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The electronic yarn control systems fall into three categories:
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Yarn stop motion systems. Anywhere there is a moving yarn or yarns, BTSR offers a non-contact sensor that monitors a yarn for movement. Where there are multiple yarn processes such as warping or knitting, BTSR places sensors on each yarn and has those sensors communicate with a controller or software for management.
Posted July 29, 2014
Italy-based BTSR International, represented in the U.S. and Canada by BTSR USA/PAF Sales of Greensboro, N.C., provides the textile market with electronic yarn control systems.
BTSR serves all textile sectors, including hygiene, automotive, medical, technical, sewing, carpets and some nonwoven areas.
North American rep for BTSR optimistic as market picks up
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Yarn quality monitoring systems. BTSR offers tension monitoring, twist monitoring, meter monitoring and yarn defect monitoring for most all yarn types and sizes.
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Yarn feeder systems. In this category, BTSR supplies a feeder for small denier yarns, a feeder for large denier yarns and a feeder for spandex/elastomeric yarns only.
“We pride ourselves in service,” said Scott Yates, BTSR USA’s general manager. “We offer service as a complement to our products, NOT as a profit center. We install all of our products and offer follow-up until the product is accepted.”
Also, Yates added, is BTSR USA chooses to represent only one product line. “This keeps us focused only on that product line,” he said.
Another differentiator is that BTSR constantly has new products under development, he added. “Without the research and development of new products, we would become stagnant,” he said.
Like many companies in the industry, BTSR USA has had to reduce its workforce in recent years, Yates said.
“However, that is not our most creative way of surviving,” he said. “We found markets that we could cross over into. These were unaffected markets such as the hygiene market, specifically diaper manufacturing. Fortunately, our product line could make such a crossover. We never forgot where we came from, though.”
With business picking up in North America, BTSR USA has a “fantastic outlook,” according to Yates.
“This year is shaping up to be a far greater than average year,” he said. “This is based on what we have seen so far. But the made in the USA trend is making a lot of noise. We are seeing great opportunities in the second half of this year, just based on that.
“The companies that have survived have paid off or down debt and started build cash reserves,” he continued. “Now, they are starting to spend those reserves on equipment upgrades.”
Textile mills are starting to buy their “wants” as opposed to their “needs,” Yates said, adding “and we fit both categories. With both the ‘wants’ and ‘needs’ being considered, this doubles the opportunities in the market.”
For more information, visit BTSR.com.