Picanol has opened a new training centre and a test and shipping area in Belgium.Thetraining centre has three fully equipped training rooms. It allows the company to train technicians of its customers on its weaving machines under optimal conditions.

The new test area replaces the old one and is equipped with 24 test stations. All weaving machines leaving the assembly lines are mechanically and electronically tested in the new test area before they go to the customers.

Following testing and final check, the machines are put on a moving floor, where accessories are added and packaging of the machines is done. After the packaging line, the machines are placed in the buffer zone awaiting shipment.Since the summer of 2014, the shipping area has been housed in a new space with two loading docks and one loading space.

Picanol is an international group that specialises in the production of weaving machines for technical textiles, engineered casting solutions and customised controllers. The weaving machines division developshigh-tech weaving machines based on airjet or rapier technology. The technical fabrics group is a specialised team of product managers and technicians that works towards optimising existing solutions and exploring new applications such as super-wide weaving in the field of technical textiles.

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