
Since 2002, SOYUZ has been one of the leading Russian manufacturers of technical textiles, specializing in producing and selling a wide range of high-tech materials for various industries. The company actively develops areas of use of technical textiles and diversifies its production through state-of-the-art production facilities and the implementation of new developments. In 2020, to expand production capacities and diversify its product range, it began cooperating with SUNTECH, investing in electric warp beam trolleys, and optimizing production processes to increase efficiency.
In the process of accelerating global layout and capacity expansion, SOYUZ faces significant constraints from traditional production models. With the surge in order volume, its warp beam handling and storage processes that rely on manual operations have exposed problems such as low efficiency, high error rate and safety hazards, which seriously restrict production stability. In addition, the lag in the transportation of raw materials makes it difficult for the efficiency of production line connection to match the rapidly growing market demand. How to break through the bottleneck of production automation, reduce labor costs and ensure the response speed of the supply chain has become a problem for SOYUZ.
SOYUZ needs a set of intelligent and highly compatible material handling and storage solutions to replace the inefficient manual handling system. Three core demands need to be met: First, to achieve zero error and full process control of warp beam transportation through automated equipment; second, seamless integration with existing production lines to adapt to the flexible production needs of multiple varieties and small batches. Third, optimize storage space to ensure the safe storage of materials. SOYUZ requires equipment suppliers to not only provide hardware upgrades, but also have service capabilities to support its leapfrog transformation to the Industry 4.0 standard.
With its experience in the pain points of technical textile production, SUNTECH provided SOYUZ with Electric Warp Beam Trolleys and Beam Stacker, which perfectly matched SOYUZ's ultimate pursuit of production equipment with positioning accuracy and an adaptive scheduling system, and were seamlessly compatible with the beam stacker, greatly reducing production cycle costs. More importantly, SUNTECH's localized technical support team can provide SOYUZ with timely and professional services to ensure that the equipment is always in the best operating state. This cooperation not only solved the production bottleneck but also improved efficiency and ensured the smooth expansion of production.