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Contents6 Editorial

Industry news8 Fresh sops to help textile sector revival announced18 SIMA seeks revised cotton trade policy for textile industry revival20 India ITME 2012: Bookings for exhibition space in progress

Corporate news12 A.T.E. optimistic over successful operation of newly-acquired SKF textile business14 Atlas Copco’s new manufacturing facility coming up near Pune

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20India-ITME 2012: Gaining momentum


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ItMa 2011 (exclusive Feature)24 ITMA 2011 proves the largest-ever world textile machinery show32 More Indian trade visitors at VDMA member-booths34 Brand India needs a big push38 India, a key growth market for LUWA44 Suessen bags massive order from SJLT Textiles48 Ramallumin ties up with Bakubhai Ambalal52 Savio spinning success for over 100 years58 Trützschler card clothing growing popular among Indian mills60 Monforts’ latest energy saving solutions64 Loepfe highly optimistic about growth in Indian business68 Picanol celebrates 75th anniversary80 Uster Total Testing ensures consistent quality86 Third generation Uster QUANTUM clearer introduced90 Oerlikon’snewrangeofenergy-efficientmachines92 Autocoro 8 proves a high-tech revolution in rotor spinning96 Karl Mayer celebrates 75th anniversary98 CHTC emerging strong global leader in textile machinery102 Fong’s setting up new manufacturing facility104 Jakob Müller AG systems and solutions for narrow fabrics108 E+L setting growth targets for Asia110 Italy dominates with 319 exhibitors112 ITMA 2011, a big success

Part-II

The mega machinery showAs expected, ITMA 2011 held at Barcelona in Spain during September 22-

29 turned out to be the biggest ever textile machinery show, with over 1,300

exhibitors from 45 countries joining it and displaying their latest sophisticated

machines and production processes designed specially for the booming textile

industry in Asia. True, Asia is emerging the preferred choice for global machin-

ery manufacturers both for development of new products and for tie-ups with

their counterparts in China, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, etc. India this time over-

took Japan and China in the Asian region with over 120 exhibitors and was next

only to Italy and Germany in the West, with the latter having 320 and 210 exhibi-

tors respectively. Another record set at Barcelona was the unprecedentedly high

number of trade visitors, at over one lakh, crowding in and around the different

stalls at the sprawling complex. Just over 90 per cent of them came from outside of Spain.

Variety and attractive designs featured the products on display, and the surging demand from individual

companies for their specific products was met forthwith. Besides spot bookings, huge trade transactions

are under negotiation and would be finalised soon. Leading industry events like the World Textile Summit,

Sustainable Textile Leaders Roundtable and the Textile Dyestuffs and Chemical Leaders Forum were all at-

tended by industry professionals in large numbers. The over-enthusiasm both among exhibitors and visitors

confirm the general impression that the next edition of ITMA to be held at Milan in Italy in November 2015

would be much bigger, both in magnitude and popularity. This was based on the optimism among industry

leaders that if the Barcelona show which came when the world economy is passing through a worst-ever

crisis, the 2015 event can’t be any different but be much bigger in size. Why, hectic preparations for the

show are underway even now.

In the emerging scenario, India would do well to successfully tackle the growing competition from its

Asian rivals. The Textile Engineering Industry (TEI) is currently doing pretty well in anticipation of a bet-

ter performance by the textile industry. On its part, the Government has already withdrawn the suspension

of TUFS, which is now extended during the 12th Plan period as well. With the latest policy thrust on tech-

nical textiles, special sops have been announced by the Textile Minister to aid the industry growth. These

include two per cent duty credit for exports to the US and the European Union, and extension of the Market

Linked Focus Product Scheme (MLFPS) to cover more textile items for export. How far these measures

would favourably impact the textile and machinery industries, time alone will tell.


R. natarajan, Managing Editor & Publisher


Fresh sops to help textile sector revival announced

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Announcing the incentives, the Minister said: “We adopted a multi-pronged strategy by providing a sta-ble policy regime, adopting a con-scious market diversification plan and providing additional support to sectors hit badly by the global reces-sion. We encouraged technological upgradation of export sectors, and undertook simplification of proce-dures to reduce transaction costs. We decided to consolidate our tra-ditionally strong sectors of economy while focussing on sunrise sectors

as well”. Addressing

to the needs of textiles industry, he stated: “As the Textiles Minister, I have also to ensure that the commer-cial interests of textile ex-porters are particularly p r o t e c t e d , and my sev-eral discus-sions with the textile in-dustry high-lighted that

there is serious concern over exports to the US and EU. I have decided to extend the market-linked focus product scheme (MLFPS) for ex-ports under Chapter 61 and 62 and 2% duty credit will be available to them for exports made to the US and EU from 1st April 2011 to 31st March 2012”.

Mr. Sharma announced subven-tion of 2% on rupee export credit, which has been extended till March 31, 2012, for handlooms, handi-crafts, carpets and all small and me-

Mr. Anand sharma, union Minister for

textiles, has announced various incentives for

the textiles sector. the sector is reeling under

economic uncertainty at the global level and pulls and pressure at the do-

mestic level.

Mr. AnAnD ShARMA, union Minister for Textiles


dium enterprises. In order to extend the coverage of products under the Focus Product Scheme (FPS), he decided to include 130 new items, covering 10 product sectors, spe-cifically including chemicals, phar-maceuticals, textiles, handicrafts, engineering and electronics sector which will get 2% duty credit un-der the scheme. Chemicals such as soda ash, textile items like polyes-ter yarn, woven cotton fabric denim, unbleached or bleached cotton fab-rics, knitted and dyed cotton fabrics are covered under the scheme.

The following are the measures announced by the Minister for the textiles sector:Support to apparel sec-tor

Exports of items under Chapters 61 and 62 have shown a declining trend during 2010-11 compared to 2009-10. The total exports to the US under Chapters 61 and 62 dur-ing 1.4.2010 to 30.09.2010 were Rs. 6129.69 crore. The exports during 1.4.2011 to 30.09.2011 declined to Rs. 3897.29 crore. Similarly the total exports to EU under Chapter 61 and 62 during 1.4.2010 to 30.09.2010 were Rs. 10365.01 crore. The ex-ports during 1.4.2011 to 30.09.2011 declined to Rs. 7869.02 crore. This sector has high potential to achieve higher level of exports and gener-ate great employment opportunities. The US and EU are also our major markets and these two countries are having their own myriad problems at present.

The chapters 61 and chapter 62 items were granted duty credit un-der MLFPS for export to the US till 30.9.2010 and for exports to EU up

to 31.3.2011. However, at present the readymade garments are not covered under the FPS/MLFPS. It has been decided to extend MLFPS for exports to the US and EU under chapter 61 and 62.

The scheme would cover all the items covered under chapter 61 and 62. The duty credit would be availa-ble to exports made during 1.4.2011 to 31.3.2012 @ 2 % of FOB value of exports.Focus Product Scheme

The list of items under FPS has been expanded to include 130 addi-tional items. These items are mainly in the sectors of chemical/pharma-ceuticals, textiles, handicrafts, engi-neering and electronics sector.

Textile items like polyester tex-tured yarn, fully drawn yarn of polyester, viscose rayon type yarn, polyester chips, woven cotton fab-rics denim 85% cotton over 200G/M2, unbleached or bleached cotton fabrics, dyed cotton fabrics knitted or crocheted have been included un-der the scheme.

The items covered under FPS are entitled to get duty credit scrip @ 2% of FOB value of exports. ‘Niryat Bandhu’

The Government is devising a novel ‘Niryat Bandhu’ scheme for mentoring first generation entrepre-neurs. The officer (Niryat Bandhu) would function in the ‘Mentoring’ arena and would be a ‘Handholding’ experiment for the Young Turks in International Business enterprises.

Under the scheme, officers of DGFT will be investing time and knowledge primarily to mentor the interested individuals who want to conduct the business in a legal way.

Over time, it would be expected to develop a class of businessmen who carry out the international business in an ethical manner. Proceduralsimplification

The application of IEC has be-come online with effect from Janu-ary 1, 2011. This reduces the inter-face of exporters with the regional authorities of DGFT. An effort is also on to update the IEC database containing more than 7.6 lakhs IEC. All the IEC holders are being urged to cooperate in this effort and update their details on-line. This exercise would be completed by 31.3.2012.

DGFT has also become India’s first digital signature enabled de-partment in Government of In-dia, which has introduced a higher level of Encrypted 2048 bit Digital Signature. Digital certificate pro-vides a high level of security for online communication such that only intended recipient can read it. It provides authentication, privacy, non-repudiation and Integrity in the virtual world.

