Terrot at the 25th International Knitting, Embroidery, Hosiery Machines, Side Industries and Accessories Fair (Tuyap), May 14-18, 2008, Convention and Congress Center, Beylikdüzu Istanbul.

Circular knitting machine builder Terrot GmbH has reported positive results from the Tuyap exhibition held earlier this month in Istanbul

Terrot participated in the TÜYAP exhibition because of the importance of the Turkish market for textile machinery suppliers and because of Istanbul’s proximity to customers in neighbouring countries as Iran, Russia, Ukraine, Syria and others. The Chemnitz based company showed four circular knitting machines which met the interest of visitors, who were mostly mill managers and owners and who discussed in detail, investments for 2008 and later.

S296-1 Open width, single jersey high production with a new compact open width frame

The backbone of the Turkish knitting industry is still the single knit open width market for which Terrot designed a very simple to handle new machine was delivered directly from the fair to a well known knitting mill with a long tradition in this business. As early as 1999 in Paris, Terrot was the first company to introduce a single jersey circular knitting machine where tubular fabric was cut and wound-up in open form directly on the machine.

S6F348-Single jersey 6-colour striper machine

The new 6-colour striper S6F348 was shown to customers with the special Terrot speed-up function, which increases the output of striped fabrics by up to 20 % when the design uses the same colours over more than two revolutions. Terrot invented the striper technology for circular knitting machines in 1950.

UCC548T-Electronically controlled jacquard double-jersey machine with transfer technique

With the UCC548T very low weight fabrics with transfer designs for lingerie can be produced. These fabrics are in demand by high fashion producers because of the special optical surface of the fabrics with holes in unlimited designs. This transfer machine is well proven over many years and it is available up to 18gg in 30 and 34 inch diameters

The UCC548T is equipped with transfer needles in the cylinder with lateral springs. Two knitting feeders are followed by one transfer feeder where the cylinder needles are individually selected to transfer the stitches from the cylinder into the dial needle. The UCC548T can knit rib fabrics with delayed timing or jacquard in synchronized timing. Transfer-Rib and transfer-Jacquard are possible with elastane. The UCC548T meets the requirement in the market for flexible and productive full jacquard transfer machines in real 3-way technique.

UCC572M-Electronically controlled jacquard double-jersey machine

The UCC572M is the most productive knitting machine for the production of mattress tickings and this machine was the centre of attention amongst visitors because these fabrics are enjoying strong growth in the market in recent years. According to Terrot, with its new 90 feeders, this UCC572M will be in a class by itself with a productivity increase of 50% and nearly 30 kg/h production output. A Terrot spokesperson told Knitting Industry: “The 3-way technique on all 90 feeders permits knitting for numerous applications such as mesh, spacer, and blister. The versatility of this UCC572 is unmatched in the market place.”

Terrot circular knitting machines have been supplied to Turkey since around 1920 and over 10,000 Terrot machines are said to be in the market. Terrot expects that Turkey will remain a strong supplier of textiles to the world market because of quality, efficiency and the quality of Turkish management.

About Terrot

“Perfect circular knitting technology combined with the finest Terrot knitted fabrics “is, according to Terrot, the culmination of well-developed machine engineering designed to sharpen the competitive edge of Terrot’s international customer base.

The company is keen to emphasize the the name Terrot stands for quality and top performance in the construction of electronically and mechanically controlled circular knitting machines around the world. Maximum efficiency and an outstanding cost-to-performance ratio, combined with truly universal application and operating convenience: These are the objectives at the forefront of Terrot’s machine design and development work.

When he founded Terrot in 1862, Charles Terrot was laying the foundations for a great idea - an idea which has lost none of its validity today. The roots of the small easily manageable young company were firmly anchored in a foundation of quality, precision and customer orientation. The same firm foundation remains the solid basis for the internationally active corporation Terrot has become today.

In 2006 the new owners of Terrot decided to move the headquarters to the location of its manufacturing Chemnitz. Thus the oldest manufacturer of circular knitting machines now operates with 145 employees on one site.

Terrot relies on a team of seasoned and committed experts to turn 146 years of tradition in the construction of knitting machines into innovative products which address the needs of today's marketplace. With developments for ever expanding fields of application and effective production to address market demands coupled with maximum customer acceptance.

An elaborate system of quality controls and the use of state-of-the-art electronic engineering help Terrot’s customers to keep abreast of the pace of market change. Terrot’s range encompasses mechanically and electronically controlled single and double jersey circular knitting machines with a large range of different gauges and diameters.

Terrot machines have proven their outstanding reliability in day-to-day production in knitting factories the world over. The machines are designed to be particularly user-friendly and easy to operate. All machine components are produced and assembled in compliance with the strictest standards of quality and process reliability. Each Terrot machine which leaves the factory is subjected to careful monitoring and complies with the very highest standards of German engineering at its best.

The high-quality knits produced on Terrot machines are used in the field of fashion outerwear and underwear, functional sports and leisure wear and increasingly also for technical applications. Today, there is endless scope for imaginative design from the latest fashion outerwear through to high-tech textiles, backing material for coatings and roof linings for whole car series. Some of the biggest brand names choose to manufacture their products on Terrot circular knitting machines. All Terrot customers are able to rely on an international network of dealers, Terrot branches and service centres.

Terrot’s commercial success and therefore also the success of its customers is determined largely by the success of its continuous improvement policy, service processes and internal procedures. The continuous improvement of the company’s efficiency is an essential corporate objective, safeguarding its ability to address the needs of its customers as and when required.