Oerlikon Saurer Twisting Group
Volkmann and Allma are world leaders in their particular area of yarn twisting.
Oerlikon Saurer has the following product lines:
Allma Product Line: Within the Allma Product Line, the market segments of tyre cord,
technical yarns and fancy yarns are all well covered.
Volkmann Product Line: The Volkmann Product Line operates very successfully in the
market segments of staple fibre yarns, glass twisting of filament yarns and carpet yarns. The new
glass twisting machine can be seen on a separate page.
Saurer and Melco Product Lines: For many years the Saurer product lines of Arbon
(Switzerland) and Melco in Denver (USA) have been the leading suppliers of shuttle embroidery machines, multi-head
embroidery machines, and embroidery software and embroidery equipment.
Volkmann is the specialist in two-for-one twisting and cabling machines.
All staple fibres and BCF yarns can be processed on the Volkmann range of machinery.
Charles Clayton of Sheards Ltd has worked with Volkmann for over 30 years.
Sheards Ltd stock a full range of spare parts for all types of Volkmann machines and have engineers
for installation and service work.
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production calculations and operative loading.
Oerlikon Saurer is a truly global partner for machines, software and complete solutions for various
textile applications. Reliability, innovation and quality are the basis of our holistic approach and our
commitment.
Other significant machinery from OST is the new WinPro and WinTwist machines for high speed spinning
of knitting yarns.
These 2 companies form the Twisting Group of Oerlikon Saurer Textile Systems, the largest Textile
Machinery Manufacturer in the world.
Some of the other companies in Oerlikon Saurer Textile Systems are Schlafhorst and Zinser, the
well-known winding and spinning machinery manufacturers.
