Following the highly successful ITMA Europe in 2019, ITMA ASIA + CITME will be the textile machinery industry’s first major exhibition in two years.
“Everyone at Picanol is eager to help our customers by providing the best technologies available on the market for airjet and rapier machines, as well as an outstanding local service and support team. The four development principles of Picanol - Smart Performance, Sustainability Inside, Driven by Data, and Intuitive Control - guide us in all our ventures. Inspired by these four principles, our R&D team has been developing some really exciting innovations that will be displayed at ITMA ASIA + CITME. These include two airjet weaving machines, four rapier weaving machines for flat fabrics, as well as one rapier machine for weaving terry towel. Furthermore, there will be an additional rapier machine in jacquard execution at the Bonas booth,” comments Johan Verstraete, Vice President Weaving Machines.
In addition to displaying the many innovations made to its range of both airjet and rapier machines, Picanol will also be premiering two new rapier machines: the brand new GTMax-i 3.0S will be shown in a 4 color dobby execution, weaving a denim style, whereas the new GTMax-S on display will be an 8 color dobby machine in 380 cm reed width weaving a silk fabric.
Picanol will also be demonstrating an OptiMax-i gripper machine in free flight execution of 540 cm width at the exhibition. This represents a significant innovation breakthrough for specific technical segments. The range of machinery exhibited at the fair explained in below by Picanol.
1-GTMax-i-3.0S 4-R-230 Denim
The new GTMax-i 3.0S sets the benchmark for competitive and qualitative weaving – and it’s also available in 240 and 250 cm reed width for ultimate stretch fabrics.
2. GTMax-S-8-R-380 Silk
The new GTMax-S with its dedicated silk execution offers you the perfect solution for weaving top-quality fabrics.
3. OptiMax-i-4-R-220 Worsted
A machine driven by data and focusing on sustainability inside.
4. OmniPlus-i-4-P-190 Poplin
A proof that even light fabric segment can benefit from the OmniPlus-i platform.
Digitization, maximum flexibility and running the highest speed.
5. TerryMax-i-8-R-260 Terry Towel
The benchmark for terry weaving. No limitations in design, aiming at maximum performance in combination with ultimate quality.
6. OmniPlus-i-6-D-220 Ladies Wear
Airjet equipped with a SmartShed. This is Picanol’s direct driven shedding motion and combines the best of different worlds: performance, flexibility & energy effectiveness.
7. OptiMax-i-4-R-540 Coating
A new milestone in weaving coating fabrics. Free Flight gripper-system extended till 540 cm at highest insertion rates. No guide-hooks required anymore on widths above 360 cm!
About Picanol
Picanol develops, manufactures and sells high-tech weaving machines based on airjet or rapier technology. Picanol supplies weaving machines to weaving mills worldwide and also offers to its customers products and services such as weaving frames and reeds, training, upgrade kits and spare parts. For more than eighty years, Picanol has played a pioneering role in the global industry and is currently one of the world’s leading weaving machine manufacturers. Picanol is part of Picanol Group (Euronext: PIC).
