Trützschler Group SE

About Trützschler

Trützschler Group SE is a manufacturer of machines and plants for spinning preparation in cotton and man-made fiber processing as well as for the production of nonwovens. The product portfolio covers the business divisions Spinning (Blow Room, Card, Drawing, Combing, Automation), Nonwovens (machines and complete lines from bale opening through hydroentanglement with AquaJet as well as through-air dryers) and Card Clothing (card wire and clothing for cards and roller cards). In addition, the company offers Service, Spare Parts, Digital Solutions (T-ONE, T-Tuning), trials at the NCTC Technical Center as well as Refurbishing. Manufacturing takes place at nine production sites worldwide, including four plants in Germany (Mönchengladbach, Dülmen, Egelsbach, Neubulach) as well as locations in China, India, the USA and Brazil. Service companies exist, among others, in Turkey, Mexico, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. The family business, founded in 1888 and headquartered in Mönchengladbach, is organized as a Societas Europaea and supplies customers in the textile and nonwovens industry worldwide.

Site

Mönchengladbach

Processes

Service & Support, Spare Parts, Digital Solutions (T-ONE, T-Tuning), NCTC Technical Center Trials, Refurbishing, Special Roller Service, UL508A Panel Shop (USA), T-WINDER assembly equipment

Certificates

ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001

Founded

1888

Industries

Textile machinery engineering, Spinning preparation, Nonwovens industry, Card wire/card clothing, Hygiene products, Recycling

1. 01

   Engineering and design

2. 02

   Manufacturing and assembly

3. 03

   Commissioning

4. 04

   Service, spare parts and Digital Solutions

Locations

Quality and Certification

Trützschler Group SE and Trützschler Card Clothing GmbH are certified according to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 50001; the certificates are published on the website.

Company History

1. 1888

   Paul Heinrich Trützschler registers his trade (mechanics and blacksmithing) in Crimmitschau on August 1, 1888.

2. 1899/1900

   Renaming to Paul Trützschler und Gey; production of tearing machines and card-willow machines in Crimmitschau.

3. 1902

   Expansion of the product range to include cleaning and dedusting systems for cotton processing; start of international market development.

4. 1948

   New beginning in Mönchengladbach-Odenkirchen after expropriation of the Saxony site.

5. 1951

   Fleissner opens a plant in Egelsbach for the production of through-air dryers (patent 1929).

6. 1967

   Presentation of the first Trützschler card, the DK, at ITMA Basel.

7. 1969

   Founding of American Truetzschler in Charlotte, NC, USA.

8. 1975

   Founding of Trützschler Indústria e Comércio de Máquina Ltda in Curitiba, Brazil.

9. 1977

   Founding of the Trumac joint venture in Ahmedabad, India.

10. 1990

    The fourth generation joins the management (Heinrich Trützschler, Dr.-Ing. Michael Schürenkrämer).

11. 1992

    Acquisition of the Zinser drawing business; start of card production at Trumac, India.

12. 1995

    Launch of AquaJet (hydroentanglement for nonwovens).

13. 1997

    Founding of the branch in Gaziantep, Turkey.

14. 1999

    Delivery of the 4000th card to the USA.

15. 2001

    Founding of Truetzschler Textile Machinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

16. 2003

    Acquisition of the non-American activities of John D. Hollingsworth; founding of Trützschler Card Clothing (TCC) in Neubulach.

17. 2005

    Stake in ERKO GmbH; Erko-Trützschler in Dülmen for nonwovens machinery.

18. 2006

    Fleissner (founded 1848) becomes part of Trützschler Nonwovens.

19. 2008

    Dr. Dirk Burger (CEO) and Andreas Ebenhöh (CTO) become managing directors.

20. 2009

    Acquisition of the remaining shares in Erko Trützschler GmbH and the American assets of John D. Hollingsworth.