textile / fibres-yarns
70 years of experience
Special solutions
The V. Fraas GmbH, Helm­brechts (D),
traditional company, founded 130
years ago and known as market
leader in the field of textile accessories, came with special solutions for different technical
applications und works in cooperation with RWTH Aachen (D)
and TU Dresden (D).
The membership in the Tudalit
brand association ensures that
the company are always up to
date when it comes to ”textile re-
3D-simulation technology
This results in highly sophisticated textile structures for individual applications in high-end compound materials boasting enormous carrying capacity and very
low self weight. All high-capacity
thread materials (e.g. carbon, aramid, glass, basalt, metals, ceramics) as well as natural and synthetic fibres can be used. The knitted materials are used e.g. as re-
Photo: V. Fraas
Lenzing caters to the worldwide
textile and nonwoven industry –
from vintage viscose through Modal right up to lyocell fibres – and
has become established as the
leading supplier in numerous business-to-business markets. With an
annual turnover of EUR 1.26 million
(2007) and a fibre production volume of 523,000 tonnes, 86% of
sales are to customers outside of
Austria. Lenzing has 70 years of experience under its belt in fibre production and employs 5,775 members of staff worldwide. Although
the global recession made itself be
felt in the first six months of 2009,
the Lenzing Group managed to
chalk up a clearly positive balance
in the second quarter of 2009, with
an accounting income of 11.3 million euros (after having incurred a
loss of 5.4 million euros in the first
quarter of 2009). As compared to
the same period of the previous
year, consolidated sales in the first
half of 2009 declined by 14.4% from
689.5 to 589.9 million euros. However, turnover and revenues are anticipated to stabilise to some degree.
Obvious reasons for this are the
positive volume demand in the
business units of fibre textile and
fibre nonwovens, as well as in
positive effects from current cost
savings.
V. Fraas
2D double-face
warp knitted fabric (aramid/wool)
Lenzing AG: Mandate extends
The supervisory board has decided to extend
the contract of Peter Untersperger (CEO) by another three years until March 2013. Christian
Reisinger will retire from the company at his
own request on 31 March 2010. After Christian
Reisinger’s retirement the supervisory board
intends to appoint a new third member of the
management board, currently consisting also of
Friedrich Weninger.
inforced concrete”. Special sampling machines for 2D and 3D
structures help to reduce development times to a minimum. All
requirements are implemented
as soon as possible. On the one
hand, can made highly solid structures without structural elongation as the threads are inserted
in a linear way. On the other hand,
the structures are extremely flexible and elastic thanks to the
loops. Further optimization can
be achieved combining different
materials.
Especially developed machines
are able to produce 3D bi-axle
warp knitted structures.
inforcements in thermosetting
matrices and in concrete.
A specially developed and at the
fair presented 3D simulation
technology enables to visualize
double needle or single needle
fabrics with or without weft insertion. This guarantees the optimal development and production
process.
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