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TMAS member company ACG Kinna Automatic acquires Styrteknik Europe. With over 40 years of experience, Styrteknik is known to be a world-leader in developing and manufacturing industrial sewing machines and automatic systems for sewing circles and cross seams on cushions, mattresses, pads, and other filled materials and products. ACG Kinna Automatic AB has acquired 100% […]

Meet Tomas Aspenskog, Marketing and Sales manager since the beginning of 2022 at ACG Kinna Automatic, a part of the ACG Group. We talked with Tomas about his very exciting and varying role in the textile machine industry. Since the beginning of 2022, I have had the privilege of working as the Marketing and Sales Manager […]

Say hello to Nina Axelsson one of our Textile heroes within TMAS! Nina is a sales/marketing coordinator at TEXO AB and we had the opportunity to have a chat with her, talking about what’s its like to work in the textile machine industry. I’m overall responsible for our marketing including social media, website and marketing material and […]

Say hello to Björn Fredberg one of our Textile heroes within TMAS! Björn is a System developer at Eton Systems and we had the opportunity to have a chat with him about what’s its like to work in the textile machine industry. I completed the System Science program at University of Borås back in 2012. Before that […]

To meet rising demand for its fully automated and digitised fabric and part handling solutions, Eton Systems – a member of TMAS, the Swedish textile machinery association – has just moved into new premises in Borås. The company was founded in 1967 in Borås – widely known as Sweden’s textile city and home to worldwide […]

CEMATEX, the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers where TMAS is a member, today announced the appointment of Alex Zucchi as its new president. Mr Zucchi was elected at the General Assembly held on 14 June 2024. Mr Zucchi has been active in CEMATEX, having been involved in the ACIMIT delegation since 2015. He is […]

TMAS, the Swedish Textile Machinery Association, has become the latest Associate Member of the ITMF, which continues to expand as the international forum for the global textile manufacturing value chain. ITMF members already include companies responsible for approximately 90% of global textile and apparel production and the Federation’s reach continues to be extended through ventures […]

Vandewiele Sweden is spearheading a transformation in B2B operations for the industry, with a first-of-its-kind new e-commerce platform developed in Sweden. The company, a member of TMAS, the Swedish Textile Machinery Association, has taken on the task of developing the digital solution that will successfully meet the future demands for Vandewiele Group customers worldwide. Coherent […]

After an intensive few years of development, ACG Kinna Automatic and ACG Nyström – members of TMAS, the Swedish textile machinery association –have delivered the first microfactory for the production of fully finished filter bags to a major international filtration industry customer, in cooperation with JUKI Central Europe. As a fully automated system, it promises […]

Members of TMAS – the Swedish textile machinery association – will display technologies completely in alignment with the major digitalisation theme of the forthcoming Techtextil and Texprocess 2024 exhibitions taking place in Frankfurt from April. “Textile manufacturers who don’t embrace the new possibilities of digitalisation – in addition to continuing to make sustainable gains – […]

As a pioneer in the adoption of electronic sensors by the weaving machinery industry, Eltex of Sweden is marking its 60th anniversary this month. That the company’s timeline aligns with the acceleration of weaving machine production speeds from around 150-200 picks per minute back in the 1960s to up to 1,200 picks per minute today […]

Continuous investment in the latest automation technologies – involving a long-standing and close cooperation with TMAS member ACG Kinna – has ensured family-owned Värnamo Sängkläder AB has retained its leading position in the production of high-quality bedding against heavy odds. At the recent Heimtextil exhibition held in Frankfurt, Germany, from January 9-12, Martin Åhlander – the third […]