Eltex of Sweden – Sixty years of experience from constant R&D and innovation

Background of Eltex:

EYE sensors on warping creel

Eltex began life in Sweden 58 years ago when the company’s co-founders set about solving a problem that had created difficulties for the textile industries for as long as it had been mechanized. They wanted to find a way of detecting broken or missing weft yarn in a shuttle weaving machine. The result was the development of the world’s first electronic weft stop motion sensor.

What Eltex offers to the textile and flooring sector:

We offer our technology and applications of our sensors in different fields of the textile industry. Our solutions spans from yarn break detection to control and monitoring of yarn tension in real-time of single and multiple threads. These solutions creates quality improvement, machine efficiency, cost efficiency, less waste material, less maintenance and relief to the machine operator. EYE Compact sensors are designed for yarn fault detection on tufting machines and contributes significantly to the tufting carpet, artificial grass and yarn-producing companies by offering intelligent sensors.

EYE Compact II for graphics driven tufting machines

Innovations and new technologies:

Eltex’s latest offering is the Eye Compact II which is a minutarized design of the widely successful EYE Compact. It’s an excellent solution for graphics driven tufting machines. We developed the EyETM for multiple yarn applications, a system that detects the tension of each position in real-time on warping creels, winders and heat-set machines.

Important global markets:

Millions of sensors from Eltex are performing in more than 100 countries for many different types of textile applications. In regard of presence however, the US, Canada, the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Australia, New Zeeland, India, Japan and South Korea are seen as our primary markets.

EyETM on Creel

Strengths of Eltex:

Almost sixty years of experience from constant R & D+I led us to become a world leader of systems for yarn break detection and yarn tension monitoring and our technical progresses gave us an upper hand against our competitors and a strong position on the global market. Thus, we became a global and trusted supplier. Our competitive advantages are gained through excellent customer service, efficiency and productivity, high adaptability, significant market share and strong, decisive leadership.

Focus on sustainability:

Our main contribution to a more sustainable production is, as mentioned earlier, the reduction of waste materials. Other measures we have taken are to use recyclable materials such as aluminum and zinc for our housings as well as lead-free soldering on all circuit boards according to the RoHS directive.

EYE Compact for carpet and artificial grass tufting

How can Eltex equipment help to increase production and quality:

Eltex Yarn Expert (EYE) is a flexible and versatile yarn detection system. The functions and features of the Control Units, sensors, and operator terminal are software controlled. The carpet industry can take full advantage of the technologies of Eltex sensors in terms of revenues, growth, quality improvement, machine efficiency, less maintenance, waste material and relief to the machine operator.

Emerging markets / Future growth plans:

The Middle East is the world’s fourth-largest carpet manufacturer after the U.S., and the regional Industry is expected to grow between 10 -25 % over the next five years. We have started our marketing efforts and are communicating with some of the carpet producers in the region. In addition, we have expanded our marketing network for the middle east region. We are also focusing on South-East Asian countries like Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia.