AB Reiniger Industries Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore, established as a manufacturer of overhead travelling cleaners, has entered into a joint venture agreement with WELKER Spintech of Germany for manufacturing yarn conditioning plants in India. Welker GmbH would provide the technology and AB Reiniger has agreed to produce these machines in India with no compromise on quality.
During the initial phase, this Indo-German collaboration will allow the Indian entity to manufacture cylindrical type of machines called the Vapofix 120 with the brand name of REINIGER WELKER YCP from its facility in Coimbatore and further increase its product range in the years to come. AB Reiniger will also look after the sale and after-service through most parts of Asia, starting from Iran to Vietnam.
The company has obtained its first order from Ashutosh Fibre and has a few more projects in the pipeline. Other than YCPs, AB Reiniger will also provide OHTC solutions for both spinning and weaving market.
The range of OHTC covers from belt driven to power duct and chain drive models for the application of speed frame to ring spinning frames and winding frames. With the technical guidance from Welker, Germany, AB Reiniger offers the world class overhead travelling cleaners with the brand name of REINIGER WELKER OHTC to not only Asian countries also to Europe and South American markets through their counterpart.
The Managing Director, Mr. R. Anbazhahan, is a textile technocrat. With more than 25 years of industry expertise, he firmly believes that there is a huge market for YCPs in India and surrounding countries and hopes to capture a sizable market share within a few years. Their facility, equipped with the latest CNC machines, follows very stringent norms from Welker Germany and promises to deliver European standards on Indian soil.
WELKER was founded in 1856 with the sole intension of contributing to the textile industry. In 1941, the first generation of vacuum steaming equipment was developed and successfully introduced to the market. Today, more than 1.800 WELKER systems are installed worldwide and are applied in all areas of heat-setting, conditioning and drying.
WELKER has the most extensive range of conditioners of all types for all applications. The standard cylindrical 18/50 model has a capacity of 1.000 kg per batch with process time of about an hour. WELKER has designed and developed SQUARE/CUBICAL type YCP to meet the demand of customers worldwide. The other models of all lengths and diameters are available from 1.600 up to 3,0000 mm and allow the processing of all types of yarn carriers and pallets.