Van de Wiele has manufactured carpet and velvet weaving machines for many years The company has extended its activities and is also offering tufting machines (Cobble-Van de Wiele), extrusion machines for carpet yarns, high-speed Jacquard machines, drives, yarn feeders and various other electronic components.
The Van de Wiele Group employs more than 2,900 people worldwide and achieved a turnover over 500 million euro last year.
The acquisition presents a complementary extension of the Van de Wiele range with maximum synergy of markets and knowledge. The know-how of Superba in the field of yarn technology will improve the performance of the weaving, tufting and extrusion machines while the knowledge of these technologies will lead to better performing heat-setting lines, Van de Wiele said.
The transaction is expected to close in the next two to three months, the company said.
In August of last year, Van De Wiele announced a $5 million investment in its Chattanooga, Tenn., facility that will create around 35 jobs.
Source: Van de Wiele and previous eTC reports
Superba heat-setting equipment
Posted May 27, 2015
KORTRIJK, Belgium – Van de Wiele announced today that it has signed an agreement to purchase France-based Superba and its U.S. affiliate American Superba, creating a unique force in the manufacturing of carpet yarns.
Superba is a world leader in the manufacturing of heat-setting machines for carpet yarns. Superba has developed a unique heat-setting system based on saturated steam.
With 40 years of experience in the highly specialized field of yarns for tufted and woven carpet, Superba is providing advanced and competitive solutions with a complete range of machines. The product portfolio not only contains steaming and shrinking lines, but also sophisticated space-dyeing machines. Superba machines are characterized by high performance, efficiency and environment friendliness, integrating the latest technologies in terms of automation, information treatment and remote access.
Superba will continue to operate from Mulhouse, France; Dalton, Ga.; and China.
Carpet yarn production
Van de Wiele plans to purchase Superba
