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| The Textile Magazine
JUNE 2012
spinning machinery
On June 18, 2012 the first part of
the new Rieter production plant in
Changzhou, Jiangsu province, was
officially opened at an inauguration
ceremony attended by high-ranking
politicians and representatives of
the textile industry in China and
Switzerland. The commissioning of
this plant is a decisive step in cor-
porate development for Rieter, who
will now be able to serve customers
in the key market of China even
better than before.
Rieter’s long tradition of trading
relations with China dates back to
1940, when Chinese spinning mill
customers purchased their first Ri-
eter machines. In the 1990s Rieter
established presence in China with
a joint-venture assembly plant, and
in 2000 opened its own production
plant in Changzhou. Since then
Rieter has successively expanded
in China with substantially invest-