SMIT is presenting its brand-new model of the GS900 series released after the company’s entrance in Santex Rimar Group – SMIT GS980 – at the upcoming ITM 2018 international exhibition for textile machinery, which will be held in Istanbul from 14-17 April 2018.

The new SMIT GS980 is said to be one of the fastest free flight rapier machines in the market and has improved in terms of versatility, performance, production quality, efficiency and sustainability, according to the manufacturer.

The free flight ribbons system has been a distinguishing feature of SMIT weaving machines for a number of years. “Smart and flexible, SMIT GS980 has been designed and manufactured in Italy combining some of the most reliable SMIT features with innovative function solutions that make SMIT GS980 an asset that will keep its value for a long time,” the company explains.

Home textiles, fabrics for apparel, technical applications, and exclusive yarns and patterns can be woven on SMIT GS980.

This year represents a significant milestone for SMIT, which celebrates 80 years as a leading manufacturer of weaving machines since being founded in 1938 in Italy. The machine’s name has been chosen to commemorate the 80^th anniversary.

“SMIT GS980 will bring more value to our customers and the best ratio between productivity versus running costs. At our booth we will be weaving denim, curtains and our famous high-quality terry towel fabric» says Simone Rancan, SMIT CEO.

“The quality of the fabric produced with our machines has always been a reference for the market and with the new SMIT GS980 we will surely continue to exploit this advantage. The general trend of moving towards productions of higher quality fabrics is already happening and some of our customers at the moment are exploiting some market niches where they can find more profitability: in these circumstances our new SMIT GS980 is the right technology for forward momentum.”

“Thanks to Santex Rimar Group combined know-how we are committed to innovation and machinery improvement, considering the whole complementary processes and specific customers’ needs.”

www.santexrimar.com