The British textile machinery manufacturers, which has an important role for the Turkish textile sector in supplying machinery, has a vital place in the world that lies in its historical and economic roots. Since 1733 with James Kay’s invention of the flying shuttle, increasing the speed of fabric woven and in 1764, Jonathan Hargreaves’sinvention of the spinning jenny, spinning 8 reels at the same time, where as also since the first steam-powered textile mill was established in the UK, the British textile machinery manufacturers, still continuing with their innovative activities, in 1940 came together under the name British Textile Machinery Manufacturers Association (BTMA). Being a non-profit organization, they are undertaking the task of creating a bridge between their members and textile manufacturers.
From scanning, spinning, weaving, knitting, tufting and nonwovens production to advanced coloring, finishing and printing techniques currently used in the textile production process, where as today all of them manufactured under British licensees, BTMA has shouldered the responsibility in promoting the textile machinery manufactured by the British throughout the world. Participating in fairs in order to achieve this, BTMA has already increased its influence in India and China.
A Traditional Structure Creating A Strong Future
Alan Little, the President of BTMA, who has undertaken this mission many years ago, stated that as an association, they were facilitating activities, under the traditional structure of the British textile machinery manufacturers for the aim to create a strong future for England where as to continue in operating the legacy of their large textile machineries. Mr. Little stated that the machinery that was used by their members for production and their inventions was used all over the world, adding that the British textile machinery manufacturers were a global leader in the area of quality control, testing and auditing.
Mr. Little expressed that 2014 had been extremely fruitful in terms of their business and explained that during this period their member’s exports had increased by 34 percent. Indicating that the largest increase has been occurred in China, Mr. Little said that the textile producers were no longer only taking in to consideration the power and the efficiency of the machines, but also were placing importance in the availability of spare parts and services. Emphasizing that their members were very sensitive upon this issue, Mr. Little stated that they were continuously working for ensuring to provide the best quality of service and spare parts with consistency.
Adaptive Control Solutions
Adaptive Control Solutions, offering computer-based automation solutions for the dyeing and finishing industry, with each passing day is increasing its market share by their developments undertaken through innovative technologies. The Adaptive EPC and APC control units produced under the field of dyes and dyeing systems, is providing developed control opportunities to the textile sector, by using the advantages of powerful VB.NET programming tools combined with touch screen technologies. In addition, as well as offering inventory stock control systems while also providing third-party solution managements systems, offering administrative solutions to the textile industry, Adaptive stands front with the reporting system it has developed with regard to the Textile Materials Health Regulations (COSHH), faced by the companies exporting to England.
AmbaProjex
AmbaProjex, providing solutions in the field of textile industry, with its 30 years of experience, is operating under the manufacturing of technical textile and composite machinery. Amba working in the area of customized machinery designing, production and supply according to the customer’s needs, at the same time also provides consultancy services to the textile manufacturers.
Advanced Dyeing Solutions
Advanced Dyeing Solutions manufacturing spare parts for the worlds leading package dyeing machinery users Thies, Pegg, Obermaier, Then, Schlavos, ATYC, Bellini and Roaches, has been offering service since 35 years. Advanced Dyeing Solutions’ products, exported to nearly every part of the world, are all manufactured under the international BS, ISO, AATCC, ASTM, DIN and JIS standardization’s.
Ascotex
Ascotex, for more than 40 years manufacturing accessories for textile machinery, is serving the industry with its extensive product portfolio. Ascotex, producing ceramic yarn guides, fiber finishing agent applicators, twist stopper and shaft guides, metal thread guides and tension discs, yarn tensioning units and yarn breakage detectors, exports most of its production.
Bekaert Carding Solutions Ltd.
Bekaert Carding Solutions, one of the worlds leading companies in the field of wire transformation and coating, with its 27.000 employees is providing service to the industry at their facilities located in Europe, North America and Asia. Bekaert,markets their products in 120 countries, developing customized solutions for its clients.
Benjamin. R. Vickers & Sons
Benjamin. R. Vickers & Sons, for over 180 years producing lubricants and knitting machines for natural and synthetic fibers, is positioned as the leader in the industry with its lubricants produced under its Vikers trade mark. Having BS EN ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standardization in their products, Benjamin. R. Vickers & Sons with their Yarnol and Lainaspin textile machinery series, producing wool fabric spinning, with Spotless CN and Spotless NX, circular knitting and with Vickerlube and Cirnedol they are manufacturing machinery for the hosiery industry.
Cobble Blackburn
Cobble Blackburn, placing its signature to several important inventions carried out in the carpet industry remains as the world leader with its tufting technology designs and production. Carpet manufacturers all around the world use the tufting machines and the related design patterns produced by the company. Cobble, offers high production flexibility with its HT and Pantera series machines and has an important position in the market due to their enhanced patterned parts. Cobble, offering control opportunities to rug manufacturers by the advanced control system in their machines and with Elektra five pile heighted servo scroll system providing product cost savings, contains the high-speed loop machine Sprint, Pantera the high-speed cut and loop pile, ST series tufting machine, properly cut loops, FRS patterns, multi-cylinder stitch patterning, rewind, Colortec full repetitive cut pile patterning, Cobble scroll systems, in its product portfolio.
Coloursmith
Coloursmith, producing equipment and supplies in the area of testing and dyeing for modern textile laboratories, with over 30 years of experience in painting and finishing in the sector, offers a comprehensive service extending from design and delivery to service and maintenance. Coloursmith’s product portfolio consists of laboratory dyeing, fabric and color fastness testing and textile testing supply materials.
