Saurer’s motto for ITMA 2019 highlights its purpose – since Saurer's inception, its innovations have been the driving force behind the customers’ creations – from yarns to garments, tires and artificial turf. For Saurer, this year’s exhibition marks the beginning of a new era. Over the past years, Saurer have committed to gaining insight into the market and truly focusing on the customers’ needs. Based on the clients’ feedback, Saurer have increased product offering, marking further strides towards its goal of becoming a comprehensive solution provider. In response to customer requests, Saurer now offer all staple fibre spinning solutions. Saurer's overarching mill management system ties the offerings together: it allows all Saurer’s customers to gain a detailed overview of their operations and makes optimisation easier.

While the E³ (energy, economics and ergonomics) principle still forms the basis of Saurer’s design philosophy, Saurer is now focusing on adding intelligent technology. Its machines’ self-learning features optimise the speed to suit the material being processed. The Saurer products within a given system can be linked, which saves on labour and makes production processes more efficient and less wasteful, with a major impact on profitability.

Data analysis made easy – for all customers

Whether they are in spinning, embroidery or twisting, all clients can benefit from Saurer’s mill monitoring system Senses to analyse production, quality and machine data. As an added advantage, this system is also compatible with third-party machines. Users can tap new optimisation potential by controlling the production process and making it more transparent.

Clients will also have the option of linking Saurer’s machines and the new laboratory equipment from Autolab series, which premieres at the exhibition, to the software platform. The powerful combination of analytical capacity gives the user a clear picture of all the processes making up their operation in real time.

Increased automation as a vital concept

As vital yarn characteristics are already determined during the preparation of the raw material, Saurer sets the goal to be able to control and manage the entire process, ensuring best sliver quality for the five end-spinning processes. With the addition of the new innovative Autocard and the draw frame Autodraw, Saurer has further extended its spinning product portfolio.

As with all products, Saurer have also integrated automation technology in the embroidery machine. The new Automatic Rear Carriage adjustment helps in reducing the machine setting time while the intelligent thread watcher SmartMon drives the precise and fast detection of yarn breaks, on both shuttle and needle side, which drastically lowers mending costs.

Sensors are fundamental to any data collection effort. Saurer's twisting machines will also feature an integrated device that measures tension and monitors yarn twist in industrial and carpet yarn as well as tire cord and staple fibre. This innovation is unrivalled on the market.

A time for festivities

This ITMA is also a special one for us, as several product lines as well as Saurer’s service offering are celebrating anniversaries. The TechnoCorder has been in existence for 20 years, Saurer launched the first Saurer ring-spinning machine 70 years ago and entered the embroidery sector one-and-a-half centuries ago with a manual machine. Over the decades, Saurer have continuously adapted products to ensure Saurer is at the cutting edge of innovation.

Experts take the stage

On the occasion of these festivities held at ITMA 2019, Saurer will have the pleasure of hosting a number of specialists who will provide insights into the sector, including:

- Prof. Thomas Weide, whose subject area is Textile Technology of Spinning, is from Hochschule Niederrhein, Mnchengladbach, and will speak on “Development in modern spinning technology” (11:30 on 21 June).

- Thomas Fris, CEO of the start-up Textible and winner of the Futurezone Awards 2017 in the category Start-up of the Year. He will reveal how he built a successful business with his products, manufactured using shuttle embroidery (11:30 on 22 June).

- Dr Uwe Mhring, Managing Director of the renowned TITV Greiz, the Institute for Special Textiles and Flexible Materials, will hold a presentation entitled “New opportunities with embroidery in the field of smart textiles” (16:00 on 22 June).

- Daniel Bücher, Researcher at ITA, RWTH Aachen, will talk about "Artificial Intelligence - decision systems for textile applications" (11:30 on 25 June).

- Dr Walter Arne, Fraunhofer ITWM, Kaiserslautern, and Erik Bell, ITA, RWTH Aachen, will present the latest on "Digital twins - how to improve package dyeing" (16:00 on 25 June).

Saurer are eager to welcome you to Stand B201 in Hall 6 at Fira de Barcelona to reveal the culmination of hard work, share market insight as well as gain valuable knowledge about sector by listening to all customers.