After disappointing sales in 2008 and 2009, things are looking up for Rotorcraft AG of Switzerland. “We are confident that the upturn in business which we have registered since late summer of 2009, will continue in 2010” said Dr. Andreas Fischer, the company’s Managing Director. Order volume is up substantially. “Most notably, in addition to profiting from the upturn in the Chinese and Indian markets, which are traditional points of focus for Rotorcraft, we have also been successful in extending our reach into up-and-coming South East Asian countries”, Dr. Fischer continued.

“For example, we concluded a contract for delivery of 35,­000 spindles of our RoCoS compact spinning system to Budi Texindo of Indonesia. More than 27,000 spindles of that order have already been delivered, with the rest due to be commissioned in the next few months. The customer Budi Texindo has been able to fully capitalize on the advantages of RoCoS, namely lower power consumption and reduced maintenance efforts as compared to competing pneumatic systems”.

Hans Stahlecker, Chairman of Rotorcraft, added: “We have been anything but idle during the crisis in the textile industry. On the contrary, we intensified our research and development efforts.” As a result, he said, Rotorcraft is now able to introduce a range of novelties to the market as the business outlook improves. Mr. Stahlecker specified: “For one, we are updating our RoCoS compact spinning system, starting at the end of the 1st quarter of 2010. Simultaneously, we are introducing to ring spinners our spindle with insert MM52A. The reduced wharve diameter is now only 15 mm, as compared to 19 mm with conventional spindles. This results in substantial power savings and therefore operating cost savings for the customer. This is cash to the mill.”

Rotorcraft has also recently entered the market for top arms with its ST-1 model. “We have done our homework during the bad times, and are now ready to grow with new products as times get better”, Dr. Fischer concluded.  Rotorcraft is represented in Pakistan by Industrial Trading Impex.