Crosrol BK
Crosrol BK, producing cotton fluffing and carding machines for collar, open-ended and nonwoven applications, has various machines in their production portfolio, ranging from its superior technology, the MK7 dredger and the PLC-controlled blow room equipment, to the automatic its running 20.000 carding cylinder, is serving the textile industry since 40 years.
Crabtree Textile Machines
Producing weaving machinery used in carpet and industrial fabrics, Crabtree Textile Machine’s product range consists of; Axminster carpet and rug weaving machine, weaving machine for belts and related products, weaving machine for multi-storey industrial fabrics, beam machine for pile warping and lasterafor direct beam and benches. Having met with the intense interest by carpet manufacturers, the Axminster carpets and rugs weaving machine, produced for seven and eight interval weaving, stands out with its low production costs. Stage IVR, Crabtree’s jacquard looms, designed for the rug weaving industry, weave rugs under four ranges of thickness having rough texture and thinner rugs consisting at the range of nine.
In the field of industrial fabrics woven, the MPB, produced by Crabtree, includes basic features such as multi trestle draft, multi leashing units and fabric wrapping where it can also be used in the production of the multi layer, rigid woven conveyor belt frame.
Dent Instrumentation Ltd.
Producing yarn sensors, Dent Instrumentation Ltd., serves the leading companies in the textile sector. As Dent provides service to the textile industry, their sensors can operate even at 5dtex more heavier yarn, at speeds starting from 3 meters in a minute up until 8.000 meters.
Garnett Controls & Wire
Garnett Controls, producing in-line control systems for industries related to non-woven and fiber and is the world leader in providing integrated new control and quality systems to improve the quality, performance and productivity of the machines that are in use. In addition, Garnett manufacturing metal comb for long staple applications used in nonwoven, tops and in the recycling industry, is continuing its operations since 1840. Being the market leader in China and India, Garnett’s product portfolio consists of, fiber weight control systems, laboratory equipment and in-line moisture measuring and controlling machines.
Griffith Textile Machines
Griffith Textile Machines, being an expert on fabric formic machinery, with its market activities in China and India, has reached to an important position in the last period. Griffith providing 3D weaving, carpet machinery and working board transformation systems in its product portfolio, also produces customized systems needed by the textile industry.
James Heal
James Heal, one the worlds leading textile testing equipment and technologies manufacturer, has created a new vision of the textile laboratory systems with its innovative technology. James Heal was established in 1872 in England. James Heal, offering the textile industry a comprehensive product range consisting of test equipment, materials services and calibration, is also manufacturing quality control testing equipment for laboratories in various sectors such as packaging, plastic, paper, food and automotive.
Macart Textile Machinery
With 50 years of experience serving the textile industry, Macart Textiles Machinery is producing spinning systems and textile spare parts. The S 300 spinning system produced by Macart, can transform operations such as wicking, spinning, twisting up, thread sizing and winding, in to a single process, able to produce two-ply yarns with varieties of wire measurements, varying from 2/16Nm to 2/42Nm. S 300 able to process the blending of synthetic fiber yarn and natural fibers in a suitable length especially gives the best results in the production of bulky yarn. S 300 enabling space with its compact structure, like Macart’s other machines, provides significant savings in issues such as energy, maintenance and waste.
Monarch Knitting Machinery
Monarch Knitting Machinery, established in 1961, produces single and double knitting machines. Monarch, in the past years including the Japanese double knitting machinery manufacturer Fukuhara under its division, has a significant market share in the sector with its innovative design and latest technology it provides to its clients. Having more than 100 products in its range and owning the worlds largest circular knitting machine, Monarch manufacturers in every field of circular knitting from high production capacity of flat and mini jacquard machines to electronically controlled jacquard machinery. In addition, permanently keeping the stock of the needles, reserves, cylinders, dial and framing of the machinery that it manufactures, Monarch in case of need, offers its clients a pre-assembly upon the usage of the stock parts and facilitates in any kind of modification that is required.
Q-Lab
Q-lab, being one of the worlds leading company in corrosion and accelerated aging test equipments, is serving the textile industry since 1956. With their facilities located in USA, Europe and China, offering their customers new test technologies, Q-Lab stands out in the textile industry with its affordable and practical equipments, designed even for providing the smallest laboratories requirements.
Richard Hough Limited
Richard Hough Limited, producing varieties of professional calendaring and mangles, is marketing its products in more than 40 countries. From production specifications to the care and usage of the products, on any matter providing guidance to textile manufacturers, Richard Hough’s product portfolio consists of, global textile, screener, polishing, embossing, bonding, nonwoven geo textile, squeezing and drainage calendars as well as finishing scarf, stenter, palettes and stock parts fiber processing equipments.
Sellers Engineers
Carpet and finishing machinery manufacturer Sellers Engineers, is using the knowledge it has built in for more than a century the products they produce. Seller Engineers, guaranteeing accuracy of control, reliability and reproducibility in the textile machinery it produces, stand out for providing its clients spare parts service and guarantees maintaining the spare parts.
Tatham Ltd.
Tatham, manufacturing machinery for enterprises engaged in the production of medical textiles, wool carding and nonwovens, manufactures machinery according to its customer’s requirements. Offering 1500/2500 wide gin and pinning stalls production where as also providing complete production lines to the textile industry, Tatham is especially known in the world for their work conducted in the production of medical products using cotton, synthetic and alginate fibers. Constantly developing new technologies with their R&D activities, Tatham for it its research and training activities, offers solutions for control systems as well as needle looms ranging in the interval of 300mm/1000mm.
