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April 2018Volume 27, Number 2

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Digital printing technology enters

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2 Technical Textiles International—April 2018

Techtextil North America’s growth reflectsinternational interestTechtextil North America/Texprocess Americas (to be held on 22–24 May2018 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA) is the focus of much of this current issue.With more than 500 exhibitors, this event has grown to be an importantpart of the calendar for our industry, in large part because its organizerMesse Frankfurt has succeeded in attracting both local participants andcompanies from around the world. Alongside the USA, there are 32 othercountries recorded on the list of exhibitors, with representation fromGermany (66), Italy, China and Taiwan being particularly strong. To helpreaders prepare for the show, James Bakewell has contacted all theexhibitors and shares his findings about their detailed plans on pages 4–22.

Many of these plans in part feature developments with smart textiles andwearable technologies. One of the exhibitors showing such work will beBekaert of Zwevegem, Belgium, a specialist in fibres, fabrics and semi-finished products made of metals and metal alloys. In our second feature(pages 23–26), Editor Nick Butler reveals how the company makes suchtextiles and what other applications they find.

Nevertheless, smart textiles is a sector of the industry yet to break throughin the way that many observers anticipated as far back as the origins ofTechtextil North America in 2000. In an attempt to understand what moreneeds to be done to realize these long-held expectations, John McCurryhas interviewed three North American companies active in this area andreveals their opinions over pages 27–30.

A technology that is enjoying a boom is digital printing. On pages 35–38,Adrian Wilson reports from Heimtextil, another exhibition organized byMesse Frankfurt, where he learned how and why the use of digital printersis extending from niche applications to industrial-scale production.

Finally for this issue, Wilson also assesses the development and use oftextiles in space exploration (pages 31–34), while Jason Teng concludesour three-part series on the protection of intellectual property rights witha discussion of the specific issues relating to China (pages 39–42).

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Contents April 2018Preview: Techtextil North America4 The industry’s finest to be on show in Atlanta in late May

In depth: Metal fibres23 Bekaert—a specialist in metal and metal alloy textiles

In depth: Smart textiles27 Developers grapple with the challenges of realizing smart fabrics

In depth: Textiles in space 31 Fibres and fabrics get ready to enter the new Space Race

In depth: Digital printing35 Digital printing technology moves into high-volume markets

In depth: Intellectual property39 Understanding intellectual property in China as a first step to success

43 Business updateManifattura Fontana’s needlepunch line for geotextiles is a first in Italy

Berry to invest in Spinlace line in North America

Changes in senior management at Freudenberg

Brückner's expanded production facility in Germany nears completion

Key acquisition for Fibertex targets South American markets

46 Composites updateNorth Thin Ply Technology expands to supply thin-ply prepregs for watches

US company targets the manufacture and sale of cheap carbon fibre

Nanotube-enhanced prepreg is strong and shock-resistant

50 Applications updateEffective replacement for long-chain fluorocarbons

Nonwoven has high capacity for water absorption

Improving the properties of silkworm-produced spider silk

52 Smart textiles updateTechnology enables moisture-management by electro-osmosis

Knitting satellite antennas from gold-plated wire

Trillion-dollar infrastructure market is opportunity for sensing fabrics

Gore gives its backing to health-monitoring smart patch start-up

55 Events diary

56 Index to advertisers

On the cover:

Plan your trip to Atlanta with

James Bakewell’s preview of

Techtextil North America,

starting on page 4.

Adrian Wilson reveals the

textile technologies that have

enabled humans to explore

space, see pages 31–34.


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Machines and componentsAndritz Group of Graz, Austria, will be represented byits two companies in the USA. Andritz Küsters ofSpartanburg, South Carolina makes equipment forforming and finishing nonwovens. Meanwhile AndritzSHW of Torrington, Connecticut, carries out high-graderoll repairs, and supplies spare rolls, cast iron andchilled iron rolls and shells.

Representatives of the group will be able to discusstheir range of products spanning air-through bonding,needlepunch, hydrontanglement, spunjet,thermobonding and wetlaid technologies, with aspecial emphasis on nonwovens for high-performance applications.

Andritz says the market share for durable applications(including geotextiles, agriculture, automotive, roofingand home furnishings) accounts for well over 50% ofthe nonwovens market. Indeed, Andritz recentlysigned a contract to supply a needlepunch line(neXline) for the manufacture of geotextiles toManifattura Fontana (see also, page 43). It will be thefirst line in Italy to combine air-through bondingwith calendering.

Autefa Solutions supplies customizedequipment and related services for completeneedlepunch lines: combing; opening and blending;chute feeding; carding; crosslapping;needlepunching; drafting; winding. In addition, thecompany from Friedberg, Germany, has recently soldlines for recycling carbon fibre and its firsthydroentanglement machine.

Visitors to Autefa’s stand will be able to find out aboutone of its latest innovations, a card (Futura) for high-

speed production and easy maintenance. The card ismounted on high-precision linear bearings to ensurethat all its rollers return to the same position afteropening. The different parts of the card – feedinggroup, first main cylinder, transfer group and doffers –are each placed on separate carriages connected toone aother by a single screw on each side. This designallows for easy and full access during cleaningand maintenance.

Benninger of Uzwil, Switzerland, will use this year’sexhibition to highlight the developments from itsTechnical Textiles division. The company will be able toprovide information on its drum washer (Trikoflex),which it has redesigned to take large working widths(5400 mm) and so, it says, is now particularly suitablefor technical textiles. The patented double-drumtechnology and redesigned washing compartmentcombine to give a high degree of efficiency.

