New KARL MAYER ML series upgrades the production of lace
On the one hand, standard lace is one of the essential ingredients in the successful repertoires of lingerie and clothing manufacturers. On the other hand, these delicate fabrics are among those textiles that are subject to the rapidly changing trends of the fashion world, which make increasingly stringent demands of the production technology. Above all, the demand is for the efficient production of even short runs, short changeover times and flexible patterning possibilities – and all this must be achieved for the lowest possible purchasing price.
KARL MAYER has reorganised the set-up of its ML series of machines so that it can optimally support those customers who operate on the fast-moving lace market with its extreme cost constraints.
As of the first quarter of 2012, all the electronic Multibar Lace machines can be bought from KARL MAYER China, and machine types ML 41, ML 34 and ML 46 will be available.
This shift in production should enable the KARL MAYER Group to network all its regional centres of excellence in the best possible way. Whilst the production, quality assurance and development departments at the company’s headquarters, with their many years of know-how and expertise in the manufacture of fully electronic Multibar Lace machines, will always be on hand, the Wujin site will profit from its geographical location close to the market and its advantageous business conditions.
All the models in the ML machine series are equipped with the KAMCOS computer platform, electronic guide bar control, and the high-performance, high-precision string bar system for patterning. These features place the Multibar Lace machines at the cutting edge of KARL MAYER’s lace production technology.
These three models in the low- and middle-bar sector can cater for the entire production spectrum typical of the mechanically controlled machines in the previous series, but they also offer a number of important advantages. The old type of multibar raschel machines were based on the principles of control by pattern chains or summation drives, and have been an established feature of the market for decades. The latest generation of Multibar Lace machines now enables the users to replace their existing technology with this new technology.
Above all, anyone buying the modern ML models will be able to profit from a much higher level of productivity for their investment compared to the mechanically controlled machines. If the speed is considered as a function of the purchasing price, then the potential for optimisation is even higher. Depending on the lapping and the type of yarns used, the speed can be increased to 900 min-1, which represents more than a 100% increase in performance compared to the previous models in the SU series and the chain-controlled machines.
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Chinese textile machinery exports zoom
Reflecting a positive trend, textile machinery exports from China surged significantly during first three quarters of the current year.
As per the National Bureau of Statistics of China data, textile machinery exports grew at a year-on-year rate of 33.04 percent to touch US$ 1.65 billion during the period.
Knitting machinery turned out to be the largest contributor with a share of 29.06 percent in textile machinery exports and clocked US$ 480 million, up a stupendous 35.95 percent, which however fell 12.12 percent, when compared with first two quarter of 2011.
Next to knitting machinery, auxiliary equipment and parts, chemical fibre machinery, nonwoven fabric machinery, dyeing, finishing and post-treatment machinery, weaving machinery, spinning machinery and weaving preparation machinery largely contributed to textile machinery exports from the country.
China shipped its textile machinery to 165 countries during the period, with Japan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Indonesia being the top five importers, accounting for around 50.16 percent of total exports.
Further, as revealed by the Bureau’s statistics for 676 textile machinery manufacturers, the domestic industry produced RMB 77.49 billion or US$ 12.26 billion worth of textile machines during the review period, a 28.48 percent hike from a year ago.
According to experts, such a significant rise in country’s textile machinery sales volume is attributable to the extra efforts made by the textile businesses towards fine-tuning their product portfolio’s rising labour costs.
This kindled the demand for upgrading and substituting the existing textile machinery with new automatic, high speed, continuous, intelligent machines with better production capacity.
Moreover, during 2010, the textile machinery suppliers fell short of meeting the demand, due to which, some of the orders were carried forward to this year.
However, in the second half of the year, particularly after October, comparatively less number of fresh orders have been booked by these textile machinery producers.
Uzbek textile sector to invest in machinery production
Textile enterprises in Uzbekistan would be investing US$ 7.5 million in manufacturing of modern equipment to enhance production and develop new types of competitive products for the industry.
The new machinery would include carding and tape equipment and knitting machines. These would be produced in collaboration with German company Terot and Swiss firm Rieter AG, both world leaders in design and manufacture of machinery.
Moreover, manufacturing of hosiery machines would be set up in Farghona region of the country in association with South Korean company TMC.
While Uzbek companies will fund 20 percent of the investment, 40 percent will be raised through loans from Uzbek banks, while the rest 40 percent would be availed form foreign banks.
Around 250 textile industries are functioning in the country, of which 195 are small and private enterprises, according to O’zbekyengilsanoat, the state-owned company tasked with promotion of high quality and competitive goods of light industry in domestic and export markets.
During January-September 2011, fabric production in Uzbekistan increased by 33.6 percent year-on-year to 943,000 sq m. Similarly, the production of knitted items rose by 7.8 percent y-o-y to 51.8 million pieces, while 851,400 pairs of stockings were produced, showing a growth rate of 89.2 percent y-o-y.
The total garment production during the nine-month period was worth UZS 39.5 billion.
Currently, around 150 investment projects are being implemented in Uzbek textile industry. The majority of investors are from Turkey, who account for 32 percent of the total investment in the sector. South Korea, United Kingdom, India and Russia account for 24 percent, 12 percent, 11 percent and 5 percent respectively of the total investment in the Uzbek textile sector
Fibre2fashion News Desk – India
