ITMA 2011 marked the centenary celebrations of Savio, one of the most respected brands in the textile industry. The Savio brand is represented by the companies Savio Macchine Tessili, Savio (Shandong) Textile Machinery Co. Ltd., and Savio India Ltd. The group has been operating for 100 years in the textile machinery industry dealing with the design, manufacturing and marketing of machines for yarn finishing.
Over the past years, an internationalization process has been developed, involving expansion plans in the Chinese and Indian markets. In China, the manufacturing unit, Savio Shandong, located in the modern industrial zone of Jining, is now well established in the local market. Particularly important is the marketshare achieved by Savio and its subsidiary in China, ranking the company the first winder manufacturer in the world.
In India, Savio is now present with its own production plant located in Coimbatore as the centre of commercial, after-sales and technical training activities. Additional offices in Ludhiana and Kolhapur allow to follow the whole Indian market, the products and the customer needs in real time.
Savio Macchine Tessili is a company that for 100 years has played a major role for the development of Italian textile industry in the world. Founded in Pordenone, Italy, in 1911 by the entrepreneur Marcello Savio as a workshop for the production of textile components for the local industry, it is today the world leader in the field of yarn finishing machines.
Savio now operates worldwide in the production and marketing of automatic winders, two-for-one twisters and rotor spinning frames with manufacturing plants in Italy, China and India. This evolution was accomplished in time by taking as a point of reference the research and development, a strong orientation to the maximum production flexibility and to maintain high quality standards. This focus has resulted in a very strong driving force that led the company to realize an evolved production system to respond quickly to the demands of the textile industry worldwide.
A certified quality system ISO 9001-20
08 permeates the company as a whole, offering the market a wide range of increasingly advanced textile machines with excellent performances and high reliability. This market approach also extends to the network of partner companies spread worldwide, identifying Savio as a company constantly close to customer needs. Savio can count on a direct commercial presence in over 60 countries worldwide, on service and on-site maintenance, technical training and courses for customers technicians. Global dimension, flexibility and manufacturing excellence are the main assets for a strategic leadership that will renew over time.
The design solution for the Savio stand at ITMA 2011 answered two specific challenges: first, the need to highlight, emphasize and communicate the anniversary of 100 years; second, the desire to express, through the architecture of the booth, the core qualities of Savio and its products, which is a mix of performance, quality, attention to detail, innovative solutions, solidity and durability, making it a leader in its field. Overall, the stand was very dynamic, with machines outgoing from the “100”, especially to signify that they are born from a long experience and that are made of great technological achievements.
Here are some of the products on display at the Savio ITMA pavilion:
POLAR E automatic winder comes with automatic bobbin feeding and automatic package doffing. Ring spinning frame bobbins are loaded into the hopper tank and then placed on the flexitray (peg) to be transferred to the preparation station. Each bobbin placed on the flexitray is automatically moved to the “yarn finder station”. This station prepares the bobbins for the following winding process. The entire operations are automatically made and “operator free”.
The Polar/I-Direct Link System automatic winder is linked directly to the spinning frame where bobbins are uninterruptedly moved from the ring-frame to the winder. The POLAR/I DLS has a direct feeding of the ring frame bobbins, thus practically becoming an extension of the ring frame itself, ensuring total free flow of the materials. This solution enables a quick and efficient feeding of the spinning frame bobbins together with a flexible interfacing with all bobbin movements.
POLAR/I DLS is the perfect answer to the quality and process control, even in those emerging countries where specialized labour is difficult to find.
SIRIUS two-for-one twister is available in two versions: the standard mechanical one and the Electronic Drive System. Sirius EDS model has independent motors and inverters that allow to adjust the settings of all operating parameters through the interface of a PC.
This innovation comes from electronic knowledge which Savio has already used in other sophisticated products. This innovation has led to substantial reduction in the machine set-up time, thus reducing the number of operators for each machine, while introducing a simple and direct means to change any setting.
FLEXIROTORS 3000 automatic rotor spinning frame is specially designed to meet the most different needs of flexibility in the open end processing line.
The use of a Suessen spinning unit, the two independent sides associated with a completely electronic machine, whose working parameters are directly set and monitored by the centralised PC station, offers the customer the ideal solution for production control.
FlexiRotorS 3000, besides guaranteeing the highest speed and take-up performances, ensures the best production planning, minimized “unproductive time”, high quality yarn and packages, thanks to the independent sides, the intelligent piecing ad doffing trolleys and the “electronic” take-up of the certified package.
Savio’s Indian connection
Savio is present in India since 1996. It was earlier known as Veejay Savio Lakshmi Machinery Ltd. Today Savio India has been set up with the intention of providing world class Savio products, specific to India’s textile market. The establishment of ITEMA Group’s operations in India confirms its strategic vision and its keenness to grow with commitment to its mission.
In early 2008, Savio India, a 100 per cent subsidiary of the ITEMA Group, was started to manufacture different models of two-for-one twister with Italian technology in Coimbatore.
With its corporate office located in Coimbatore and sales offices in Gurgaon, Ludhiana and Kolhapur, the company is presently serving India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Its Coimbatore facility is well set to produce a range of world class textile machines with cost effectiveness.