2022 is promising to become a very special year in the long and extraordinary history of Terrot. Not only the company celebrates its 160th anniversary, it is also expecting to produce more machines under Terrot and the recently incorporated Pilotelli brand, at its headquarter in Chemnitz, Saxony as at any time before.
After a severe crisis in 2019/2020 amplified by an early hit of the Covid-19 pandemic the 50% growth in 2021 is looking to be repeated once more in the current year, with a confident volume of 260 new orders alone in the first quarter.
Combined with the order inflow from 2021 this not only utilizes a large portion of our annual production capacities for this but also a significant amount for 2023.
Whereas 2020 was dominated by single jersey machines, the last year was mainly characterised by high demand in home textiles, mattresses and the sportswear sector, for both mechanical and electronical machines.
It is important to point out, that all this has been achieved despite still lasting problems with supply chains leading to delays, sky rocketing prices for commodities, raw materials and parts, in particular electronic like semiconductors, as well as transportation that stretched us as probably many others to the breaking point.
In the end we would like to thank world’s leading textile companies and garment producers who put trust in the highest quality, productivity and flexibility of our machines. But we also would like to thank our staff that invests everyday all their passion in catering for the needs of our sophisticated clients and of course healthy economy that accompanies us since the last almost two years.
Despite the uncertainties deriving from the war in Ukraine and continues price increases, in particular for energy, yarns and transportation until now the demand remains stable and the general sentiment is still positive. Given a hopefully peaceful negotiation solution between Moscow and Kyiv we expect the growth trend to remain stable for a while.
A continues increase in demand for premium machines as well as an ongoing transformation processes in the textile sector, characterized by a strong share of knitted fabrics, digitization, sustainability issues and machine manufacturers enables us to become a comprehensive solution providing partner to our existing and future customers.
From standardized machines for series requirements to highly customized special designs, for special structures, we therefore offer the widest range of machine types, for high-quality knitted fabrics, in a variety of gauges and realize a truly flexible customer-centric approach.
Moreover our machines easily fit into smart factories by providing a fully interoperable “network user interface”. A remote service possibility and a newly developed trouble shooting assistance software mark our progress into the digitised era. Terrot is successfully selling machines into more than 100 countries around the world.
A network of over 50 qualified sales agencies guarantees the close contact to the customers and supports them by servicing on the existing as well as on implementing and installing new machines and responding to their spare part needs. Our main markets are India, Uzbekistan and of course Turkey. But we also distribute a large quantity of machines to Europe, Asia and Latin America which guarantees a well-balanced sales performance and avoids cluster risks.
The past year has seen also changes in the shareholding structure of the company with the managing directors, Mr Robert Czajkowski and Mr Dirk Lange both CEO, who joined Terrot in 2020 moving up to becoming managing partners, not only ensuring continuity for the years to come but also emphasizing the owner-managed tradition of this German machine manufacturer.
New developments in the single and double jersey sector, consisting of premium high efficiency machines with outstanding performance, maintenance and operating cost KPI’s as well as general improvements on our existing equipment are on the way. With new investments in machinery, software and process optimisation in the production and the set-up of a new R&D entity that is aiming to serve as an agile hub for co-operations with innovative companies and research institutes around the world.
By this we are looking forward to exploring new developments in areas of robotics, environmental technologies or textile software we are embracing limitless opportunities lying ahead of us. With our clients we aim to explore the new horizons that this industry offers in the decades to come.
Terrot ITM News
We are very much looking forward to being able to present after this long a time our products again to a wider audience at the ITM.
Terrot is looking forward to seeing you at its booth number 714C in hall 7. We will exhibit some new, highly productive and successfully Turkey tested success stories: We are happy to show our Pilotelli series high-efficiency single jersey machine “JV-3.0” that combines a speed-factor of up to 1,500 on selected structures with highest pattern quality, easy handling, long maintenance cycles and low needle wear-out in an industrial frame version.
In addition we will display our high-feeder electroni- cally controlled mattress ticking Terrot series machine “UCC 594-M” which has lately become one of our machines of choice for many of the world’s leading mattress cover producers. Both are of course finest German engineering – genuine “Made by Terrot”.
But mostly we are expecting many new impulses and insights and are excited to meet our dear business partners as well as ambitious new customers.
