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Contents / February 2019

Front Cover Photo Caption ...................................................... 37

Index to Advertisers ................................................................. 37

DTG 2020 in Dhaka ............................................................................... 6ITMA 2019 ........................................................................................... 20COMPOSITES EUROPE ..................................................................... 35

Exhibitions/Forum

Water sports apparel: environmental sustainability and performancefeatures are key .......................................................................... 6

India Sewing Machine Company at the IILF .................................... 8Mimaki Singapore -- Strong dye-sublimation printer sales in

Southeast Asia’s market ........................................................... 10JASMA holds an external technology inspection ........................... 10JASMA holds New Year greetings exchange party ........................ 12New Year comments - Manufacturing Industries Bureau

Industrial Machinery Division - Ms. Yuko Tamai ............. 12~13Shima Seiki at the 2019 Osaka Sewing Machine Show ........... 14~16Smart Textiles Micro Factory brings Smart Textiles into series

production for the first time at Texprocess 2019 ................................ 17Case Study for EPSON Digital Printing Technology

Digital textile printing offers infinite opportunitiesto today’s fashion designers ................................................... 18~19

Yuho announces a new product ...................................................... 21Freudenberg to present a wide range of innovative products

at Techtextil 2019 .............................................................. 22~23TENCEL fibers for more comfort through Micro technology ....... 24Mimaki’s New product announcement ..................................... 25~26Odor-free polyester functional clothing .................................... 27~28Karl Mayer’s new machine for technical textile ............................. 28Suprena develops stacking cutter with a sealing device ................. 29Groz-Beckert Felting and Carding specialists at the IDEA Miami 30Gerber’s AccuMark Version 12 ....................................................... 31ITA shows its newly constructed induction heated glass fiber produc-

tion line among other exhibits live at JEC World 2019 ......... 32~33Assyst at the Texprocess 2019 ........................................................ 36Italian Textile Machinery Fourth Quarter Orders Drop .................. 37

Topics

India Sewing Machine Companyat the IILFIndia's leather product manufacturingindustry has been strong since last year

The IILF (the India International Leather Fair)is held in Chennai, India every year from Febru-ary 1st to 3rd. Most of the leather products manu-factured in India are exported, the industry hasbeen strong since last year, and it remained strongheading into this year. India's main productioncenters for leather products include Delhi, Kanpur,and Kolkata.

This year, the exhibition itself was extremely suc-cessful as well. At India Sewing MachineCompany's booth, various Seiko-brand heavy-dutysewing machines for leather goods such as hand-bags, etc. as well as Italy-based CMCi-brand shoesewing machines and Nippy-brand leather skivingmachines were exhibited. At the venue, Mr. Mohd.Firoz Khan, the owner of India Sewing MachineCompany, said that this year marks the tenth yearsince his company started handling Seiko-brandproducts in India. It is also the third year that thecompany has handled Nippy products in India'smarket. He added that both product brands havedefinitely penetrated India's market.

Seiko Sewing Machine models for which salesin India's market are strong include models de-signed for applications that include the sewing ofleather bags, wallets, and belts, such as the STH-8BLD-3, a compound feed model with a flat bed,the LCWN-8BL, a compound feed model with acylinder bed, and the LHPWN-8B-3-SF-LP, acompound feed model with an extra high post bed.The reasons Seiko's products have been acceptedin India include their superior durability and howeasy it is to maintain them. Other advantages of Seiko'ssewing machines include the ability to use thick thread(No. 0) and sew extremely thick products. Of course,the service system is also comprehensive, and the com-pany immediately handles any sewing machine trouble.Mr. Mohd. Firoz Khan of India Sewing Machine Com-pany said that his company has achieved a 20% increasein Seiko product sales in India every year and that he isaiming to expand Seiko-brand sales by increasing thesales not only of sewing machines for leather productsbut also of sewing machines for automobile seats andfurniture.

Mr. Takuma Furudate, the president of Seiko SewingMachine Co., Ltd., said that Seiko's global sales con-tinued increasing last year, showing a 15% increasecompared to the year before last.

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The IILF (the India InternationalLeather Fair) is held in Chennai, In-dia every year from February 1st to3rd. Most of the leather productsmanufactured in India are exported,the industry has been strong sincelast year, and it remained strongheading into this year. India's mainproduction centers for leather prod-ucts include Delhi, Kanpur, andKolkata.

This year, the exhibition itself wasextremely successful as well. At In-dia Sewing Machine Company'sbooth, various Seiko-brand heavy-duty sewing machines for leathergoods such as handbags, etc. as wellas Italy-based CMCi-brand shoesewing machines and Nippy-brandleather skiving machines were ex-hibited. At the venue, Mr. Mohd.Firoz Khan, the owner of IndiaSewing Machine Company, saidthat this year marks the tenth yearsince his company started handlingSeiko-brand products in India. It isalso the third year that the companyhas handled Nippy products inIndia's market. He added that bothproduct brands have definitely pen-

etrated India's mar-ket.

Se iko SewingMachine modelsfor which sales inIndia's market ares t rong i nc ludemodels designedfor applicationsthat include thesewing of leatherbags, wallets, andbelts, such as theSTH-8BLD-3, acompound feedmodel with a flatbed, the LCWN-8BL, a compoundfeed model with acylinder bed, andthe LHPWN-8B-3-SF-LP, a com-pound feed modelwith an extra highpost bed. The rea-sons Seiko's prod-ucts have been ac-cepted in India in-clude their superior

India Sewing Machine Company at the IILFIndia's leather product manufacturing industry has been strong

since last year

maintain them. Other advantages ofSeiko's sewing machines include theability to use thick thread (No. 0) andsew extremely thick products. Ofcourse, the service system is also com-prehensive, and the company immedi-ately handles any sewing machinetrouble. Mr. Mohd. Firoz Khan of In-dia Sewing Machine Company saidthat his company has achieved a 20%increase in Seiko product sales in In-dia every year and that he is aiming toexpand Seiko-brand sales by increas-ing the sales not only of sewing ma-chines for leather products but also ofsewing machines for automobile seatsand furniture.

Mr. Takuma Furudate, the presidentof Seiko Sewing Machine Co., Ltd.,said that Seiko's global sales continuedincreasing last year, showing a 15% in-crease compared to the year before last.

Demonstration of Seiko’s LCWN-8BL, a compound feed modelwith a cylinder bed at IILF in Chennai, India

durability and how easy it is to

At the booth of India Sewing Machine Company at the IILF (from left) Mr. Furudate, president ofSeiko Sewing Machine Co., Ltd., Mr. Khan, owner of India Sewing Machine Company, Mr. Splendiani,sales and technic of C.M.C.I. and Mr. Aota, president of Nippy Kikai Co., Ltd.