Mr. Sharma also observed: “One of the key pillars of our new ap-proach has been a strong agenda of market diversification, recognizing the risks associated with concentrat-ing on our traditional destinations or waiting for them to rebound to pre-recession levels. We added 41 new markets for incentives in Africa, Latin America, Oceania and Cen-tral Asia. Labour intensive indus-try received our special attention as we acknowledged the need of pro-tecting the interests of millions of people engaged in textiles, leather, gems and jewellery with fluctuating global demand”. w

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CorporAte news

A.T.E. Enterprises has concluded an agreement to acquire the textile machinery component business from SKF India Ltd. The textile machinery components man-ufactured by SKF include high-speed spindles, draft-ing systems and top rollers for ring frames and speed frames. The transaction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2012.

A.T.E., a diversified engineering group, is a leader in textile engineering with state-of-the-art manufacturing joint ventures, as well as representation of 50+ world class principals. A.T.E. has been looking for opportu-nities to further consolidate its business in this field, whereby it can leverage its experience and expertise built over more than 70 years.

Under the agreement, the manufacturing operation will be shifted to A.T.E.’s new state-of-the art set-up in

Ahmedabad, for which building construction is in full swing. Key personnel from different functions will also be transferred to A.T.E. which has commenced recruit-ment of the remaining personnel.

Explaining the planned acquisition, Mr. Anuj Bhagwa-ti, Managing Director of A.T.E., said: “Our decision to invest in this business comes after careful due diligence. SKF is a technology leader and A.T.E. has the domain expertise to leverage its textile technology platform. We are excited about this business coming under the A.T.E. umbrella, as it is consistent with A.T.E.’s vision to have only technologically superior products. We see great po-tential for this business both in India and the world”.

In an interview to Textile Magazine, Mr. AnujBhag-wati spoke in detail of the acquisition and its implica-tions.

Mr. Anuj BhAGwATI, Managing Director

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TexTile Magazine: is this acquisition re-stricted only to the indian market or will it have glo-bal implication in terms of manufacturing and sup-plies?

Anuj Bhagwati: SKF India will be transferring the complete knowhow and equipment to A.T.E. Once the transfer is completed, A.T.E. is free to sell the prod-ucts in other markets as well. We are also free to set up manufacturing facilities in other countries if we want to do so. However, we do not have any such plan as of now. The main market for SKF India has so far been India. We expect that India will remain a major market for A.T.E. as well, though we will also be searching for export sales shortly.

TM: When will you start commercial production at your plant in ahmedabad?

AB: We expect to start sales by around January 2012 using the stock transferred from SKF. We expect to start commercial production by around April 2012.

TM: are you transferring the entire production line from SKF? is there further addition of new ma-chinery and production lines?

AB: Yes, we will be transferring the entire production base for textile components from SKF. We will examine fresh investments after the transfer is completed and all equipment is commissioned.

TM: What will be the total capacity manufactur-ing capacity?

AB: The annual plant capacity of the SKF Textile Business Unit on three-shift working basis for Top arms for ring frames is 480,000 units, Top arms for speed frames is 144,000 units, Top rollers is 12, 00,000 and Spindle inserts is 18, 00,000 units

TM: Does this move signify the group’s intention to move towards manufacturing? are you looking for more such opportunities in the future?

AB: A.T.E. has been involved in manufacturing for several decades, especially in textile engineering. In the past few years, we have invested in product develop-

ment and manufacturing primarily in the clean tech area. We are open to investment opportunities in the areas of textile engineering, clean tech, and print and packing.

TM: Will this involve transfer of technology?AB: Yes, the technology for textile-related products

will be completely transferred by SKF to A.T.E. SKF will handhold A.T.E. during the entire process and for several months after start of commercial production, so that A.T.E. becomes fully independent.

TM: How do you see this acquisition contribut-ing or adding value to the overall business of a.T.e. group?

AB: Worldwide, there is a huge installed base of ring frames and speed frames. Their productive life and also the product quality can be significantly enhanced through the use of quality components. From our pres-ence in the market, we feel our customers would wel-come a committed partner making quality components. Therefore, we are confident we will add value for them and consequently for A.T.E. We will in the long term also be investing in building-up new and complemen-tary components to our portfolio through research, prod-uct development and partnerships. w

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Atlas Copco’s new manufacturing facility coming up near pune

Atlas Copco (India) Ltd. has already ac-quired land at Chakan near Pune where work on the new factory has started. Construc-tion will be completed in the second half of 2012.

The new facility will produce stationary in-dustrial and portable compressors, while Atlas Copco’s exist-ing plant in Dapodi, Pune, will focus on the production of oil-free compressors.

“The outlook for In-dia’s economic devel-opment remains good, and we now have an excellent opportu-nity to significantly increase production capacity in the country, with a modern facility and efficient logistics,” says Stephan Kuhn, Business Area President, At-las Copco Compressor Technique.

Atlas Copco, which employs about 2,300 people in India, cur-rently manufactures compressed air equipment at its plant in Pune-Dapodi, while construction and mining equipment are manufactured in Nasik and Hyderabad. The group also has engineering centers located in Pune and in Bangalore, support-

ing development of products in In-dia and elsewhere.

In 2010, Atlas Copco India post-ed revenue of Rs. 1,690 crores as against the previous year’s Rs. 1,280 crores, showing an overall growth of 32 per cent.

The industrial segment develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of air and gas compressors, of both rotary and reciprocating tech-nology, oil injected and oil free, in various powers, pressure ranges and capacities to serve the diverse needs

Atlas Copco has decided to set up a new com-pressor manufactur-ing facility near pune

to meet an anticipated strong growth in de-mand in the coming

years. the investment of about rs. 100 crores will also serve to broad-en the product offering

to customers in india.

Mr. FIlIP VAnDEnBERGhE, Managing Director

CorporAte news


of consumers of compressed air and gas. Included in this segment are also a wide range of pneumatic and electric tools such as grinders, drills, impact wrenches, screw drivers, nut runners, etc.

The key markets for air and gas compressors are engineering, auto-motive, textiles, cement, pharma-ceuticals, PET blowing, power gen-eration, etc. Pneumatic and electric tools are primarily used in automa-tion of assembly processes and con-trolled tightening systems. The key markets for these tools are the auto-motive industry and aftermarkets as well as general industry.

This segment has achieved reve-nue of Rs. 1,080 crores during 2010 as compared to the previous year’s Rs. 775 crores, a growth of 40 per cent.

The industrial segment has wit-nessed growth in volumes and prof-itability due to surge in demand in power and water well sectors and quick recovery in automobile and general industry. Introduction of

custom-designed engineered prod-ucts for oil and gas markets also supplemented the growth.

The contribution from aftermar-ket parts and service continued at the same pace. Introduction of new products and services, better price realization, coupled with reduction in costs, and favorable exchange rates in most part of the year helped the segment to improve the bottom-line.

Atlas Copco foresees strong growth in compressors in all in-dustries where it is present, includ-ing oil and gas, power generation, heavy industries (such as cement and steel), infrastructure, chemical and pharmaceutical industry, along with broad general manufacturing industrial sector.

Atlas Copco has its leading posi-tions in compressors, expanders and air treatment systems, construction and mining equipment, power tools and assembly systems. With innova-tive products and services, it deliv-ers solutions for sustainable produc-

tivity. The company, founded in 1873 in

Stockholm, has a global reach span-ning more than 170 countries. In 2010, it had about 33,000 employ-ees.

Atlas Copco’s Compressor Tech-nique business area provides indus-trial compressors, gas and process compressors and expanders, air and gas treatment equipment and air management systems. It has a global service network and offers specialty rental services.

Compressor Technique innovates for sustainable productivity in the manufacturing, oil and gas, and process industries. Principal prod-uct development and manufacturing units are located in Belgium, Ger-many, the US, China and India.

Atlas Copco (India) Ltd. started operations in 1960. It has 22 of-fices across the country, with its registered office in Pune. In 2010, it had about 1,800 employees and rev-enues of Rs. 1,700 crores.

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Mr. Chris lybaert, President, Oil-free Air Division, Mr. Stephan Kuhn, Business Area President, and Mr. Peter wagner, President, Gas and Process Division, Atlas Copco

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siMA seeks revised cotton trade policy for textile industry revival

industry news

The industry has appealed for a financial relief package for its sur-vival. The Minister of Commerce, Industry and Textiles convened a meeting of all stakeholders to assess the gravity of the problem facing the industry. On the occasion, CITI and SIMA appealed to the Minister to ensure raw material price stability and a level playing field in respect of pricing and cost of funding in view of the stiff challenges from compet-ing countries in the open market.

