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Textile machinery shipments drop in 2008 – ITMF

05 Jun '09
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The amount of shipped double heater draw-texturing spindles (for polyester filament) dropped by -34% to 163,000 back to the levels of the pre-investment boom period. The biggest investor was again China with 62,600 new spindles or 38% of global investment followed by India with 45,000 or 27%, Syria with 10,800 or 7%, Japan with 7,400 or 5% and Vietnam with 7,000 or 4%.

Weaving Machinery
Investments in shuttle-less looms plummeted in 2008 by -34% to 44,800 machines marking the lowest investment level since 2000, the year when shipments of Chinese textile machinery manufacturers were included for the first time in this survey. Almost 40,000 or 90% of all machines went to Asia. Country-wise China was again by far the biggest recipient of shuttle-less looms having installed 28,600 or 65% of total shipments in 2008. With 3,300 and 3,050 or 7% respectively, India and Bangladesh were distant second and third, followed by Indonesia with 1,700 or 4% and Brazil with 830 or 2%.

Circular & Flat Knitting Machinery
Also the segment of circular knitting machines recorded a fall of -21% to 21,150 in comparison to 2007. This was the lowest level during the past five years but still considerably higher than pre-2004 period. With 87% Asia was the preferred region of investments in circular knitting machines. Like in the other segments the biggest investor in this type of knitting machinery was China with 14,400 or 68% of global shipments. Bangladesh was a distant second with 1,070 machines or 5% followed by India with 850 or 4%, Turkey with 600 or 3% and Indonesia and Brazil with 530 or 2.5% each.

The decrease of global shipments of textile machinery was less pronounced in the segment of electronic flat knitting machines. Global shipments in 2008 were down by -7% to 20,300. The bulk of shipments went to Asia (88%) with Europe absorbing 10.5%. Once more China was the biggest single investor in electronic flat knitting machines receiving 8,970 machines (44%) followed by Hong Kong with 7,110 (35%), Italy with 1,120 (6%), Turkey with 760 (4%) and Cambodia with 620 (3%).

Finishing Machinery
The 2008 edition of the ITMF international textile machinery shipment statistics includes for the fourth time data on finishing for woven and knitted fabrics covering both wet and dry finishing technologies and differentiating between installation for discontinuous and continuous finishing processes.

International Textile Manufacturers Federation

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