Germany-based Spindelfabrik Suessen
GmbH
has sold the 1.5 millionth
EliTe®Compact Spindle to India-based Super Spinning Mills Ltd. (SSML), which counts 50,000 such
spindles and 12,000 EliTwist®Compact Spindles among its total capacity of more than 150,000 ring
spindles. The landmark spindle will be installed on a Lakshmi G5/1 ring-spinning frame.
Suessen’s Elite(R) Compact Spindle
SSML, part of the Sara Elgi Group, operates four divisions: Agriculture, Spinning, Weaving
and Garments. The three units comprising the Spinning Division produce carded and combed cotton
weaving and knitting yarns ranging from Ne 6 to Ne 140 using a number of spinning processes
including compact single, core spun, EliTwist and fancy. The company also spins organic cotton on
Suessen’s EliTeCompactSet system.
Suessen has sold 500,000 EliTeCompact Spindles since late 2005.
The company introduced the spindles at ITMA ’99 in Paris.
July/August 2006