TMAS Members Secure Significant Orders At ITMA 2023

Several members of the Swedish Textile Machinery Association (TMAS) launched new products, secured significant orders, while also announcing a range of new initiatives.

One new initiative includes – Plan Zero, which is a new cross-industry cluster of disruptive companies formed by TMAS member, Imogo with Revozona from Switzerland and Pluvia from Turkey.

Together, the three companies will provide complete lines, with Imogo’s spray dyeing technology.

This will be complemented by ozone gas pre-treatment and bleaching and highly efficient after-treatment, to substantially contribute to the global net-zero targets set by the textile industry.

Baldwin showed the TexCoat G4, a non-contact spray technology for textile finishing and remoistening not only reduces water, chemicals and energy consumption.

TexCoat G4 also provides the flexibility to adapt to a customer’s requirements in terms of single and double-sided finishing applications.

TexCoat G4 can also reduce water consumption by as much as 50 percent compared to traditional padding application processes.

Another Swedish exhibitor Coloreel which recently secured its 100th patent and has taken its instant embroidery thread colouration system to the next level, with a new multi-thread software option.

This opens up new options for designs with special effect threads such as frosted, metallic or neon colours.

Coloreel’s technology, which is based on applying dye directly to the thread as it passes through the unit, resulting in precise and vibrant colours.

This was demonstrated on integrated embroidery systems in partnership with Germany’s ZSK at the Milan show and is also now integrated into the software of Tajima Software Solutions.

ACG Kinna and ACG Nowo have developed a complete process for robotic pillow filling which they demonstrated at ITMA 2023.

With the ability to fill and finish some 3,840 pillows in an eight-hour shift, demonstrations of the system drew huge and appreciative crowds to witness seamless fibre handling, filling, sewing and packing.

Automatex too, demonstrated a sewing and assembly unit for the fully finished production of consumer bags.

The system is configured to carry out automated hemming, handle insertion, cutting, labelling, bag forming and gusset forming, which all previously had to be carried out manually, to produce some 540 units an hour.

Further automated concepts were demonstrated by Eltex of Sweden, Eton Systems and Svegea.

“ITMA 2023 really was an upbeat and positive experience and our members now have much to build on from re-acquaintances with customers and many new relationships established during the show,” TMAS SG, Premler-Andersson said.