About Barmag

Since 2025, the Swiss Oerlikon Group has been operating its manmade fibers business as subsidiary under the traditional name Barmag. This includes the established product brands Oerlikon Barmag, Oerlikon Neumag and Oerlikon Nonwoven. As a future-oriented company, the research and development of Barmag is driven by energy-efficiency and sustainable technologies (e-save). Barmag is one of the leading providers of manmade fibers filament spinning systems, texturing machines, BCF systems, staple fibers systems and solutions for the production of nonwovens. Together with its range of polycondensation and extrusion systems and their key components, Barmag caters to the entire manufacturing process – from the monomer all the way through to the textured yarn – and supports it with customer-oriented engineering services. The product portfolio is rounded off with automation and digital solutions. In addition, Barmag offers high-precision gear metering pumps for the textile industry and other sectors, including the automotive, chemical and paint industries.

The main markets for the Barmag product portfolio are in Asia, particularly in China, India, Türkiye and the USA. Worldwide, Barmag – with round about 2,500 employees – has a presence in 120 countries with production, sales and distribution and service organizations. At the Research and Development centers in Remscheid, Neumünster (Germany), and Suzhou (China), highly qualified engineers, technologists and technicians develop innovative and technologically leading products for tomorrow’s world.

Oerlikon (SIX: OERL) is a global leader in surface technologies. Headquartered in Pfäffikon, Switzerland, the Group has a global presence with over 12 000 employees across 199 locations in 38 countries, achieving sales of CHF 2.4 billion in 2024.

High-performing yarns for every type of product

The global need for textiles from markets such as clothing, functional wear, packaging, medical, infrastructure and transportation is growing rapidly. Apparel, functional wear, carpets, automotive tires, safety belts, airbags, geotextiles for construction, ropes, conveyor belts, sails and filters to clean water and air all rely on fibers. But natural fibers use too many resources, for example water, for their production, or cannot offer the functionality needed. Industrial yarns are the solution — they form the basis for almost all technical textiles.

Ever since manmade fibers were created, the goal has been to give the smooth, synthetic filament a natural fiberlike character and specific functions such as elasticity and increased heat retention. Oerlikon is the world market leader for systems used in the manufacture of manmade fibers. We offer technologies from Melt to Yarn, Fibers and Nonwovens. Oerlikon’s large-scale filament spinning and texturing plant solutions are designed to manufacture and process polyester, polyamide and nylon. This material can also be manufactured on high-tech production systems for carpet yarns, synthetic staple fibers and nonwovens.
Our industries

Textiles and apparel

Filament yarns are largely used for textiles and apparel. Today, polyester, nylon and polypropylene yarns are the primary materials to manufacture clothing. From the finest suits to heavyduty applications, modern clothing is building on yarns and fibers to perform.

Functional wear

Yarns are the starting material for a wide range of fabrics — from fashion, sports and home textiles to specialty functions such as bulletproof vests and fire protection gear.

Medical and filters

Yarns are also used for a wide range of filter applications. They provide specific functions such as absorbency, liquid repellency, resilience, stretch, softness, strength, flame retardancy, washability, cushioning, thermal insulation, acoustic insulation, filtration, microbial barrier and sterility.

Packaging

Polymer processing creates a large number of potential applications for the production, handling and packaging of food and goods. From bottling to insulation to foils that protect food from external effects, yarns are designed to perform specific functions.

Infrastructure

The applications are as diverse as they are specific: from fibers for geotextiles to roofing and agricultural applications as well as windbreak netting.

Flooring and textile

Textile flooring applications, such as carpets and various home textiles in diverse shapes and colors, are manufactured with manmade fibers. Those applications need a highly resistant material. And that is exactly what Oerlikon materials can provide.

Transportation

Aerospace textiles, automotive applications such as tires, safety belts and airbags, sails, and much more are manufactured using industrial yarns.

Polymer Processing

With its Oerlikon Barmag, Oerlikon Neumag, Oerlikon Nonwoven and Oerlikon HRSflow brands, the Oerlikon Polymer Processing Solutions Division is focusing on manmade fibers plant engineering and flow control equipment solutions.
Vision & Mission

Our Vision

Oerlikon creates innovative industrial solutions for a better life.

Our Mission

Oerlikon strives to be your most reliable business partner, worldwide. We increase value through high-quality innovative industrial solutions, continuously. We engage highly qualified professionals. Our commitment is your success!
Our Values

Integrity

Everything we build, we build on trust.

Team Spirit

I care about the team, the team cares about me.

Excellence

What we do, we do best.

Innovation

Ideas come from everybody and from everywhere in the organization.

Facebook Barmag Facebook Neumag Facebook Nonwoven