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Vandewiele with new developments
GOTS reports a 19% increase
in the carpet business at ITM
in accreditation worldwide

Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) has 817), Portugal (+35% to 608), France (+22% to
announced the release of its 2021 Annual Report 122), Denmark (+14% to 115), Switzerland (+15%
showing a 19% increase in accreditation worldwide. to 61), Belgium (+55% to 59), Sweden (+34% to 51)
Even with the continued constraints of COVID-19, and Vietnam (+264% to 51). 2021 saw the full
2021 was a year of significant developments for implementation of GOTS version 6.0 and the
GOTS. An increased interest in sustainability in the corresponding Implementation Manual.
textile industry led to greater awareness of GOTS
certification from businesses and consumers. GOTS As the revision to GOTS version 7.0 begins in 2022,
is the stringent voluntary global standard for we have set up an improved revision process to
RCE+ carpet weaving machine
post-harvest processing (including spinning, VANDEWIELE Bonas JI range of jacquards
Vandewiele, expert in weaving include a public consultation process and extended
in detail our new autonomous shearing machine, the
knitting, weaving, dyeing, and manufacturing) of
ATSH. This machine is an example of how we
Apart from many traditionally woven carpets on the participation from the entire textile sector. The
apparel and home textiles made with certified
develop new technologies to for fill the needs of our
RCE+ carpet weaving machine, Vandewiele will also approval of three new Certification Bodies (CBs)
organic fiber (such as organic cotton and organic
promote the digitally controlled RCF machine with brought the total number of CBs to 18, nine of which
customers. For the back coating the focus will be
wool) under both environmental and social criteria.
Fast Creel, cut-loop machines, and specific have chemical input approval in their scopes. We
energy saving, an important topic nowadays.
machines for weaving light carpets. All will be released the Conditions for the Use of GOTS Signs
Among the countries with the largest increase in
Vandewiele, expert in yarns
illustrated by carpet samples. outlining the rules for GOTS labeling, with a new
GOTS certified facilities in 2021 are Turkey (+61% to
Superba, already the leader in heat-setting with
1.799), Italy (+53% to 894), Germany (+19% to section specifically for online retailers. AD
The digital control of yarns allows the development of saturated steam under pressure thanks to their
new qualities, a higher production efficiency and a well-known TVP3, is now offering their hot-air
closer follow-up of the machine park. Yarn waste is heat-setting solution with the DHS3 line.
reduced at the highest production speed.
US textiles imports from India and
Combinations of cut pile carpets with flatweave as This triple-layer heat-setting process provides an
well as sisal look carpets will be presented. Naturally, unequaled level of evenness and a highly
also the highest carpet qualities in reed 1000 d/m 10 homogenous fixation characteristic to the yarn, as
Pakistan grew more than 50%
colours, 1200 d/m and 1500 d/m with up to well as stain resistance or enhanced bulk. The DHS3
5.000.000 points/m² will be shown. line offers a high energy saving process in a reduced
floor-space.
The Most flexible Tufting systems on the market
The textile imports of the USA are on the rise, and
To complete their range, SUPERBA is also introducing
In tufting, the digital control of pile yarns (active yarn Major Shippers Report released by the US depart-
feed, also called IPD) has allowed Vandewiele the ment of commerce. Of the total US textile and
their new B403 automatic winder. Expanding its area of
imports from India and Pakistan grew by around
development of high definition Colortec 1/10” tufting apparel imports of $32.368 billion during the period
application beyond the carpet yarn field, the B403
53-54%. On the other hand, imports from Honduras,
which is among the top 10 suppliers, registered a
marks a real technological breakthrough with its
carpet in 8 colours – or 1/7” gauge, competing with under review, cotton products were worth $14.495
the traditional Axminster carpets. billion, while man-made fiber products accounted
individual spindle motorization drive.
growth of only 20.97 % compared to the same
period of the previous year. The total import of for $16.259 billion, followed by $739.258 million of
Vandewiele, expert in jacquards wool products, and $874.120 million of products
textiles and apparel by the United States continues
Finally, with the BXE extrusion line from
During ITM VANDEWIELE will show its newest from silk and vegetable fibers.
to grow at a high rate and rose by 31.37% to
VANDEWIELE, the MF400 texturizing machine and
addition to the highly successful Bonas JI range of the MCD3 space-dyeing machine as complementary
$32.368 billion in the first three months of 2022,
jacquards: the JIL. The JIL represents the logical In 2020, the US textile and apparel imports had
processes before heat-setting, with SUPERBA lines,
compared to $24.639 billion in the same period of
extension of the JI range allowing our customers decreased sharply, mainly because of the COVID-19
2021. With 27.47% share, China is the largest
the carpet industry gets all the necessary equipment
higher hook capacities within the same range of to produce innovative yarn types, allowing
supplier of textiles and clothing to the US, followed
machines. Hook capacities up to 11520 are now pandemic-induced disruption, to $89.596 billion
by Vietnam with 13.59% share.
manufacturers to make the highest quality carpets at
possible within our JI range. If even bigger capacities compared to imports of $111.033 billion in 2019.
the most economic prices.
are required, we offer our SI machine going up to Nevertheless, imports rebounded again in 2021 to
Apparel constituted the bulk of textiles and garments
more than 31000 hooks in a single machine. surpass the pre-pandemic level and ended at
imported by the US in January-March 2022. It was
All the Vandewiele machines can be connected
through cloud computing to the “TEXconnect”
valued at $24.314 billion, while non-apparel imports $113.938 billion. The import figures indicate that the
Vandewiele, expert in finishing US economy is witnessing a fast recovery.
supervision system to comply with the Factory 4.0
accounted for $8.053 billion, according to the latest
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