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German Industrie 4.0 takes centrestage at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2016

"It was all about Industrie 4.0, energy efficiency and sustainability on the first day of ITMA ASIA + CITME 2016. Significant German participation at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2016, flagging off today is offering perfection and precision through tech competency to companies globally. German technology has a major role to play in bringing out eco-friendly and energy efficient process in textile industry globally. With their products and services, VDMA member companies have already taken steps towards Industrie 4.0, in China called intelligent manufacturing."

 

German Industrie 4.0 takes centrestage at ITMA ASIA  CITME 2016

It was all about Industrie 4.0, energy efficiency and sustainability on the first day of ITMA ASIA + CITME 2016. Significant German participation at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2016, flagging off today is offering perfection and precision through tech competency to companies globally. German technology has a major role to play in bringing out eco-friendly and energy efficient process in textile industry globally. With their products and services, VDMA member companies have already taken steps towards Industrie 4.0, in China called intelligent manufacturing. The VDMA booth (H1F81) is the first point for visitors interested in German technology. Here visitors get an overview of manufacturers and their products in the useful pocket guide, listing all exhibiting VDMA members by halls and showing their stand location in the hall plans.

German Industrie ITMA ASIA  CITME 2016

Visitors can witness the high-technology display by more than 100 German machinery manufacturers exhibiting at the fair, covering all aspects of textiles vis-à-vis spinning, nonwoven, weaving, knitting, warp knitting and finishing spread across 7,000 sq .mts.

Mission sustainability

On the opening day of ITMA ASIA, Fritz P Mayer, Chairman, VDMA Textile Machinery and Associate of Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik emphasised German technology can play a major role in efforts to make the environment cleaner, to increase energy efficiency and competitiveness of textile producers. “For some time now, VDMA member companies have been focusing on the issue of sustainability for their products, in order to satisfy the demand for efficient technology solutions that effectively cut back on consumption, and consequently on production costs” explained Mayer. New technology is the key to better products and competitive production. And, technology is one precondition for resource and energy saving, he explained. Professionally investing customers are happy to pay for sustainable technologies and improved energy efficiency. VDMA calls this ‘Sustainability meets profit’, Mayer explained.

In 2011, VDMA started its sustainability initiative ‘Blue Competence’, to which over 40 textile machinery companies have adhered. Instead of scientific certification experiments and theoretical approaches, VDMA focused on best practice examples. First to mention is an analysis by VDMA experts that examined the energy saving effects over the entire production chain of five textile products: a cotton T-Shirt, a functional T-Shirt a textile billboard, an architectural textile and a hygienic nonwoven. The result of this in-depth analysis is impressive: In the production of these products up to 30 per cent energy can be saved with today’s German technology compared to the one available one decade ago.

Towards Industrie 4.0

The future of the textile industry is determined by Industrie 4.0. This interconnection of information technology and manufacturing processes is on track. As Thomas Waldmann, MD, VDMA Textile Machinery says, “Leading customers are increasingly interested in condition monitoring and predictive maintenance, including remote services.” Other hot topics are: virtual machines, traceability, remote control data exchange, self-optimising, intelligent user interfaces or individualisation. Smart machine controllers will correct process parameters automatically according to the sensors report. Or, if delivery deadlines are not met, downstream production processes will be adjusted immediately. Without discussing the potential of new business models, immediate advantages of Industrie 4.0 are improved plant efficiency, more economical production processes, energy savings, more flexible production, just to name a few.

China a big market for Germany textile machinery

Between January and May this year, the Chinese textile industry imported machinery worth $1.04 billion, with an increased focus on advanced technology. With a market share of 35 per cent, Germany is the biggest supplier. Against the trend of decreasing imports, the deliveries of spinning machinery increased by 20 per cent from January to May, from Germany by 25 per cent.

 
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