This paper details the design and benefits of a range of new developments shedding machinery as introduced at the ITMA 1995. Included in this review are the Staubli range of models, highlighting new developments on the proven standard CX series machine, the Grosse EJP-2 Super Jumbo electronic jacquard machine, the wide range of electronic jacquard equipment from Bonas, and the Tsudakoma ECM, a completely new electronic shedding motion.