The transport of the fabric introduces only low,controlled levels of tension and ensures crease-free

The industry’s finest to be on show in Atlanta in late MayThe fifteenth edition of Techtextil North America (TTNA)will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, on22–24 May 2018. Co-located with Texprocess Americas, also organized by Messe Frankfurt Inc ofAtlanta, the combined shows offer a comprehensive overview of the performance textiles industryin the region, from the beginning to the end of the supply chain, and have become an importantdate in the calendar. To help our readers find what they want in the expansive halls of the GeorgiaWorld Congress Center, Composites Editor James Bakewell has compiled this preview of the shows.

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Also for manufacturers of technical textiles, thecompany will be able to discuss its water-removalsystem (Hydrovac) and its finisher padder (Küsters).

Other recent developments include:

a washer–steamer for knitwear (Tempacta);•a dye pad for knitwear and woven fabrics•(Benninger DyePad).

Brückner supplies coating and finishing machineryspanning a wide range of technical applications. Thecompany from Leonberg, Germany, says each of itsmachines for technical textiles can be speciallyadapted for the customer’s requirements, but are alldesigned to save resources and energy.

The company will tell visitors to its stand of its newcustom-designed facility covering 25 000 m2 andequipped with state-of-the-art production equipment,which will shortly become its centre for themanufacture of finishing machinery. The facility inAbtenham, Germany, is a short distance from itsexisting one in Tittmoning. The machine builder hasinvested about €40 million in the land, buildings andmachinery for the site in Abtenham (see also, page 44).

In 2017 alone, the company sold several lines for use inthe production of performance nonwovens, includinggeotextiles, lightweight fabrics for medicalapplications and bulky materials for use as fillers infurniture, as well as materials for hygiene products.

Italian nonwoven machinery manufacturer Cormatexof Montemurlo will be exhibiting at TTNA for the fourthtime since 2012. Describing itself as a pioneer in thefield of complete production lines for nonwovensbased on staple fibres and recycled materials,Cormatex will present its latest developments inairlaying technology and a variety of recycled productsthat can be manufactured by its systems.

Cormatex, which celebrates its 80th anniversary thisyear, says that demand for waste recyclingtechnologies has pushed it to develop airlayingsystems capable of converting various types of wastethat would be otherwise disposed of in landfills, suchas leather, used garments and used mattresses, wastefrom tyre recycling, recycled paper and cardboard, andpost-industrial and post-consumer carpet waste,into nonwovens.

Cormatex’s portfolio includes:

opening and blending systems for virgin fibres, post-•industrial and post-consumer waste materials; carding and crosslapping technology; •an airlaying system (Lap Formair V) that imparts a•perfectly vertical fibre orientation in the final productin a wide range of areal weights up to 10 000 g.m–2 thatdemonstrates good resiliency, and thermal andacoustic insulation properties; an airlaying system (Lap Formair H) that creates a•perfectly horizontal fibre orientation in the finalproduct, providing high mechanical properties evenat light weights (100 g.m–2) and capable of processingshort fibres as well as powder resin;longitudinal- and cross-cutting machines (including a•high-speed cross-cutter with a flying blade; edge-trim recycling machines of•various configurations;automatic winders.•

A complete airlaying pilot line is available atCormatex’s premises for research and development(R&D) projects with customers.

Cormatex says that demand for waste recycling

technologies has pushed it to develop airlaying systems

capable of converting various types of waste that would

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DiloGroup has now delivered more than 300 completeproduction lines to the nonwovens industry worldwide.The group comprises four parts, which work incooperation to engineer and commission a broad rangeof machinery:

DiloTemafa of Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, a•specialist in opening and blending machines;DiloSpinnbau from Bremen, Germany, focuses on•cards and card feeders;Eberbach, Germany-based DiloMachines for•crosslappers and needlelooms;DiloSystems in Eberbach, which operates as a•general contractor for the installation of completenonwoven lines.

One focus of the company’s exhibit will beDiloMachines’ recently launched crosslapper (Vector200), which the company will say has an infeed speedof up to 200 m.min–1, depending on the fibres it isprocessing. Potential applications for the fabricsinclude floorcoverings for automobiles, geotextiles andfiltration media.

Another of the group’s recent developments is amodule that contains 22 needles in a plastic support.The modules are designed for fast and precise filling ofboards with very high needle densities for use withDilo’s needling technology (Variopunch). The modulesare used to create variable needle arrangements tohelp eliminate bad spots in stitch distribution, leavinga homogeneous high-quality surface, particularlywhere manufacturers are intensely needling

lightweight webs. Development of the modules resultedfrom a close cooperation with the needle manufacturer,Groz-Beckert of Albstadt, Germany (see below).

Visitors can also learn about considerable progress inthe processing of recycled high-performance fibres(including carbon) to make composites. Compactspecial lines for product research and development(R&D) with recycled carbon fibres are now available.

Erhardt+Leimer (see also, page 9) of Stadtbergen,Germany, will present products for web guiding andspreading, web tension measurement, and control andedge trimming, and will be showcasing its expertise inIndustry 4.0 technologies.

Georg Sahm GmbH & Co KG of Eschwege, Germany,supplies winding machinery for high-performance fibres.It has offices in Greenville, South Carolina, USA,Guangzhou, China and New Delhi, India as well as a globalnetwork of sales agencies. It currently employs 80 people.

Two of the divisions of the Albstadt, Germany-basedGroz-Beckert are concerned with nonwovens. Its Feltingdivision has recently developed technology (Groz-Beckert dur) aimed at improving the corrosion-resistanceof felting and structuring needles. Using a patentedmanufacturing process together with a unique basematerial, the company says it makes needles that have aservice life up to 30% longer than before.Representatives of the Felting division will also discussthe potential of a staple fibre needlepunch line thecompany inaugurated at its Technology andDevelopment Center in Albstadt in March 2017.

