At the fast approaching SPINEXPO New York show, leading seamless knitting machine builder Santoni will focus on its seamless activewear, casual and sportswear collections.

"As everyone is aware, the worldwide trends for apparel are increasingly requiring clothes that combine comfort with hygiene and well-being both in one's leisurewear, daily workwear and in the field of active sports and fitness exercise," the Brescia, Italy based machine builder says.

"In the collection of sportswear items, that we will concentrate on shows not only the use of natural yarns as well as synthetic ones but also those for obtaining what is required by the technical targets."

This, Santoni says, demonstrates that Seamless is the ideal way to construct garments including the following characteristics:

• Moisture management for evaporation of perspiration
• Padding thicknesses for greater body protection
• Venting to remove heat from specific areas
• Thermal pockets strategically placed to trap body heat, again in specific areas

According to Santoni, these are first layer items that have a soft hand and are pleasant in contact with the skin. All of these garments have all the inherent seamless technology features in order to make openwork fabric. "It permits the effective control and management of perspiration, whilst maintaining an attractive garment appearance. Santoni says.

Santoni will also show products in the second layer category that are heavier items which incorporate body mapping technology.

"We exhibit also show some polos and sweaters made in natural fibres of wool and cotton as well as in plated fabrics combined with synthetic yarn like polyester," Santoni says adding:

"These sweaters are of great interest because they are in the finest gauges and produced at a very high productivity rate with the possibility of fabric knit structures in the latest fashion trends."

Still an innovation, even if already presented last year, is a collection made on the company's warp knitting machine. According to Santoni, the major apparel brands are always interested in warp fabrics due to two inherent characteristics, breathability and non-run.

"These warp garments ‘free of any seams' and produced in the futuristic ‘entire garment' way with the least possible post-knitting finishing operations required, are particularly appreciated. Another feature of great interest in our sportswear warp collection is the combination of mesh areas, body mapping with compression and support areas," the Italian company says.

The company says that all of these features show very promising potential especially in the specific athletic or active types of sports clothing.

SPINEXPO New York

18/19/20 July 2011

Metropolitan Pavilion & Altman Building - New York

Featuring new developments for Autumn/Winter 2012/13

www.spinexpo.com