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Cotton Incorporated & Rieter forge ideal partnership

18 Jan '06

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Rieter Management AG announced that the company and Cotton Incorporated, the internationally-recognized Cotton Research and Marketing Company celebrated the two companies' 25-year relationship at the occasion of the inauguration of Rieter's new complete spinning production line in the Research Laboratory of Cotton Incorporated in their Headquarters in Cary NC on January 10th.

Since 1979, Cotton Incorporated and Rieter have collaborated research efforts regarding fiber selection and process optimization to produce high quality, 100% cotton and cotton-rich yarns. Over the last three years, Fiber Processing Research, a division of Textile Research and Implementation, has completed an intensive modernization of its laboratory.

One of the highlights of the modernization was the addition of Rieter's K 44 Com4 compact spinning systemK 44 Com4 compact spinning system and Rieter's R 40 rotor spinning machineR 40 rotor spinning machine. Additional Rieter technologies included:

- B 3/4 Bale Opener
- C 60 CardC 60 Card
- E 32 Comber Lap PreparationE 32 Comber Lap Preparation
- E 72 ComberE 72 Comber
- F 11 Roving FrameF 11 Roving Frame

“It has been an exciting opportunity for Cotton Incorporated to work with Rieter, the only major machinery manufacturer with “whole mill” capabilities."

"We are proud to be able to showcase both companies' significance in the global textile arena. In doing so, we hope to continue to grow our relationship with Rieter, and also seek to attract other important technology partners,” said J. Berrye Worsham, President and CEO, Cotton Incorporated.

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