Knitwear

Sample No:         i0672 Machine:            SSG122SV 07 Yarns:               Viscose 40%, wool 35%, angora 20%, cashmere 5%,                         2/26x2, nylon 92%, lycra 8% 20/70dx1   WideGauge Knitting Shima’s SSG 122SV features WideGauge capability that allows a variety of gauges to be knit on a single machine. Shima says that this allows the freedom to handle changing seasons and shifting trends without investing in a machine for

For the 2008 edition of Simatex, which will take place next November in Buenos Aires, ACIMIT (Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers) and ICE (Italian Institute for Foreign Trade) have organized a Meeting Point, which will host more than 10 Italian textile machinery manufacturers. Visitors to the show will find the most up-to-date Italian technologies in the spinning, weaving, knitting and finishing sectors. Argentina’s textiles industry has gon

When Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) opened its new product suitcase at Spin Expo in Shanghai two weeks ago it revealed a comprehensive collection of knitwear product and technology innovations called Merino Touch. AWI's new Merino Touch collection is soft, natural and trans-seasonal, providing ultimate comfort through three innovative ranges: Mercerised Merino adds an enhanced luxury and comfort to the natural performance of Australian Merino, creating

As the largest textile producer in the world, China is obviously one of the most important markets for any textile machine manufacturer, and for Shima Seiki,  ITMA Asia + CITME 2008 presented an opportunity for the company to re-emphasize its position as leader in flatbed knitting machine technology. Despite the effects on China of the economic downturn in the U.S., Shima still sees continued opportunities in the Chinese knitting industry. Rising wages and labour

28 – 30 November 2008, China Friendship Conference Centre, Dhaka - Bangladesh With exports of knitwear from Bangladesh reaching new heights, KNIT+TEX Bangladesh 2008 International Expo organized by CEMS INDIA, CEMS USA and BKMEA (Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association) is well timed. Total investments in the sector reached US$ 2 billion recently and the show will be a good opportunity for machine builders to promote their goods and services

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) believes the USA fashion industry is ready to embrace the relaunched Woolmark brands following a trade mission by senior executives. AWI's strategic adviser, Rob Langtry and Regional General Manager for the Americas, Edwin Nazario, met with more than a dozen major retailers in New York over three days and said their reaction to the new branding had been so positive that several have already made commitments for the coming seasons. A

Applicant: UNIV MANCHESTER (GB) Inventor: DIAS TILAK (GB); COOKE WILLIAM (GB); FERNANDO ANURA (GB) Abstract of US7421860There is disclosed a knitting machine comprising: at least one knitting needle; at least one positive yarn feed device for feeding yarn to said at least one knitting needle; needle monitoring means for providing information relating to the at least one knitting needle during the course of a knitting operation; and a controller for controlling the operation of the positive ya

Applicant: SHIMA SEIKI MFG (JP) Inventor: MIYAMOTO MASAKI (JP) Abstract of EP1959041 The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for cutting and holding a warp in a weft knitting machine that can appropriately cut even a knitted fabric knitted with a warp fed from a warp insertion mechanism, and can hold the end yarn after the cutting. In a weft knitting machine (1) in which a warp (4) can be inserted, a cut target portion (14) is formed to intersect the warp (4) while reciprocating at

Take two identical garments – both attributed to the same designer. It is impossible to distinguish between the two articles. The same fabric was used, the same colour, the same pattern. Even the label looks the same… However one is real – the other one is a fake. Which one is which? AgResearch is today demonstrating for the first time how this world-first technology can detect a fake designer garment. The textile tracing system, called Verifi

Applicant: MURATA MACHINERY LTD (JP); SHIMA SEIKI MFG (JP) Inventor: HATAKEYAMA YASUNORI (JP); NAKAI KENJI (JP); MINAKATA KATSUJI (JP) Abstract of EP1959042 An objective of the present invention is to provide a yarn piecing method and device useful when used for sequentially selectinganyof plural types of yarns different in color or suchlike, and supplying them to a yarn feeding device in a knitting machine. In the present invention, two yarns Y1 and Y4 to be pieced are accommodated and clamp