For manufacturers of hydroentangled fabrics Groz-Beckert will be able to discuss its latest jet-strips(HyTec). Easy to handle, Hytec jet strips have a highdegree of hardness, which makes them resistant toscratching, gives them a large bending strength andprolongs the service life.

The company’s Carding department will focus on itsworker and doffer wires (SiroLock and EvoStep).

Groz-Beckert’s Weaving division says that its lenosystem (PosiLeno) boosts efficiency by up to 100%compared with previous designs.

A compact line from Dilo specially designed for

needling carbon fibres.



The Knitting division is to present a portfolio ofcircular-, warp- and flat-knitting technologies. It willalso stress its willingness to develop customer-specificsolutions. The division says it strives to meet themarket’s demand for good wear-resistance, high loadcapacity for key components and the ability to workwith varied materials, including metal and glass fibres.

The Sewing division of Groz-Beckert will placeemphasis on process optimization. One highlight willbe a patented quality-management system based onsoftware that helps customers handle needlesthroughout the sewing process, includingdocumenting breakages.

Klieverik (see also, page 23) of Oldezaal, TheNetherlands, will highlight its latest technicaldevelopments for:

coating with a variety of thermoplastic adhesives•(such as powder, film and web) on different substrates;thermobonding and laminating of nonwovens;•

laminating of all kinds of substrates with several hot-•melts (in forms such as web, film/foil and powder);transfer and digital printing on textiles;•fusing of carpets.•

Lindauer Dornier GmbH of Lindau, Germany, willshow visitors how its looms are used to make a varietyof technical textiles, such as filter fabrics, airbags, anti-ballistic textiles, and glass and carbon fibrereinforcements for composites.

The company is something of a pioneer in three-dimensional (3D) weaving technology. During 2016, itset-up Dornier Composite Systems (Dornier CS), whichwas formed in response to growing demand for itsweaving technologies from the composites industry,and the Dornier CS Technology Center was establishedclose to the company’s Lindau headquarters. In thisarea, the company will be able to talk about its 3DJacquard weaving technology, which significantlyexpands the production possibilities for reinforced,multiple-layer semi-finished structural woven parts.The technology enables components to be designed,

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Monforts of Mönchengladbach, Germany, willshowcase its latest developments at its stand. Forexample, the company is now selling its stenter(Montex XXL) in widths of up to seven metres to meetdemands for specific end-uses such as geotextiles andconstruction materials.

The company will explain that the stenter can supplyan even heat distribution across the entire workingwidth thanks to its very short entry system and thedesign of its nozzles (CADstream), which distribute theairflow homogeneously.

In addition, the machine is equipped with a system(TwinAir) to allow the operator to adjust the lower andupper nozzle pressures individually. For reducingcreases in heavier-weight fabrics, there is the option tofit a supporting belt between the upper andlower nozzles.

An integrated heat-recovery system is fitted asstandard, comprising a compact, air-to-air heatexchanger installed in the roof of the machine.

By using energy from the exhaust gas to pre-heat up to60% of the incoming fresh air, fitting this system leadsto energy savings of 10–35%, according to Monforts.

Nonwoven Machinery USA LLC of Dalton, Georgia, isa three-year-old company providing specializednonwoven textile machinery and services. Its primarybusiness is supplying complete opening, blending,carding and needlepunch production lines to the

technical textile industries. It also sells end-of-linemachinery such as coating, thermal bonding,laminating and heat-recovery systems for ovensand dryers. This year, the company will be promotingits Compas system for the reclamation of difficult-to-recycle fibres, textiles and carpets for re-use.

Olbrich of Bocholt, Germany, is a specialist in coating,printing, drying, laminating, embossing andfinishing technologies.

Picanol NV (see also, page 5) of Ieper, Belgium, is aspecialist loom builder making rapier and airjetmodels. The machines available from Picanol are:

OMNIplus Summum airjet weaving machine;•OptiMax-i rapier weaving machine (launched in•October 2015, just before ITMA, held in Milan, Italy, on12–19 November 2015);TERRYplus Summum airjet weaving machine;•TerryMax-i rapier weaving machine;•OMNIplus 800 TC airjet weaving machine for•tyre cords;GT-Max rapier weaving machine;•OMNIplus-X airjet weaving machine;•GTMax-i rapier weaving machine.•

The company says its strategy is based on offeringthe best possible price-to-performance ratio, coupledwith outstanding service to all its customers aroundthe world(2).

Highlights on the stand will be technicalinformation about looms for making one-piece-woven (OPW) airbags, car interior fabrics, textilesfor coating, agrotextiles, antiballistic materials andfilter media.

Stoll America of New York, USA, will have one of itsADF flatbed knitting machines running on its stand.Further, one of the company’s partners, smart fabricsmanufacturer Myant of Toronto, Ontario, Canada,will also be present to discuss the future ofknitting technology.


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The two companies recently announced their plan toroll-out 500 Stoll machines for the manufacture ofelectronic textiles in the USA and Canada in yearlyincrements(3). Currently, 50 machines have already beenreceived, with another 100 machines to be delivered bysummer 2018. After 2018, the remaining 350 machineswill be dispersed and received by the Partnership. StollInternational Sales and Marketing Manager JaimeBartholomai says: “The intention of this collaboration isto set a gold standard for functional computing textilesand disrupt the industry with new advancements inindustry 4.0, material science and technical applicationsfor high-quality products made in North America.”

