World markets for textile machinery: part 2—fabric manufacture, December 2018
This report looks at general trends in the international fabric machinery market and provides detailed analyses of various fabric machinery subsectors. 2017 was a positive year for the international fabric machinery market. Shipments of shuttleless looms rose to their third highest level on record, shipments of double jersey circular knitting machinery rose to their second highest level on record and shipments of electronic flatbed knitting machines reached a record high. Meanwhile, shipments of single jersey circular knitting machinery also rose, although the rise was only marginal and followed three consecutive years of decline.
- SUMMARY
- GENERAL TRENDS
- WEAVING
- KNITTING
- Circular knitting
- Flat knitting
- WEAVING MACHINERY
- SHUTTLELESS LOOMS
- Table Breakdown of shuttleless weaving machinery shipments by type and region, 2017
- Shuttleless looms: regional markets
- Shuttleless looms: individual country markets
- Table Shipments of shuttleless looms by region and leading countries of destination, 2016 and 2017
- Table Installed capacity of shuttleless loomsa by region and leading countries, 2016 and 2017
- Table Cumulative shipments of shuttleless looms by region and leading countries of destination, 2008-17
- CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINERY
- Table Breakdown of circular knitting machinery shipments by type and region, 2017
- SINGLE JERSEY CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINERY
- Single jersey circular knitting machinery: regional markets
- Table Shipments of single jersey circular knitting machinery by region and leading countries of destination, 2016 and 2017
- Single jersey circular knitting machinery: individual country markets
- Table Cumulative shipments of circular knitting machinery by type, region and leading countries of destination, 2008-17
- DOUBLE JERSEY CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINERY
- Double jersey circular knitting machinery: regional markets
- Double jersey circular knitting machinery: individual country markets
- Table Shipments of double jersey circular knitting machinery by region and leading countries of destination, 2016 and 2017
- FLAT KNITTING MACHINERY
- ELECTRONIC FLATBED KNITTING MACHINERY
- Table Breakdown of electronic flatbed knitting machinery shipments by type and region, 2017
- Electronic flatbed knitting machinery: regional markets
- Table Shipments of electronic flatbed knitting machinery by region and leading countries of destination, 2016 and 2017
- Electronic flatbed knitting machinery: individual country markets
- Table Cumulative shipments of electronic flatbed knitting machinery by type, region and leading countries of destination, 2008-17