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Best-in-class weaving innova- Denim Industry INNOVATION:
IT’S IN

OUR DNA
tions and corporate updates at Tops Sustainable swisstextilemachinery.ch

ITMACH INDIA Product Category

It is interesting to note that the denim industry has
become one of the ‘most wanted’ garment ventures
which maintained sustainability throughout the year.
This was indicated in report, Issue 201 of Textile
Outlook International from the global business
information company Textiles Intelligence.

A9500-2 R9500-2denim The report was presented in December 2019 edition
of Denim Premiere Vision (Denim PV), which was
Itema, the global leading provider of best-in-class weft yarns. Thanks to the BLC nozzle, the weft is held held in London, UK. Sustainable denim has topped
weaving solutions, including weaving machines, OEM without movable parts to ensure superior fabric the list of ‘most wanted’ customer product category
spare parts and integrated services, is exhibiting at quality and reliability. The device is simple and yet during the year of 2019. As compared to the previous
ITMACH India (Booth C1) from December 5th – 8th at ingenious: the BLC is fixed into the main nozzle editions of Denim PV, the December 2019 edition
The Exhibition Centre in Ahmedabad. performing the valuable task of keeping the elastic introduced the ‘responsible denim fashion event’
weft yarn avoiding defects due to the continuous which reflected the environmental theme of sustaina-
From the weaving technology point of view, the Itema air flow. bility in an advanced manner.
team will deeply illustrate to ITMACH visitors the latest
novelties and advancements implemented by the The Itema A9500-2, featuring these advanced 33 per cent of the denim exhibiters represented the
company. In particular, on the airjet weft insertion side innovations, ensures the weaver the possibility to 90 per cent of the ‘premium’ denim industry. The
– which is the most diffused weaving technology in weave faster, producing better fabrics and with a certificates given to them showcased their efforts to
the Region – Itema launched on the market during smarter usage of resources. produce sustainable products while keeping in mind
ITMA 2019 in Barcelona the Second Generation of its the environmental standards. Bossa, a denim
airjet model, the A9500-2. Itema acquisition of Schoch manufacturer based in Turkey, presented a range of
Moreover, ITMACH will be the first formal platform to fabrics made using recycled organic cotton, Tencel
The A9500-2, the Second Generation of the Itema introduce to the Indian textile industry stakeholders Lyocell fibre with Refibra technology and Lycra T400
airjet A9500 and A9500p, sums up all the best the new partnership between Itema and Schoch, the fiber with EcoMade technology. Naveena Denim from
features of its predecessors and further enhances leading producer of reeds and accessories for textile Pakistan, presented a fabric called Hemp Denim
machine performances, cost savings and textile looms headquartered in Italy and in India, of which which is made up of hemp fibre and consumes 70%
efficiency. Itema recently acquired majority stakes. less water, when manufactured. KilimDenim based in
Turkey, presented its Cactus indigo dyeing technolo-
Gujarat Region is famous for the high concentration Following to the acquisition of majority stakes in gy which reduces the amount of water consumed Vevey, Switzerland, 1819: François-Louis Cailler invents
the now-familiar tablet format for chocolate. His simple
of denim weaving mills, and Itema provides specific Lamiflex completed in 2017 and the recent during the indigo dyeing process, particularly during idea makes chocolate available and affordable worldwide.
and unique-in-the-industry features to weave denim agreement reached with PTMT (ex Panter) finalized to the rinsing stage. Today, one billion Swiss-made chocolate bars are produced
on its airjet machine. the establishment of Itematech – the Itema Technical each year.
Textiles Division, the agreement signed with Schoch A design trends presentation for the spring/summer
The popular recent trend to weave stretch and super group represents a further significant step for the 2021 season showed upcoming sustainable innova-
stretch denim fabrics with dedicated weft yarns synergic development of key weaving machine’s tive highlights of the denim industry.
inspired Itema to create and patent the innovative accessories as well as a remarkable reinforcement of
BLC – Brush Lycra Clamp – nozzle to weave elastic Schoch commercial network. Invented in Switzerland.
Where the same innovative spirit drives textile progress today.
February/March 2020