Werner Mathis (see also, page 11) of Oberhasli,Switzerland, will focus on one of its latest coaters (KTF-S).At the heart of the machine is the hot-air dryer, whichthe company has designed to give powerful, regulatedheating to keep the small machine’s capacity high.

This knife-coating machine can be supplied with avariety of options: an infra-red (IR) pre-dryer; a

laminator, which can be installed before or after thedryer; an additional hot-air dryer. The KTF-S can also beadapted for other coating applications (such as slotdie, engraved roller, reverse roll, hot-melt, powderscatter and rotary screen).

The modular design gives users the freedom to adaptthe coater and the various options to their preciseneeds, and to combine it with other equipment fromMathis such as the padder dyer (HVF).

FibresBekaert of Zwevegem, Belgium, will be showing itsmetal/metal alloy fibres, textiles and semi-finishedproducts (see also, page 1 and page 23).

This will be the second year in a row that technical yarnspinner FilSpec of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada hasexhibited at TTNA.

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fibres, including aramids, to produce a wide variety oftechnical yarns intended for the military, medical,industrial, automotive, aeronautics, worker protection,athletic wear and smart yarn sectors.

The company serves an industrial customer base thatincludes manufacturers of protective and athleticclothing, gloves, stockings, textiles for the automotiveand aeronautics markets, for outdoor furniture, usingknitters, weavers, manufacturers of narrow fabrics andropes, dyeing mills, twisting companies and sewingthread manufacturers.

Regular TTNA exhibitor Kuraray America Inc from FortMill, South Carolina, USA, will be showing its range ofhigh-performance fibres and nonwovens, including anew polyether imide (PEI) fibre (KuraKisss) for flame-retardant (FR) applications in the transportation,particularly aerospace, industries.

In particular, the company will focus on its Vinarl FRpolyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibre for military and first-responder uniforms. The company notes that this materialhas been proven over many years in Japan, and is nowselling staple and spun yarns to the broader market.

Other products will include:

the liquid-crystal polymer (LCP) fibre (Vectran);•PVA fibres (Kuralon) for geotextiles, concrete•reinforcements and battery separator materials;synthetic leathers (Clarino and Tirrenina).•

Cellulosic fibres specialist Lenzing Group will beexhibiting at TTNA after posting the best full-year resultsin the company’s history. The Lenzing, Austria-basedGroup’s revenues grew by 5.9% in the 2017 financialyear to €2.26 billion from the €2.13 billion it reportedfor 2016.

Lenzing had a busy 2017, launching several products.Visitors to its stand will be able to find out about TencelLuxe(4), a lyocell filament that it says imparts goodaesthetics, performance and comfort to fabrics. TencelLuxe filaments can be used in conjunction with silk,cashmere and wool, as their smooth surface givesfabrics a smooth feel and good drape. Further, thefilaments are naturally breathable and demonstratenotable colour fastness.

The company will also highlight viscose fibres that itclaims have the lowest environmental impact of all suchfibres (according to the Sustainable Apparel CoalitionHigg Index). The company says this sustainable viscose,called EcoVero(5), is based on three pillars: the use ofsustainable wood sources; an ecologically friendlyproduction process; full supply chain transparency. Thewood used to produce EcoVero comes from sustainableforestry plantations that are certified by associationssuch as the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

First-time TTNA exhibitor Marionette Co Inc of Atlantasells industrial sewing threads and yarns to a widevariety of industries. It has three manufacturing plantsin the USA producing a range of twisted and dyedyarns for textile and industrial applications.

A specialist in manufacturing high-qualitymonofilaments from 19 µm to 3 mm in diameter,including fine monofilaments for technicalapplications, Monosuisse was formed in 2015 viathe merger of Monotex in Sighisoara, Sider ArcF&M of Cornaredo, Italy, and Emmenbrücke-based Monosuisse.

It now has four production sites: Emmenbrücke,Switzerland; Gorzow, Poland; Sighisoara, Romania;Queretaro, Mexico, a 6850-m2 facility opened in 2016.


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Technical end-uses for the products include: screenprinting; filtration; narrow fabrics; tyre fabrics; hook-and-loop fasteners; meshes; conveyor belts; spacerfabrics; paper-machine clothing. Monosuisse alsomakes multifilaments principally for mechanical rubbergoods (MRG) and sewing threads, and aerospace andmedical applications.

The company’s standard monofilaments are made from:polyamide (PA) 6, 6.6, 6.10 and 12; polyethylene tere -phthalate (PET); polypropylene (PP). Its standardmultifilaments are PA 6.6 and PET. Monosuissealso spins several speciality polymers: co-PET;polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF); polyphenylene sulphide(PPS); polylactic acid (PLA); polyethylene naphthalate(PEN); polyoxymethylene (or acetal; POM); flame-retardant (FR) versions of PA and PET.

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Pharr Yarns (see also, inside front cover) of McAdenville,North Carolina, USA, describes itself as one of the mostdiverse spinners serving the technical textiles sector.Pharr has US manufacturing plants in the Carolinas,Georgia and California, and its Performance Divisionserves about a dozen core markets, using machinerythat spans the entire range of spinning methods.

The company supplies yarns with inherent propertiessuch as: resistance to flames, chemicals and cutting;high strength; electrostatic dissipation. Specificapplications include: protective clothing forfirefighters; work gloves for industry and the military;filtration fabrics; composites; aircraft interiors; strapsand harnesses, including those used at hightemperatures; conveyor belts; sewing thread.

