In the spring of 1969, Picañol took part in an exhibition in Asmara in Ethiopia. The exhibition itself was primarily designed to enable visitors to see what was produced in Ethiopia. Picañol was present with a C.M. President featuring a heavy twill fabric, with a speed of 230 wefts per minute. For the correspondents of Picañol it was a pleasure to see how many visitors stopped to admire the loom. Even a British competitor exhibiting its own looms could not believe how our looms could run this fast. Apart from visits from Sudan and Kenya, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands also visited the exhibition. She was very interested in the origins of our looms, stating - "Well, it's amazing all the things that are manufactured in the Benelux.”.
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