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Argar Technology’s trump card while the ideating the production of HV (high visibility) fabrics was to manufacture new knitted fabrics to substitute 100 per cent polyester regularly used to achieve the chromatic specification fixed by EN20471 rules. Argar, double knitting technology was innovatively applied in the production of its high visibility HVis-Tes® Knitted Fabrics. In its new HVis-Tes® range of products the external face of fabric is now 100 per cent polyester, while the internal face is 100 per cent pure cotton.
According to the company, this peculiar interlacement guarantees at the same time the extraordinary features of durability and endurance of a polyester fabric and the comfort that only a cotton fabric is able to provide in touch with the skin. On customer’s request they are also available with antibacterial and UV-protection treatment (complying respectively with EN20645:2005 + EN20743:2007 and AS/NZS 4399:1996 norms).
The range of HVis-Tes® ESD Knitted Fabrics adds to the advantages of the high visibility items with the antistatic function given by conductive fibers. The features of HVis-Tes® ESD Knitted Fabrics fully comply with the specifications of EN20471, EN1149 and Oeko-Tex ® Standard 100 Class II Certifications rules.
Similarly, the features of Noflam®-HV Knitted Fabrics fully comply with the specifications of EN11612, EN20471 and Oeko-Tex ® Standard 100 Class II Certifications rules. The company guarantees knitted fabrics, which are fully manufactured and ennobled in Italy and mostly have European Preferential Origin. The few items of the standard collection which have no Preferential Origin Status can be manufactured with Preferential Origin upon Customer’s request.
Klopman has developed a new range of products made with recycled polyester. Europe’s leading brand in work wear has been involved in the production and marketing of blended fabrics in 65 per cent polyester and 35 per cent cotton since 1968.
Today, the basic yarn utilized for the making up of work wear garments can be replaced by similar materials aimed at reducing the environmental footprint, conservation of resources and to support developing countries. Recycled polyester is made from PET plastic bottles, a resource that would otherwise end up in landfills. The challenge for the company was to develop a sustainable product capable of maintaining the features and fabric standards in terms of comfort and durability.
The company also constantly applies its commitment to innovation in accordance with ethical and environmental considerations. From the selection of raw materials through weaving, dyeing and finishing, the company is constantly working to minimise the use of toxic substances, reduce waste, reduce energy consumption and to sustain the development of renewable energies.
The company is also equipped with advanced air extraction systems, which are installed throughout the factory, filter and purify the air by minimising the impact of harmful substances into the outside environment.
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Karl Mayer has developed new machines and applications for warp knitting, weaving warp preparation and composite fabrics. The company innovates in functional sportswear up to the use of carbon fiber in cars.
It offers high performance warp knitting machines, producing new and sophisticated fabrics for automotive applications, and for sportswear, including seamless garments. For the weaving industry, Karl Mayer has an automatic sectional warper for the flexible production of high-precision warp beams. For sizing the company offers a VSB size box, a revolutionary new development that will generate significant savings. Another key area is for the composites industry, and an innovative carbon fiber spreading unit.
The Karl Mayer Academy holds fabric forming familiarisation courses, providing more insight in the application possibilities of the presented technologies.
Germany. The company offers raschel machines, lace machines, warping machines, tricot machines. Specialist machines are also available for producing stretch and non-stretch fabrics. India is an important market for Karl Mayer, as its the second most important sales region for its warp preparation business unit. In some sectors, such as direct beaming and sizing machines, Karl Mayer has a market share of more than 90 per cent.
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The recently concluded ‘Immagine Italia 2016’ under garments trade fair that took place in Florence hosted around 250 brands exhibiting their latest products. Prominent among them were the most prestigious companies in the national and international market, with 30 per cent coming from France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Poland, Slovenia, Latvia, the Netherlands and Brazil.
Fashion has become the main stay for the fair, with lingerie and accessories on display and paraded on catwalks, closely interlinked with latest fashion trends. The shows featured a variety of luxurious and modern looks. The Chamber of Commerce of Pistoia this year, follows an internationalization strategy aiming at increasing the number of foreign buyers coming from 17 countries all over the world viz. Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Belgium, Malta, Cyprus, Greece, France, Germany, England, Spain, Portugal, and Lebanon. Among them are luxury boutiques, department stores, retail shops, online stores, chain stores, commercial agents, distributors and importers.
Italian company, Lanfranchi Spa’s new positioning marks a step forward in combining the power of creativity and the innovation DNA with a responsible mission for the future. The world leader in the design and production of zips, announces a step forward to show how sustainable standards add value to an established know-how and a creativity-driven approach.
