In 1955, the two brothers Helmut and Erich Loepfe founded the Loepfe Brothers in Zurich, Switzerland.

The company that has developed into a leading expert and technology provider is now celebrating the 60 years of being a quality control specialist for the textile industry.

Breakthrough developments

Loepfe introduced weft feelers and weft stop motion – the first electronic sensors for looms at a time, when electronics itself was still in its infancy. The big success in weaving technology was transferred to the world of spinning. The first electronic yarn clearers and a data management system contributed to the success.

In 1991 Loepfe developed the first yarn clearer YarnMaster, which was able to detect not only classic yarn defects but also foreign fibres as well as the first online classification of NSLT.

The next breakthrough development was the online detection of yarn imperfections leading to an integrated laboratory. With the launch of the YarnMaster Zenit generation, the yarn clearers are now also able to clear synthetic foreign material like polypropylene, the company reports.

Market leading position

The YarnMaster Zenit+, which has been introduced in 2014, is the successor of the successful yarn clearer, offers an user-friendly 15.6 inch wide touch-screen, completely new graphical user interface with a dashboard view of top ten cuts, trends over the last few days, all these useful information at a glance.

Today, Loepfe offers the new MillMaster TOP online data management system, which monitors and analyses the quality data from all Loepfe yarn clearers in a winding room in real-time. During the last six decades Loepfe gained a market leading position in electronic quality control in weaving and winding.

Loepfe employs approximately 150 staff at its headquarter in Wetzikon. With its high percentage of research and development Loepfe plans to contribute substantially to future developments in the textile industry.

www.loepfe.com