#ITMA-Asia + CITME-2012

2012-05-15

SSM at ITMA Asia.

SSM (Hall W3 / Booth C02) announce their participation to the forthcoming ITMA Asia in Shanghai, China, from June 12th to 16th. The Swiss based SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG, the inventor of the electronic yarn traverse system, will continue their tradition of trend-setting with the presentation of breakthrough technologies. The focus of the show will be the exhibition of new solutions for cost effective and energy saving winding and yarn processing.

+ Two new product launches and a total of four machines will be exhibited

+ First time in Asia with the new subsidiary SSM GIUDICI S.r.l.

For the first time in Asia, SSM will show a machine created by their new subsidiary SSM GIUDICI S.r.l. With them, SSM gained a strong market position in the field of false twist texturing of high quality fine count Nylon yarns, an application that complements SSM’s established leadership in air texturing, thus expanding SSM’s business in chemical fibre processing industries.

With two new product launches and a number of innovations & applications for their well-known product range, SSM will exhibit a total of four machines.

Machines for the following applications will be on display:

Dyeing/Rewinding
False Twist Texturing

Besides of the presented applications SSM does provide machines for Air Texturing, Air Covering, Draw Winding, Assembly Winding, Yarn Singeing, Parallel Winding and Sewing Thread Finish Winding. A detailed description of all machines can be found at www.ssm.ch

As the market leader in these fields, SSM enjoys an excellent reputation. Furthermore SSM maintains a worldwide service network that ensures the training of their customer’s staff and the maximum return on customer’s investments.

SSM look forward to stimulating and interesting discussions concerning open projects using their latest developments.

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