According to Gaetano Lanfranchi, CEO of Lanfranchi Spa, the company believes that sustainability and innovation are the keys for a market competitive and contemporary offer. Citing this as the reason for their commitment to Greenpeace Detox programme which can prove, all their products are free of the Detox blacklist polluting ingredients.
Two projects reflect the new positioning: S/S 2017 new products and the creation of custom-designs with an upcoming designer for her debut fashion collection. According to Lanfranchi, to be at the forefront of innovation it’s important to work both on people and designs. That’s why we wanted to support Valeria Di Cerce in cooperation with NABA (Nuova Accademia delle Belle Arti). The collection will be shown at Munich Fabric Start, Milano Unica and Première Vision. For the same reasons products have been created to embrace brands and professionals creative solutions, commented Gaetano Lanfranchi.
With a capacity expansion of Rs 621 crores, Nandan Denim, India’s second largest and the world’s fifth largest denim fabric company is set to become Asia’s biggest denim fabric maker by June this year. Currently, the company’s capacity is 99 million meters per annum (MMPA), putting it at the second spot behind Arvind, whose capacity is 108 MMPA. If the Gujarat-based Nandan claims are to be believed, in four months its capacity will rise to 110 MMPA, making it India’s and indeed Asia’s largest denim maker.
Deepak Chiripal, CEO, Nandan Denim says, the company is at an advanced stage of completing their expansions. The denim industry in India is growing at 15 to 18 per cent a year. Several international players have begun to source denim from India due to raw material and other input advantages apart from stable economic and political environment.
Both Arvind and Nandan Denim are based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. While Nandan Denim was set up in 2004 and is a part of the Chiripal Group established in 1972, Arvind was founded in 1931 as part of the Lalbhai Group, whose first manufacturing unit, Saraspur Manufacturing Company, was set up in 1897 to produce cotton yarn.
It was Arvind’s success in the denim business that prompted the Chiripals to enter the segment. Nandan’s original capacity was only 6 MMPA, and it has gradually scaled up in the wake of growing Indian and global demand. Nandan officials said the company exports denim to 28 countries and has 3,000 employees at its facility in Gujarat.
"Experts feel Bangladesh might lose its competitive edge in global apparel business after the signing of the trade pact. Their exporters may face an uneven and tough competition. TPP is aimed at cutting trade barriers and setting common standards for 12 countries. More than 18,000 taxes imposed by various countries on the US products will be eliminated under it, when it comes into effect."
Bangladesh needs to revamp its trade policy so that it can be better prepared to face the situation that may herald the beginning of a new era of trade liberalisation globally through 'mega-regional' agreements. The fear about Bangladesh finding itself in a situation where it loses its current position as the world's second largest apparel exporter is quite worrying, feel experts. World’s one of the biggest multinational trade deals TPP was signed by 12 member nations in New Zealand recently but the trade pact will require years of tough negotiations before it becomes a reality. The deal, which will cover 40 per cent of the world economy, has already taken five years of negotiations to reach the signing stage. Analysts say the massive trade pact will still require years of tough negotiations before it becomes a reality.
Bangladesh might lose competitive edge
Experts feel Bangladesh might lose its competitive edge in global apparel business after the signing of the trade pact. Their exporters may face an uneven and tough competition. TPP is aimed at cutting trade barriers and setting common standards for 12 countries. More than 18,000 taxes imposed by various countries on the US products will be eliminated under it, when it comes into effect. The deal could reshape industries and influence everything from the price of cheese to the cost of cancer treatments.
Currently, Bangladesh garment exports to the US are subject to 15.62 per cent duty that are paid by the importers there, whereas Vietnam's RMG exports are subject to only 8.38 per cent import duty. The deal will make Vietnam's garment exports to US completely duty-free. Whereas, Bangladesh's duty-advantage on garment exports to some other TPP member-countries - Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Australia and Chile - might also be affected by the new trade deal.
FDI may take a back seat
Analysts feel that investment decisions by global entrepreneurs will furthermore be effected by the new trade deal, making countries like Vietnam a stronger candidate as the preferred destinations, due to their zero-duty access to the markets of other TPP countries. Considering this, it is crucial for Bangladesh to reduce the cost of doing business to maintain the country's competitiveness in international trade. It should also look for opportunities to join such a mega deal, as some other countries are also reportedly planning to do so.
Moreover, Bangladesh needs to focus on new international markets, particularly those where its exports enjoy duty benefit. Diversification of the country's apparel items is another critical area for more value addition. Productivity in factories has to be raised to cushion against any probable losses in garment exports.
