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The Textile Magazine
SEPTEMBER 2011
Picanol
to celebrate
75
th
anniversary at ITMA
ITMA 2011
[preview]
On September 22, the very first
day of the ITMA Barcelona exhi-
bition, it will exactly be 75 years
since Picanol was founded in Ypres
(Belgium). The company name re-
fers to the Spanish engineer Jaimé
Picañol. His ideas shaped products
that brought with them important
technological advantages. Since
its foundation in 1936, the Pica-
nol Group has evolved from a very
small player to the technological
leader among the modern weav-
ing machine manufacturers in the
world.
In these 75 years of history, Pi-
canol always followed its policy
of innovation and constant focus
on product quality, processes and
people. Also, the organisation and
products were continuously adapt-
ed to the changing requirements
of the market. So investing in re-
search & development as well as
state-of-the-art production facilities
has always been part of the Picanol
nature. The service network has fol-
lowed the growing customer base
and is able to bring support to Pi-
canol customers around the world.
The company wants to make
sure its customers can stay ahead,
thanks to innovative technology
and optimum service. Picanol cus-
tomers should be “winners”.
Underlining its technological
leadership, Picanol will reveal to
the textile world at ITMA two main
new developments – the OMNIplus
Summum in airjet technology and
the positive gripper on OptiMax in
rapier technology.
The OMNIplus Summum will
gradually replace the OMP800
over the course of next year and
will be the new platform for further
developments in the airjet seg-
ment. The main highlights of this
machine are the new insertion sys-
tem and the Picanol Blue Box sys-
tem, the new electronic platform
for Picanol machines.
On OptiMax, Picanol will intro-
duce a guided positive gripper ex-
ecution. Although available in all
widths (up to 540 cm), it especially
opens new perspectives in techni-
cal segments such as coating fab-
rics, primary & secondary carpet
backing, geogrids, etc.
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