Germany-based Mayer & Cie has developed a new machine for the mattress-ticking sector, which is aimed primarily at those regions taking their first step into the market.
The European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers, CEMATEX is to provide a grant to all participants at the Research & Education Pavilion at ITMA 2015, equivalent to a subsidy of at least 50 per cent of the exhibition booth costs.
Demand for Orizio?s sinkerless technology is continuing to grow with the Italian circular knitting machine builder selling more than 40 of its JHFP models in 2013. Orizio has also expanded the machine?s range up to a superfine 50G.
One of Europe?s leading circular knitting machine builders is in talks to acquire troubled Italian manufacturer Pilotelli, which was involved in court proceedings related to bankruptcy protection at the end of 2013. Other European knitting machine builders have also confirmed to Knitting Trade Journal they are interested in the 30-year-old family-run business.
With just over three months to go till it opens its doors, the fourth edition of ITMA ASIA + CITME is sold out of exhibition space with organisers reporting a 15 per cent increase in bookings compared to 2012.
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