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integrates information from key production process-
es. It offers ‘value modules’ which alert textile
producers to quality problems but can also provide
optimization guidance to prevent the production of
poor quality at source.

Steinemann CVS takes care of quality in a more
basic, but equally essential way: protecting quality
and enhancing profit by ensuring the mill environ-
ment is kept clean, by means of central vacuum
cleaning. Steinemann’s latest technology ensures
that dust and fibers are collected and logistically
autonomously transported away from the manufac-
turing units, so as not to harm the production
process. The Central Vacuum System is most
suitable for automatic yarn waste disposal from the
filter chambers of the end-spin-machinery, as a
cost-efficient and more reliable solution than
manual methods.

Innovation on every level: powering the future
There are many more illustrations of the contribution
Swiss Textile Machinery companies make to modern
yarn production and processing, on every level from
ingenious manufacturing techniques to essential
service solutions. Amsler’s fancy and effect yarn
devices and the air conditioning and humidification
systems from Luwa Air Engineering, for example,
may have differing functional roles in the spinning
yarn production has largely migrated eastwards, from more sustainable sources – based on industry, but both can be key success elements for
Switzerland continues to provide the innovative eco-friendly processes for application of solvents, their customers. They are typical of the products,
technology those mills need. and recycling systems.
components and services of Swiss Textile Machinery
members: the advantages offered by their innova-
Spun yarns, man-made and synthetic… In synthetic fibres, Swiss Textile Machinery also has a
The world-leading status of Swiss machinery for yarn leading player. Retech develops and markets tions make life easier for spinners all over the world.
production today has recently been demonstrated systems for drawing and processing high-perfor- Rieter underlines this statement with the substantial
with the huge contracts secured by the Rieter Group mance synthetic fibres and yarns. Specialized shift from mechanical design towards software and
at ITMA 2019. Seven new modernization projects are components such as godet rolls, heaters and tension Digital solutions for the knowledge gap digitalization, creating the all-in-one spinning mill
being planned for the Egyptian textile industry worth controllers are designed to cope with operating Changing priorities in the digital age create new management system ‘ESSENTIAL’. Among the wide
a total of 180 million Swiss Francs. For these, Cotton temperatures as high as 400°C, with the strength to challenges for textile producers – and new solutions. range of beneficial possibilities users can select
& Textile Industries Holding Company, Cairo, has withstand the extreme strains of the drawing process- One such is the worldwide shortage of qualified and modules that best suit their requirements and add
ordered for the first six projects Rieter ring and es. Retech manages to blend ongoing innovation knowledgeable personnel, for which Saurer now them individually.
compact spinning machinery in the amount of 165 with cost-optimized production, enabling it to com- offers a way of managing an entire production
million Swiss Francs. pete at the top level of technology for polyester, operation with a single intelligent program. ‘Senses’ Swiss innovation power is challenged by visionaries
polyamide and polypropylene yarns. is the name of its digital mill management system. It like Dirk Weber, CEO of Ing. A. Maurer SA. He says:
Other sectors require a more specialized approach, can cover machines from third-party manufacturers “Thinking big in scenarios when customers demand
as competitive pressures change the business Key components play a vital role in every area of yarn as well as Saurer brands. Process automation products made without solvents, or eco-friendly
environment. Viscose production is an example, now production – for both new installations and replace- extends to management of supporting processes versions, and fostering investments in highly-auto-
centred in China. Swiss Textile Machinery member ment parts – and Swiss Textile Machinery members (maintenance, workforce, etc.) and interconnection of mated mills would mean that industries like viscose
Maurer is a pioneer in the supply of viscose manufac- such as Bräcker, Graf, Heberlein, Loepfe and Rotor- production and quality data. production would come back to Europe.”
turing plants and machinery, but nowadays competi- craft are all class-leading manufacturers. All
tion from China is an issue. To diversify and establish well-known names in the industry, these companies For current export business and any future home
Switzerland has historic roots in the yarn spinning initially importing equipment from Britain, but soon Digitalization is essential for profit-oriented quality markets, there is one certainty: innovation is in the
business, stretching back more than 200 years. Its switching to the first Swiss-made spinning frames new fields of business, Maurer has consequently have based their success on long-term investment in management in spinning. Ideally data from laboratory Swiss DNA and that’s why Swiss Textile Machinery
thriving mills were among the earliest to embrace which were the foundation for the modern successful extended its activities to include engineering and R&D and the development of sophisticated solutions testing and in-process quality control should be companies will shape the future for their customers
industrialization, at the start of the 19th Century – machine-building sector. Even today, when global consulting services. Its portfolio has also been for their customers worldwide. combined. USTER’s Quality Management Platform and the whole spinning industry in the years to come.
enhanced by activities in alternative fibres – derived
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