Phil Owen presents a revealing insight into the role of Swiss-owned companies in the global textile machinery industry. Here is a list of Europe's top ten textile machinery manufacturers, in order; in terms of turnover: 1. Saurer Group 2. Rieter 3. Sulzer Textil 4. Barmag 5. Stork 6. Picanol 7. Somet 8. Domier 9. Benninger 10. Zellweger What is immediately noticeable is that the top three, as well as the ninth and tenth, in this chart all are Swiss-owned - and most of these, incidentally, have major manufacturing subsidiaries located in other European countries.
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