Egypt’s textile industry is developing beyond its traditional spun-yarn base, with new investment also emerging in filament yarn production, according to Felix Liebhold, Product and Sales Manager at Textechno.
Speaking with Kohan Textile Journal during Egypt Stitch & Tex 2026 in Cairo, Liebhold discussed Textechno’s fibre and yarn testing equipment, the role of laboratory testing across the textile value chain and the company’s cooperation with ATAG in Egypt.
Felix Liebhold on Textechno’s Fibre and Yarn Testing Equipment
Q: Could you introduce Textechno and your role within the company?
Felix Liebhold: My name is Felix Liebhold, and I am Product and Sales Manager at Textechno.
Textechno is a German manufacturer of testing equipment for fibres and yarns. Our company is based in Mönchengladbach, Germany, and offers a relatively broad portfolio of laboratory testing technologies.
Our product range includes testing equipment for filament yarns and spun yarns, as well as instruments for examining individual fibres and bulk fibre materials.
In Egypt, we are therefore able to work with both filament yarn manufacturers and companies operating in the conventional spun-yarn industry.
Q: Which parts of textile production can be evaluated with Textechno equipment?
Felix Liebhold: Our testing equipment covers a broad range of fibre and yarn products.
Manufacturers can use laboratory testing at different stages of the textile value chain, beginning with incoming raw materials and continuing through production to the final output.
The specific equipment required depends on whether the customer is processing staple fibres, spun yarns, filament yarns or intermediate materials such as partially oriented yarn, or POY.
Laboratory Testing Supports Quality Across the Value Chain
Q: How does your testing equipment help manufacturers improve yarn quality?
Felix Liebhold: Textile laboratory equipment generally serves two principal purposes.
The first is incoming-material inspection. A manufacturer can test materials before introducing them into production. Depending on the operation, these materials could include short-staple fibres, bulk fibre materials or POY.
This enables companies to evaluate whether purchased materials correspond to their quality requirements before they influence the production process.
The second purpose is process and output control. Manufacturers need to monitor the material throughout production and verify the quality of the resulting fibre or yarn.
Textechno provides fibre and yarn testers that allow customers to measure quality accurately at different stages of the value chain. This information can help technical teams identify inconsistencies and maintain greater control over production.
Q: Why is testing important when establishing a new production line?
Felix Liebhold: When a company establishes or adjusts a production line, it needs reliable information about the raw material, the production process and the resulting product.
Laboratory measurements provide objective data that can be used to evaluate these different stages. In filament processing, for example, testing can support the setup and monitoring of DTY production lines.
Instead of assessing production only after the final yarn has been produced, manufacturers can examine material quality and process performance throughout the production chain.
Egypt’s Filament Yarn Market Begins to Expand
Q: How do you assess Egypt’s current textile market?
Felix Liebhold: Egypt is clearly an active textile market, with considerable business and investment activity.
Alongside established Egyptian textile companies, we are seeing involvement from Asian businesses and investors from Türkiye and Saudi Arabia.
Egypt has traditionally had a strong spun-yarn sector. What is particularly interesting for Textechno is the gradual development of filament yarn production in the country.
As filament projects increase, demand could grow for testing technologies capable of evaluating both the incoming materials and the yarn produced by these new facilities.
Q: How would you describe Textechno’s cooperation with ATAG?
Felix Liebhold: We began working with ATAG in January 2026 and are very pleased with the cooperation.
ATAG has strong connections with textile companies in Egypt, but its market expertise is not limited to one production segment.
The company works across spun yarns, short man-made and staple fibres, and filament yarns. This broad market coverage corresponds well with Textechno’s product portfolio.
Our cooperation with ATAG therefore allows us to address different sections of Egypt’s fibre and yarn industry through local market knowledge and customer relationships.
Editor’s Note
This interview was conducted by Kohan Textile Journal during Egypt Stitch & Tex 2026 in Cairo. Liebhold’s comments point to a gradual diversification of Egypt’s upstream textile industry, with filament yarn projects emerging alongside the country’s established spun-yarn manufacturing base.
