For 16 years Coltex Ltd of Rectory Place Loughborough had been agents for Karl Mayer of Obertshausen, manufacturers of
warp knitting machines.
29 August 2013 - US diversified technology and industrial group Johnson Controls Inc (NYSE:JCI) said it would create a new fabrics joint venture in China with local
warp knitting specialist Zhejiang Wanfang New Materials Co Ltd, without disclosing financial terms.
In the last ten years, innovative
warp knitting developments by leading European mills have led to durable, lightweight, highly breathable knit CORDURA[R] AFT fabric solutions being provided particularly for footwear manufacturers.
The company founded in 1937 in the Hessian Obertshausen region (about 30 km east of Frankfurt) is the leading manufacturer of
warp knitting and.
Sherwood said the buyer would make more than half the operation's 63 staff redundant, although the Colwick plant would continue to serve local
warp knitting producers.
Knitted fabrics can be manufactured by two principal methods -- weft knitting and
warp knitting. Knitted fabrics are generally comfortable, lightweight, and can be made more easily and quickly that woven fabrics, with which they are often used interchangeably.
Casted and plastic blocks for the
warp knitting industry
In addition, the new lines can be combined with other technologies at STFI such as hydroentangling or
warp knitting, opening opportunities to enhance existing products as well as developing completely new ones.
Compared with the conventional methods flat knitting and
warp knitting, circular knitting scores points for productivity and significantly shorter set-up times.