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Allma CC4 wins tyre technology award

Germany’s Oerlikon Saurer has won the Tire Technology Award for Innovation and Excellence 2011 with its new tyre cord cabling machine, the Allma CC4. The company’s Allma Product Line received the coveted Tire Technology Award for Innovation and Excellence 2011 in the Tire Industry Supplier of the Year category at the Tire Technology Expo, which was held in Cologne from 15-17 February 2011. Winners were chosen in five categories by an internationally renowned jury

25th February 2011

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Kempten

Transport/​Aerospace

Wolfgang Schoeffl, Vice President Sales, Oerlikon Saurer, Allma Product Line, receiving the award in Cologne

Germany’s Oerlikon Saurer has won the Tire Technology Award for Innovation and Excellence 2011 with its new tyre cord cabling machine, the Allma CC4.

The company’s Allma Product Line received the coveted Tire Technology Award for Innovation and Excellence 2011 in the Tire Industry Supplier of the Year category at the Tire Technology Expo, which was held in Cologne from 15-17 February 2011. Winners were chosen in five categories by an internationally renowned jury of tyre industry experts.

Energy costs are, according to Oerlikon Saurer, the greatest cost pool in the entire tyre cord cabling process. They are said to account for 30% to 50% for plants with write-down requirements, and even for 40% to 80% for machinery already depreciated.

According to Oerlikon Saurer, the energy-saving Allma CC4 allows for energy savings of up to 50%, depending on the yarn count and spindle type. The company says that tyre cord manufacturers can benefit from enormous, even revolutionary production cost savings and the Allma CC4 is another milestone in the energy efficiency programme e-save of Oerlikon Textile, which has been successful for some years now.

"With the new development Allma CC4, Oerlikon Saurer proves yet again its innovative strength offering a sustainable and resource-saving solution. We are all delighted and very proud that we have won the award", says Jan Röttgering, Head of Oerlikon Saurer, Senior Vice President.

Oerlikon Saurer with its Saurer, Allma and Volkmann product lines, is a business unit in the textile division of the global technology group, OC Oerlikon. The Saurer product line located in Arbon (Switzerland) is a leader in high-quality shuttle embroidery machines, innovative embroidery software and a wide range of accessories. Allma (Kempten, Germany) and Volkmann (Krefeld, Germany) are leading international suppliers of two-for-one twisting machines, cabling machines and ring twisting machines for tyre cord, industrial yarns, all staple fibre yarns, carpet yarns and glass filament yarns.

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