World Markets for Textile Machinery: Part 3 of 3, 2007/08 - Finishing

World Markets for Textile Machinery: Part 3 of 3, 2007/08 - Finishing

SUMMARY
CONTINUOUS MERCERISING MACHINERY
Processes
World machinery markets
Mercerising machinery for woven fabrics
Mercerising machinery for knitted fabrics
CONTINUOUS BLEACHING, DYEING AND WASHING MACHINERY
Processes
Bleaching
Dyeing
World machinery markets
Continuous dyeing machinery for woven fabrics
Continuous bleaching machinery for woven fabrics
Continuous dyeing machinery for knitted fabrics
Continuous bleaching machinery for knitted fabrics
Continuous washing machinery for knitted fabrics
DISCONTINUOUS DYEING, BLEACHING AND WASHING MACHINERY
Types of discontinuous dyeing machines
Fabric dyeing
Yarn dyeing
World machinery markets
Discontinuous washing, bleaching and dyeing machinery for woven fabrics
CONTINUOUS FABRIC DRYING MACHINERY
Continuous cylinder drying
Continuous stentering
World machinery markets
Continuous cylinder drying machinery for woven fabrics
Continuous cylinder drying machinery for knitted fabrics
Continuous stentering machinery for woven fabrics
Continuous stentering machinery for knitted fabrics
DISCONTINUOUS HOT FLUE MACHINERY
The process
World machinery markets
Discontinuous hot flue machinery for woven fabrics
Discontinuous Hot Flue Machinery For Knitted Fabrics
DISCONTINUOUS RELAXATION DRYING MACHINERY
The process
World machinery markets
Discontinuous relaxation drying machinery for woven fabrics
Discontinuous relaxation drying machinery for knitted fabrics List of tables
Table 1: Shipments of continuous mercerising machinery by fabric type, 2005 and 2006
Table 2: Shipments of continuous dyeing, bleaching and washing machinery for woven fabrics, 2005 and
2006
Table 3: Shipments of continuous dyeing, bleaching and washing machinery for processing knitted fabrics,
2005 and 2006
Table 4: Shipments of discontinuous dyeing, bleaching and washing machinery by fabric type, 2005 and
2006
Table 5: Shipments of continuous cylinder drying machinery by fabric type, 2005 and 2006
Table 6: Shipments of continuous stentering machinery by fabric type, 2005 and 2006
Table 7: Shipments of discontinuous hot flue machinery by fabric type, 2005 and 2006
Table 8: Shipments of discontinuous relaxation drying machinery by fabric type, 2005 and 2006

2006 was a mixed year for the international textile finishing machinery market. Although there was
an increase in global deliveries of discontinuous bleaching, dyeing and washing machinery, this
increase contrasted with falls in shipments of machinery for mercerising, for continuous bleaching,
dyeing and washing, for cylinder drying, and for stentering.
In the case of mercerising—a process which increases a fabric’s affinity for dye—only 23 machines
were delivered to the world’s mills in 2006, down from 37 a year earlier. All 23 machines were for
treating woven fabrics.
Deliveries of machines for continuous bleaching, dyeing and washing fell from 192 to 125, of which
the majority were for processing woven fabrics. 28 of the 125 machines were bleaching machines,
which are used to improve a fabric’s whiteness. 53 of the 125 machines shipped in 2006 were for
dyeing—a process used to impart colour to textiles—of which 44 were for use in the manufacture of
woven fabrics. The remaining continuous machines, numbering 44 of the 125 total, were used for
washing.
Global sales of discontinuous bleaching, dyeing and washing machines reached 70, up from 56 in
2005. All were for processing woven fabrics. Discontinuous dyeing is undertaken on jig, winch, beam
or jet-type dyeing machines.
In the case of drying equipment, only eight cylinder drying machines were bought in 2006 after 37
were purchased in 2005. There was also a fall in the number of stentering machines, or stenters—from
166 in 2005 to 151 in 2006. However, within this total, while the number of stenters used for woven
fabrics fell from 94 to 60, those used for knitted fabrics rose from 72 to 91. In the case of
discontinuous drying machinery, 28 relaxation drying machines were shipped to the world’s mills in
2006 although the number of hot flue machines fell to just one. Of the 28 relaxation drying machines,
27 were for processing knitted fabrics.