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TextielMuseum in the

Netherlands buys P2 rapier

weaving machine from

machine and plant manufacturer. on the P2," says the performance artist, whose work
has already been on show at London's Tate Gallery of
The official tourism website for the Netherlands says Modern Art. The flexibility of the rapier weaving

Tilburg, which lies about 100 kilometers south of machines on which DORNIER's customers produce
Amsterdam, is a "cosy town". If you click through fabrics for home textiles, clothing and technical
online travel guides, the city's textile museum is at the textiles opens up all kinds of possibilities for her to
top of the list of recommended sights. It is part of the experiment with different yarns, colours and textures.
European Route of Industrial Heritage, which The artist's first project will be a four-part tapestry
connects important historical economic sites in series that will celebrate its premiere at a solo
Europe. Located in a 19th century textile factory, the exhibition at Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria, this
museum sees itself as a "dynamic and creative autumn.
place". Not only knowledge about the history of the
textile industry is passed on here, in fact the areas of Woven creativity in today's world
design, art, fashion and innovation are interwoven DORNIER is proud to see the variety of creative
within the construct of textiles. woven innovations that are produced on the weaving
machines from Lake Constance in the Tilburg
Textile research in the museum "TextielMuseum", but also at many universities,
The "TextielLab" is connected to the museum. Here, research institutes and design studios. "Weaving is a
students, architects, young artists and established textile technology that is over 10,000 years old. As a
designers from all over the world work on textile weaving machine manufacturer, we have seen a lot
research, development and design projects using over the decades, but we never cease to be
state-of-the-art technology. Recently, the museum's surprised at how great the diversity of ideas in fabric
machine park was extended by a brand new P2 production still is," says Florian Boch, Head of
rapier weaving machine from DORNIER. Although the Central Marketing and Communication at DORNIER.
museum already owns three weaving machines, says The P2 has also been very well received by
The world-renowned aircraft manufacturer Dornier With corporate divisions, weaving machines and Hebe Verstappen, head of the textile laboratory, the DORNIER's industrial customers since its introduction
began building textile machinery after the Second specialty machines, today DORNIER has established acquisition of the P2 "fulfilled a long-cherished in 2019. Weaving mills in Europe, Asia and the USA
World War. The reason for this realignment: The Allies itself as a global technology leader. dream", as the wide range of applications of the are ensuring very satisfactory sales figures despite
had prohibited the company from building aircraft in machine offers to innovative students, artists and Corona's impact on the global economy. According
Germany. In 1950, Lindauer DORNIER GmbH was Only introduced to the market in 2019 and already designers completely new technical possibilities to to the family-owned company DORNIER, this is
founded by Peter Dornier, son of the famous aviation worth exhibiting: The well-known "TextielMuseum" in realise their textile ideas and concepts. mainly due to the fact that the P2, as the successor
pioneer Claude Dornier, in the same building in Tilburg, the Netherlands, has acquired a P2 rapier to the rapier weaving machine introduced in 1967,
Lindau-Rickenbach which still serves as the company weaving machine from Lindauer DORNIER for its Tapestries for exhibition in Bregenz continues to demonstrate its quality as the most
headquarters. The first result of his search for a new textile laboratory. According to its director “a The first user of the new acquisition will be Otobong flexible rapier weaving machine in the world, which is
field of activity was the manufacture of shuttle long-cherished dream" came true with the purchase Nkanga. "I'm really looking forward to experimenting much-vaunted in expert circles..
weaving machines. of the weaving machine from the Lindau-based

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