Picanol produces 100,000th rapier weaving machine
Technology/Machinery
Picanol demonstrates its rapier technology at open house event in Korea
Picanol took this opportunity to demonstrate to Korean weavers the versatility and modularity of its OptiMax machines.
9th October 2014
Innovation in Textiles
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Ypres
Picanol, technological market leader in airjet and rapier weaving machines, has organised an Open House event in Daegu, Korea, from 6-8 October 2014.
This event, aimed at Korean weavers, has seen Picanol demonstrating its latest rapier technology and offerings for technical textiles, with a specific focus on its OptiMax showpiece.
The Open House was organised at the new premises of Picanol customer Dong-A T.O.L., a manufacturer of high-quality outerwear and furnishing fabrics.
Versatility and modularity
Picanol took this opportunity to demonstrate to Korean weavers the versatility and modularity of its OptiMax machines for the widest range of high-quality fabrics.
This covers everything from mainstream to niche applications. The company has been presenting two versions of its OptiMax rapier weaving machine with the OptiMax 540 cm being showcased for the first time in Korea.
This rapier machine is equipped with positive guided grippers and will be weaving a mix of monofil, multifilament and PP-tape to demonstrate its extreme versatility in weft and speed capacity. The other machine – the OptiMax 190 cm – comes equipped with negative free-flight grippers and the Open House will see a shirting fabric woven.
Commitment to Korean textile sector
“With our Open House in Korea, we would like to once again emphasise our commitment and involvement to the Korean textile sector,” said Johan Verstraete, Vice-President Marketing, Sales & Services.
“More than ever before, Picanol is determined to provide outstanding customer service, the exceptional levels of quality that we are renowned for, high value and rapid delivery, to ensure that we meet the needs of our valued Korean customers.”
Picanol
Picanol has more than 130,000 weaving machines running in some 2,600 weaving mills worldwide. With R&D efforts aimed at creating the best solutions to its customers’ weaving challenges, the company was the first to introduce many revolutionary concepts in the weaving industry and it currently holds more than 800 patents.
Picanol plans to continue to expand its role as the technological market leader by increasing the product range of its weaving machines and offering applications for new market segments. The main challenge remains to strengthen the weaving performance, quality and cost competitiveness of its customers, the company reports.
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