| Oerlikon Schlafhorst History |
Milestones Ring spinning technology
| 1914 |
Eugen Zinser registrates the first Zinser spindle at the Kaiserliches Patentamt (Imperial Patent Office) |
| 1949 |
Foundation of Zinser Textilmaschinen GmbH |
1955
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ITMA in Brussels - complete ring spinning line including card, draw frame, roving frame and ring
spinning machine |
| 1962 |
Setup of Zinser Far-East in Hongkong
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| 1967 |
ITMA in Basel - cotton ring spinning machine 317 with automatic doffing system CO-WE-MAT |
| 1970 |
Foundation of branch Zinser Maschinenbau in Oberviechtach |
| 1983 |
Schlafhorst AG & Co. becomes majority shareholder of Zinser Textilmaschinen GmbH |
| 1991 |
Takeover of the Schlafhorst Group by Saurer AG |
| 1994 |
First certification ISO 9001 |
| 1995 |
ITMA in Milan - ring spinning machine generation 350 / 450 |
| 1997 |
ATME in Greenville - automated roving frame RO-WE-MAT 670 |
| 1999 |
ITMA in Paris - compact spinning machine AIR-COM-TEX 700 and spinfinger machine PRO-FIT-SPIN 800
Takeover of spindle bearing production from SKF |
| 2001 |
ITMA ASIA in Singapore - fully-automated installation including roving frame RO-WE-MAT 670 and ring
spinning machine Zinser 351 |
| 2002 |
CITME in Beijing - compact spinning technology for short and long staple spinning
new brand CompACT³ |
| 2003 |
Integration of Zinser Textilmaschinen GmbH into Saurer GmbH & Co. KG.
Therefore the company was renamed into Zinser, Zweigniederlassung der Saurer GmbH & Co. KG |
| 2005 |
ITMA ASIA in Singapore - ring spinning machine Zinser 351,
combination of conventional/compact & fancy yarn/high speed |
| 2006 |
CITME in Beijing - Zinser 360, first ring spinning machine produced at Saurer Suzhou |
| 2007 |
Member of the technology group OC Oerlikon | |
Milestones Rotor spinning technology and Winding technology
| 1884 |
Company foundation of W. Schlafhorst |
| 1902 |
Patents for a pirn winding machine and a cone winding machine |
| 1931 |
Beginning of the automation of pirn winding |
| until 1960 |
Presentation of various models of cone winding machines M 3, BKN, IKN in the market |
| 1962 |
Autoconer 107 - the first automatic package winding machine by Schlafhorst |
| 1963 |
Opening of the plant in Übach-Palenberg for assembling of components |
| 1968 |
Further automation due to development of the package doffer and bobbin preparation |
| 1974 |
Beginning of the Autocoro development |
| 1977 |
Autoconer 138 with separation of electrics, pneumatics and mechanics |
| the 70ies |
Development of the splicing technology |
| 1982 |
Delievery of the 100,000 Autocoro spinning position |
| the 80ies |
Strong trend for automation, development of the automatic material flow |
| 1987 |
Autoconer 238 - Single spindle machine with splicer automatic |
| 1988 |
Delievery of the 1,000,000 Autocoro spinning position |
| 1989 |
Autocoro 240 with the SE 9 spin box and rotor speed to 130,000 minˉ¹ |
| 1991 |
Takeover of Schlafhorst by the Saurer Group
Autoconer System 238 - Introduction of the Caddy-Transport-System for Type D, Type V |
| 1992 |
Introduction Autocoro with 2 Piecer Carriages |
| 1997 |
Autoconer 338 - sensor-controlled winding process
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| 1999 |
Introduction Belcoro |
| 2001 |
Autocoro - Coromat detached the Piecer Carriage
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| 2003 |
Autocoro 360 |
| 2007 |
Member of the technology group OC Oerlikon |
| 2007 |
Autoconer 5; Autocoro 480, Autocoro S 360; Corolab XF |