Technical yarn producer The FilamentFactory GmbHof Bad Hersfeld, Germany, will exhibit at TTNA for thefirst time this year. The company was formed inNovember 2017 after a management buyout andcomprises what was Durafiber Technology’sGerman plant.

The company uses both one- and two-step productionprocesses to manufacture technical yarns frompolyethylene terephthalate (PET), polybutyleneterephthalate (PBT), polyphenylene sulphate (PPS),polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and flame-retardant (FR)PET. Its product portfolio includes high modulus lowshrinkage (HMLS), HMLS active adhesive (AA), super-low-shrink, low-shrink, regular and high-shrink PETyarns. Solution-dyed PET yarns and polylactic acid(PLA) yarns are also manufactured. PET yarns in adenier range from 11 to 8000 are possible. Yarns canalso be twisted in a range from 60 to 300 tpm.

FabricsAurora Specialty Textiles Group Inc specializes inthe coating, dyeing and finishing of knits, wovensand nonwovens. Based in Yorkville, Illinois, USA, thecompany invested in a new wide-width coating andfinishing line, which has dramatically expandedtheir ability to serve customers, in 2015. Aurorawill showcase those capabilities as well as wide-width bleaching, coating, finishing andcalendering at TTNA.

Market segments employing Aurora’s wide-widthcustom-coating technology include print media,nautical, home décor, bedding and outdoor fabrics.

“We are seeing significant interest from the homedécor and nautical sectors for our wide-width custom-coating and finishing capabilities,” says the Vice


Aurora Specialty Textiles Group Inc says that it is seeing

significant interest from the home décor and nautical

sectors for its wide-width custom coatings and finishes.

brrr° makes cooling textiles for clothing, bedding and a

variety of other products using a proprietary blend of

minerals, wicking and air-flow technologies.

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President of Aurora, Marcia Ayala. “Our ability toprovide a wide variety of finishes including [flameretardant] FR, antimicrobial and water-resistance toproducts such as bedding, draperies, boat covers andawnings has proven invaluable to our customers.”

While a regular at the shows in India and Germany,Autotech Nonwovens of Surat, India, is exhibiting atTTNA for the first time. The company was set-up in2012 in response to the need for a nonwoven feltproducer in India, and has since been able to captureover 35% of market share in the country forautomotive headliners. It also produces fabrics forparcel trays, load shelves, seatbacks, boots and sidetrim. In January 2018, the company started to exportits headliners and carpets.

Autotech has recently developed a printed headlinerfabric, which features unique patterns with a three-dimensional (3D) look. Printed nonwovens are analternative to much more expensive knitted–foam-backed headliner fabrics that are commonly used in theluxury segment. The company is the only Asiannonwovens manufacturer other than Freudenberg-Vilene to manufacture printed nonwoven headlinersin-house and the first local company to sell these in India.

Exhibiting in its home city, brrr° makes cooling textilesfor clothing, bedding and a variety of other productsusing a proprietary blend of minerals, wicking, and air-flow technologies.

The company has partnered with beddingmanufacturer Downlite to create cooling sheets andpremium activewear brand Greyson (whoseambassadors include PGA Tour golfers MorganHoffman, Luke Donald and Kelly Kraft) to make coolinggolf shirts. brrr° is also getting orders from majornational retailers, so button-down shirts and otheritems will be available at hundreds of retail locationsthis summer.

brrr° was founded in 2014 by Chief Executive Officer(CEO) Mary-Cathryn Kolb, a former executive at Spanxand TOMS shoes.

UK textile manufacturer Heathcoat of Tiverton will beable to talk about its unique technical airbag fabric

(CEtec), which was used in the D-Air Ski vest worn bymultiple gold medallists at the 2018 Winter Olympics inPyeongchang, South Korea.

Originally designed by Dainese for MotoGP (and wornby nine-time Grand Prix World Championship winnerValentino Rossi), the D-Air Ski concept was adapted toensure the safety of skiers travelling at high speeds.The vests feature seven sensors that can detect whenthe racer is losing control and about to crash. Thisprompts the protective system to automatically triggerthe internal airbag to inflate, providing protectionfor athletes.

In January 2015, Bramsche, Germany-based HeytexGroup expanded its product portfolio andgeographical reach via its acquisition of Bondcote Corpof Pulaski, Virginia, USA (now known as Heytex USA).

Using state-of-the-art technology, such as digitalprinting, Heytex makes high-quality coated andlaminated textiles for signage, tarpaulins, building andconstruction, outdoor, sports and leisure, and

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industrial applications. It has sales offices in Europe,North and South America, and China, as well asproduction facilities in Bramsche and Neugesdorf,Germany, and Zhangjiagang, China.

Through Heytex USA, the company also manufacturestechnical fabrics for the military sector and distributestechnical fabrics.

Heytex will be displaying several of its product seriesincluding, HEYcargo, HEYdoor, HEYstore, HEYtentand HEYtrax.

HEYcargo fabrics are finished with weather-resistantacrylic lacquer, which enables high printing quality ontruck tarpaulins. HEYdoor fabrics ensure that dockshelters and rolling doors can be tailor-made for thevarious needs of the fast-growing logistics sector.HEYstore fabrics are flexible and robust for largestorage containers for water, fuel and oil. HEYtentfabrics are coated and laminated fabrics for large-partytents, pavilions, storage halls and structures.

Lubrizol will be displaying coating technologies forapplications such as performance apparel, protectivetextiles, transportation fabrics, home furnishings andprinted fabrics. These include multifunctional, water-borne coating formulations that improve wearercomfort, breathability, water-repellency, flame-retardancy and appearance.

