What Thies AG does

Thies GmbH & Co. KG (doing business as Thies Textilmaschinen / Thies AG) is a 130-year-old, family-owned German industrial machinery manufacturer founded in 1892 in Coesfeld, Westphalia, by Bernhard Thies. The company designs and builds specialized equipment for textile dyeing and finishing, with product families spanning fabric dyeing machines (Signature Series, iMaster family, soft-TRD, mini-soft, Jigger, Luft-roto plus SII, Stückbaumfärbeanlagen), yarn dyeing systems (iCone family, eco-bloc family, Drucktrockner, hankMaster), loose fiber processing equipment, tumbler finishing lines (T150, T310), and the MPS family of automated dosing and dispensing systems for chemicals and dyes. A heat-recovery product line and hollow-screw heat exchangers (Holoflite, Selfcleaner, Variocleaner) round out the portfolio, alongside a recent diversification into miniColor machines for finishing additively manufactured 3D-printed parts.

The underlying technology centers on short-liquor dyeing for resource efficiency, stainless-steel pressure vessel construction, automated gravimetric and volumetric chemical dosing, and high-temperature air drying. Thies operates production facilities in Germany (Coesfeld), Poland (Thies Dofama Sp. z o.o., Kamienna Góra), and Slovenia (Thies Alchrom, Ruse), plus sales and service subsidiaries in China, France, India, Thailand, the USA, and Switzerland, with agency representation in over 80 countries. The company sells capital equipment via direct enterprise field sales supported by a technical center for customer trials and demonstrations, and participates in major textile trade shows (ITMA, Febratex, CAITME, IGATEX, Techtextil, Formnext). The fifth generation of the Thies family — Alexander Thies, Christiane Thies, and Verena Thies-Niehoff — assumed management in 2015, and ownership has remained continuously within the family.

Revenue is generated primarily through hardware sales of textile machinery (over 90% export share), supplemented by service, spare parts, technical support, and modernization contracts, and by contract manufacturing of pressure vessels and heat exchangers for chemical, pharmaceutical, and aluminum industries via the Thies Alchrom subsidiary. Customer concentration is spread across enterprise textile manufacturers globally rather than concentrated in any named anchor accounts.

Name

Thies AG

Legal name

Thies GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://thiestextilmaschinen.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1892

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Thies GmbH & Co. KG is a 130-year-old, fifth-generation family-owned German manufacturer of textile dyeing and finishing machinery, producing fabric and yarn dyeing systems, automated chemical dosing equipment, heat-recovery systems, and contract-manufactured pressure vessels for global textile and industrial customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Textile Dyeing and Finishing Machinery

NAICS

Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (33331)

SIC

Printing Trades Machinery & Equipment (3555)

akta.pro primary industry

Printing Operations (Rotary/Flat/Digital/Sublimation) (IMAOACAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Color Matching, Tinting & Colorant Systems (IMAEAHAL)

Keywords

• Textile dyeing machines
• Yarn dyeing equipment
• Fabric finishing machinery
• Automated chemical dosing systems
• Hollow screw heat exchangers

Headquarters

HQ city

Landquart

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Textile Machinery Sales: Thies generates primary revenue from manufacturing and selling textile dyeing and finishing machinery. Capital equipment sales include yarn dyeing machines, fabric dyeing machines, finishing equipment, and associated peripheral systems. Export accounts for over 90% of total revenue.
2. Service and Spare Parts: Ongoing revenue from technical support, maintenance services, spare parts supply, and remote/video support. Service includes on-site technicians for assembly, commissioning, modernization, and training.
3. Custom Manufacturing / Contract Manufacturing: Thies offers custom manufacturing services for industrial applications using their production facilities in Germany and Poland. Produces pressure vessels, heat exchangers, hollow screws, and other specialized components for diverse industries including chemical, pharmaceutical, and aluminum sectors.

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Thies AG manufactures and sells industrial textile dyeing and finishing machinery, including fabric dyeing machines (Signature Series, iMaster family, soft-TRD, mini-soft, Jigger, Luft-roto plus SII, fabric beam apparatus), yarn dyeing systems (iCone family, eco-bloc family, Drucktrockner, hankMaster), loose fiber presses and screen drum dryers, tumbler finishing machines (T150/T310), the MPS automated dosing and dispensing family, wastewater heat recovery, hollow screw heat exchangers (Holoflite/Selfcleaner/Variocleaner), and the miniColor/eCOLOR machine for finishing additively manufactured (3D printed) polymer parts. The company also offers custom contract manufacturing of pressure vessels and stainless-steel process equipment for the chemical, pharmaceutical and aluminum industries from facilities in Germany and Poland, plus an aftermarket of spare parts, technical support, modernization and on-site commissioning.

Product overview

Thies AG operates as a manufacturer of textile dyeing and finishing machinery, offering a comprehensive portfolio of specialized equipment organized into distinct product families. The core product range includes fabric dyeing machines (Signature Series, iMaster family, soft-TRD family, mini-soft family, Jigger family, Luft-roto plus SII, Stückbaumfärbeanlagen), yarn dyeing systems (iCone family, eco-bloc family, Drucktrockner, hankMaster, Materialträger), loose fiber processing (Presse für lose Fasern, Siebtrommeltrockner), tumbler finishing machines (Tumbler T150/T310), automated dosing systems (MPS family including MPS-L, MPS-D, MPS-Colourmatic, MPS-S, MPS-G), heat recovery systems, 3D printed part finishing (miniColor), and hollow screw heat exchangers (Holoflite, Selfcleaner, Variocleaner). The company also provides Advanced Manufacturing Technology contract manufacturing services. The products serve natural and synthetic fiber processing in yarn, fabric, nonwoven, loose fiber, and knitted forms, with applications in apparel, home textiles, and technical textiles.

