Investments in spinning & circular knitting machines remain high

29 May '07

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With a share of 52% or 101,100 China remained the primary destination (+22%), followed by Iran with 29,000 (+164%), Turkey with 14,000 (-67%), India with 11,000 (none in 2005) and Italy with 9,000 (-37%). Global investments in open-end rotors declined by 6% compared with 2005, totalling 352,000 positions, but still above the level of 2003 with 346,000 positions.

China alone absorbed 195,000 open-end rotors in 2006, reaching a market share of 45%. The next biggest investors in open-end rotors were Turkey with 34,000 (10%), India with 33,000 (9%), Brazil and Russia with 10,000 each (3%), Bangladesh with 9,000 (2.5%) and Thailand with 8,000 (2%).

Texturing Machinery:
Shipments of single heater draw-texturing spindles (for polyamide filament) increased by 50% to 10,300 spindles in 2006. With 6,900 or 67% China was by far the biggest investor with Turkey following as a distant second with 900 or 9%. After record years in 2004 and 2005 with 393,000 and 308,000 shipped spindles, respectively, global shipments of double heater draw-texturing spindles (for polyester filament) fell by 27% in 2006 to 220,000 spindles, which was still the third biggest amount of shipped double heater spindles ever.

The main destination was once more China (153,000 or 70%), followed by India (31,000 or 14%), Hong-Kong (8,000 or 4%) and Egypt (4,500 or 2%).

Weaving Machinery:
In 2006, investments in shuttle-less looms recorded with 66,600 shipped looms the second highest amount after 2002 with 71,100. Compared with 2005 global shipments increased by 25% to 66,600 units. 59,000 or 89% of all shuttle-less looms went to Asia.

The major destination of investments were China (42,200 or 63%), India (5,600 or 8%), Bangladesh (3,900 or 6%), Turkey (2,900 or 4%), Pakistan (2,400 or 3.5%) and Italy (1,300 or 2%).

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