Mr. S. Dinakaran, SIMA Chair-man, has proposed a freight equali-zation tax of Rs. 2,500 per tonne on cotton export, as the mills in the south spend more on transportation than those in China, Bangladesh and other competing countries. They have to procure more than 75 per cent of cotton from far-off places like Gujarat and Maharashtra. The cotton transportation cost has gone

up due to an abnormal increase in diesel prices.

According to him, mills in China, Bangladesh and other rival countries are able to carry the raw cotton in foreign vessel through the sea route and thus are able to transport cotton at less than 40 per cent of the trans-portation cost as compared to mills in south India.

Further, textile mills in Tamil Nadu that consume 47 per cent of the cotton grown in the coun-try produce less than three per cent of their requirement.

Mr. Dinakaran has suggest-ed that the cotton export policy be framed in such a way that the neigh-bouring countries do not derive the competitive advantage. Parliament has already passed a Bill to levy up to Rs. 10,000 per tonne so as to have a level playing field in marketing.

Cotton prices started soaring in the last few days, while yarn prices are moving down in certain markets, particularly for fine and superfine varieties. In fact, cotton prices have moved up by Rs. 1,000 per candy of 355 kg as cotton exporters are cov-ering a huge volume in the hope that they might get export incentive for export. At this rate, it is feared that cotton prices would go below MSP and farmers might get affected.

Mr. Dinakaran has urged the Gov-ernment to take a fair view of the industry plight considering that over 92 million jobs and over Rs. 2 tril-lion investments are at stake. w

the predominantly cotton-based indian textile indus-try has incurred a loss of

over rs. 15,000 crores in the current financial

year due to high volatility in cotton and yarn prices.

even the best managed textile companies are in-

curring huge cash losses. the same is the case with

synthetic fibre manufac-turers who maintain parity

with cotton prices. A levy of 10 per cent on branded readymade garments and

made-ups and duty-free access agreement entered into with Bangladesh have

added to the woes of the textile industry.

Mr. S. DInAKARAn, SIMA Chairman


india itMe 2012: Bookings for exhibition space in progress

industry news

A press conference in this con-nection was held on September 26 in Barcelona. Mr. Andreas Weber, World President of the Textile Insti-tute, UK, and Il. Lustrissim Senyor Jordi Marti-Galbi, Councillor of Presidence, Barcelona City Coun-cil, graced the evening as guests of honour. Industry delegations from across the globe also attended the “Rendezvous with India ITME 2012”.

It is well known that the primary textile machinery market worldwide which was affected by the global economic crisis witnessed severe downturn from 2008. However, the growth of the Asian textile industry provided the much-needed fillip to

the Western textile machinery man-ufacturers for revival of their busi-ness. It is expected that, driven by the demand for non-woven textile products, specially from Chinese and Indian economies, the global market for textile machinery will reach $20.15 billion by 2015.

Being the second largest textile market in the world, India is expect-ed to be a leading textile producing country in the world by 2020. The strength of the Indian textile indus-try is very apparent from the robust attendance by the Indian delegation in all international textile machinery shows like ITMA Europe, ITMA Asia + CITME, China, ATMA USA and ITM, Turkey. For most of the

Mr. R.S. BAChKAnIwAlA, Chairman, India-ITME Society

india itMe 2012, the ninth in the series and

the most prestigious textile machinery show

in india and neighbouring countries, is scheduled

to be held during decem-ber 2-7, 2012, at the Bombay Convention &

exhibition Centre.



European textile machinery manu-facturers from Switzerland, Germa-ny, Belgium, Italy and Spain India remains the most important market with exports worth millions of dol-lars.

India has the potential to become a manufacturing hub in textile ma-chinery, with abundance of skilled labour, low cost and natural resourc-es available. Government initiatives like the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS), Scheme for Integrated Textile Park (SITP) and the Integrated Skill Development Scheme for the industry would sure-ly push the growth of the industry. India’s textile & apparel industry is also expected to grow from the cur-rent $70 billion to $220 billion by 2020.

Mr. R.S. Bachkaniwala, Chair-man, India-ITME Society, said: “With such need and opportunity-based demand, it is only imperative that textile machinery manufactures

all across the globe eye the Indian market. India ITME 2012 is now a ‘must participate, must visit’ for the textile engineering industry across the globe”.

He also announced the expanded activity of the ITME Society and said that as a responsible organiza-tion dedicated towards growth and prosperity of the industry and econ-omy, the Society is constructing an industrial exhibition-cum-conven-tion & research centre in Ahmeda-bad. With all facilities for industrial exhibitions and programs for skill development it will target creating employment for youth. On com-pletion, the exhibition centre will become one of the largest in India with over 1,00,000 sq. mtr. exhibi-tion area.

India ITME 2012 is an effort to usher in the much-needed revolu-tion, growth and global attention to the market. It is expected to be a spectacular event showcasing hi-

tech textile machinery, innovative technologies and services for the textile industry and is specially de-signed to be the “gateway event” to the huge market opportunities in In-dia as well as in the nearby countries like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Paki-stan Vietnam, Indonesia, etc.

The bookings for this prestigious exhibition are on and will close with 100 per cent space sold within the next few days. The focus is to pro-vide a complete platform and mak-ing it a win-win situation for every person associated with, and inter-ested in the ITME event in terms of acquiring new clients, new markets, new technology, cost competitive-ness and sourcing opportunities, including academic and research programs. Apart from business, new products and innovative ideas for world class textile products and services will be presented through seminars during the event.

Mr. Andreas Weber, World Presi-dent, the Textile Institute, UK, said that there is a strong chance of Indian multinationals opening subsidiaries in Europe and the US for textile ma-chinery and accessories. The Textile Institute can, through collaboration, assist all textile sectors and work to-gether for the overall improvement of the textile industry globally.

By expanding the exhibition serv-ices, the Society will now organize exhibition every two years instead of four years. India ITME 2014 will be held in November/December 2014 with focus on technical tex-tiles, garments, knitting and chemi-cal dyestuff, innovative textile tech-nology, etc.

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Mr. SAnjIV S. lAThIA, hon. Treasurer, India-ITME Society

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ITMA 2011 held at Barcelona in Spain started off with a lot of scepticism in view of the worsening glo-bal economic crisis and the uncertainties gripping the Indian cotton yarn industry. Many Indian as well as overseas exhibitors withdrew their participation a couple of weeks before the show. Even those who braved the odds and confirmed their participation kept their fingers crossed over the outcome of the show.

However, fortune favours the bold, as the saying goes. ITMA 2011 surpassed all expectations. With more than one lakh business visitors, the show has been rated highly successful by all the exhibitors, par-ticularly the Indian participants. Many of them signed up big orders during the show, and “success” was the consensus among the participants in general.

Although much of manufacturing has moved to In-dia and China, Europe continues to be the R&D cen-tre of the global textile industry. ITMA is indeed a

platform to showcase new products and technologies. The focus is always on improving efficiencies and green technologies.

India led from the front with 125 participants and over 5,000 visitors. The exact number would be much higher, but it was very obvious that the maximum number of visitors, outside of Europe, came from In-dia. VDMA, the German Association of Textile Ma-chinery Manufacturers, confirmed that 47 per cent of the visitors to its member-stalls in the first few days were from India.

Team Textile Magazine was present from start to finish capturing every interesting moment at ITMA. In the next two issues, we will present some of the major highlights of the show. I hope you enjoy read-ing this exclusive coverage. If you need to know more about the ITMA participants, do drop us a mail at [email protected] w


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they need to invest in innovative, yet cost-effective solutions to stay ahead of the competition,” said Ms. Sylvia Phua, CEO of MP Interna-tional, the organiser of ITMA 2011 and 2015.

Ms. Rita Menon, Textiles Secre-tary, Government of India, who led a high-level delegation that included the Joint Secretary (Textiles) and the Textile Commissioner, observed: “ITMA 2011 demonstrated the fin-est of global excellence in textile

Mr. STEPhEn COMBES, President, CEMATEx

Mr. Stephen Combes, President of CEMATEX, said: “ITMA 2011 has far surpassed our expectations. Con-sidering that the world is still facing economic difficulties, the vast ma-jority of our exhibitors are delighted with the quality and number of visi-tors. According to our national asso-ciations, their members have report-ed significant enquiries and many have taken even more orders than they hoped for. The textile and gar-ment industry must be commended

for its resilience and willingness to invest and to innovate. The sales and serious enquiries generated from qualified international visitors are greatly appreciated by the exhibi-tors, and our participants have all given a very positive response to the show.”

