Groz-Beckert, the leading provider of industrial machine needles, has welcomed more than 10,000 guests from 85 countries at its stand at the ITMA 2015 international exhibition of textile machinery exhibition that took place from 12-19 November in Milan.

Most of the visitors interested in the company’s expertise came from Italy (11.5%), India (10.2%), Turkey (10.1%) and Germany (9.5%). The exhibition hosted about 123,000 visitors from 147 countries overall during the seven days of the event.

Commitment to sustainability

The ITMA 2015 set its focus on innovative solutions that enable sustainable development. Groz-Beckert presented itself under the motto Living in a Textile World and took the visitors on a journey through the textile worlds of the company.

Groz-Beckert used its exhibits and video clips to demonstrate that it is possible to save resources and to have an improvement in productivity at the same time by choosing and using intelligent products. The focus was on the customer benefits, the company reports.

Alongside video clips Groz-Beckert chose realistic seeming textile machinery made of acrylic glass for product presentation for the fields of knitting, weaving, felting, tufting, carding and sewing. For each product area acrylic glass machines and exhibits were prepared and equipped with the company's products. This made the area of application visible, for example, the knitting machine needles and system parts and their perfectly matched interaction.

Presentations

In this context, the first presentation of the knitting needle LightSpeed Plus was one of the highlights. By using this needle type it is said to be possible to reduce the energy consumption up to 20% compared to conventional needles. Another novelty was the presentation of the new product range Carding, who was first represented on a booth of Groz-Beckert.

Weaving segment presented its comprehensive offer for the weaving industry. The area of Felting focused in its presentation on product solutions for filtration and the Tufting sector showed the enhanced Gauge Part System, consisting of tufting needle, grippers, reed fingers and cutter.

In addition to product innovations and new developments, Groz-Beckert also presented a completely new booth concept and a new corporate design at ITMA 2015.

Groz-Beckert

Groz-Beckert is the leading provider of industrial machine needles, precision parts and fine tools, as well as systems and services for the production and joining of textile fabrics.

The company’s products and services support the fields of knitting, weaving, felting, tufting, carding and sewing. Groz-Beckert operates with agencies, production and distribution subsidiaries in more than 150 countries. The family-owned company, founded in 1852, employed nearly 7,700 people and generated a turnover of around EUR 570 million. in 2014.

www.groz-beckert.com