RED DOT NEWS Summertime

Edition no. 2 of 2017

EDITORIAL
Message of the CEO – Itema Diversification, by Mr. Carlo Rogora
TECHNOLOGY CORNER
Itema Rapier R9500: The most Positive Negative Rapier Machine in the History of Weaving
EVENTS
Itema Innovation Roadshows – Bursa and Denizli/Turkey & Pingdi/China
COMPANY INVESTMENT
Lean Manufacturing Across Itema Production Facilities
WEAVING EXCELLENCE DIARIES
Meet the Itema Brand Ambassador – D’DECOR (Furnishing & Upholstery/India)
WEAVING EXCELLENCE
Top 10 Gallery – Made in Italy
USABLE CONTENT
MyItema Spare Parts Online Shop

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MESSAGE OF THE CEO

I am delighted to inform you that Itema Group has acquired 61% of shares in Lamiflex, leading supplier of technical composite products, and a minority stake in NoeCha, provider of high-tech, wide-format printing solutions. The acquisitions are part of a wider strategy of Itema and our Shareholders, namely the Radici family with 60% of shares and the Arizzi e Torri families with the remaining 40%, to ultimately accelerate the continued expansion and secure the long-term profitability of Itema by diversifying into complementary, high-growth markets through stakes in innovation-driven companies which offer significant economies of scale to fuel the joint development of each others’ core businesses.

TECHNOLOGY CORNER

ITEMA R9500: THE MOST POSITIVE NEGATIVE RAPIER MACHINE IN THE HISTORY OF WEAVING – COUPLING SUPERIOR PERFORMANCES WITH UNPARALLELED VERSATILITY

Ever since the introduction of the first rapier automatic shuttleless weaving machine by Somet exactly 50 years ago, the rapier weft transfer has been widely associated with versatility – an undeniable advantage over other weft insertion systems when it comes to weaving a multitude of patterns and yarns.

EVENTS

Although 2017 promised to be a much quieter year compared to previous two years from the perspective of trade shows and exhibitions, we at ITEMA are happy to report that it has not been so for us.

Our colleagues traveled the world to be closer to Customers from countries as far apart as Colombia (Colombiatex), Bangladesh (DTG), Egypt (EgyStitch), Ethiopia (ACITF), Turkey (EGE-TMF and KTM), Indonesia (IndoInterTex), Pakistan (IGATEX), Germany (Techtextil) and the USA (Techtextil North America). On a mission to be by Customers’ side and meet Mills in order to demonstrate first-hand the latest-generation technology, ITEMA rolled out a series of dedicated events under the name “ITEMA INNOVATION ROADSHOW.”

WEAVING EXCELLENCE
DIARIES

Meet our Brand Ambassador Mr Ajay Arora – Managing Director of D’Decor – and discover how Itema best-in-class weaving technology can contribute to a Company’s success.

Sometimes, business is more than a mere commercial exchange, but a real win-win relationship. This is the case with Itema and our loyal Customer – D’Decor – renowned worldwide for its sophisticated furnishing fabrics woven, since the company’s inception, on Itema rapier weaving machines.

COMPANY INVESTMENT

The past four years have meant a major overhaul and wide-reaching re-organization activities with the goal to streamline, optimize and modernize the production facilities of Itema Group located around the world, from Colzate to Zuchwil to Shanghai, in full compliance of Lean Manufacturing principles.

Itema today is a leaner, meaner version of Itema in the past. All this is due to the vision, strong will and determination of CEO, Carlo Rogora, who, shortly upon arrival five years ago, launched a major program to overhaul the production and logistics flows within the Company.

WEAVING EXCELLENCE

Excellence is a matter of passion. It is what you get when you do things not only well, but better.

With pride, we introduce to you a selection of 10 among our Italian Customers, producing a vast range of sophisticated and complex fabrics on Itema machines.

USABLE CONTENT