Simtex, a leading manufacturer of high quality flat bed knitting machines, recently joined the Lonati Group, a subsidiary of Santoni SpA. The company's product line includes the 170-T2, 230-T2, and 230-T3 flat bed knitting machines, which feature double carriage and needle by needle selection, and the XL35 flat bed knitting machine, which is suitable for knitting stripes. A table lists such features as the number of feeds, stitch transfer, carriage stroke, fabric adjustment, racking, fabric take down, yarn fingers, automatic stops, protective devices, programmability, computer controls, and graphic interfaces.