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Whats New unveiled at ITMA for technical textiles developed by ©Teijin Whats New

polyester fabric

Innovations are always on the way to satisfy the
financial year ending in March 2022.
customer’s demands. Textile researchers have
always been developing new technologies to
The unique processing technologies enabled Teijin
convert the conventional products into innovative is steering annual sales of 150,000 metres by the
ones. Silk fiber is well known for its superior Frontier to produce new easy-care, smooth, and stable
functional and aesthetic qualities and has been polyester fabric with soft texture and fine appearance
considered as benchmark in apparel industry. similar to the silk developed by silkworm. It is best for
blouses and outers from thin to medium thicknesses.
The novel fabric with soft and glossy appearance is
Teijin Group's fibres and products converting highly resistant to shrinkage and retains bright color
company has manufactured polyester fabric along with good mechanical properties according to
similar in looks and feel to fine silk. Teijin Frontier, customer’s demand.

Brrr technology

Steiger Vega 3.130 is specially designed for proven to keep you
technical textiles that is equipped with warp and
weft insertion of high-performance yarns
according to the technical requirements of
customers for their textile based solutions. It has dry and supercool
a specific cam-box for semi-rigid yarns, as well
as adapted sinker kinetics.
Moisture management of textile is the most important consideration in today’s apparel industry that decides
The distance adjustment between needle-beds is the dynamic comfort of wearer. Wicking and capillarity action not only keeps the fiber dry during certain activity
a specially designed feature for special intake to but also critical to promote the evaporative cooling.
fabricate 3-D products along with particular
system of clamps and scissors to cut yarns and
Knitting technology have been widely applied for selectable carriage inversion ramp for optimized brrr°’s patented cooling technology is always proven best for its consistent performance by independent
development of Technical textiles. Therefore huge production. global labs as this technology can keep the consumers cool and comfortable in daily activities by creating a
Triple Chill Effect. brrr° spends a significant portion of its budget to validate and authenticate the cooling,
research have been conducted for manufacturing wicking and drying properties of fabrics.
of high Tec machinery. At ITMA 2019, held in According to Steiger CEO Pierre-Yves Bonvin, the
Barcelona, new version Steiger Vega 3.130 company has recently had a number of The independent test confirmed that Omax (cool to touch) score for brrr° nylon fabrics is 0.217 that is twice
compact flat knitting machine was launched. successes in the field of knitted preforms for than the score of other brands i.e 0.103 and brrr° polyester dries 34% faster than others. This technology is
As Stieger is the largest flat knitting machine composites, and in one project with the Technical durable to wash because of embedment in yarn structure.
manufacturer- now part of Cixing Group – University of Dresden, it has successfully developed
shaped truck component parts for Volvo. It is also
manufacturing in Vionnaz, Switzerland working with a notable luggage brand on a range of Apurba Banerjee, Chief Scientist at brrr° said, “The independent lab tests once again confirmed brrr°’s superi-
and China. the first knitted composite suitcases. or capabilities in moving moisture and heat to make consumer comfortable”.

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