Receive our weekly Newsletterand set tailored daily news alerts Clothing/Footwear a vertically integrated producer of textiles located at Tizayuca has installed a Monforts Montex 6500 stenter equipped with a heat recovery system and has been running a direct energy usage comparison with the Montex 5000 stenter that the company had installed a decade earlier which is still in continuous use but which has no heat recovery system The comparison charts reveal that the heat recovery system is saving the company up to 20 % on gas consumption Both of the machines are equipped with the Monforts Exxotherm indirect gas heating system heating technology that avoids any yellowing of the fabric which had proved so effective on the first installation that it was the reason for Tizayuca Textil to install the second Monforts stenter which was established in 1949 and is dedicated to the design production and marketing of products for women including lingerie and garments under the trademark ‘Ilusion’ Diltex has a dominating presence throughout Mexico The bulk of Tizayuca Textil’s output therefore goes direct to Mexico “About 80 % of our production here is for the domestic market,” says Tizayuca Textil co-owner Salomon Romano “and we produce everything including knitting of which the two most recent installations are Monforts machines We were very happy with the first Monforts machine the Exxotherm system being especially advantageous and the good results encouraged us to invest in the 6500 with Exxotherm “This second installation has the integrated heat recovery system and so we have been able to compare like-on-like gas energy usage between the two machines “We have found that the new Monforts installation is giving us a direct saving of 20 % on our gas usage “Our supplies are natural gas from the public utility supplier and so we can see very clearly the savings we are making whilst using the same production process We are now giving serious consideration to the possibility of installing a heat recovery system on the first Monforts stenter.” Mr Romano explains that the Monforts 6500 unit is also equipped with a Compactomat 6000 system for the control of over-feeding and cloth weight integrated within the machine The Exxotherm indirect gas heating system incorporates a gas-fired heat exchanger that eliminates the negative effects of combustion gases on fabrics and thereby removes combustion related problems such as ‘yellowing’ or colour changes This is particularly the case in the treatment of polyamide and elastane based fabrics which form a large part of Tizayuca Textil’s output Hot combustion air is fed from the gas burner through an isolated heat exchanger and passed into the stack via the independent exhaust duct to ensure that no combustion gases come into contact with the fabric “Quality control is very much more precise with the Exxotherm and given the diverse range of materials that are passing through the machine we find we are more comfortable and confident with our textile finishes,” says Mr Romano “The designers feel they can experiment more and highly sensitive to any technical difficulties we find that the indirect gas heater is functioning as reliably and as problem-free as a direct gas heating system “We are so happy with the results that we recommended the Monforts stenter line to an associated joint venture company from the United States and they have subsequently installed two Monforts units.” All of the Monforts machinery is supplied and installed via Sattex-Mexico Sattex also supplies training and full technical support Monforts to present new Montex XXL stenter at INDEX17 Single source supplier for sustainable finishing Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Today's print edition Home Delivery As American companies recalibrate the risks of relying on Chinese factories to make their goods some are shifting business to a country far closer to home: Mexico The unfolding trend known as "near-shoring” has drawn the attention of no less than Walmart the global retail empire with headquarters in Arkansas.googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'); }); when Walmart needed $1 million of company uniforms — more than 50,000 in one order — it bought them not from its usual suppliers in China but from Preslow In a time of both misinformation and too much information quality journalism is more crucial than ever.By subscribing Your subscription plan doesn't allow commenting. To learn more see our FAQ Sponsored contents planned and edited by JT Media Enterprise Division Mexico — Mexico is searching for homes for at least 2,000 tigers zebras and other exotic beasts that soon will be banned from the nation’s circuses Circus owners are worried about the fate of their animals which they say are too expensive to keep once the ban kicks in while government and zoo officials are grappling with myriad difficulties in relocating animals raised to perform tricks under the big top The legislation stipulates that the animals should evolve in their natural habitat and aims to avoid the animal cruelty that some organizations have alleged “We are waiting for a response from the government about what will happen to our animals,” said Armando Cedeno president of the national association of circus owners and artists Cedeno estimates there are about 4,000 circus animals in Mexico 45-year-old animal tamer Bruno Raffo begins his work day at 7:30 a.m. It costs 3,000 Mexican pesos ($194) daily just to feed the tigers plus veterinary bills for periodic checkups Hundreds of circus workers have been laid off “I’m going to stay here with the animals to see what can be done,” said Raffo whose arms are laced with scratch marks from a lifetime of working with the giant cats Zoo officials do not see any easy alternatives for Raffo’s tigers and others like them Mexico City’s director of zoos and wildlife said it is “not feasible” to add so many new animals that were raised in a different environment and maintain decent living conditions for them Privately owned zoos have offered to help but also say the transition would be challenging little is know about the genetic and family histories of circus