With headquarters in Wickliffe, Ohio, Lubrizol owns andoperates manufacturing facilities in 17 countries, as

well as sales and technical offices around the world.The company has approximately 8300 employeesglobally. Its revenues for 2016 were US$6.5 billion.

Norafin (see also, page 19) of Mildenau, Germany, is aspecialist in engineered fabrics, speciality and technicalnonwovens, and composites, targeting industrialmarkets such as filtration and performance apparel.

Visitors to its stand can learn about recentdevelopments, such as the range of reinforcements forroofing felts (Rotaflam Neo) the company hasdeveloped in cooperation with the compositesmanufacturer Chomarat of Le Cheylard, France.

The partners claim Rotaflam Neo offers the benefits ofboth glass and polyester (PES) fibre reinforcements andcombines the advantages of a laid scrim (strength anddimensional stability) with those of nonwovens, whichcan provide puncture-, fire- and tear-resistance in asingle layer.

Rotaflam Neo consists of a glass fibre and PES laidscrim, a nonwoven and a glass veil. Using a laid scrimthat combines glass and PES creates two benefits:owing to its intrinsic properties, the glass adds stabilityin use on a roof and during production; the PESprovides elongation and strength.

Another development has been a range of materialsfor clothing designed to protect the wearer fromelectric arcs. Sold as part of its Kommanda range,Norafin has developed these latest fabrics byincorporating an inherently flame-retardant (FR) modalfibre (Lenzing FR) from Lenzing.

Further, the company will be able to provide updateddetails of a project to develop nonwoven-based printedcircuit boards (PCBs) and actuators(6), which wereshared by Norafin’s Head of Research and Development(R&D) Marc Jolly at the Nonwovens for High PerformanceApplications (NHPA) conference held on 7–8 March 2017in Prague, Czech Republic (see also, page 45).

Finally, the second quarter of 2018 should see Norafinstart production at a new manufacturing facility inMills River, North Carolina, USA, where it maintains itsUS sales office(7).


Superior Felt & Filtration is a specialist in electrostatic,

sub-micron filtration media.

As a manufacturer of thermally and chemically bondednonwovens, Polyvlies of Hörstel-Bevergern, Germany,specializes in the use of a wide range of fibres and thefinishing techniques in order to achieve specifictechnical properties.

The addition of thermoplastic powders to createfabrics that develop adhesive properties whenexposed to heat, for instance, allows the company tocombine nonwovens with a wide range of materials.Polyvlies can also exploit its understanding ofcalendering when it requires extremely smoothsurfaces on one or both sides of a material.

Thermal bonding is achieved via the inclusion ofmeltable fibres, while chemical bonding is obtained byapplying a dispersion foam, which penetrates thematerial and hardens. In addition, the company can coatits nonwovens with a wide range of different materials.

A noticeable trend, it will say, is the increasingpreponderance of renewable materials (based on flax,hemp, kenaf, jute, sisal, wool and cotton) among thoseits customers request.

During 2016, Sandler (see also, page 13) opened thefirst manufacturing plant in the company’s 137-yearhistory to be located away from its headquarters inSchwarzenbach/Saale, Germany. Sandler NonwovenCorp now operates in Perry, Georgia, USA(8), but thathasn’t deterred the company from making furtherinvestments in Schwarzenbach/Saale, where it has alsocompleted the construction of a new €43-millionproduction plant.

Sandler’s wipes portfolio includes substrates forbabycare and cosmetics, as well as industrial andhousehold cleaning. Its recent development effortshave focused on improving the thickness and tensilestrength, compared with previous substrates, and ondifferentiation via printed and embossed designs. Inaddition, the company is using special fibre blends andextensively exploiting natural raw materials.

For the hygiene market, Sandler develops andmanufactures soft nonwovens with good fluidmanagement for fluid-handling layers and backsheets.Its new range of nonwovens for elastic closure systems

combines good extensibility in use and high stabilityduring processing.

In more durable products, nonwovens for the controlof interior acoustics (in the home, industrial buildingsand offices) continue to be a growth market, inaddition to those for thermal insulation and for avariety of applications in automobiles.

Self-supporting nonwovens for partition walls andfurniture in offices are a recent introduction and,targeting the filtration market, the company’s syntheticmedia have been engineered to meet the Europeanstandards for indoor air-quality, which were mademore stringent in 2015.

The company will also highlight other products for thetransportation, filtration and construction industries.

Superior Felt & Filtration of McHenry, Illinois, USA, isa specialist in electrostatic, sub-micron filtration media.As the North American distributor and convertor ofTechnostat, a tribo-electric filter media, Superior canprovide products for the viral, bacterial, continuous



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positive airway pressure (CPAP) and other medicalmarkets. Superior also serves the automotive,aerospace and appliance markets with themanufacturing, distribution and converting ofindustrial wool and synthetic nonwovens.

Testing and StandardsGTI Graphic Technology Inc of Newburg, New York,USA, will exhibit a range of visual colour matchingsystems from its CMlite portfolio of products.

GTI’s MiniMatcher viewing and inspection systemsprovide a compact, affordable and effective method forthe viewing and inspection of coloured products. ItsColorMatcher series is designed to help colourprofessionals evaluate and communicate colour withabsolute confidence. Five light sources provide anessential tool for visual colour-match assessment,comparison of colour variation, and detection ofmetamerism. All models comply with industry standards.

GTI’s Simultaneous Colour Viewer is designed to helpdetect metamerism and test colour harmony by allowinga visual comparison of colours under four different lightsources. For locations where a colour viewing station isnot practical, overhead luminaires provide a cost-effective solution for standardized viewing.

