiles market to reach US$ 193.7 helped increase trade with the U.S. billion by 2020 The label “Egyptian cotton” on a set of bed sheets evokes sweet dreams of luxurious softness. Indeed, Egyptian cotton was once The global technical textiles market will reach US$ 193.7 billion the bar against which all other linens and clothing were measured. by 2020, amplifying at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) So sought-after was it that some said Egyptian cotton was as of 4.5% during the forecast period 2015-2020, according to much a symbol of Egypt as the Pyramids of Giza. “Egypt has had Future Market Insights’ (FMI) latest research report Technical a long history of textile manufacturing and we have one of the Textiles Market: Global Industry Analysis and Opportunity best cottons in the world,” says Mohamed Kassem, Chairman Assessment 2015-2020. of the Ready Made Garment Export Council, a public-private According to FMI, the key factors fuelling the growth of partnership between the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the technical textiles market include robust growth of the some of Egypt’s most prominent clothing exporters. automotive sector in emerging markets and increase in number of end-use industries across various regions. FMI says the key challenges for the global technical textile Groz-Beckert to present its Sewing5 concept at market are high pricing of finished products and concerns about CISMA 2015 toxic waste production. Demand for e-textiles is also growing in emerging economies, Groz-Beckert, the leading provider of industrial machine and FMI estimates this trend to become more pronounced needles, will present the company’s innovative products and in the near future. Key players are focusing on research and services at the CISMA exhibition, under the topic area Spare development (R&D) activities to enhance the wearability parts and accessories. of such textile materials. The technical textiles industry is The largest trade fair for industrial sewing, CISMA, is set to take witnessing rapid innovations to meet the changing preferences place from 23-26 September 2015 at the Shanghai New Int’l of consumers. It is also expected that government support EXPO Center. programmes will provide an impetus to the manufacture of Covering an area of more than 107,000m2, the exhibition will technical textiles. FMI has segmented the global technical feature more than 1,200 exhibitors, who will present products textiles market on the basis of product type into nonwovens, associated with the industrial manufacturing of clothing and composite, and others (knitting, braiding, and weaving). other sewn products. A partner for the entire textile industry,

Sep 2015 No.154 8 world news World Textile News

Countdown to ITMA 2015 September 2015, will showcase all synergies between the various shows while presenting each event’s own specificity. ITMA 2015, the largest textile and garment manufacturing As a consequence of so many different trade show events technology showcase, is expected to welcome more than happening at once, the 7th edition of the PV Awards competition 100,000 visitors from around the world when it opens its doors will no longer award four categories, but six – three for fabrics on 12 November in Milan. Here we take a first look at the show and three for leather. To fulfil their goal this edition’s prestigious and what visitors can expect to see. Watch this space for further jury will be presided by the design duo Livia Stoianova and news, as ITMA gets closer. The 8-day show is still the go to place Yassen Samouilov, founder of the haute couture brand On Aura for innovation in textile machinery by a long way and as usual Tout Vu. In past editions among noteworthy jury presidents it promises to be an interesting one. Personally this will be my there were Ennio Capasa (Costume National), Veronique ninth ITMA, having now attended as student, exhibitor, visitor Nichanian (Hermes) and Felipe Oliveira Baptista (Lacoste). and member of the international press – and I’m very much The three jury prizes for Premiere Vision Fabrics will be The looking forward to attending this year’s show. PV Fabrics Grand Jury Prize 2015, for the most outstanding, Show owner CEMATEX says it is clearer than ever that symbolic and pertinent fabric of the season, The PV Fabrics sustainability remains a topic of vital concern to manufacturers Handle Prize 2015, for the fabric allying the most astonishing throughout the textile supply chain and accordingly in April it tactile and behavioral qualities and The PV Fabrics Imagination released the latest edition of the ITMA Sustainability Bulletin – Prize 2015, for the boldest and most original fabric in terms of the quarterly report on environmental performance. decoration, technique, finishing, innovation or technology. In 2014, around 56% of the sales of Italian-built machinery The three new prizes for Première Vision Leather will be The PV for manufacturing textiles were achieved in Europe. This is Leather Grand Jury Prize 2015, for the most exceptional, symbolic somewhat contrary to the general impression that the lion’s and pertinent leather of the season, The PV Leather Handle Prize share of the market these days is in Asia. Adrian Wilson reports 2015, for the leather combining the most amazing tactile and that as it celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, ACIMIT – the behavioral qualities and Le PV Leather Imagination Prize 2015, trade association representing Italy’s manufacturers of textile for the most daring, original and amazing leather in terms of machinery – has high expectations of ITMA 2015. decoration, technique, finishing, innovation or technology.

