Saurer adds Fehrer & Kortec in its nonwoven business
19 May '05
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In 2005, sales of approx. EUR 30 million will be achieved with approx. 180 staff. Besides machine production, a considerable proportion of the turnover stems from the worldwide services and spare parts business. Already in April this year, Saurer took over Kortec GmbH, also working in the nonwoven field.
Kortec is the leading supplier in festooning technology, which is a laying method for bulky and/or elastic strip materials. It enables space-saving plaiting-down in particular of bulky nonwoven strips and therefore optimally complements the airlaid technology. The portfolio thus created means Saurer can offer customer-specific total solutions for all the main manufacturing and treatment processes in the nonwoven industry.
Saurer is the world's leading manufacturer of technologically sophisticated systems for chemical and natural fiber spinning, texturizing, twisting and embroidery, and it is also present in the field of nonwovens.
Saurer Textile brings together eight brand names: Allma, Barmag, Melco, Neumag, Saurer Embroidery, Schlafhorst, Volkmann and Zinser. The products and services of each of these brands play a key role in the value creation process within the textile industry. A high level of technological competence in the field of textile machinery is combined with a consistent customer orientation providing total solutions such as complete turn-key factories, local around-the-word Service, Marketingl solutions such as complete turn-key factories, local around-the-word Service, Marketing support and Financial Services. l solutions such as complete turn-key factories, local around-the-word Service, Marketing support and Financial Services.
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