World Markets for Textile Machinery: Part 2 - Fabric Manufacture, 2007 edition
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2006 was a mixed year for the international fabric machinery market. Although deliveries of weaving
machinery to the world’s mills increased significantly, knitting machinery deliveries fell. Once again,
Chinese purchases dictated global shipments.
Shuttleless loom and shuttle loom deliveries rose at double- or triple-digit rates. In the case of
shuttleless looms, the more advanced weaving technology, deliveries were up by 25% while shuttle
loom shipments surged by as much as 958%, albeit from a small base. The 25% increase in shipments
of shuttleless looms was due largely to a 29% rise in deliveries to Chinese mills. However, there were
also sharp gains in other countries. The industries in Vietnam and Indonesia stepped up their
purchases by no less than 185% and 178% respectively, and there were substantial increases in India,
Turkey and Pakistan. In the case of shuttle looms, Chinese mills acquired 6,385 machines, or 91% of
global deliveries, having purchased none in 2005.
The global market for circular knitting machinery, in contrast to that for weaving, was sluggish in
2006. Having said that, drops stayed within single digits. Shipments of single jersey circular knitting
machines fell by 5.2% while double jersey machine deliveries declined by 9.8%. In both cases, falls
in purchases by Chinese mills accounted for the entire drop in global shipments. In the case of single
jersey machines, Chinese purchases were down by 14% while double jersey machine purchases were
cut back by 13%.
In the flat knitting sector, there was a 17% decline in global shipments of hand knitting and semi-automatic
knitting machines, but sales of electronic flatbed machines rose by 33%. The drop in the
case of hand and semi-automatic flat knitting machinery was due largely to a 29% decline in
shipments to Chinese mills—although there were also falls in shipments to the industries in
Bangladesh, South Korea, Hong Kong, India and Thailand. In the electronic flatbed knitting machinery
market, Chinese mills accounted for the entire global rise as their purchases shot up by 166%. As a
result, China became the largest buyer of these machines and replaced Hong Kong in the process.
Hong Kong mills, meanwhile, purchased 21% fewer machines in 2006.
SUMMARY
GENERAL TRENDS
Weaving
Knitting
Circular knitting
Flat knitting
WEAVING MACHINERY
Shuttleless looms
Shuttleless looms: individual country markets
Shuttle looms
CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINERY
Single jersey circular knitting machines
Single jersey circular knitting machines: regional markets
Single jersey circular knitting machines: individual country markets
Cumulative deliveries of single jersey circular knitting machines by country, 1997-2006
Double jersey circular knitting machines
Double jersey circular knitting machines: regional markets
Double jersey circular knitting machines: individual country markets
Cumulative deliveries of double jersey circular knitting machines by country, 1997-2006
FLAT KNITTING MACHINERY
Hand knitting and semi-automatic flat knitting machinery
Hand knitting and semi-automatic flat knitting machinery: regional markets
Hand knitting and semi-automatic flat knitting machinery: individual country markets
Electronic flatbed knitting machinery
Electronic flatbed knitting machinery: regional markets
Electronic flatbed knitting machinery: individual country markets
STATISTICAL APPENDIX
List of tables
Table 1: Shares of shuttle looms and shuttleless looms in shipments of weaving machinery by region, 2006
Table 2: Breakdown of shuttleless weaving machinery shipments by type and region, 2006
Table 3: Shipments of shuttleless looms by region and leading countries of destination, 2005 and 2006
Table 4: Installed capacity of shuttleless looms by region and leading countries, 2005 and 2006
Table 5: Cumulative shipments of shuttleless and shuttle looms by region and leading countries of
destination, 1997-2006
Table 6: Shipments of shuttle looms by region and leading countries of destination, 2005 and 2006
Table 7: Breakdown of circular knitting machinery shipments by type and region, 2006 Table 8: Shipments of single jersey circular knitting machinery by region and leading countries of
destination, 2005 and 2006
Table 9: Cumulative shipments of circular knitting machinery by type, region and leading countries of
destination, 1997-2006
Table 10: Shipments of double circular knitting machinery by region and leading countries of destination,
2005 and 2006
Table 11: Breakdown of flat knitting machinery shipments by type and region, 2006
Table 12: Shipments of hand-knitting and semi-automatic flat knitting machinery by region and leading
countries of destination, 2005 and 2006
Table 13: Shipments of flatbed knitting machinery by region and leading countries of destination, 2005 and
2006
Table 14: Installed capacity of shuttle looms by region and leading countries, 2005 and 2006
Table 15: Installed capacity and shipments of weaving machinery by type, region and selected country,
1997-2006
List of figures
Figure 1: Shipments of shuttleless looms, 1996-2006
Figure 2: Cumulative weaving machinery shipments, selected countries, 1997-2006
Figure 3: Cumulative shipments of circular knitting machinery, selected countries, 1997-2006
Figure 4: Shipments of circular knitting machinery, selected regions, 1996-2006
Figure 5: Shipments of hand knitting and semi-automatic knitting machinery, selected regions, 1996-
2006
Figure 6: Shipments of flatbed knitting machinery, selected regions, 2000-2006...
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