Impressive show at ITMA Asia
ITMA Asia in Shanghai, the first exhibition of the complete Saurer Group, proved to be a very successful event for the group. Being the only machine manufacturer launching three completely new machines, the Saurer booth attracted a large number of visitors from both China and abroad. The new sustainability label: E3, the triple added value that was launched in Shanghai, was well received by customers, as the label focuses on all essential features of a machine.
The first Saurer press conference held during the exhibition saw the Group’s CEO, Mr. Daniel Lippuner, and the Business Units CEOs highlight the drive, passion and innovation with which the group had entered the exhibit.
At the press conference, Mr. Lippuner revealed bits of what Saurer has been concentrating on in the first year of the “new era”. The concentration on customers, the decentralization of the internal structure that allows decisions to be taken fast and close to the customer is paying off. The applause the group received for its new products combined with the new customer oriented drive makes a promise of a bright future.
Like every birthday, the first birthday of Saurer on July 4, 2014, was celebrated worldwide enthusiastically. The birthday cakes were arranged for all the employees worldwide, and festivities included poems to the “young one” in Germany as well as tree planting ceremonies in India. The pictures that were received were such of happy faces. Passion for people is something that Saurer wrote on its milestones a year ago and smiling faces worldwide confirm that the road taken is the right one.
Saurer Schlafhorst unveiled crowd-pullers BD 6 and Zinser 72. Trade visitors were excited by BD 6 and Zinser 72. The market and innovation leader Schlafhorst presented a comprehensive technology portfolio comprising four machines. The new rotor spinning machine BD 6 and the ring and compact spinning machines in the new Zinser 72 series proved real crowd-pullers.
The Chairman of the Saurer Board, Mr. Pan Xueping, and the Saurer CEO, Mr. Daniel Lippuner, unveiled a real eye catcher at the exhibition in the innovative BD 6 rotor spinning machine in the new SAURER livery. With its DigiPiecing piecing technology and highly precise winding technology, the BD 6 bridges the gap between the Autocoro class and the semi-automatic segment. It defines a completely new type of machine with which customers achieve faster, better and more economical production.
The new Zinser 72 ring and compact spinning machines, likewise resplendent in their new livery, were the second highlight. Super-long and super-productive, these machines with up to 1,920 spindles and speeds of up to 25,000 rpm give customers of Schlafhorst unique competitive advantages. At the same time, they save energy due to the new bilateral suction system.
Autoconer X5
The Autoconer X5 was once again the focus of interest. Schlafhorst’s automatic package winder produces individual package formats at the touch of a button, thanks to the globally successful, software controlled yarn displacement system PreciFX. Customers of Schlafhorst can thus design packages that exactly meet the requirements of downstream processing stages. Efficient quality packages become a unique feature of successful spinning mills in this way. At winding speeds of up to 2,000 m/min and with the new material flow technology of the Autoconer X5, companies also increase the productivity and efficiency of their entire ring spinning process.
Autocoro 8
Schlafhorst also exhibited its flagship in rotor spinning, the Autocoro 8, a benchmark in rotor-spinning. The Autocoro 8, with its innovative single-drive technology, surprises the industry time and again with sensational advances in productivity. Customers love its high level of flexibility, outstanding efficiency and marked energy savings, but above all the opportunities it offers to gain new clients with the Autocoro 8 and thereby improve their own market position.
Saurer Allma and Saurer Volkmann setting new benchmarks with E³ technology
With their new high-performance twisting machines and the E³ technology, Allma and Volkmann scored points with the trade visitors. The E³ concept with its features Energy, Economics and Ergonomics, stands for triple added value for customers. 
The innovative solutions for twisting and cabling machines ensure energy savings of up to 50 per cent, depending on the system solution. Customers also benefit from the enormous productivity increase as well as ergonomic advantages and high operating convenience. Together with the excellent yarn and package quality, this results in optimum conditions for maximum added value for today and tomorrow.
Saurer Jintan’s new card JSC326
On June 16, the Saurer Group was very proud to welcome Mr. Wang Tiankai, Chairman of the China National Textile and Apparel Council, and his party at the company booth. This visit was hosted by Mr. Pan Xueping, Chairman of the Saurer Board, who introduced the exhibited machineries to the distinguished guests.
The new card JSC326, exhibited by Saurer Jintan, attracted the attention of both local and overseas visitors. A large number of customers from the northern region visited Saurer Jintan at the exhibition, interested in the new card. Many customers in the region also visited the Saurer Jintan’s booth, including leading enterprises like Ningbo Bros, Zhejiang Huafu, Hongyang Group, Zhejiang Tianchang Textile, Huzhou LianFeng Textile, and Fujian Changle Ermian Group.
Mr. Sun Weiting, Chairman of the Huafu Group, also visited the booth, and was introduced to the product range of Saurer Jintan.
At the exhibition, there were over 60 mills visiting Saurer Jintan’s booth, including a substantial number of potential customers intending to invest in Saurer Jintan machinery. Total planned investments under discussion were over RMB 50 million, and a number of contracts were already signed at the exhibition. All in all this was a very successful introduction of Saurer Jintan as a new member of the Saurer Group.
Saurer Embroidery, successful with feature-rich Epoca 6 pro
With its new features Soutache Head and iSed, the successful Epoca 6 pro surprised and convinced the large number of international trade visitors. Particular attention was paid to the new Saurer Soutache system which excels through the new design possibilities of the motor-driven application heads, high production speed, easy accessibility and simple handling.
The positive feedback from all markets encourages the company to continue along the chosen path and gain access to the heads, with the result that downtimes during production and retooling are drastically reduced. The multi-functional soutache wheel allows the most diverse materials to be processed: from the finest soutache cord, a huge variety of braid widths, right through to technical yarns.
High-performance components
Saurer Components demonstrated its role as the leading manufacturer of high quality components. Under the brands of Accotex, Daytex, Fibrevision, Heberlein, Temco and Texparts, high performance components for staple fibre spinning as well as filament processing were on display. Customers from all over the world visited the booth and learned about the latest innovations like Accotex AccoSmart, Texparts Compact Adaption, the ATYJet-RC and Lufan-3 by Heberlein.
Saurer Components managed to book several large orders at the exhibition.