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Saurer appoints new CEO at Schlafhorst and Zinser [Kuwait News Agency]
[October 25, 2014]

Saurer appoints new CEO at Schlafhorst and Zinser [Kuwait News Agency]


(Kuwait News Agency Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Saurer Group has appointed Dr Martin Folini as new CEO of Schlafhorst and Zinser, as part of its efforts to strengthen the management team of its largest business unit. Dr Folini will start in his new role with a beginning of next month.



Two brands, Schlafhorst and Zinser, are the market and innovation leaders for roving and ring spinning, rotor spinning as well as winding, employing 2,000 people worldwide.

As part of changes within management, Jan Röttgering will take over the position of General Manager Rotor Spinning within the business unit, allowing a higher focus on individual product lines.


Experience in textile machinery Dr Folini has a long experience in the textile machinery as well as high precision machinery industry. He graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich with a PhD.

For over 15 years he worked in the textile industry for the Rieter Group, first as Head of Manufacturing and Procurement and then as CEO of Spun Yarn Systems. Since 2009, he successfully lead the Pfiffner Group, Switzerland, a leading supplier of efficient, automatic high precision industrial machines, as CEO.

Saurer Group The Saurer Group is a leading textile industry group mainly specialising in machinery and components for yarn processing.

Saurer unites the spinning brands Schlafhorst and Zinser, the twisting brands of Allma and Volkmann, pre-spinning brand Jintan and the Saurer Embroidery brand along with the Saurer Components division consisting of the brands Accotex, Daytex, Fibrevision, Heberlein, Temco and Texparts.

With annual sales around 1.2 billion CHF, the group has locations in Switzerland, Germany, Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, USA, China, India and Singapore.

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