Picanol — why weavers win: Picanol's 110,000 weaving machines are used in 2,600 weaving mills world-wide

摘要

Picanol is one of the largest weaving machinery manufacturers in the world, manufacturing a wide-range of weaving machines suitable for the world textile industry. Picanol develops, produces and markets high-tech weaving machines. Picanol weaving machines are a synthesis of technological know-how and experience built up over more than half a century. Today, about 2,600 weaving mills around the world use Picanol machinery, totalling some 110,000 weaving machines. Picanol is owned by Mr Patrick Steverlynck. Mr Raju Chandran, Managing Editor of Textile India Progress, had the opportunity of visiting Picanol plant in leper, Belgium, several years ago. Picanol a professionally managed organization has widespread sales and service network throughout the world. Indian textile industry is currently undertaking a US$ 20 billion modernization and expansion programme, aiming for a US$ 80 billion per annum textile opportunity, accounting for US$ 40 billion export opportunity by 2010. Picanol weaving machines would be advantageous for India's 3,000 textile mills and the newly established export oriented textile units that are planning forward integration projects, going into the manufacture of processed fabrics. Textile India Progress takes immense pleasure in profiling Picanol and specially Picanol's OMNIplus 800 weaving machines and Picanol's Gammax rapier weaving machines.