Trützschler Card Clothing (TCC) switched on an expanded service network across Peru, Colombia and Ecuador on October 1, 2026, giving Andean spinning and nonwovens mills direct access to card clothing mounting, wire services and technical support in Spanish.

The move targets faster response times and shorter lead times for a region where mills are actively investing in quality and productivity. Peru, the largest of the three markets, hosts one of South America's most established spinning sectors, built on Pima and Tangüis cotton. Colombia and Ecuador round out the footprint with additional spinning and nonwovens capacity.

How is the network structured?

TCC has not built standalone facilities. Instead, it has formed workshop partnerships with long-standing customers in each country, converting their premises into local service hubs staffed by TCC specialists.

The Peruvian anchor is Tejidos Jorgito. The mill provides workshop facilities that serve as a regional service base, enabling TCC to deliver card clothing services and technical support directly to customers in Peru and neighboring markets. The partner itself is a substantial operation: roughly 700 employees across open-end, ring-spinning and vortex-spinning, 15 state-of-the-art TC 19i cards plus other Trützschler carding machines, and a yarn range from Ne 6/1 to Ne 50/1 shipped to Bolivia, Paraguay, the Dominican Republic, Chile and the United States, as well as the domestic market.

Two further partnerships cover the other hubs — one in Quito, Ecuador, and one in Medellín, Colombia — two of the region's most important textile centers.

What services do the hubs provide?

The local centers offer a range aimed at maximizing clothing lifetime and stabilizing carding performance:

• Card clothing mounting and installation at customer sites
• Services for flat tops and licker-in wires
• Specification and machine setting support for both Trützschler and non-Trützschler cards
• Troubleshooting and technical consulting
• Consulting and wire services for nonwoven cards of all major brands

The last two points matter for sourcing decisions: support extends to third-party and nonwovens equipment, not only Trützschler's own installed base.

Who backs the local teams?

All regional service activities draw on TCC headquarters in Neubulach, Germany, where the company pools its spinning and carding know-how for both local teams and customers.

"Our goal is to make our expertise available as close as possible to our customers' operations," said Thomas Streicher, Regional Sales Manager for Latin America. "With the expanded service network, we can provide faster support while maintaining the high service standards Trützschler Card Clothing is known for."

What changes for mills?

For Andean mills, the practical gains are shorter response times, on-site installation and machine-setting support, and troubleshooting delivered locally rather than routed through remote channels. TCC frames the structure as enabling closer collaboration and quicker implementation of optimization measures, with the stated aim of sustainable improvements in quality, efficiency and operational performance across the region.

The company says it will continue investing in customer proximity in the Andean region, positioning the three-country network as a platform for further service expansion as mills there push quality and productivity upgrades.