Customers had the opportunity to visit Saurer's state-of-the-art spinning machinery production facilities, as well as the pre-spinning and spinning technology showroom, which was introduced by General Manager Mr Pei Guoqing. The visitors were very impressed by the modern and efficient facilities, which align with the excellent quality of Saurer's machines. During the three days, the participants also had the opportunity to visit several Saurer customers as well as the modern facilities of the DIW Ruihong factory, which demonstrated Saurer's textile machinery from bale to yarn, including complete mill management. The second major project managed by DIW aims to become a benchmark in the field of digital intelligence.

During the seminar part of the summit, Saurer was delighted to have local industry specialists share their views on future trends in China. As one of the world's leading textile nations, China is in many ways a trendsetter for modern intelligent equipment, as well as setting advanced targets for sustainability. These insights were well received by the international audience.

Mr Dong Kuiyong, President of China Cotton Textile Industry Association, addressed the participants on "Sustainable Development of China's Cotton Textile Industry", emphasising China's role in the global textile value chain and the important position of China's textile industry. Mr Gu Ping, President of China Textile Machinery Association, presented the current situation and development trends of the textile machinery industry, as well as the policies and development trends for the recycling and utilisation of textile waste, which is becoming increasingly important.

It was a special honour to have some of Saurer's customers share their success stories and history with the audience, in addition to the speeches by Saurer's management and product specialists.

Mr A. Kadir Kurtul, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Iskur Holdings (Türkiye), introduced Iskur, today a successful Turkish conglomerate and a partner of Saurer for decades. As a visionary, Iskur started early with innovations in recycling. Cooperation, especially in spinning recycled fibres and mill automation, has proven to be mutually beneficial. Iskur is closely linked to Saurer Autocoro, being the first to receive the world's longest Autocoro 11 with 816 positions. 

Mr Burhan Kaplan, CEO of Biska Spinning Mills (Türkiye), spoke about the close relationship between Biska and Saurer Zinser and how the companies have grown side by side. Much of the research and development of Zinser ring spinning machines is also carried out in close cooperation between the two companies. Today, the world's longest ring spinning frame is running in their factory and Biska will soon be the first to receive the super-long Zinser 51 with a record number of spindles. Biska, a traditional ring spinner, was the first to order the new Autocoro 11.

Mr Kamran Arshad Ghazi, CEO of Ghazi Fabrics International Limited (Pakistan) and Chairman of the Pakistan Textile Manufacturers' Association (APTMA), spoke about Ghazi Fabrics and its vision to become Pakistan's first vertically integrated company. He emphasised the need to be committed to being the most advanced and quality driven company in terms of industry benchmarks, profitability, and stakeholder interests.

Mr Liu Yifang, Vice Chairman of DIW, introduced his company ahead of the upcoming visit. He talked about the excellent speed at which the factory was built and the advantages of having plentiful raw material and power resources. DIW has successfully built and put into operation 300,000 ring spindles in 8 months, which is an impressive demonstration of DIW's execution power.

Mr Pan Xueping, Chairman of Saurer, expressed his sincere gratitude to all the leaders and guests from China and abroad who attended the event, thanking them for their presence and long-term support of Saurer. Speaking at one of Saurer's four global production sites, he emphasised that while Saurer's innovation and development force is now strongly focused in Europe, manufacturing has always been close to the customer, making Saurer competitive and customer-oriented. Talking about the future of the textile industry, Mr. Pan said that as long as there has been human civilisation, there has been textile in one form or another, and he believes that the textile industry is an eternal industry that will continue to accompany humanity. The future trend of the textile industry is personalised, fashionable, green/circular and customised.

Mr Hailin Xu, CEO of Saurer Group, further elaborated on the importance of looking ahead to the next decade and how Saurer will work closely with customers to create a win-win situation, not only committed to creating more value for customers, but also striving to lay a solid foundation for Saurer's own sustainable development.

The guests were introduced to Saurer's latest innovations by Saurer colleagues from different business units. Mr Sivakumar, gave a keynote speech on "More Flexible Zinser 51 Ring Spinning Machine" and Mr John Jia, Head of BD Product Line, presented the open-end BU products and emphasised Saurer's leading position in spinning recycled fibres. Mr Huang Yuqiang, Director of R&D Pre-spinning/Blowroom, spoke about the importance of excellent spinning preparation for yarn quality and presented the latest innovation: Autocard SC 8. Finally, Dr Zou Zemin from Saurer Automation & Digitalisation Business Line presented how Senses Mill can help spinning mills to achieve a better future. The guests had the opportunity to see many of the presented products live at the customer side.