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September 2027
Messegelaende HannoverGermany
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Denim manufacturers are always early adopters
There’s a strong sense of community amongst the major manufacturers of denim fabrics, who are primarily, although not exclusively, located in Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Pakistan and Turkey. At the same time, however, this sector is highly competitive and differentiation is key.
Pioneering eco-friendly hygiene and medical products
Disposable baby diapers provide comfort and convenience, and promote good hygiene and wellness. The complexity of a baby diaper, however, is not immediately apparent to consumers – this is a very highly engineered system for an inexpensive single-use product.
Nonwovens at the forefront of recycling
Nonwovens manufacturers were among the very first textile recyclers, and in the next few years their services will be needed more than ever. The European Union is introducing a ban on the landfilling or incineration of post-consumer clothing waste beginning in January 2025 and will impose an extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme on brands and manufacturers to pay for its collection and disposal. The European Commission is further calling for all textile products on the EU market to be durable, repairable or recyclable – and to contain a significant percentage of recycled fibres – by 2030. Similar legislation is expected to follow elsewhere in the world.
Powering sustainability with strategic financing transformation
Energy-saving projects are still the most effective way for many textile manufacturers to make sustainable gains, especially in the industry’s major hubs in Asia, and both technical help and financing are now available to realise such projects.
Living with blends and looking beyond the backyard
Despite the many difficulties of sorting and recycling of post-consumer waste textiles, fibre blends are an indispensable facet of today’s market, and their use may actually increase going forward.
Cutting through the complexity
One of the first ways in which artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are poised to have a positive and dynamic impact on the textile industry is through the widespread adoption of automated fabric inspection systems.
Everything you need to know about doing business in a transformed European Union
The European Union remains the biggest regional market for many textile manufacturers around the world, but it is a market on the cusp of major change.
Closing the loop at the international level
How will today’s new technologies shape the textile industry of tomorrow and are we truly on the cusp of major change? This was the theme explored during the ITMAconnect Automation and Digital Future webinar, first broadcasted on 29 February 2024 and now available on ITMAconnect.com for subscribers.
Harnessing nature’s sustainable options
The major importance of biosourced materials to the sustainable future of the global textile industry was the subject of an illuminating Innovator Xchange webinar that can be viewed on ITMAconnect.com.
Disruption in dyeing and finishing
Some of the most innovative technologies showcased at ITMA 2023 in Milan were to be found in the area of the dyeing and finishing of textiles, where huge savings in dyestuffs and finishing chemicals, energy and water, are now possible.
220 years of textile machinery automation
In 1804, Joseph-Marie Jacquard introduced the first weaving loom automatically controlled by perforated cards. The elaborate patterns that were stored on them in ones and zeros – the first ‘bits’ and ‘bytes’ – proved highly influential in the development of binary computer programming and all that has followed. And 220 years later automation is still accelerating in many areas of the textile machinery industry.
Advanced materials – from digital design to replacing steel
In today's fast-moving textile industry, the technologies enabling the creation of advanced materials are allowing greater control for
designers through digitalisation, enabling more recycled content to be accommodated in fabrics and making enhanced performance properties for demanding applications possible.
Luxury on the body and underfoot too
Machinery for long fibres and heat setting processes are crucial in enabling yarns to be more successfully woven or tufted.
Doing much more digitally
Mass customisation, direct-to-consumer sales models, drastically reduced delivery times, sustainable production and the strong
influence of social media on buying decisions are all contributing to the continued rise of digital printing.
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Sophisticated software driving textile manufacturing transformation
Fully integrated technologies with up-to-the-minute automated features for the end-to-end production.
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