PREMIERE VISION TO PRIZE EIGHT PV AWARDS Shanghai Tex a textile technology show 2015 WINNERS recorded huge traffic of visitors

The upcoming edition of Premiere Vision, now single organizer A new business matching programme hosted at textile of six fully-integrated shows, all taking place from 15 to 17 machinery exhibition ShanghaiTex 2015 last month recorded

Sep 2015 No.154 7 “This growth for the Italian market is somewhat unexpected” by using optimum amount of honeycomb nanocomposite such as states ACIMIT President Raffaella Carabelli, “It’s highly likely that the N-Ag/ZnO improves the biological, mechanical and hydrophilicity incentives implemented by the Government may have contributed of the fabrics. Among the other advantages of the use of this to this light recovery in our sector. The rest was certainly achieved nanocomposite in the production of fabrics, mention can be made by the healthy situation of various sectors downstream from our of creating a delay in flammability, increasing the whiteness degree own.” With ITMA 2015 so imminently close, the global trade fair and decreasing the alkaline and acidic solubility without creating scheduled in Milan on November 12 - 19, businesses are waiting the cellular toxicity. on the innovations that will be presented in Milan. “The recovery Results of the research have applications in textile, polymer, and of our domestic market is certainly a good omen for ITMA, where ceramic industries and in other applicable surfaces. They can also 450 Italian exhibitors will be present - 27% of the total number of be used in medical and military industries. companies.” Ultrasonic bath has been used in the finishing process of the fabrics. As for foreign markets, official data from ISTAT confirm a recovery By using the bath, the process is carried out in one stage at low for the first four months of the year in various textile machinery temperature at shorter time. Ultrasonic waves are also the cause importing Countries. India, for one, has resumed its growth trend of the homogenous distribution of simultaneous charges of silver (+6% over the first quarter of 2014), and there’s been a surprising rise and nitrogen on the surfaces of zinc oxide nanoparticles. Finally, in exports to Bangladesh (+187%), with EU markets also appearing the abovementioned properties are created in the final product by to show good form. “We’re waiting for a recovery from China, processing of the woolen fabrics with the nanocomposite. where investments in machinery are still low compared to a year Results of the research have been published in Ultrasonics ago,” observes Carabelli. “But ACIMIT has mainly been targeting Sonochemistry, vol. 27, issue 1, 2015, pp. 200-209. the market in Iran.” “For years,” ACIMIT sources explain, “Iran was a benchmark for Italy’s textile machinery industry. International sanctions have effectively halted the flow of machinery exports 340 companies to attend 21st IRANTEXT exhibit towards Iran, penalizing many Italian manufacturers. The recent agreement on the nuclear issue opens up a window for a recovery The 21st edition of Iran International Exhibition of Textile in investments in textile technology by Iran’s textile sector, after Machinery, Raw Materials, Home Textiles, Embroidery Machines years in which the process of industry modernization has been and Textile Products, known as IRANTEXT, will host 340 Iranian slowed by a regime of sanctions.” The negative trend for Italian and Foreign companies. The exhibit will be held at the exports was stopped in 2014. Sales of Italian textile machinery Permanent International Fairgrounds from September 4 to 7, with grew 170% compared to 2013, amounting to 14 million euros. 162 Iranian companies and 178 foreign firms in attendance. The number of foreign participants shows 15 percent growth compared to the previous edition of the event. Self-Cleaning Woolen Fabrics Produced in Iran Companies from South Korea, Spain, Italy, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, India, China, Taiwan, Germany and Pakistan will showcase Iranian researchers produced woolen fabrics at laboratorial scale, their latest achievements and products in the exhibit. which have antibacterial and antifungal properties. The produced samples show self-cleaning properties too under the radiation of sunlight. Dull market stops textile units in Iran Woolen products are very good sources for the growth of bacteria and microorganisms due to their protein structure, and they are Some of textile units in Iran have stopped production due to sensitive to alkaline and sunlight, and they have strength limitations. recession and accumulation of products in the market, said Ahad According to Amir Behzadnia, one of the researchers, this study Kermani, member of the Iranian textile association. was carried out aiming to improve the properties of woolen “Each year, textile units used to stop production for a week or two, products through special finishing process, including increasing but this year some factories have been shutting down for over one the self-cleaning, antibacterial, antifungal, acidic and alkaline months”. resistance. This objective was achieved by creating a homogenous Irregular imports of textile products from China, Turkey, and India, coating made of a nanocomposite of zinc oxide/nitrogen – silver as well as low demands in the domestic market are the main (N-Ag/ZnO) on the fabrics. reasons of the recession, he added. Based on the results, the processing of the woolen fabric samples

