Picanol India, has completed one year of operations on January 1, 2009 after having opened three offices – head office in Delhi, followed by one office each in Mumbai and Coimbatore.

Peass is one of the most respected Indian textile machinery manufacturers since 1962. Building on decades of experience and from collaborations with various global technology leaders in textile machinery manufacturing, Peass now offers a wide range of machines with state-of-the-art technology at “Value For Money” prices.

Aitex was founded in 1985 by the Valencian government through the Valencian Institute for Small & Medium Sized Industries (IMPIVA).

Trishul Associates, a company incorporated in 1985 began operation as authorised representatives of various global and domestic manufactures of textile machinery spares with supply network all over India. Its service supports yarn manufactures using various textile machines for manufacturing cotton, synthetic & worsted yarns.

Technopak Advisors announced that the company has signed a reseller agreement with New Generation Computing, one of the world’s leading retail, textile, and apparel software solutions firm.

Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK), a leading provider of industrial automation, control and information solutions, signed a strategic partnership agreement recently with the Hebei Provincial Development and Reform Commission.

Rieter is now present on the internet with a new, optimised website. Featuring an Open Source Content Management System, this website enables Rieter’s extensive internet data to be updated and managed more simply and cost-effectively.

Veit GmbH received the HUGO BOSS award “Supplier of the Year 2008” – highly renowned in the textiles industry – in Izmir at the end of October. At the festive event with 300 invited guests, general manager Guenter Veit and the company’s Turkish representative Cahit Tas gladly accepted the trophy.

Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials—textiles, leather, industrial fabrics, and composite materials– today announced the appointment of Roy Shurling as president of Lectra North America. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, and reporting directly to Lectra’s chief executive officer, Daniel Harari, Shurling will assume responsibility for all Lectra business in North America, which covers the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Within the framework of the SWISS INNOVATION FORUM held in November in Basel, coldblack®, the latest Schoeller® technology, was honoured as one of nine outstanding Swiss developments. The Swiss Technology Award is the leading technology and innovation prize in Switzerland.

The Lenzing Group successfully completed a comprehensive extension program at its Heiligenkreuz site in Austria and started production on schedule. A total investment of EUR 25 million extended production capacity for high-quality TENCEL® fibres by 10,000 tons to almost 50,000 tons annually.

Marks & Spencer (M&S), the largest textile chain in the UK with shops and franchises in over 34 countries around the world and renowned for their high quality standards has joined forces with SANITIZED AG, the world-wide leading specialist for antimicrobial hygiene protection, and are jointly launching their first product.

Today India belongs beside China and Turkey to the biggest manufacturers of textile and clothing articles of the world. During the last 15 years the traditionally strong textile industry in India has made an enormous development to one of the most interesting and promising global world suppliers.

Around one year from the announcement of the new strategic co-operation between Schoeller Technologies AG (patent holder, branding, marketing) and Clariant International Ltd (production, world-wide sales, know-how transfer, quality assurance), the high quality NanoSphere® finishing technology is proving to be on the right course.

The well-known European textile group, Fezko Thierry as in Strakonice in the Czech republic, manufactures upmarket industrial fabrics. With the additional system supplied by Mahlo, the company is now able to improve the satisfaction of its customers, who are mainly suppliers of the automotive industry.

The delivery of the 300th automatic drawing-in system type DELTA 100/110 took place early 2008 and was installed at Nazar Textile Industry Co, located in Kahramanmaras, Turkey. Nazar is a producer of high fashion cotton fabric for shirting and outerwear whose products are mainly exported to European countries.

Oerlikon Textile, a segment of the Oerlikon Group and a leading manufacturer of textile machinery and equipment, renewed the co-operation with the “Institute for Textile Technology at RWTH Aachen”, Germany and continues the mutual scholarship programme for two more years.

On 1st December 2008, Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH, Obertshausen, signed the contract to take over the Weaving Preparation Division of Benninger AG in Uzwil. In future, it will operate under the name of Karl Mayer Textilmaschinen AG.