Mr. Attilio Camozzi, President of Marzoli, commented: “A lot of commercial negotiations have start-ed and orders have been finalised for approximately 30 million euros

with a record participation of 1,350 exhibitors from 45 countries and over

100,000 trade visitors from 138 nations, itMA 2011 held at Barcelona in spain

during september 22 to 29 really turned out to be the biggest-ever global textile

and garment machinery technology exhibition. over 90 per cent of the trade visi-

tors came from outside of spain. the exhibitors demonstrated their latest techno-

logical products and innovative solutions, with their major focus on sustainability.

the international mix of visitors and buyers received all-round appreciation.

with customers from Argentina, In-dia, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uz-bekistan.”

Italy fielded the largest contingent of nine per cent of visitors, followed closely by the host country Spain and then India. Germany and Tur-key ranked fourth and fifth respec-tively in the visitorship tally. Mak-ing it to the top 10 list from outside of Europe are Brazil and Iran.

“Majority of the visitors are from the textile making hubs in Asia, and Central and South America. Thanks to our extensive promotions, we have been able to attract leading tex-tile and garment makers from these areas. Being global companies,


manufacturing technology. India is emerging as the preferred base for textile manufacturing, and Indian buyers were able to evaluate vari-ous machines for procurement dur-ing ITMA 2011. As a policy planner and in order to usher in India’s next leap into finer processing, finishing and a strong textile hub, it was par-ticularly gratifying to be shown the finest technology in the world and a range of options at ITMA 2011.”

The Indian delegation was among the over 50 groups from 27 coun-tries. The UNIDO delegation was headed by the Secretary of Textiles from Bangladesh. The Vietnamese Vice Minister of Trade and Industry also led a delegation. Association groups came from all over the world – from Africa, Asia, Europe, Central and South America, and the Middle East.

The new fibre and yarn sector was particularly well received by both exhibitors and visitors.

Marking 60 years since its first show in 1951, ITMA 2011 featured exhibits from the entire textile and garment making value chain spread over 200,000 sq. metres of gross ex-hibition space.

The show owner CEMATEX, the European Committee of Textile Ma-chinery Manufacturers, alongwith the organiser MP International, had also introduced several new and in-novative offerings tailored to suit the changing needs of the global in-dustry.Innovation at its best

Miss. Maria Avery, Secretary General of CEMATEX, said: “The main focus of ITMA has always been on innovation, and it has never been more apparent than at the 2011 edition. We have received many commendations for the conferences we have introduced, along with the new chapters we have added to the exhibition profile. This evolution of ITMA has paved the way for greater success of future editions to promote innovation at its best.”

Some 700 industry profession-als were present for ‘Conferences @ ITMA’, a series of collabora-tive events designed to cater to spe-cific industries and sectors, which included the World Textile Sum-mit, Sustainable Textile Leaders Roundtable, Textile Dyestuff and Chemical Leaders Forum, IFAI Ad-vanced Textiles Europe 2011, and the Young Entrepreneurs of Textile International Meeting.

“The Forum has achieved its ob-jectives. From speakers to attendees, the quality of discussion generated

“The opening of a fibre and yarn sector this year was one of the greatest initiatives announced for ITMA’s 60th anniversary edition. In our first participation in the show, we could meet both current and new customers from around the globe. ITMA was a perfect platform to communicate our marketing innova-tions and sustainability plan: ‘Planet Agenda’,” said Ms. Denise Sakuma, Global Director of Brand & Com-munications at INVISTA Apparel Business.

Mr. Michael P. Viniconis, Presi-dent of Argus Fire Control, whose company has been exhibiting for eight editions of ITMA, said: “This has been the best ITMA ever! The exposure we have received has been fantastic, and we have seen a large number of visitors from different countries. We are happy with the business opportunities from this show and are ready to book space for ITMA 2015.”

Ms. SylVIA PhuA, CEO of MP International



will definitely spark more innova-tive solutions for a sustainable fu-ture,” said Mr. Andrew Filarowski, Technical Director of Society of Dyers and Colourists, and mod-erator for the Textile Dyestuff and Chemical Leaders Forum.

Apart from educational events, research and education was another focus area for ITMA. As part of the move by CEMATEX to focus on the sustainable development of the textile and garment industry, the Re-search & Education (R&E) Pavilion presented leading edge textile mate-rials and technology research from 47 universities and institutes from

20 countries. Highlights included the European Textile Research and Education Pavilion led by AUTEX, EURATEX and TEXTRANET, and the Speakers’ Platform where par-ticipants presented their latest re-search findings.Making plans for 2015

With the success of ITMA 2011, preparations are already underway for the next edition of ITMA, which will be held in Milan, Italy, during November 12-19, 2015.

Said Mr. Sandro Salmoiraghi, President of ACIMIT, the Asso-ciation of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers: “Italy is delighted to

be chosen to host the 2015 edition of ITMA. We are already in talks with the Milan city officials and other relevant stakeholders to deliver a world class event.”

MP International’s Ms. Phua com-mented: “We look forward to work-ing with CEMATEX again for the next edition of ITMA. Despite the challenging business environment, we are encouraged by the warm re-sponse. We will take in the sugges-tions of our participants and contin-ue to build a platform that is relevant to the industry.”

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More indian trade visitors at VdMA member-booths

VDMA conducted a survey among its 230 members attending the exhi-bition to elicit their views on ITMA. Revealing the results to ITMA Daily News, the Chairman of the VDMA exhibition and marketing group, Mr. Hermann Selker, said the members thought the show was better than they expected and that there were more people than at ITMA in Mu-nich four years ago.

Mr. Selker, also the Marketing Manager, Trutzschler Spinning, said the members felt the No.1 [visitor] group was from India and there were also many visitors from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Turkey.

Mr. Thomas Waldmann, VDMA Managing Director, added that Mo-rocco, Algeria and South America were well represented in the spin-ning area.

Barcelona played its part in at-tracting so many Indian visitors, as the city is well known in India as an attractive destination for business-men.

Said Mr. Selker: “A key topic of discussion among visitors was energy efficiency. In Pakistan and Bangladesh, in particular, there are problems regarding availability of electricity and the price is high. The VDMA Blue Competence campaign assists us in communicating the ef-ficiency of German textile machin-ery.”

The year 2011 has been far bet-ter than 2010 for German textile machinery manufacturers. “There

is a good mood here. Our custom-ers are optimistic for the rest of the year. We think 2012 will be a stable year”, he added.

VDMA also welcomed a 35-strong CITI delegation to ITMA. “This is proof of the dedication of the Indian industry to German-manufactured textile machinery,” said Mr. Wald-mann.

Mr. Selker disclosed that Trut-zschler has a long tradition of work-ing with India. “We have had a manufacturing plant in India for 25 years. The Indian delegation spent a long time on our booth”, he said.

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Visitors from the indian

sub-continent account-

ed for 47 per cent of

those who visited the

VdMA (German textile

Machinery Associa-

tion) member-booths at

itMA.

Mr. hERMAnn SElKER, Chairman, VDMA exhibition, and head-Marketing, Trützschler Gmbh




BrAnd indiA needs a big push

As I landed at the Bar-celona airport and walk down the aisle, I saw large signages and hoardings of ACIMIT, the association of Italian Textile Machin-ery manufacturers, and the Turkish textile industry, advertising their country pavilions at ITMA. The branding and promotions didn’t stop there. Large sig-nages and banners were seen all over Barcelona, and most im-portantly inside and outside of the expo centre, aggressively pro-moting brand Italy, Turkey, Germany, Swiss and other country pavilions.

At ITMA 2011, India was the 3rd largest country in terms of number of participants, next only to Italy and Germany. Equally, India was among the top 3 in terms of the number of visitors, with more than 5000 Indian textile professionals visiting the show.

VDMA, the German Association of textile machinery manufac-turers, has stated that 47% of the visitors during the first few days to their member pavilions were from India. Despite all these big numbers, there was no visibility for Indian exhibitors or visitors.

In fact, I was surprised to see that not many Indian companies were covered in the ITMA show daily, which was circulated among exhibitors and visitors attending the show.

