Stefan Flöth is the new managing director of Monforts. Having spent his working life in the textile machinery industry, Flöth started his career with Schlafhorst. Between 1996 and 2009 Stefan Flöth was already a key part of the Monforts team in various roles related to R&D, mechanical design and management of the company’s joint ventures. He is now looking forward to acquainting himself with the current wider Monforts network of customers and suppliers.

He was the MD of Trützschler Nonwovens from 2009 onwards. Over the past 10 years, working in the nonwovens industry, he gained a lot of experience in the management of complex technical textile projects which he intends to draw on. His focus will be on the opportunities presented by Industry 4.0 and the potential of the technical textile market.

Monforts, based in Germany, was founded in 1884, is a leading supplier of textile finishing machines. The company is a market leader for stenters, continuous dyeing ranges, sanforising ranges and special executions for denim and for the coating of technical textiles. The new Monforts’ Thermex Econtrol continuous dyeing line considerably shortens processing times for heavier fabrics. It’s an extremely versatile range and allows easy movement between reactive and disperse dyeing, for example.