At first glance, the two production-scale finishing lines at the £2.5m Monforts Advanced Technology Centre (ATC) which has just been completed at the company's head office in Moncheng-ladbach, Germany look very similar, yet they're designed with very different markets in mind. And at the same time, they represent engineering capabilities which are now solidly in place on two continents - the first line for treating knitted fabrics having been built at the Monforts plant in Zongshan, China, and the second line for treating technical textiles at the St Stephan facility in Austria. "The ATC allows customers to test their own textiles and technical fabrics on Monforts dyeing and finishing machines under fully confidential, real production conditions," says vice-president of marketing Klaus Heinrichs. "Using the results from these trials, we are also able to make recommendations for improving many fabric finishes. As a global company, Moenchengladbach remains the nerve-centre for what it's possible to achieve with advanced finishing techniques."
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