By Digital Output Staff
Head to Atlanta, GA from May 17 to 19 and be sure to stop by the Georgia World Congress Center for Texprocess Americas. It is co-located with Techtextil North America, making the two-for-one event an ideal representation of the entire global textile value chain—from high-tech textile products and fibers, functional apparel fabrics, smart textiles, composites, and nonwovens, to the technologies involved in the processing of textiles, including design, cutting, sewing, knitting, embroidery, finishing, refining, IT, and logistics.
Walk the show floor and view over 170 exhibiting companies, visit the Texprocess Americas Symposium to learn more about pressing issues faced by players in the sewn product industry, and sit in on Tech Talks led by influential members in these segments.
Several vendors shared their plans at the show with us, which we include here.
ADT & Ardmel, booth 1748, is a world leader in special-purpose automated machine manufacture, seam sealing tapes, and adhesives. The company supplies a variety of sectors, including police, rescue services, hiking, workwear, military, automobile, and aircraft. In the stand view a range of machines, including seam sealing, strip cutter, and test equipment—as well as seal sealing tapes and adhesives. Get your hands on its new range of adhesives—including the T7930 with high wash resistance, and T7950 with high stretch and recovery.
Brother, booth 1209, displays its latest technology for the sewn products industry including its bridge-type sewing systems, bonding system technology, and its GTXpro direct to garment printing system.
GTI Graphic Technology, Inc., booth 3057, continues to see growth in the textile market. In the booth, it showcases a range of products that conform to the ASTM D1729 and AATCC Procedure #9 viewing standards. Featured products include the Simultaneous Color Viewer, which is designed to help detect metamerism and color harmony by allowing a side-by-side comparison under four light sources. MiniMatchers are available in six models. Sizes range from 13x18x10 to 23x60x23 inches and are available with three to five light sources. ColorMatchers are available as a desktop viewer or with a floor stand. Four model sizes are offered and all include five light sources, ColorGuard lamp monitoring, an illuminated push button control, automatic light source sequencing, and optional storage accessories.
S.W Specialty Papers, booth 1344, is a leader in competitively-priced production papers and supplies for manufacturing and packaging needs. It is one of North America’s premier providers of design, marking, and cutting room papers; consumables for robotic cutting systems; dye-sublimation (dye-sub) protection tissues; and digital transfer papers. Introduced for the first time at Texprocess is thin, high yielding dye-sub protection tissue. The 16-gram product is available in one-, two-, and four-mile rolls. Also at the show is manila pattern paper dotted marking paper, plotter and CAD papers, kraft underlay, perforated krafts, waxed papers, separating tissues, cutting films, digital print papers, and protection tissues.
Yin Automation, booth 641, invites attendees to unleash production potential. Yin is a leading automation solution provider. Its HYHC conveyable automatic cutting machine is now available in a low ply and displayed for demonstrations. The company also features its best-selling laser cutting machine with a vision system used for sublimation. Visit for high-production cutting machines, fabric spreading machines, CAD software, plotters, and digitizers.
Zund America, booth 1101, exhibits an S3-L1600 with a 70×64-inch cutting surface and a variety of software and hardware-based automation features designed for different types of textiles and related applications—e.g. nesting and processing plain, unprinted/printed, and patterned materials. Zünd digital cutters are industry leading cutting solutions for textile, composites, foam, and many other industrial applications. Unmatched in versatility and modularity, Zünd systems are completely customizable, with specialized, high-performance tooling and application-specific workflow automation. Visit the Zünd booth to discuss any specific production needs you may have and #letstalkworkflow.
Be sure to visit Atlanta in May and check out everything offered at Texprocess Americas for the sewn products industry.
May2022, Digital Output