Six Swedish companies, with new technologies will showcase their latest inventions at the ITMA ASIA + CITME 2016 show to be held in Shanghai from October 20-15. Most participating Swedish companies have attended ITMA Asia show from its inception as the show offers an excellent marketplace for making valuable business contacts with partners. Swedish textile machinery is known for a high level of technology, quality and reliability and has a high degree of automation and digitalization. With a high degree of automatization and digitalization, Swedish companies meet the demands of a rapidly changing Chinese textile industry. Eltex is a world leader in yarn break sensors and yarn tension monitors for textile machines. Its Eye compact yarn break sensor system for tufting eliminates the need for manual monitoring of yarn.
IRO is a market leader in production of high-tech yarn feeders. While Kinna is a leader manufacturing textile machinery for fully automated production of bed linen. Its pillow closing machine is designed to close the open end of the pillow using lock stitch. The machine has an output of nine pillows per minute.
ES Automatex Solution is a leading manufacturer of automated machines for home textile production.
Eton Systems is the inventor of the unit production system for material handling. The company offers flexible and unique solutions for apparel, home textiles and other light industries. Eton Systems support the industry with optimal utilization of space, increased production, shortened delivery time, improved quality and increased profitability.
Baldwin Jimek provides solutions for finishing, remoistening, and water or chemical management. The system has many advantages compared to traditional methods of applying process chemistry. Some of these are reduced consumption of chemistry and water, reduced waste of process chemistry and water, shorter drying times.

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