It’s time for Brand India to be marketed and showcased in a much better manner. We could possibly look at a common Indian pavilion at the next ITMA or in any of the international textile shows and project ourselves as one brand, which could immense-ly benefit the exhibitors.

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overwhelming response for LMw’s new products

The company received over-whelming response from customers for its products. The live demon-strations of the new products with innovative technology and salient features were well appreciated by the visitors.

The Swift Floc LA21 is built and incorporated with features that provide the spinning industry an automatic bale opening solution at economical value. Some of the in-teresting features of the machine

include maximum production ca-pacity of upto 1000 kg/hr, working width of 1700 mm, traverse speed of 12 MPM, dual assortments, simple guide angle arrangement for move-ment of plucking head, and simple and user-friendly construction.

Comber LK69, the PACT system ensures high productivity of upto 2.1 tons/day (@600 npm) with high quality deliverables. The innova-tive design and optimal movement of parts ensure efficient removal of

Lakshmi Machine works Ltd. (LMw) had its

significant presence at itMA 2011. the com-

pany showcased its technological might by

launching a slew of new products in each of its

sub-systems – Swift Floc LA21, Comber LK69 and ring frame LrJ 9 series.

Mr. SAnjAy jAyAVARThAnAVElu, Managing Director, lMw



By Ganesh Kalidas


short fibres. Important features of the machine are production upto 2.1 tons/day, PACT system for versatile operation, inclined 3/3 pneumati-cally loaded drafting arrangement over coiler, positive drive to coiler calender roller, can changer with two reserve cans – minimum space requirements and modular construc-tion with two modules – ensures shortest installation time.

The new compact spinning frame

model LRJ 9 Series sets new stand-ards with regard to distinctive tech-nological features and outstanding yarn quality, designed to produce perfectly compacted yarn. Features of this machines include maximum spindleage of upto 1632, 4QM drive for drafting system with T-flex drive, Independent servo drive for compact system providing precise control of tension draft adjustable from the display, duo compact noz-

zle each for two spindles, reduced twist level for increased productiv-ity and auto doffer and provision to link with the winder.

There was fairly good response for all the LMW exhibits at ITMA 2011 from the enthusiastic custom-ers. LMW once again demonstrated that the company innovates and cre-ates value to its customers.

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india, a key growth market for LuwA

The response for the product was excellent, said Mr. Gottfried Abrell, Managing Director of Luwa Air Engineering AG. “Customers have shown great interest in our newly launched products. Decision makers visited and had detailed discussions

with our team. ITMA in Europe is for us a most valuable platform to get in touch with our customers from all over the world”.

Luwa also showcased its new business unit “System Koenig” for industrial heat recovery and exhaust

Luwa Air engineering

AG, switzerland, a reli-

able partner to the tex-

tile industry for many

decades, presented its

revolutionary MultiCell

Filter at itMA 2011,

which is based on the

company’s proven filtra-

tion technology and in-

corporates leading edge

developments.

Mr. GOTTFRIED ABREll, Managing Director, luwa Air Engineering AG





air cleaning systems, specially de-signed to cope with the tough and demanding requirements in the tex-tile industry.

Mr. Abrell said: “An important highlight was the Multi CF - a new space saving compact filter with ap-plications over the complete range of filtration in spinning and weav-ing mills. Our new product range for heat recovery systems in process houses also attracted many custom-ers as there is huge savings poten-tial. Another highlight was to see how we as Luwa are taking care of our customers across the regions, by talking the “same language”. Pro-viding customers with air engineer-ing solutions is not only a question of good products and systems – it’s

as important to have competent and committed people who really care about customers”.

The new Multi CF Filter which is based on Luwa’s proven filtration technology and incorporates leading edge developments. Luwa’s R&D team carefully evaluated the latest requirements of textile producers and incorporated them in the new MultiCell Filter. This novel technol-ogy with modular and space saving filter cells, installed in a Compact Filter Units (CFU), is ideal for ma-chine exhaust air cleaning of blow room and carding machines as well as in air-conditioning plants for the dust and fly filtration of the room re-

Mr. juERG A STAuB, President, luwA India



turn air.The new Luwa MultiCell Filter

opens up many opportunities to re-duce the required floor space of air-conditioning and filtration plants in textile mills.

EasyHeat PLUS was the new addi-tion to the product range of System Koenig. EasyHeat PLUS provides a 2-step energy saving generation of hot process water. The first step is a standard water to water heat recov-ery unit of the System Koenig prod-uct range. The second is an industri-al heat pump in order to raise the hot water temperature. EasyHeat PLUS provides hot water of up to 75°C.

On the response from Indian cus-tomers, Mr. Abrell said: “Our entire sales team from Luwa India together with the complete team of our rep-

resentative A.T.E. was extremely busy having discussions with many customers from India. We could demonstrate and explain our new developments to a big number of mill owners and decision makers in the industry. 2011 has been a very good year for Luwa India, even bet-ter than 2010 despite the slowdown in the second half year of 2011. In addition to the traditional textile sector, we could book good orders in the synthetic fiber and nonwoven sectors”.

In a live demonstration Luwa op-erated a Uniluwa system with Tex-fog for process air conditioning. The Uniluwa is supplying precisely controlled clean air to the new air-jet spinning machine of Rieter on their adjacent booth. Control and

monitoring of all parameters is ac-complished with the superior Luwa Digi5 Control System.

On the Indian textile industry and its future growth prospects, he observed: “India’s textile industry will grow further and move on to be a more organized sector. This will happen in line with an increased fo-cus on quality and productivity as labour costs are raising and getting good, skilled workers is more and more difficult. In line with these de-velopments the humidification and waste collection plants need to be of the highest performance level at the same time must require low lev-els for maintenance. This is exactly where a Luwa plant with its proven efficiency and reliability comes in”.

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At the luwa stall (from left) Mr. Ketan Shah, Mr. Amit Som, Mr. juerg Staub, Mr. Gottfried Abrell, Mr. K.K. Malhotra, Mr. G.C. jha, Mr. P. Saravanan


suessen bags massive order from sJLt textiles

Commenting on the order, Mr. Peter Stahlecker, Joint Managing Director, Suessen Premium Textile Components, said India is the com-pany’s main market, adding 700,000 spindles a year. “Sixty per cent of our installations are in India. We have seen improvements in the mar-ket in the last couple of months. Fur-ther, we have an 80% market share

of the Indian compact spinning and 85% are orders from the existing customers”.

Mr. V. Jagadeesan of SJLT Tex-tiles said he started out with 6,000 spindles 25 years ago and now has 150,000 spindles. “The market is not good after the financial cri-sis, and we are aiming to produce higher quality product so as to mar-

suessen has secured a 100,000-spindle order

for its eliteCompactset V5 from sJLt textiles, a cotton spinner based in

southern india.

Mr. Peter Stahlecker, joint Managing Director, Suessen Premium Textile Components, and Mr. V. jagadeesan of SjlT Textiles





Mr. Peter Stahlecker and Mr. Mathew jose, Director, Venus Textile Sys-tems Pvt. ltd.

ket it better. The yarn produced by the company is destined for knitted garments made in Italy and South Asia”.

Mr. Stahl-ecker added that he is happy with his visit to the Suessen stand which was thronged by visitors from Bangla-desh, Pakistan, Indonesia, Bra-zil and Mexico, as well as In-dia.

A Rieter ring spin-ning machine, equipped with

a Suessen Elite Compact Spinning system, was on display at the Sues-sen stand. The technology ensures

that fibres are completely parallel and are in a close position before twist is imparted.

Recently Suessen celebrated its 90th anniversary. Since its founda-tion in 1920, the company has been serving the spinning industry with its innovations and developments with lasting effect. Some historic developments are the TwinDisc for OE-Rotor SpinBoxes, the Spin-Boxes SE-Series for Autocoro Rotor Spinning Machines SE 7 – SE 10, the HP-SpinSet for rings spinning machines and the EliTe Compact Spinning System.

At ITMA, Suessen showcased the EliTeCompactSet V5 on a ring spinning machine, equipped with the HP-GX 3010 Top Weighting Arm, ACP Quality Package with new PINSpacer NT and the new Eli-VAC-CDS vacuum system. World-wide the company has sold 50 lakh units of its EliTe Compact Spindle.

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rAMALLuMin ties up with Bakubhai Ambalal

Ramallumin, started in 1948, re-

mains focused mainly on design and

manufacturing of machinery and

equipments for the textile industry,

particularly for the “Preparation to

Weaving” and for “Cylinder Dry-

ing”. Its machines are in use in more

than 40 countries in Europe, Asia,

Africa, the US and Australia.

