making everyday things
“We try to develop partnerships with our customers and we cooperate with them to develop an innovative product or process. I think they appreciate fi nding something new with Cormatex.”
Luca Querci, Sales Manager, Cormatex
like the Scott Group — are seeing truly signifi cant growth, and Italian machine producers are contributing to it. These producers are uniquely positioned to do more, and in a variety of sectors. Not only are Italian machine manufacturers providing novel
approaches to help improve a host of industrial processes in textiles, they’re also utilizing innovative approaches to produce leather and leather goods and boost North America’s gigantic food production sector. In fact, the Italians are going the extra mile in the United States to provide the best possible manufac- turing setup services, and it is making a real difference. The Scott Group’s experience is an excellent example. The
fi rm’s goal was to fi nd a customized installation that would accom- modate an unusually wide range of yarn hank weights, from 0.33 to 1500 lb. (0.1 to 680 kg). It also needed a radiofrequency dryer, and special carriers for the unusual weights of fi ber to be dyed. “So what we made was a completely customized installa- tion,” says Giuseppe Bolzoni, Cubotex’s president. “We had to increase the size of the pumps on the machines and make them taller to accommodate the long hanks.”
Bolzoni sent one of his technicians to Grand Rapids in July 2013 for the 10-day installation of seven machines, and the process went off without a hitch. The resulting in-house dyeing operations are going “fl awless-
ly,” Scott Group’s Ruggeri says. Other niche manufacturers are also creating demand for Italian manufacturing machines. Cormatex Srl (
www.cormatex.it), a family-owned business based in Prato, Italy, is meeting that demand by producing com- plete manufacturing lines for non-woven and technical textiles. Its lines, which can cost $5.4 million or more, produce geotextiles at Global Felt Technologies, LLC’s facility in Union, South Caro- lina that reduce erosion on riverbanks and increase drainage be- low asphalt-paved roads.
Cormatex also helped the Chicago Metallic Corporation
(
www.chicagometallic.com), based in Chicago, develop a unique, dry process to manufacture ceiling tiles.
“We try to develop partnerships with our customers and we cooperate with them to develop an innovative product or process,” explains Luca Querci, Cormatex sales manager. “I think they appreciate fi nding something new with Cormatex.” But where Cormatex really shines is in its machinery for
products used to make paper. Cormatex machines are used to produce very large sheets of non-woven felt — 16 yards wide — used to help remove the water from wood pulp during the paper- making process.
Asten Johnson (
www.astenjohnson.com), a paper-making company in Charleston, South Carolina, installed a Cormatex line in 2005 and updated it in 2013. The company likes the line; plans are already on the books for further updates in 2014, Querci says.
Cubotex Srl (
www.cubotex.it) machinery allows for high penetration and the best level of yarn preservation.
Meanwhile, Bolzoni and Querci’s professional group, The Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT) (
www.acimit.it), reinforces the role their companies play in the North American textile manufacturing industry. The presi- dent of the 160-member association, Raffaella Carabelli, says there’s defi nitely room for growth. “Despite the encouraging signs of a recovery for the textiles
industry in the United States over the past two years, the de- mand for machinery in the US market has decreased in terms of volume, compared to 10 years ago,” Carabelli says. “However, it remains important for niche production areas, especially those
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