🔸 In 2018, worldwide shipments of shuttle-less looms increased by 39% to 133,500 units. Thereby, shipments of air-jet and water-jet looms increased by 21% to 32,750 and 91% to 69,240 respectively. The deliveries of rapier/projectile looms dropped by 5% to 31,560.
🔹 The main destination for shuttle-less looms in 2018 was Asia & Oceania with 93% of all worldwide deliveries. Almost 92% of all water-jet looms, 83% of all rapier/projectile looms and 99% of all air-jet looms went to that region.
🔸The main investors were China and India in all the three categories. Deliveries of weaving machines to the two countries reached 81% of total deliveries. Turkey and Bangladesh further played an important role in the rapier/projectile segment with a combined 18% of global shipments.
📍Ref: https://futuretextilemachines.com/global-shipments-of-new-textile-machinery-follow-diverse-trends-in-2018/
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