animals Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum was in Hidalgo this weekend to ceremonially inaugurate construction on the planned Mexico City-Pachuca passenger train Located about 106 kilometers north of Mexico City Pachuca is a city in central Mexico and the state capital of Hidalgo The passenger rail service would connect three states and include a stop at the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) in México state It will be electric with double electrified tracks along all 106 kilometers of the route With an estimated speed of 120 kilometers per hour and a capacity of 718 passengers per train the journey between AIFA and Pachuca will take only 20 minutes Environment Minister Alicia Bárcena said that the project will include green walkways soil and water quality near the route will also be monitored as part of efforts to make the train an ecologically sustainable travel option The commuter railway line seeks to improve access to AIFA while facilitating connectivity for commuters between Mexico City and Pachuca It is expected to benefit the inhabitants of Zumpango Temascalapa — all municipalities in México state — and Tizayuca Communications and Transportation Ministry (SICT) show the commuter train will require an initial investment of 50 billion pesos (US $2.5 billion) the Defense Ministry (Sedena) will be responsible for the project Sheinbaum said during the inauguration that she will soon be in the state of Querétaro to inaugurate construction on other commuter train routes is to create passenger train routes that extend to the border city of Nuevo Laredo During her presidential campaign, Sheinbaum unveiled plans to build three new train routes based on the model of the Maya Train In addition to the Mexico City–Pachuca line plans include a train to connect Mexico City with Nuevo Laredo and Mexico City with Guadalajara Her plans also include the expansion of the Maya Train and the Interoceanic to Guatemala Sheinbaum’s plan builds on former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s commitment to revive the use of passenger trains across the country the Mexican government eliminated passenger train service but now it is seeking to revitalize it as a viable option to improve mobility ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC They confiscated 100 doses of synthetic drugs Seventeen Cubans and three Venezuelans were arrested Tuesday night during a drug raid carried out by the police in the city of Pachuca During a police operation organized by the Public Security Secretariat of Hidalgo (SSPH) and the Attorney General's Office of that state (PGJEH) 20 foreigners - 11 women and nine men - were arrested and authorities confiscated 100 doses of synthetic drugs known as "crystal," and 83 doses of marijuana The operation was carried out based on several complaints from the public in which an address in the Adolfo López Mateos neighborhood was identified as a suspected drug dealing point The detainees - whose names have not been disclosed - do not have legal status in the country and are allegedly linked to different thefts in the metropolitan area the authorities executed a search warrant at a residence where they found 100 doses of dried herb with characteristics of marijuana 26 doses of synthetic drug "crystal," and cell phone equipment The police arrested two individuals with the initials A.J.G.C who "is presumed to have been a generator of violent acts in the region." The statement did not specify the nationality of the detainees The Public Security Secretariat of Hidalgo also communicated that after the judicial procedures were concluded "the individuals involved and seized objects were handed over to the competent authority while investigations continue." the arrest of two other Cubans - a man and a woman - in Tizayuca was reported during police operations in nightclubs in the area Authorities arrested a total of six people and found 312 doses of synthetic drug "crystal" The SSPH identified the two Cubans involved in the events as M making it impossible to determine their names Masked men burst into a children's birthday party in the Mexican city of Tizayuca killing 11 people Police said they had found three children alive at the scene but all 11 adults at the party had been shot dead The BBC reports it had taken place in a tent set up by the host outside their home in a residential area of the city Mexico has recently seen a surge in violence linked to disputes between drug cartels 2,186 killings were recorded ‑ approximately 70 a day A recent trend has seen hit men murdering whole families Stay tuned for the latest news on our radio stations Copyright © 2025 Communications Fiji Limited FM96 Legend FM Viti FM Navtarang Radio Sargam PNG Haus Bung Yumi FM Nau FM Legend FM Facebook TikTok Instagram X YouTube Threads Search Companies Department of Archaeology York's Aurélie Manin is looking for archaeological evidence of the Xoloitzcuintle a breed characterised by a sparse hair coat and a severe lack of teeth Together with a team of scientists from Mexico and France, Dr Aurélie Manin, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow in BioArCh published a paper "Can we identify the Mexican hairless dog in the archaeological record Morphological and genetic insights from Tizayuca Basin of Mexico" in the Journal of Archaeological Science. is a breed characterised by a sparse hair coat and a severe oligodontia This phenotype is a consequence of Canine Ectodermal Dysplasia (CED) caused by a genetic mutation known as FoxI3 First accounts of hairless dogs in Mexico are dated to the 16th century CE but pre-Hispanic dog skeletons presenting missing and abnormally shaped teeth have been interpreted as earlier evidence of hairless dogs The archaeologists studied the mitochondrial DNA from the remains of eight ancient Mexican dogs All of these dog exhibited dental anomalies usually associated with Canine Ectodermal Dysplasia While the attempt to identify FoxI3 was unsuccessful the research revealed that Mexican dogs display a high genetic diversity and continuity for ca Can we identify the Mexican hairless dog in the archaeological record? 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