Itema to unveil weaving tech at ITMA Asia + CITME

China is a crucial market for the whole textile machinery industry, and Itema makes no exception. For this reason, Itema has been present in China since 2002 with its local branch Itema Weaving Machinery China today a top-notch organisation counting more than 160 employees making up an extensive team of experts from different fields, including sales, after-sales, and spare parts services, along with a local team for operations, product, and quality engineers. Skills, experience, and passion for textiles are the common denominators of Itema employees all over the world and the key factor to ensure precise production processes and textile expertise, Itema said in a press release.

Thanks to this customer-oriented approach, Itema is today the European weaving machinery manufacturer with the highest market share for rapier weaving machines produced and sold locally.

Visitors to ITMA Asia + CITME will have multiple chances to learn more about the Itema weaving portfolio, with a total of 13 Itema weaving machines on display, of which 3 will be in the Itema booth (Hall 3 Booth D08) and the rest in Partner booths across Hall 3.

Among the machines to be featured in the Itema booth is the new Itema rapier weaving machine R9500EVO. The latest Itema weaving machine range gained a lot of interest from all over the world after the market launch at ITMA 2023 in Milan thanks to its significant innovations designed to raise the bar in terms of textile mastery, ecoefficiency, performance, and easy weaving. The R9500EVO on show (2200mm) will be weaving wool fabric and will feature the iSAVER fancy—one of the new versions of the iSAVER range, now available in up to 6 colours and for many more applications, including luxurious fabrics such as wool, cashmere, and wool blends, thus significantly increasing the contribution to sustainable weaving.

The first Itema GalileoRX rapier weaving machines on display at the Itema Group booth will be weaving Denim Double Stretch (2300mm). The machine will be equipped with iSAVER eco, the iSAVER model fine-tuned to weave denim and the second Itema GalileoRX on show, in 2300mm weaving width, will be running an apparel style.

On its first appearance at ITMA Asia, the Itema rapier weaving machine GalileoRX has been launched in December 2022 and was specifically designed to combine the most innovative weaving technology with the unique advantages of accurate manufacturing in China. Born on the heritage of the most successful high-end rapier weaving machine assembled in China, the Itema R9000 and later R9000², GalileoRX features further technological and design advancements to fully meet the needs of the Chinese and Asian markets—a totally open platform configurable to meet exactly the weaver’s requirements.

Itema weaving technology is traditionally recognised to be the preferred choice of textile machinery producers due to its superior versatility and textile mastery. Here lies the reason why a number of 10 Itema weaving machines will be exhibited in partner booths, encompassing Jacquard shedding machines manufacturers, and label looms providers.

The Itema R9000², 1900 mm, and 2300 mm for label, and Itema GalileoRX, 1900mm for shoes, will be on display at Huzhou Hyundai (Julibao) booth (Hall 3 – C02). Itema R9000², 1900mm, for shoe fabrics will be present in the Tongxiang stand (Hall 3 – E04).

Saree fabrics will be on show in four different partner booths, including the Itema GalileoRX, 3800mm at the Song&Song booth (Hall 3 – A23), the Itema GalileoRX, 3800 mm, at the Qihui stand (Hall 3 – C23), the Itema GalileoRX, 3800 mm at Huiling booth, and the Itema R9000², 3800 mm, at Jiabao stand (Hall 3 – D22).

The Itema GalileoRX, 3400 mm, weaving Apparel fabric will be displayed in WuMu booth (H3 – D28) and the Itema GalileoRX, 2400 mm will be featured at the Lilai booth and will produce label fabrics.

In addition to Itema’s weaving machines line-up, visitors can take advantage of the group’s presence to discover the additional and valuable offerings that only Itema guarantees, including the new Itema Customer Portal HelloItema, OEM Spare Parts, and After-Sales Support.

The company spare parts and after-sales teams will be on site to present fast and reliable service when it comes to offering customers peace of mind through high-quality replacement parts, customised upgrade kits to optimise machine performance and retrofit latest Itema innovations on existing looms, electric, electronic and mechanic repairs to give new life to looms, as well as training to ensure Itema weavers get the most out of their weaving machines thanks to the Itema Campus trainings available in seven worldwide locations.

Lamiflex, the leading supplier of technical composite products which entered Itema Group in 2017– will be present at ITMA Asia in the Itema Group Booth (Hall 3 – D08) with its ample catalogue of key rapier weft transfer components such as flexible rapier tapes and sprocket wheels available for any weaving machines brand, with the guarantee of the best European quality and sector know-how and the advantage of a competitive offering.

Itema Group and its companies will welcome visitors in Hall 3 – Booth D08 with a product line-up designed to confirm and demonstrate its dedication to innovation and the Made in Italy excellence in the weaving sector and with many chances to deepen the Itema Group world and news.

Itema will take advantage of ITMA Asia to open the doors of its premises in Shanghai to host an Open House entirely dedicated to the world of technical textiles. The event will take place every day from November 20–22, and represents an unmissable occasion to deepen industry trends and discover more about the most complete weaving machine portfolio on the market to weave technical fabrics, ranging from negative and positive rapier, to monorapier for carbon fibre and fancy styles, Airjet, and the legendary Projectile.

The Itematech monorapier Unirap weaving carbon tape fabric, the Itematech rapier Hercules weaving heavy filter fabric, and the Itema rapier GalileoRX weaving fibreglass will be on show during the open house.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (NB)