Bakubhai Ambalal is one of the

most respected names in the Indian

textile industry, representing major

international and domestic textile

machinery manufacturers in In-

dia. Bakubhai Ambalal also repre-

sents global brands like Biancalani,

SMIT, Schmale, Meersschaert and

many other leading textile machin-

ery manufacturers. Its strengths lie

in weaving and finishing systems,

and Ramallumin fits very well in

the range of solutions offered by the

company.

Ramallumin’s product range in-

cludes high-speed direct warpers

and warping creels, sizing machines

and auxiliary equipments, indigo

warp dyeing and sizing machines

italian textile machinery major ramallumin has

appointed Bakubhai Am-balal as the indian agent

for sales and service of its weaving preparatory

machines. this deci-sion was taken at itMA

2011.

Mr. Rais Inamdar, General Manager, Bakubhai Ambalal, and Ing. Gabriele Marras, Sales Engineer, Ramallumin





(denim), Ram weld technology for

denim and dryers for warp, fabrics

and non-woven.

The warping machines are suit-

able for spun yarn or filament yarn

and are available in three standard

sizes suitable for beams flange di-

ameter of up to 1000, 1250, 1400

and for carpets of 1600 mm. The

warping creels are suitable for spun

yarn or filament yarn available in

many sizes and types depending on

the yarn features.

Sizing machines are tailor-made

to the warp features, using standard

components in order to have maxi-

mum reliability. The machines are

electronic type, i.e., each part of the

sizing machine is driven by a vari-

able speed A/C motor inverter con-

trolled, and all the motors are syn-

chronized by an automatic control

system.

In the indigo warp dyeing segment

for the denim industry, Ramallumin

offers many standard options for in-

digo dyeing only and/or many other

dyestuffs available on the industry

market such as sulphur dyestuffs,

pigment dyestuffs, etc.

Ram weld technology for den-

im allows connection of a new lot

with the lot in progress without any

change in working speed of the dye

section. This involves no loss of

time for stopping production during

change of warp beams and also re-

duced warp waste.

Finally denim and dryers for warp,

fabrics and non-woven, Ramallu-

min offers many standard options,

including cylinder dryers for warp,

fabrics and non-woven, and air dry-

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itMA 2011 marked the centenary celebrations of savio, one of the most respect-ed brands in the textile industry. the savio brand is represented by the companies savio Macchine tessili, savio (shandong) textile Machinery Co. Ltd., and savio india Ltd. the group has been operating for 100 years in the textile machinery in-dustry dealing with the design, manufacturing and marketing of machines for yarn finishing.


By Ganesh Kalidas

Over the past years, an interna-tionalization process has been de-veloped, involving expansion plans in the Chinese and Indian markets. In China, the manufacturing unit,

Savio Shandong, located in the modern industrial zone of Jining, is now well established in the local market. Particularly important is the marketshare achieved by Savio and

its subsidiary in China, ranking the company the first winder manufac-turer in the world.

In India, Savio is now present with its own production plant located in


Coimbatore as the centre of com-mercial, after-sales and technical training activities. Additional offic-es in Ludhiana and Kolhapur allow to follow the whole Indian market, the products and the customer needs in real time.

Savio Macchine Tessili is a com-pany that for 100 years has played a major role for the development of Italian textile industry in the world. Founded in Pordenone, Italy, in 1911 by the entrepreneur Marcello

Savio as a workshop for the produc-tion of textile components for the local industry, it is today the world leader in the field of yarn finishing machines.

Savio now operates worldwide in the production and marketing of au-tomatic winders, two-for-one twist-ers and rotor spinning frames with manufacturing plants in Italy, China and India. This evolution was ac-complished in time by taking as a point of reference the research and development, a strong orientation to the maximum production flexibility and to maintain high quality stand-

ards. This focus has resulted in a very strong driving force that led the company to realize an evolved pro-duction system to respond quickly to the demands of the textile indus-try worldwide.

A certified quality system ISO 9001-2008 permeates the company as a whole, offering the market a wide range of increasingly advanced textile machines with excellent per-formances and high reliability. This market approach also extends to the network of partner companies spread worldwide, identifying Savio as a company constantly close to

Mr. lOREnzO CuCChETTO, CEO, Savio Macchine Tessili SpA

Alpha buys savio GroupAlpha of France has acquired the textile machinery producer

Savio Group from Itema Holding. Alpha is looking to support the existing management team and to develop the company’s inter-national presence.

Alpha backed the company because it is well positioned in a growing market. In the past, Savio has been backed by Intesa Sanpaolo, which acquired the company in 1995 before it was sold to Itema Holding.



customer needs. Savio can count on a direct commercial presence in over 60 countries worldwide, on service and on-site maintenance, technical training and courses for customers technicians. Global dimension, flex-ibility and manufacturing excellence are the main assets for a strategic leadership that will renew over time.

The design solution for the Savio stand at ITMA 2011 answered two specific challenges: first, the need to highlight, emphasize and com-municate the anniversary of 100 years; second, the desire to express, through the architecture of the booth, the core qualities of Savio and its products, which is a mix of performance, quality, attention to detail, innovative solutions, solidity and durability, making it a leader in its field. Overall, the stand was very

dynamic, with machines outgoing from the “100”, especially to signify that they are born from a long ex-perience and that are made of great technological achievements.

Here are some of the products on display at the Savio ITMA pavilion:

POLAR E automatic winder comes with automatic bobbin feed-ing and automatic package doff-ing. Ring spinning frame bobbins are loaded into the hopper tank and then placed on the flexitray (peg) to be transferred to the preparation station. Each bobbin placed on the flexitray is automatically moved to the “yarn finder station”. This sta-tion prepares the bobbins for the fol-lowing winding process. The entire operations are automatically made and “operator free”.

The Polar/I-Direct Link System

From right, Dr. Gabriele Checchini, Managing Director & CEO, Mr. S. jaya-bal, Vice President - Technical, Savio India ltd., and Mr. Massimiliano Tius


Savio’s Indian connectionSavio is present in India since

1996. It was earlier known as Veejay Savio Lakshmi Machin-ery Ltd. Today Savio India has been set up with the intention of providing world class Savio products, specific to India’s tex-tile market. The establishment of ITEMA Group’s operations in India confirms its strategic vision and its keenness to grow with commitment to its mission.

In early 2008, Savio India, a 100 per cent subsidiary of the ITEMA Group, was started to manufacture different models of two-for-one twister with Italian technology in Coimbatore.

With its corporate office lo-cated in Coimbatore and sales offices in Gurgaon, Ludhiana and Kolhapur, the company is pres-ently serving India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Its Coimbatore facility is well set to produce a range of world class textile machines with cost effectiveness.


automatic winder is linked directly to the spinning frame where bobbins are uninterruptedly moved from the ring-frame to the winder. The POLAR/I DLS has a direct feeding of the ring frame bobbins, thus prac-tically becoming an extension of the ring frame itself, ensuring total free flow of the materials. This solution enables a quick and efficient feed-ing of the spinning frame bobbins together with a flexible interfacing with all bobbin movements.

POLAR/I DLS is the perfect an-swer to the quality and process con-trol, even in those emerging coun-tries where specialized labour is difficult to find.

SIRIUS two-for-one twister is available in two versions: the stand-

ard mechanical one and the Elec-tronic Drive System. Sirius EDS model has independent motors and inverters that allow to adjust the settings of all operating parameters through the interface of a PC.

This innovation comes from elec-tronic knowledge which Savio has already used in other sophisticated products. This innovation has led to substantial reduction in the ma-chine set-up time, thus reducing the number of operators for each ma-chine, while introducing a simple and direct means to change any set-ting.

FLEXIROTORS 3000 automatic rotor spinning frame is specially designed to meet the most different needs of flexibility in the open end

processing line.The use of a Suessen spinning

unit, the two independent sides asso-ciated with a completely electronic machine, whose working param-eters are directly set and monitored by the centralised PC station, offers the customer the ideal solution for production control.

FlexiRotorS 3000, besides guar-anteeing the highest speed and take-up performances, ensures the best production planning, minimized “unproductive time”, high quality yarn and packages, thanks to the independent sides, the intelligent piecing ad doffing trolleys and the “electronic” take-up of the certified package.