According to a study, if TPP adopts flexible rules of origin on sourcing, as favoured by Vietnam, it could boost its share of the growing apparel market from 4.0 per cent to 11 per cent, while Bangladesh's share in this market has remained almost static -- between 7.0-8.0 per cent. Currently, Vietnam is at a comparative disadvantage in the RMG sector mainly due to its higher costs of production including higher wages.
Until now, Bangladesh has been able to retain its edge in the sourcing world in spite of the higher import tariff on its export than those of Vietnam. But it is likely that TPP, when it comes into force, will trigger some trade diversion from Bangladesh to Vietnam. Bangladesh needs to pay special attention to the implications of the TPP and other incoming free-trade deals that are shaping the '21st-Century Trade Policies'.
If Bangladesh takes appropriate moves to be involved with TPP in one form or other, it may find its niche in textiles, leather and services. Otherwise, there is a possibility for a potential slowdown in the growth of its RMG sector. Certainly, long-term impacts of the TPP on the Bangladesh economy will be more important than short-term ones. Joining any effective regional initiative can provide some cushion to Bangladesh in the long term to stay competitive in the global economy.
Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers & Exporters Association (PRGMEA) will hold the 15th Textile Asia 2016 International Textile & Garment Machinery Trade Fair incorporating Clothing, Fabric & Textile Asia in Karachi in collaboration with Ecommerce Gateway . Termed Pakistan’s biggest B2B textile, garment, embroidery, digital printing machineries and chemical and allied services, the 3-days trade fair will be held from March, 09-11, 2016.
The trade fair will provide an effective podium for joint ventures/ collaborations to the textile SMEs and provide a platform to its international participants to meet respective Pakistani business personals to make future business leads in Pakistan.
The event will focus on the immense buying selling potential of textile and garment industry and poised to introduce overseas suppliers of textile and garment materials, accessories and parts and machinery to the textile industry of Pakistan. This will complement their efforts for high quality, value added products and assist them to further develop their business in the export markets.
The trade fair will have more than 550 International Brands displaying their products in over 700 booths and over 500 foreign delegates mainly from Austria, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Italy,Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, UK,USA etc. will grace the event.
The organizers are expecting a visitor turnout of over 65,000 during the event.
Vietnam’s strong fashion brands have gone downhill as they cannot compete with foreign brands. Brands like Foci, Sea, Sifa, N&M, Viet Thy, Dan Chau and Sanding, have fallen into oblivion. Many garment companies, which vowed to conquer the domestic market in the ‘return home’ movement, have given up and shifted to making products for export.
According to Pham Xuan Hong, General Director of Saigon Gon 3 Garment Company, a big exporter, the company has set up several showrooms in HCM City, but they have been taking losses. The domestic market has been very difficult to exploit, even for experienced producers of garments for export.
Exporters, who decided to focus on conquering the domestic market some years ago, as export markets shrank in the global economic crisis, have spent big money to develop their distribution networks. However, results remain unsatisfactory, even though the companies have good production workshops, labor force and technologies.
Manufacturers say, they are pessimistic about the domestic market, especially when TPP takes effect, under which import tariff will be cut to zero per cent. According to the Vietnam Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex), only 20 per cent of garment companies are keen on the domestic market, and have reserved 20-25 per cent of their capacity to make products for domestic consumption. They are focusing on making products for export.
Itema is the largest privately owned multinational company and global leading provider of best-in-class weaving machines, spare parts and services. It is first and foremost a rapier terry loom manufacturer. The brand’s new R9500 terry is a racehorse when it comes to terry weaving. What makes the R9500 terry an extraordinary weaving machine for terry weavers is the sturdy structure and reliable mechanical components and the exceptional textiles results obtained due to an extensive and thorough R&D work. Unparalleled textile quality is guaranteed by a winning trio of innovative devices: the new positive pile back-rest roller, the new pile formation unit and the new ground back-rest roller.
The A9500p is its best-in-class airjet machine. It is equipped with a new and innovative feature: the double tandem nozzles, which ensure enhanced machine efficiency and superior fabric quality. The nozzles guarantee a perfect distribution of the pushing force on the weft using a lower air pressure, thus leading to a double benefit: reduced stress on the yarn allowing top fabric quality and, at the same time, the possibility to weave with a lower pressure ensuring energy saving.
The rapier weaving machine R9500p is the perfect machine in segments such as denim and shirting due to its best-in-class technical advancements which guarantee unbeatable performances, speed and versatility.
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