After its successful run for over 20 years, Allma, with its cabling machines, has reached another landmark. The company delivered its 200,000th spindle to its China customer Shenma on April 25. To mark the occasion, Shenma was presented a gold-plated cabling spindle at the special celebration held at Suzhou Works.
Since 1991 Allma has been manufacturing cabling machines for cord production. With the cabling technology which is more attractive in terms of economic efficiency and quality, they have replaced the ring twisting technology. Today, the twisting and cabling machines supplied by Allma throughout the world cover about two-thirds of the market. In other words, two of three tires have tire cord which has been produced on the Allma twisting and cabling machines.
For years, Allma has proven again and again its innovation leadership with its new CableCorder machine. The CableCorder has been designed for high performance in terms of quality, economic efficiency and flexibility. Increase in productivity, online quality measuring, two-for-one twisting and cabling in one machine are just a few of its outstanding features.
The year 2011 marked an absolute highlight in the CableCorder history when the fourth machine was presented and the Allma CC4 received the Award for Innovation and Excellence. The Allma CC4 allows for energy savings of up to 50 per cent compared with other models in the market. Moreover, customers benefit from a considerably reduced noise level and yarn break rates which are further reduced by 50 per cent.
In 2012 Allma supplied the 200,000th spindle to its customer Shenma in China. It was to celebrate the occasion that Allma handed over a gold-plated cabling spindle to the representatives of the company at the Suzhou Open House on April 25. On behalf of Allma, Wolfgang Schoeffl, Head of Sales, thanked Shenma and all customers worldwide for their loyalty and confidence.
Oerlikon Saurer, with its product lines Saurer, Allma and Volkmann, is a business unit of the globally successful technology group OC Oerlikon. The product line Saurer located in Arbon (Switzerland) is the world’s leading partner for high-quality shuttle embroidery machines, innovative embroidery software and a wide range of accessories. The product lines Allma (Kempten, Germany) and Volkmann (Krefeld, Germany) are the leading international suppliers of two-for-one twisting machines, cabling machines and ring twisting machines for tire cord, industrial yarns, all staple fibre yarns, carpet yarns and glass filament yarns.
Oerlikon is a leading high-tech industrial group specializing in machine and plant engineering. The company is a provider of innovative industrial solutions and cutting-edge technologies for textile manufacturing, drive, vacuum, coating, and advanced nanotechnology.
A Swiss company with a tradition going back over 100 years, Oerlikon is a global player with around 12,700 employees at around 160 locations in 34 countries and sales of CHF 2.9 billion in 2012. The company invested in 2012 CHF 106 million in R&D, with over 1,000 specialists working on future products and services. In most areas, the operative businesses rank either first or second in their respective global markets.