Itema, the leading global provider of advanced weaving solutions, spare parts and integrated services, had an outstanding year in terms of sales of weaving machines in India. The Italian company closed an impressive number of deals providing the Indian textile industry with its advanced weaving technology to weave a wide range of fabrics.

Itema is present in India with a fully-operational branch since 2003, counting more than 50 employees, with sales and after-sales teams, technical support, and advanced repair centres to ensure the highest possible standard of weaving solutions, with a complete offering and range of services to its valuable customers in the Indian market.

As stated by Sameer Kulkarni, Itema Weaving India General Manager Sales, “2022 represents a landmark year for Itema in India. We are proud to see how our weaving technology is now recognised as the most versatile and reliable in terms of textile mastery and performance. In 2022,” continued Kulkarni “we established a new record: Itema is by far the best-selling supplier of high-end rapier weaving machines in India.”

This success is largely due to the Itema leadership of the Surat region, where weavers selected the Itema rapier weaving machines R9500² and R9000² as their preferred option when it comes to weaving sophisticated fashion apparel and saree fabrics. Both with dobby and Jacquard shedding, the Itema rapier technology demonstrated in fact its superior performances in terms of fabric quality and insertion of fancy yarns.

Another very successful Itema machine in the Indian subcontinent is the Itema denim-dedicated rapier weaving machine, the R9500²denim. Since its market launch at ITM 2018 in Istanbul, the Itema R9500²denim has become a real market success.

Moreover, the Itema R9500²denim can be equipped with iSAVER®, the device developed by Itemalab® that by eliminating the waste selvedge on the left-hand side of the fabric allows never-before-seen raw materials and economic savings. iSAVER® established a new benchmark in the weaving industry and today it represents the only device effectively running in real weaving conditions capable to contribute to a sustainable weaving process.

Itema is today a trusted partner of many Indian weaving mills, from large textile conglomerates to smaller textile manufacturers, providing the most advanced and user-friendly weaving technology and real-time assistance, from the initial negotiation stage and throughout the whole machine life cycle.