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German textile professors

visit Monfongs factory

during China study tour

From left to right: Prof. Dr. Vossebein, Prof. Dr. Rabe, Prof. Dr. Müller , Prof. Dr. Voller

Four specialists from one of Europe’s leading textiles expertise is textile finishing and ecology.
educators examine Monfongs production plant.
Following their visit the professors thanked the
Four professors from the Faculty of Textile and Monfongs management team. “The meeting and the
Clothing Technology at the Hochschule Niederrhein tour through the company were very interesting and
University of Applied Sciences in Mönchengladbach, we gained a deep insight into production
Germany, have visited the Monfongs Zhongshan technology,” said Prof. Dr. Rabe, speaking on behalf
factory during a study tour of China. of the visitors. AD

The faculty has cooperation agreements with Monforts Textilmaschinen was founded in 1884.
universities in China, the United States, Turkey, and in Today it is a member of Fong’s Industries with
many European countries, with this visit being production facilities in St. Stefan, Austria and in
organised in cooperation with Hong Kong Zhongshan, PRC. The headquarters of Monforts is
Polytechnic University and Donghua University. based traditionally in Mönchengladbach, Germany
where all activities for R & D, technology, sales &
One of Europe’s largest study locations for young service activities, spare parts marketing and
textile engineers, the Mönchengladbach faculty has a teleservice are centralised.
century of history and teaches degree courses both
in German and English. The Monfongs Zhongshan plant predominately
produces stenters. The Monforts production facility,
The professors had travelled first to Hong Kong and Montex Maschinenfabrik in Austria, produces all
then visited the Monfongs factory in Zhongshan, ranges for technical textiles, continuous dyeing
where Monfongs executives Leo Wong, Cody Tung ranges, compressive shrinking ranges and stenters.
and Wilson Leung met them and provided a tour of
the production facilities. A most modern technology centre in
Mönchengladbach attracts many customers for
The professors were dean of the faculty, Prof. fabric trials on real scale Monforts ranges for dyeing,
Dr.habil.Rudolf L Voller; Vice Dean Prof.Dr. rer. Nat. finishing and coating under real production
Lutz Vossebein, whose speciality is textile conditions.
technology, textile testing and quality management;
Prof. Dr. rer. Pol. Susanne Müller, who specialises in Around 950 people are employed in the
business administration, marketing and logistics; administrative and production facilities in Germany,
and Prof. Dr.-Ing Maike Rabe, whose area of Austria and China.