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trützsChLer card clothing growing popular among indian mills

Some of the spinning mills like Anant Spinning, Vardhman Yarns, Arisht Spinning, Oswal Denim, Arham Spinning and Ginni Fila-ments are working TCC wire for more than 1000T without much maintenance. These mills are de-lighted with the performance of TCC wires and hence have ordered such wires for current year’s re-quirement. Many other groups like Arvind, Bhaskar, Nandan, SEL, Ab-hishek, Malwa, Precot, Premier, KG Mills, Sarvana, Mafatlal Denim, Eu-rotex, Vardhman Group, Ginni Fila-ments, Avani, GPI, etc., have also placed bulk orders with TCC.

TCC has also introduced a new 1.7 mm cylinder wire by maintain-ing the same profile. This wire of-fers the unique advantage of easy mounting even at higher speed.

With its easy mounting, this wire is being preferred over the conven-tional 2 mm wire.

The Novotop series flat tops con-tinue its winning trend, thanks to special foundation material, harden-ing and pin setting geometry. Latest innovation “Magnotop” is yet an-other milestone in card clothing. It improves quality and reduces down-time during replacement. Custom-ers are opting this for new carding machines as well as for replacement on the DK series carding machines.

Ready availability of TCC in Ahmedabad and Coimbatore re-duces import hassles. Well-trained and dedicated service team, service center at Coimbatore and a special service van are some other distinct facilities offered by TCC in India.

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it is no secret that high quality card clothing is

integral to the superior performance of hiagh pro-duction carding machines

like tC 5 and tC 07 for all makes of cards. due to this and the increasing de-mand for quality yarn, the textile industry has been looking for card clothing

with a longer working life and consistent perform-

ance with minimum or no maintenance. no wonder

the trützschler card cloth-ing (tCC) with the lat-

est “novostar plus” raw material and “FG” profile

on cylinder is becoming in-creasingly popular among

the discerning textile mills.



MonForts’ latest energy saving solutions

Ever-increasing costs of utilities like water, gas and electricity, cou-pled with the rising prices of raw materials such as cotton, are forcing textile producers to seek energy sav-ings in their bid to maintain margins. Against this background, Monforts, as a market leader in manufactur-ing dyeing and finishing machines for woven and knit fabrics, remains committed to reducing energy con-sumption by its customers.

Energy representing more than 60 per cent of the total costs of a ther-mal system is a major item of ex-

penditure. Factors like discharge of cleaned/recycled exhaust air into the atmosphere have also to be consid-ered.New Montex 8000

The new Montex 8000 stenter introduces an ‘intelligent’ heat re-covery module able to adjust the ex-haust air volume and air temperature to ensure that it is always working at its highest efficiency. The new stenter also incorporates a fully au-tomatic cleaning system for the in-tegrated heat recovery system; and, as an optional feature, a new heavy

Monforts presented its

entire product range for

finishing, dyeing and san-

forising at itMA 2011,

with special emphasis on

energy saving solutions.

Mr. ROlAnD hAMPEl, Managing Director




duty vertical chain is available for heavier weight knitted, non-woven and technical textile applications.

As part of the company’s ongoing effort to reduce energy consumption in the textile industry, its integrated heat recovery system is today fitted as standard on all new Montex stent-ers.

Monforts ‘stand alone’ Energy Tower has been introduced for ret-rofitting to existing stenters or hot-flues with restricted access above the units. Designed to be positioned alongside the stenter or hotflue it features five integrated heat recovery modules. Capitalising on the high temperature of the exhaust air, fresh air passing through the heat recovery system is heated to ensure savings of up to 30 per cent in energy costs. New dyeing process

A considerably shortened and more economic dyeing process is available for single pad continu-

ous dyeing of polyester and cotton blends following the introduction of the Econtrol T-CA process jointly developed with Dystar Colours.

A new improved soft coating solu-tion provides significant energy sav-ing with reduced drying time. Ad-ditionally it can also eliminate the need for a conventional wet-on-wet padder.

The new process uses trough and roller techniques and applies just

the required amount of liquid/coat-ing to the fabric via contact with the roller. It has been designed for three options – to apply a liquid/coating to one side of the fabric; to apply a liquid to both sides of the fabric; or to apply a liquid to one side of the fabric and a different liquid to the other side.

Reaffirming its commitment to providing the textile industry with the lowest energy consumption, to-gether with improved levels of ef-ficiency and production, Monforts has introduced its hi-E Efficiency Lifecycle Management package of energy saving benefits, including Monformatic Plus Control, Top-S padder roller, TwinAir airflow, CADstream nozzle system, auto-matic fluff cleaning, fan motors with high-efficiency classification, and the energy saving Lift-O-Matic doors.

An improved grinding system for the rubber belt on both the Toptex (knitted fabrics) and Monfortex (woven fabric) compressive shrink-age Sanforisor has been introduced offering increased automation, belt life and efficiency. w

Mr. KlAuS A. hEInRIChS, Vice President


Loepfe highly optimistic about growth in indian business

Mr. Silvano Auciello, Sales Man-ager, Gebrüder Loepfe AG, said: “Today many spinners seek a data processing system which monitors and documents the quality sustaina-bility on-line. Our various solutions for quality and productivity moni-toring on looms also attracted quite a good crowd”.

Loepfe Brothers specializes in electronic quality control systems for the textile industry and is oper-ating on a global scale. Founded in

1955, the company today is a lead-ing supplier of optical yarn clear-ers for winding machines. With a workforce of 170 employees all its products are exclusively manufac-tured in the state-of-the-art facilities in Wetzikon, Switzerland.

The company comprises two business groups, YARNMASTER Spinning Solutions develops and offers complete solutions for yarn clearing systems for winding and open end spinning machines, and

the swiss-based Loepfe Brothers Ltd. displayed

its redesigned Loepfe yM zenit Fp yarn clear-

ing and on-line quality monitoring system, and MillMaster, the central-ized quality data-collec-

tion system at itMA 2011.

Mr. SIlVAnO AuCIEllO, Sales Manager, Gebrüder loepfe AG


By Ganesh Kalidas



WEFTMASTER Weaving Solu-tions develops and manufactures textile electronics and components for weaving machines.

“Loepfe YM Zenit FP builds on an experience of well over a mil-lion pieces of LOEPFE YarnMaster clearers installed worldwide. Fur-ther our brand new and highly effec-tive Polypropylene detection sensor P2 which was exhibited for the first time drew the attention of all cot-ton spinners worldwide. In today’s very quality conscious yarn market the detection of foreign matters and mostly the polypropylene fibres is very much persuaded. LOEPFE, being a pioneer of foreign matters detection, again sets the benchmark with the sensor P2”, Mr. Silvano ob-served.

“Loepfe has been operating in

the Indian market for over three decades. The Indian market proves to be a very important not only in terms of quantity but also in quality.

In these years we registered a big leap in technology applied and qual-ity demand from our Indian custom-ers”, he added.

Asked about the response for the company products, he said: “The response in general was fairly good. The interest shown by our Indian customers was very high and of a very good quality. This could be ob-served for the last couple of ITMA’s. However, the attendance from India was much higher than expected. We interpreted this fact as a sign of the trust of the Indian entrepreneurs set in the growth of the Indian textile industry. This again leads us to the conclusion that a temporarily slump should not be overestimated”.

Loepfe had a good start in 2011 with a booming intake of orders. However, mid-2011 the company experienced a slight slump in or-ders. Now the overall condition is improving.

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Mr. Erich heusser, Sales Director, Mr. B.V. Gandhi, General Manager CSS, Mr. S.j. Chokshi, General Manager CSS, and Mr. Sanjay joshi, Sales Manager, loepfe Brothers ltd.



the company and its founder since inception in 1936. A commemora-tive edition has also been publishing the history and achievements of the company.

Mr. Luc Tack, Managing Direc-tor of the Picanol Group, said: “At ITMA we have showcased two very

special innovations. The first is a new airjet that will become the new standard of weaving machinery: The Omniplus Summum. This ma-chine combines the broadest palette of technological innovations and the high quality you can expect of Pica-nol”.

Since its foundation in 1936, the Picanol Group has evolved from be-ing a very small player to the techno-logical leader among modern weav-ing machine manufacturers. Picanol has launched ablog(http://75yearsofpicanolgroup.blogspot.com), which carried interesting articles about

on september 22, the very first day of itMA Barcelona, picanol celebrat-ed its 75th anniversary. the company name refers to the spanish engineer Jaimé picañol. his ideas shaped products that brought with them important technological advantages.



