Sustainable and efficient - Barmag's technologies for the Vietnamese textile industry

At SaigonTex from 9 to 12 April 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Barmag, a subsidiary of the Swiss Oerlikon Group, will be presenting comprehensive end-to-end solutions from a single source for its Oerlikon Barmag, Oerlikon Neumag and Oerlikon Nonwoven product brands. At the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center, the experts from the manmade fiber technology provider will be explaining their sustainable machine and system solutions at the Illies Engineering Vietnam Co., Ltd. stand (Hall A, Stand 1J01).

Polymer Processing Solutions is operating under the Barmag brand again

The Polymer Processing Solutions Division Of Swiss Oerlikon is returning to its roots and will now be operating under the renowned brand name Barmag again This step is part of Oerlikon's long-term pure-play strategy, with which the company intends to further expand its market position as a leading supplier of surface technologies while continuing to manage the manmade fibres business in an independent subsidiary. In 2024, the Polymer Processing Solutions business stabilised despite a challenging market environment.

Superior precision and flexibility across the converting industry: SAHM presents the new 460XE series at ICE 2025

SAHM, the world's leading manufacturer of precision winding machines, will present its latest innovation at ICE 2025 in Munich: the SAHM 460XE Series, a state-of-the-art precision parallel winding machine with a traversing spindle. This new series is specially designed to meet the demanding requirements that come with handling sensitive materials and tapes. Combining exceptional reliability, efficiency, and versatility, the SAHM 460XE Series sets a new industry standard in winding technology.

Saurer – the comprehensive solution provider at Egypt Stitch & Tex 2025

Textile professionals will find Saurer at the ATAG booth 1A6 at the Egypt Stitch & Tex 2025 exhibition in Cairo, Egypt, from 20 to 23 February 2025. As a reliable partner for spinning mills, Saurer meets the increasing demand for innovative, energy-saving and high-performance textile solutions. Saurer offers spinning preparation and all five end-spinning systems for staple yarns, as well as advanced digitalisation and automation capabilities for complete spinning mills. With its retrofit and upgrade solutions, Saurer helps customers to extend the lifetime of existing machines.

T-SCAN: Indian customers confirm impressive performance

Removing foreign parts from cotton is a challenging task. That’s why the Trützschler T-SCAN technology features multiple modules that detect contaminations and reliably eject them as part of the blowroom process. After establishing T-SCAN in cotton ring lines, the Indian customers are now enjoying the benefits of the intelligent solutions in rotor applications.

Spinning

Rieter reports a strong increase in order intake for the 2024 financial year, with a sharp decline in sales

At CHF 725.5 million, order intake was significantly higher than in the same period of the previous year (2023: CHF 541.8 million), representing an increase of 34%. This was the fourth consecutive quarter of year-on-year growth. As expected, the Rieter Group ended financial year 2024 with lower sales than in the previous year. According to preliminary, unaudited figures, total sales amounted to CHF 859.1 million, which is around 39% down on the previous year (2023: CHF 1 418.6 million).

Spinning

Oerlikon Barmag and Evonik – strategic partnership in the growing market for chemically recycled PET

Oerlikon Barmag and Evonik have announced their cooperation to promote chemical recycling of Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste. Both companies are committed to develop technologies for robust and efficient depolymerisation and purification processes, coupled with an integrated concept for repolymerisation and the associated EPC business models.

Spinning

Subscription package with Uster FiberQ drives top quality and efficiency for Sagar

Uster FiberQ automated raw material management generated more than 2,000 laydowns in a year for Sagar, one of India’s leading spinners. The results delivered consistent yarn quality and optimized process efficiency – giving a payback period of three months.