Brückner Textile Technologies, of Leonberg, Germany, has named Fi-Tech, of Richmond, VA, its representative for sales, parts and service in the US and Canada for the company’s textile machinery product range.

Fi-Tech has represented Brückner since 2011 in the field of nonwovens machinery and products. In 2013, the coating sector was added to Fi-Tech’s responsibility and now Fi-Tech will additionally represent Brückner in the field of textile machinery.

“We are honoured that Brückner has extended their cooperation with Fi-Tech to include their product range for the textile industry. We are looking forward to a successful partnership with Brückner in the North American Textile Industry,” said Todd Bassett, Managing Director of Fi-Tech.

Brückner’s expertise

For more than 65 years, Brückner is the leading manufacturer of complete coating and finishing lines for woven and knitted fabrics, technical textiles, nonwovens and other coated products.

The product range comprises of stenters, relaxation dryers, compactors, sanforizing machines, coating and laminating lines, nonwovens bonding ovens, through flow dryers and others.

At the company’s technology centre in Leonberg, Germany, Brückner conducts tests and fabric trials together with their customers in order to find the best solution and machine configuration for each application. Lowest energy consumption, easy maintenance and high production output are the main targets of the research and development work at Brückner. 

Successful partnership

“We are very proud to be represented by Fi-Tech, an absolutely professional team of specialists. Both companies, Brückner and Fi-Tech, are focused on the customer’s request and provide intelligent solutions for their optimum production results. We are looking forward to a long-lasting and successful partnership,” commented Gerd Kolmer, Sales Director of Brückner Textile Technologies.

For over 40 years, Fi-Tech has represented European based companies in North America, providing technologically advanced equipment to manufacturers in the nonwoven and textile industries.

Brückner believes that the company had a great benefit from the Fi-Tech experience and could increase its sales figures in the United States thanks to the big efforts of the Fi-Tech team. Fi-Tech is also handling the complete Brückner spare parts service for the North American market through its team in Richmond.

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