Proton Products of Laguna Beach, California, USA, willhighlight its compact InteliSENS SL/SLR mini Seriessensors for the nonwovens industries. These sensorscarry out the accurate, reliable non-contactdimensional measurement of moving web products.

The company says that measuring the on-line speedand length of nonwovens is particularly challenging.Conventional contacting encoders can be inaccurateowing to the uneven surface of nonwovens, slippage,surface marking, compression and dirt accumulationon the contacting wheel. The extensible properties ofnonwovens also mean that speed and draw changesduring manufacture affect the final thickness, basisweight and physical properties of the product.Therefore, accurate speed and length measurementhelp stabilize these properties to improve qualityand reduce scrap.

Proton claims that its laser Doppler measurementtechnique provides extremely accurate measurements,irrespective of the product’s surface structure, with lessroutine maintenance and recalibration thanconventional contacting wheel encoders.

National pavilionsThe High-Tex from Germany area will showcase 66companies from the German textile, textile machineryand garment technology industries. Hosted by theFederal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi) andthe Association of the German Trade Fair Industry(AUMA), the 1300-m2 exhibition will feature technicaltextiles, nonwovens, textile-processing machines,smart textiles and textiles research. Further, theexhibitors will introduce their products and services inlectures, demonstrations and multimediapresentations in the Plaza area.

Member of the Board of Zwissler Holding ofGerstetten and Exhibitor President of the participatingcompanies, Marc Lorch, says: “The USA is one of themost important export markets for Germantextile companies.”

With its Gertex and Zoeppritex divisions, zwissTex allof Gestetten (see also, page 15) will present the latestfabrics and technologies for laminating, backing andcoating, primarily for the automotive sector.

Südwolle of Nuremberg will show a range oftechnical yarns.

At Kufner of Munich, visitors will find insoles and willbe able to hear about the company’s work with smart


GTI Graphic Technology Inc will exhibit a range of visual

colour-matching systems from its CMlite range of products.



textiles, such as its XShield textile, which providesprotection against electromagnetic radiation andunauthorized access to radio-frequency identification(RFID) data on credit cards. Luxury brand Esquire hasrecently launched the Card Safe wallet based on thetechnology as ‘the most secure wallet in the world’.Kufner’s patented THS textile heating systems aremeanwhile already employed by leading automotivemanufacturers such as Audi and BMW, but also provingattractive for integration into apparel, such asworkwear and functional sportswear.

At Techtextil in Frankfurt, Germany, on 9–12 May 2017,Kufner launched its TIP (textile innovation products)brand(8) to promote various new textile-based productsfor a variety of applications, the first of which is atransport security system, developed with cooperationpartner go11save. This is a cut-resistant fabric fittedwith sensors and a global positioning system (GPS).The company will no doubt reveal more developmentsat TTNA.

Flame-resistant textiles will be shown by Pyrotex ofHamburg, Germany. At the last TTNA in Atlanta (3–5 May 2016), the company unveiled a pile fabricdeveloped to meet new stringent fire regulations forupholstery on public transportation(9).

Meanwhile, start-up company Lunative Laboratoriesof Hamburg will show a hooded sweatshirt enhancedwith light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

The USA and China will also have national pavilions.

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Further informationMachinery and equipmentPetra Wolf, Group Finance, Corporate Communications &Investor Relations Assistant, Andritz AG.Tel: +43 (316) 6902-2722. Fax: +43 (316) 6902-465.Email: [email protected];http://www.andritz.com

Jutta Soell, Head of Marketing, Autefa SolutionsGermany GmbH. Tel: +49 (821) 2608-138. Fax: +49 (821) 2608-299. Email: [email protected]; http://www.autefa.com

Marion Rüesch, Corporate Marketing, Benninger AG. Tel: +41 (71) 955-8511. Fax: +41 (71) 955-8747. Email: [email protected];http://www.benningergroup.com

Luca Querci, Managing Director, Cormatex. Tel: +39 (0574) 650922. Fax: +39 (0574) 720134. Email: [email protected];http://www.cormatex.it

Johann Dilo, General Manager, DiloMachines GmbH. Tel: +49 (6271) 940-0. Fax: +49 (6271) 711-42. Email: [email protected];http://www.dilo.de

Klaus Baumann, Sales Division Manager (Textile),Erhardt+Leimer GmbH. Tel: +49 (821) 2435-0.Email: [email protected];http://www.erhardt-leimer.com

Heike Kollmann, Head of Marketing, Georg Sahm GmbH & Co KG. Tel: +49 (5651) 804-102. Fax: +49 (5651) 804-272. Email: [email protected]; http://www.sahmwinder.de

Birte Kleefisch, Corporate Communications, Groz-Beckert KG. Tel: +49 (7431) 10-2277. Fax: +49 (7431) 10-62277. Email: [email protected]; http://www.groz-beckert.com

Karel Lansu, Director Marketing and Sales, Klieverik Heli BV.Tel: +31 (541) 511155. Fax: +31 (541) 520545.Mobile/cellular: +31 (6) 53471369.Email: [email protected]; http://www.klieverik.com

Sabine Wannagat, Central Marketing & Communication,

Lindauer Dornier GmbH.

Tel: +49 (8382) 703-376. Fax: +49 (8382) 703-17376.


Britta Sköck-Hartmann, Product Management

Composite Systems, Lindauer Dornier GmbH.

Tel: +49 (8383) 703-1626.

Email: [email protected];

https://www.lindauerdornier.com

Klaus Heinrichs, A. Monforts

Textilmaschinen GmbH & Co KG.

Tel: +49 (2161) 401-299. Fax: +49 (2161) 401-11299.


http://monforts.de

Greg George, Principal, Nonwoven

Machinery USA LLC.

