Picanol rolls out 100,000th rapier weaving machine

Picanol Group, a diversified industrial group, has announced that this week the company has realised a milestone when its 100,000th rapier weaving machine rolled off the production line. Picanol is also celebrating 45 years of manufacturing rapier weaving machines in 2020. Picanol has an extensive track record in the production of high-tech rapier machines.

 

Picanol Group, a diversified industrial group, has announced that this week the company has realised a milestone when its 100,000th rapier weaving machine rolled off the production line. Picanol is also celebrating 45 years of manufacturing rapier weaving machines in 2020. Picanol has an extensive track record in the production of high-tech rapier machines.#

Once again, this reaffirms the leading role Picanol plays in the rapier weaving machine segment worldwide. The 100,000th rapier weaving machine (an OptiMax-i) will be shipped this week to the company Saitex Fabrics, which is based in Long Tho, Vietnam. 

 

Picanol Group, a diversified industrial group, has announced that this week the company has realised a milestone when its 100,000th rapier weaving machine rolled off the production line. Picanol is also celebrating 45 years of manufacturing rapier weaving machines in 2020. Picanol has an extensive track record in the production of high-tech rapier machines.#

In 1975, Picanol launched its very first weaving machine with a rapier insertion, which was named the PGW. Since the launch of the first rapier machine all that time ago, Picanol has introduced various new generations of rapier machines. These include, amongst other machines, the GTM in 1983, the Gamma in 1996, the GamMax in 2002, and the OptiMax and the GT-Max in 2007. Its current flagship rapier weaving machines – the OptiMax-i (launched in 2015) and the GTMax-i 3.0 (launched in 2018) – cover a complete range of applications and they are generally recognised as being the most versatile and best performing rapier machines on the market. 

 

Picanol Group, a diversified industrial group, has announced that this week the company has realised a milestone when its 100,000th rapier weaving machine rolled off the production line. Picanol is also celebrating 45 years of manufacturing rapier weaving machines in 2020. Picanol has an extensive track record in the production of high-tech rapier machines.#

“The fact that the 100,000th machine mark has been reached now represents a sign of hope and optimism during this Covid-19 time. Our people are working hard to build, install and service weaving machines, even under these extraordinary circumstances – and this is taking place while simultaneously respecting all of the measures needed to ensure safe and healthy working conditions,” Johan Verstraete, VP Weaving Machines at Picanol, said in a press release.

 

Picanol Group, a diversified industrial group, has announced that this week the company has realised a milestone when its 100,000th rapier weaving machine rolled off the production line. Picanol is also celebrating 45 years of manufacturing rapier weaving machines in 2020. Picanol has an extensive track record in the production of high-tech rapier machines.#

We have every reason to be proud of the fact that we have produced 100,000 rapier weaving machines and we are extremely grateful to all of our employees who have made this possible.”