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Turkey competes with France for Iranian market of the Turkish Textile Association, told Trend that Iran is a huge sales market for Turkish textiles. The anticipated removal of sanctions on Iran opens up wide “Turkey has an advantage in the field of logistics and delivery political and economic opportunities for that country’s authorities. of textile products to Iran compared to many countries,” he A number of European countries are already expressing great said. Fayat said that currently, there are 20 brand Turkish textile interest in Iran’s economy. One of them is France. companies on the Iranian market and their number can be easily The visit of the French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to Iran increased up to 500 for three years. is indicative of the special attention attached by Paris to the Taking into account Turkey’s rich experience in the textile development of relations with Tehran. During his visit to Iran, production, one can say that it will be difficult for any other Fabius had meetings with Iranian President and companies to compete with Turkish firms on the Iranian market. the Foreign Minister . He also met with the Iranian parliament’s chairman, Ali Larijani, the vice president and the head of the Environmental Protection ACIMIT Reports Textile Machinery Orders On The Organization, Masoumeh Ebtekar, and the minister of industry, Rise For The Second Quarter, Iran Now The Main mine and trade, and others. Export Target France focuses mainly on the car industry of Iran. Earlier France’s Peugeot has said that it intends to create a joint venture with Iran Orders of textile machinery for the second quarter of 2015 confirm to manufacture cars. It is expected that 30 percent of the cars to be the positive trend already under way during the first three months produced by that joint venture will be exported. Aside from that, of the year. Raffaella Carabelli, President of ACIMIT: “Increased another French car manufacturer Renault and Japan’s Suzuki have orders on the domestic market are an unexpected but welcome given their consent to return to the Iranian market. development: a good omen for ITMA 2015. Abroad, we’re very But apart from France and other Western countries, Turkey, the optimistic on Iran.” For the second quarter of 2015, orders of Italian nearest neighbor of Iran, is also rushing to enter the Iranian market. textile machinery, as compiled by ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Turkish companies well understand that the upcoming six-month Textile Machinery Manufacturers, recorded a 15% increase over period is very important in terms of entering the Iranian market. the same period of last year. The value of the orders index for this The sanctions imposed on Iran were not of serious importance period amounts to 99.4 points. Orders have made a definitive for Turkey, since over 100 Turkish companies were operating in move in foreign markets (+21% over the same quarter for 2014), this country during the sanction period. As many as 38 Turkish marking a fourth consecutive period of growth. Italy remains companies operate in Iran’s Aras free economic zone alone. under observation, but is showing sure signs of a recovery. Indeed, Benefits (simplified taxes) are offered to Turkish investor companies domestic orders have risen 7% compared to the second quarter in Iran. Earlier, Seref Fayat, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of 2014.

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