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Oerlikon Barmag systems convince with product diversity

Remscheid, June 25, 2020 – the Chinese industrial yarn manufacturer Zhejiang Kingsway High-Tech Fiber Co., Ltd. is expanding its production capacities by a further 40,000 tons per annum with 5 Oerlikon Barmag lines. Kingsway is already successfully manufacturing special high-quality yarns, exclusively deploying…

Commissioning of polycondensation system rounds off total industrial yarn solution

Remscheid, June 18, 2020 – the Oerlikon Barmag Huitong Engineering joint venture, part of the Oerlikon Manmade Fibers segment, recently commissioned a polycondensation system which feeds a polyester industrial yarn system. The future operator will be industrial yarn manufacturer Jiangsu Solead New Material Group Co.…

Oerlikon Neumag celebrates topping-out ceremony for the new technology center

Neumünster/Germany, June 17, 2020 – With the construction of the new technology center for research and development, Oerlikon Neumag, the Neumünster-based German machine and plant manufacturer, is still fully on schedule. Only four months after the ground-breaking ceremony at the beginning of February, the topping-out…

Production during the corona crisis: Oerlikon protects employees with innovative distance-warning technology

"Even closer to our customers"

Shanghai/China, Remscheid/Germany, June 11, 2020 – After more than eight years in the Intercontinental Business Center on Yutong Road in Shanghai, China, the Manmade Fibers segment has now opened a new sales and service office in the metropolis of millions near the international airport in Hongqiao and the National…

Oerlikon Barmag celebrates topping-out ceremony for the new pump production building

Remscheid, June 5, 2020 – Only a few weeks after the ground-breaking ceremony at the end of February, Oerlikon Barmag is already celebrating the topping-out ceremony for the new pumpconstruction production building at the Remscheid Lennep site today, despite the fact that the corona crisis has since set in and the…

Oerlikon Nonwoven supplies the meltblown technology for Innovatec GmbH

Pfäffikon, Schwyz, Switzerland; Troisdorf, Germany – June 5, 2020 – Germany's Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier today handed over the first notice of funding to Innovatec GmbH in Troisdorf as part of the recently launched "Nonwoven Production" funding program. The North Rhine-Westphalian…

Oerlikon commissions new logistics center in Neumünster

Neumünster, June 4, 2020 – in order to further optimize the material provision for the Oerlikon Neumag and Oerlikon Nonwoven business units and to strengthen internal processes at the German site in Neumünster, the Manmade Fibers segment of the Swiss Oerlikon Group decided last year to invest in a state-of-the-art…

Up-to-date with secured remote services

Neumünster, May 28, 2020 – to increase system productivity and to keep service downtimes as short as possible, remote servicing has long been absolutely essential within a globally-networked textile industry. For its Oerlikon Neumag and Oerlikon Nonwoven brands, the Oerlikon Manmade Fibers segment is offering a new…

Home textiles made from bulky polyester filament yarn

Remscheid, May 21, 2020 – home textiles directly influence the feel-good factor of our personal surroundings. Being pleasant to the touch, soft and extremely aesthetic, highly-bulky up-holstery fabrics for furniture, decorative fabrics and wall textiles, drapes and pleated curtains and even carpets can support and…

Protective masks for Europe

Neumünster, May 14, 2020 – two companies newly-established in Germany to manufacture and distribute high-end protective masks were in the spotlight at the beginning of May: with FleeceforEurope and Lindenpartner, Düsseldorf-based Kloepfel Group purchasing consultancy and Berlin-based industrial consultancy Bechinger…

First-Quarter 2020 Results

Oerlikon Implements Comprehensive Actions to Navigate Current COVID-19 Pandemic

Materials for in excess of one million protective masks

Neumünster, April 30, 2020 – within the context of supporting the critical infrastructure in Germany, Oerlikon Nonwoven immediately began converting its laboratory systems in Neumünster to manufacture nonwovens at the end of March. With this, only small local businesses and companies were initially supported in the…

”A very big thank you to all our customers and employees for their trust”

Remscheid, April 23, 2020 – staggered in terms of timing and with varying magnitude, the global spread of coronavirus is impacting the development of the regional economies in the core markets of the Manmade Fibers segment of the Swiss Oerlikon Group. In the current times, the world market leader for manmade fiber…

myOerlikon.com offers an intelligent all-round, care-free package

Remscheid/Neumünster, April 16, 2020 – within the context of a globally-networked textile industry, online services have become essential for considerably more efficient maintenance, modernization and original parts procurement processes for machines and systems. Here, the Oerlikon Manmade Fibers segment has this year…

POY process now even more energy-efficient

Remscheid, April 9, 2020 – following several years of development with partner Siemens, Oerlikon Barmag kicked off serial production of its new drive unit for POY systems at the be-ginning of the year. The new component makes stands out above all with regards to energy efficiency.

Oerlikon Nonwoven large-scale meltblown sold to Asia

Neumünster, April 2, 2020 – a leading Asian large-scale manufacturer of manmade fibers and polymers has invested in a new Oerlikon Nonwoven meltblown system. The recently-signed contract comprises a 2-beam system for manufacturing filtration nonwovens – predominantly for medical products such as face masks – with a…

Less wear and superior fiber quality

Neumünster, March 26, 2020 – Technological changes to Oerlikon Neumag’s Baltic crimper thrust pad contacting device have resulted in considerably reduced friction in the crimper rolls and hence less wear and fewer metal particles contaminating the crimped staple fibers.

RoTac³ tangling unit with comprehensive modifications

Neumünster, March 19, 2020 – major technological changes to Oerlikon Neumag’s RoTac³ tangling unit produce even more efficient BCF yarn tangling. On the one hand, the tangling nozzle has been flow-optimized, allowing the air pressure to be lowered by approximately 10 percent compared to its predecessor, while…

Long-term project business in China remains stable – Oerlikon wins three large manmade fibers orders in China with a total value of over CHF 600 million

Pfäffikon, Schwyz, Switzerland – March 16, 2020 – Oerlikon has received new large orders for manmade fibers production solutions from three of the world’s leading manmade fibers manufacturers. All three companies are based in China and have been key customers of Oerlikon for many years. The orders are for Oerlikon…

perPETual and Polygenta manufacture rPET FDY using Oerlikon Barmag’s WINGS

Remscheid, 12 March 2020 - The Indian yarn manufacturer Polygenta, specialized on the manufacturing of sustainable recycling yarns, recently commenced production of recycled polyester FDY yarns at its facilities in Nashik. The yarn is produced using a combination of perPETual Global Technologies patented chemical…

Automated wiping reduces yarn breaks

Remscheid, March 5, 2020 – following its installation at several major yarn manufacturers in China, the first wiping robot has now been operating in India since the end of 2019. As already the case with our Chinese clients, the performance of the Oerlikon Barmag solution there demonstrates the same properties: an…

Technology transfer that is creating waves

Remscheid, February 27, 2020 – for more than a decade now, the Manmade Fibers segment of the Swiss Oerlikon Group has been hosting a comprehensive technology symposium at the beginning of each year in the Indian region around Silvassa/Daman. Numerous Indian manmade fiber producers have settled in this area, around a…

Oerlikon Barmag investing in the future

Remscheid, February 25, 2020 – by breaking ground for the extension to its Pump Construction division, machine and systems manufacturer Oerlikon Barmag is continuing on its innovation course. With an investment in the high single-digit million-euro range, the new-build at the Leverkuserstraße site represents a clear…