Itema Exhibited 13 Weaving Machines at ITMA Asia + Citme
Itema Group, the global leading provider of advanced weaving solutions, participates at ITMA Asia + CITME, with new rapier weaving machines. Itema exhibited for the first time together in China the two newest ranges in its rapier weaving machines portfolio, the Itema R9500EVO and the Itema GalileoRX (Hall 3 – D08).
Itema booth featured the following machines line-up: 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 colors 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 weaved 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,run an Apparel style.
Brought China’s innovative weaving technologies together with the right production
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.
A number of 10 Itema weaving machines exhibited in partner booths, encompassing Jacquard shedding machines manufacturers and label looms providers.
Lamiflex®, the leading supplier of technical composite products which entered Itema Group in 2017 – presented 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.
Itema Group and its companies welcomed visitors 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 to Hosted Opened House Event
Itema hosted an Open House event focussing entirely on the world of technical textiles. The event will took place every day from November, 20th till November 22nd and represents an unmissable occasion to deepen industry trends and the most complete weaving machine portfolio on the market to weave technical fabrics, ranging from Negative and Positive Rapier, to Monorapier for carbon fiber and fancy styles, Airjet and the legendary Projectile.
On show during the open house: the Itematech monorapier Unirap weaving carbon tape fabric the Itematech rapier Hercules weaving heavy filter fabric and the Itema rapier GalileoRX weaving fiberglass