Chinese textile producers now have direct access to Richard Hough’s unique roll technology, after the opening of a new China Service Centre, located in the city of Changzhou, in Jiangsu province.

Growing demand for the company’s special roll solutions for textiles – as well as metal and automotive industries – will be met by the new hub, which is fully equipped with lathes, grinding machines, overhead cranes and a roll press, enabling a wide range of services to be provided for local customers.

Roll regrinding and the fitting of Hough’s newly-developed Roberto and RoberteX sleeves onto customer roll shafts are among key facilities likely to be popular with Chinese manufacturers, according to the manufacturer.

Global presence

From its headquarters in the UK, Richard Hough, a specialist in calendering rolls, squeezing rolls and cotton calender bowls for the textile industry, has already established a significant reputation worldwide, including China.

The new Service Centre is seen as a platform for even more rapid growth there. Major producers, such as Guangdong Esquel Textiles, and OEMs, such as Jiangyin Guoguang Calender & Fiber Roller Co., are among existing customers for developments, which include the Roberto high expression dewatering rolls and Syncast polyamide calender rolls.

Centre for textiles

The new facility is expected to dramatically improve logistics, boosting new business links in the region, which is an important industrial centre for textiles, engineering and high technology.

Changzhou is a city of 4.5 million people, on the Southern bank of the Yangtze River, near the provincial capital of Nanjing. It is part of the Shanghai-Wuxi-Suzhou area, which now has over 36 million inhabitants.

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