Tel: +1 (706) 936-2495.


Helena Teuwsen, Marketing, Olbrich.

Tel: +49 (2871) 283-163.


http://www.olbrich.com

Erwin Devloo, Marketing Communication

Manager, Picanol NV.

Tel: +32 (57) 222090. Mobile/cellular: +32 (475) 443279.


Filips Lombaert, Global Market Manager Technical

Textiles, Picanol.

Tel: +32 (57) 222111. Fax: +32 (57) 222248.


http://www.picanol.be

Jaime Bartholomai, Internal Sales & Marketing Manager,

Stoll America Knitting Machinery.

Tel: +1 (212) 398-3869, x 151.

Mobile (cellular): +1 (215) 850-3764. Fax: +1 (212) 921-7639.


http://stollamerica.com

Beat Mathis, Chief Executive Officer,

Werner Mathis AG.

Tel: +41 (44) 852-5041. Fax: +41 (44) 850-6707.


http://www.mathisag.com



FibresBekaert nvTel: +32 (9) 365-7111.Email: [email protected]; or:[email protected]://www.metalfibers.bekaert.com

Dominique Quintal, Vice-President Sales andMarketing, FilSpec. Tel: +1 (819) 573-8709. Mobile (cellular): +1 (514) 497-9279.Email: [email protected];http://www.filspec.com

Forrest Sloan, Manager, International Marketing, Vectran Fiber Division, Kuraray America Inc. Tel: +1 (804) 748-4146. Mobile (cellular): +1 (804) 654-0010. Fax: +1 (803) 547-5888.Email: [email protected]; http://www.kuraray.us.com

Waltraud Kaserer, Vice President CorporateCommunications & Investor Relations, Lenzing AG. Tel: +43 (7672) 701-2713. Mobile (cellular): +43 (664)8131-834. Fax: +43 (7672) 918-2713. Email: [email protected];http://www.lenzing.com

Sameer Patel, Marionette Co Inc.Tel: +1 (470) 443-0701. Fax: +1 (404) 481-2729. Email: [email protected]; http://www.marionetteco.com

Werner Häller, Chief Operating Officer, Monosuisse AG. Tel: +41 (41) 414-7101. Email: [email protected]; http://www.monosuisse.com

Mike Strader, New Business Innovation Manager, Pharr Yarns LLC. Tel: +1 (704) 823-2411. Mobile (cellular): +1 (704) 914-6389. Fax: +1 (704) 823-2461. Email: [email protected]; http://www.pharryarns.com

Paul Robinson, Sales Director Americas, TheFilamentFactory LLC.Mobile (cellular): +1 (704) 430-8114.Email: [email protected];http://www.tff.global

FabricsDan LaTurno, President, Aurora.

Tel: +1 (800) 864-0303. Fax: +1 (630) 708-5208.


http://auroratextile.com

Punit Sirohia, Senior Manager, Business Development,

Autotech Nonwovens.

Mobile: +91 (9) 7128-37783.


http://www.autotechnonwovens.com

Erin Innis, Communications Manager, brrrº.

Tel: +1 (407) 454-0614.


https://brrr.com

Philip Wignall, Business Manager, Heathcoat Fabrics.

Tel: +44 (1884) 254949. Fax: +44 (1884) 244332.


http://www.heathcoat.co.uk

Alayna Radford, Marketing Communications Manager,

Heytex USA.

Tel: +1 (540) 980-4461, x 378.


http://www.heytex.com

Mike Heil, Marketing, Lubrizol.

Tel: +1 (216) 447-5176.

http://www.lubrizol.com

Marc Jolly, Head of Research and Development, Norafin

Industries (Germany) GmbH.


Kerstin Knorr, Marketing, Norafin Industries

(Germany) GmbH.

Tel: +49 (3733) 5507-266.


http://www.norafin.com

Dörthe Westermann, Marketing, Polyvlies.

Tel: +49 (5459) 9310-0.


http://www.polyvlies.de

Miriam Häublein, Group Manager Marketing, Sandler AG.

Tel: +49 (9284) 60-100. Fax: +49 (9284) 60-205.


http://www.sandler.de

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Jason Alshanski, System Administrator, SuperiorFelt & Filtrations. Tel: +1 (815) 759-1234. Email: [email protected];https://www.superiorfelt.com

Standards and testingBrian Wolfenden, Field Marketing Manager, GTI GraphicTechnology Inc.Tel: +1 (845) 562-7066.Email: [email protected];http://www.gtilite.com

Ray Shead, Sales and Marketing Manager, Proton Products.Tel: +1 (909) 485-1598. Email: [email protected];http://www.protonproducts.com

National pavilionsKirsten Adler, Head of Global Marketing, KufnerHolding GmbH.Tel: +49 (89) 72496-345.Email: [email protected]

Dr Isa Hofmann, Media agency for KufnerHolding GmbH.Tel: +49 (611) 890 59-640.Email: [email protected];http://www.kufner.com

Stefan Henzgen, Managing Director,Lunative Laboratories.Tel: +49 (4101) 7778-15.Email: [email protected];http://lunativelab.com

PyroTex Fibers GmbH. Tel: +49 (40) 556136-39. Fax: +49 (40) 556136-81. Email: [email protected];http://www.pyro-tex.de

Suedwolle GmbH & Co.KGTel:+49 (911) 504-800. Fax: +49 (911) 504-555.Email: [email protected];http://www.suedwollegroup.com

zwissTEX GmbH.Tel: +49 (7323) 8233. Fax: +49 (7323) 8257.Email: [email protected];http://www.zwisstex.com

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