“On Optimax, Picanol will intro-duce a guided positive gripper ex-ecution. Although available in all widths, it will mainly prove useful for wider width applications in the technical segment such as coat-ing fabrics, primary and secondary carpet backing, geogrids, etc. The development was a logical step for Picanol in order to fulfill the increas-ing demands from the technical seg-ment, he added.

At ITMA Barcelona, Picanol pre-sented its new airjet machine, the

‘OMNIplus Summum’. To be pro-duced from 2012 onwards it will gradually replace the OMNIplus800. The main highlights of the machine are the new insertion system and the Picanol BlueBox system, the new electronic platform for the company machines.

At ITMA Barcelona, Picanol pre-sented its new airjet machine, the ‘OMNIplus Summum’. To be pro-duced from 2012 onwards it will gradually replace the OMNIplus800. The main highlights of the machine are the new insertion system and the Picanol BlueBox system, the new electronic platform for the company machines.

As it is the case with other Pica-nol products, OMNIplus Summum has been developed according to the integrated concept philosophy. This

concept also is key to reach a high level of modularity.

The design of the OMNI-plus Summum is based on the robust machine frame structure for which Pi-canol is well known. How-ever, the two elements con-sidered the ma-jor ones on an airjet machine – the insertion system and the electronic con-trol – have been

further improved.The insertion system has under-

gone some important changes in order to be able to assure the user of the maximum possible flexibility and user-friendliness.

Picanol took the decision to intro-duce fully electronic pressure regu-lators which allow the user to set the machine electronically. Manual pressure adjustments are a thing of the past, and moreover settings can be managed!

To ensure the highest possible flexibility each weaving channel will have a separate air tank com-bined with an electronic pressure regulation through the machine dis-play. As such, optimizing the ma-chine settings to different types of yarn on the machine becomes very easy. For sure the user will be able

Mr. luC TACK, Managing Director, Picanol Group



to get the most out of his market, time and talent.

The advantages related to user-friendliness and flexibility do not mean any compromises to be made when it comes to performance and energy consumption. Already the fact that the pressure is set electroni-cally means that this setting can only be changed by persons who are au-thorized to do so. Practical experi-ence from weaving mills confirms that having full control over pres-sure settings is a must when it comes to keeping air consumption under control.

Furthermore, OMNIplus Sum-mum has a unique triple air tank set-up for the relay nozzles. This de-velopment makes it possible to re-duce air consumption by 10-15 per cent compared to a set-up having a double air tank. The OMNIplus Summum definitely offers the right

platform for weavers to get the most out of their energy.

With the OMNIplus Summum, Pi-canol has introduced for the first time its new electronic platform, the Pi-canol BlueBox system. The system is not just a further development of the electronic system used at present on OMP800. With the new system all hard and software elements and structure have undergone a redesign. Featuring superior microprocessor performance and memory capac-ity, a design constructed to meet the hardest working conditions, using state-of-the-art components and de-tection technology, remote check-up possibility, a modular build-up and offering the user many monitoring tools, the company is convinced that this new platform will be superior to any existing system in the market, and this for many years to come.

The combination of a new inser-

tion system and the Picanol Blue-Box system creates a ‘future proof’ platform. All elements are present to allow implementation of new appli-cations.Positive gripper

Picanol has introduced a guided positive gripper execution of its Op-tiMax rapier weaving machine. The gripper is available in all widths, but will mainly be used for wider width applications in the technical segment, such as coating fabrics, primary and secondary carpet back-ing, geogrids, etc. The development is a logical next step for Picanol, to meet with increasing demands from weavers of technical fabrics.

The introduction of the positive gripper execution of OptiMax is the result of a carefully planned devel-opment programme, including ex-tensive mill tests with several cus-tomers. The grippers, produced by the Picanol Group, are based on the guided gripper GC type, which has been one of the basic insertion sys-tems on OptiMax for several years now. With the positive system, the gripper heads are now mechani-cally activated around transfer, and at gripping and release of the weft yarns.

This increases the capabilities of the insertion system, so that PP-tapes, bigger monofils and large multifilaments come within reach, also in wider widths and at top speeds.

The machine displayed at ITMA Barcelona not only introduces a brand new positive gripper system. It also introduces a new width for the Picanol Group, namely, 540 cm! This width fits perfectly in Picanol’s

Mr. jOhAn VERSTRAETE, Vice President - Marketing, Sales and Service, weaving Machines



core capabilities, thanks to the com-pany’s ongoing investments in man-ufacturing.New markets

The OptiMax machine offers cus-tomers the opportunity to aim at markets previously only reserved for wide projectile machines. It will allow them to also explore markets that could not be served with pro-jectiles due to limitations of the ma-chine’s concept itself. Good exam-ples of this are applications in which no oil contamination is allowed or where a large variety of wefts is needed to increase the added value of the product. OptiMax offers all of this and more without losing pro-ductivity or increasing costs.

The positive guided gripper can be replaced with negative GC grippers

for those styles that do not require positive transfer but could benefit from a further boost in productivity.

As the Optimax machine was launched as recently as 2007, its technology is well suited for the coming decades. The Sumo direct drive with on-board speed control reduces maintenance work to a bare minimum, a fact that is confirmed by many leading weaving mills. The state-of-the-art electronics and stable software add to a reduced set-up time compared to other weav-ing machines on the market today. Flexible grippers are easier to set and to maintain over time, reducing the need for highly skilled operators during all shifts.

Picanol always strives to offer the best price-performance ratio,

and this is not different for this Op-tiMax execution. It is an extension of the OptiMax platform which of-fers significant advantages in after-sales service. The machine has been plugged into Picanol’s existing cus-tomer service, including spare parts, service and training.Picanol BlueBox

Electronics already plays an im-portant role in the weaving room. Its role will become even more signifi-cant in the near future.

Automation to reduce the work-load of personnel and to cut energy consumption, electronic controls to meet with higher safety require-ments, electronics to provide more flexibility in adapting to new situ-ations, or for more reliability, or to enable remote support: all these are



becoming increasingly important day by day.

Picanol has always been a pioneer when it comes to integrating the dif-ferent machine functions and real-time applications and controlling them centrally. But with market re-quirements pressing for further de-velopment, the company decided to develop an entirely new electronic platform. The Picanol BlueBox is much more than an upgrade of the existing electronic platform.

Using the latest microproces-sor technology, Picanol BlueBox increases calculation speeds by a factor of 10, and the larger internal memory makes it possible to store much more data, creating new op-portunities for support and affording practically unlimited weaving pat-terns.

Picanol BlueBox is designed to

fully exploit the possibilities of re-mote service: when it is connected to the Internet, the company special-ists around the world can look right into the heart of the system. For ma-chines that are not directly connect-ed to the Internet, the Customer Sys-tem File (CSF) can be downloaded onto a USB stick and sent to Picanol by e-mail. This file contains all the data needed by Picanol to analyze a particular situation and advise the customer on the action to be taken.

Picanol BlueBox has only a few types of printed circuit board, cov-ering all the main functions and op-tions in a modular way. The actual number of PCBs will depend on the features installed on the machine, but covering many functions with just a few PCBs significantly reduc-es the inventory of spare parts that users need to hold.

Robust and future-proofTo ensure maximum long-term

reliability, Picanol BlueBox is de-signed to operate under the toughest conditions. To give a few examples: it can handle weaving room temper-atures of up to 40°C. It is 100 per cent short-circuit protected, and in-serting PCBs in the wrong position will not cause any damage.

In other words, user-friendliness and robustness are built into the system. Every component of the system, be it hardware or software, is tested to the limit before being approved for use on the weaving machine. Moreover, state-of-the-art driver technology enables the sys-tem to detect potential anomalies at a very early stage and indicate their location to the user.

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Growing indian demand for piCAnoL machines

Mr. P. KASIVISwAnAThAn, head of Indian Operations, Picanol India

Getting time with a Picanol team mem-ber was really tough during the entire show, more particularly with the Indian team. Customers were waiting to get an update on the new products and technolo-gies introduced by Picanol. We finally spoke to Mr. P. Kasiviswanathan, Head of Indian Operations, on the last day of the show and this is what he had to say:

TexTile Magazine: What is your first impression of ITMA 2011?

KASIVISWANATHAN: Success!! We witnessed good visitor turnout from India at ITMA Barcelona. Remember, we had high cotton price in early 2011 and sud-denly the cotton prices crashed in mid-2011, which sent the industry into a deep crisis. So it was a question whether Indian textile industry would show its solidarity at ITMA. But the answer is a resounding success. ITMA 2011 surpassed ITMA Munich with 15% higher visitors, particu-larly large Indian delegations in the first

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