Differentiator

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Signature Series Hybrid ultra-short-liquor fabric dyeing machine available as a single or multi-storage system in 250 kg storage sizes for 1–6 storage units, aimed at textile mills seeking resource-efficient piece dyeing.
• iMaster H2O Short-liquor fabric dyeing machine for ultra-short float dyeing, available as single or multi-storage system in 100–300 kg storage sizes, designed to reduce water and energy consumption in piece dyeing.
• iMaster mini Short-liquor fabric dyeing machine for small-scale production with a single 80 kg storage unit, part of the iMaster family.
• iMaster F Short-liquor fabric dyeing machine for terry towels, available as single or multi-storage systems in 100–400 kg configurations.
• iMaster mini F Short-liquor fabric dyeing machine for terry towels and small-scale production, single 60 kg storage unit.
• soft-TRD SII Long-liquor-ratio fabric dyeing machine available as single or multi-storage system in 100–200 kg storage sizes for traditional piece dyeing.
• soft-TRD SIII Long-liquor-ratio fabric dyeing machine with enhanced process control capabilities, part of the soft-TRD family.
• mini-soft TRD Resource-efficient long-liquor-ratio dyeing machine for small-scale fabric production.
• mini-soft E Short-liquor fabric dyeing machine for small-scale production, available in 10–80 kg single or dual storage configurations.
• HT-Jigger High-temperature discontinuous fabric dyeing machine for wide fabrics with winding diameters of 400–1,450 mm.
• NT-Jigger Normal-temperature discontinuous fabric dyeing machine for wide fabrics, complementing the HT-Jigger in the Jigger family.
• Luft-roto plus SII Air-operated short-liquor fabric dyeing machine available as single or multi-storage system in 100–250 kg storage sizes.
• HT-Stückbaumfärbeapparat High-temperature fabric beam dyeing apparatus for batch dyeing with winding diameters 230–1,570 mm.
• iCone Yarn dyeing machine available for batch sizes from 15 kg to 2,500 kg, setting standards for gentle processing, quality, reproducibility and cost-effectiveness.
• iCone quattro Yarn dyeing machine for micro-scale productions, configured as single or multi-vessel system with 1–6 vessels, part of the iCone family.
• iCone mini Yarn dyeing machine for small-scale productions with batch sizes from 15 to 25 kg, part of the iCone family.
• eco-bloc X Vertical yarn dyeing system for batch sizes from 25 to 2,500 kg, delivering cost-efficient yarn dyeing.
• eco-bloc HV Horizontal variant of the eco-bloc yarn dyeing system for batch sizes 25–1,200 kg.
• eco-bloc quattro Yarn dyeing machine for micro-scale productions configured as single or multi-vessel system, 1–15 kg per vessel and 1–6 vessels.
• Drucktrockner Pressure dryer using a high-temperature air system for yarn, with batch sizes 60–1,500 kg.
• hankMaster Yarn dyeing machine for hank yarns at normal temperature, with batch sizes 20–100 kg.
• Presse für lose Fasern Loose-fiber press for loose-fiber processing, available in sizes from 5 kN (single-spindle press) to 170 kN (pack press).
• Siebtrommeltrockner Screen drum dryer for loose fibers operating as a high-temperature air system, with process throughput of 225–525 kg/h.
• Tumbler T150 Discontinuous wide tumbler for fabric finishing, handling fabric widths of 1,500–2,400 mm.
• Tumbler T310 Continuous wide tumbler for fabric finishing, handling fabric widths of 1,800–2,400 mm.
• MPS-L Liquid chemical dosing and feed system with flow rates of 12–80 l/min, part of the MPS automated dosing family.
• MPS-D Dye dosing and feed system with dissolving vessel sizes 40–800 l, part of the MPS family.
• MPS-Colourmatic Fully or semi-automated dye feed and storage system with dissolving vessel sizes 40–400 l, part of the MPS family.
• MPS-S Solid dosing and feed system with mixing vessel sizes 180–1,400 l, part of the MPS family.
• MPS-G Gravimetric feed system for liquid chemicals, dyes and solids with a 250 l mixing vessel, part of the MPS family.
• Wärmerückgewinnung (Heat Recovery System) Wastewater heat recovery system for textile finishing operations with capacities of 8–65 m³/h per unit, reducing energy consumption.
• miniColor / eCOLOR Dyeing machine for finishing additively manufactured (3D printed) polymer components, providing reproducible color finishing for series components, spare parts and functional prototypes with high productivity.
• Holoflite Hollow-screw heat exchanger for continuous heating, cooling, drying and mixing of granular and pasty products, with up to 105 m² of heat exchange surface.
• Selfcleaner Self-cleaning hollow-screw heat exchanger with up to 32 m² of heat exchange surface for granular, paste-like and medium-fluid products.
• Variocleaner Hollow-screw heat exchanger for heating, cooling, drying and mixing with up to 50 m² of heat exchange surface.
• Auftragsfertigung / Advanced Manufacturing Technology Custom contract manufacturing service producing pressure vessels, heat exchangers and hollow screws using facilities in Germany and Poland, serving chemical, pharmaceutical and aluminum industries.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 90% export share
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Navis TubeTexcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 20 July 2021Navis TubeTex represents Thies in USA, Canada, and Honduras markets. The partnership combines over 200 years of shared history between the two textile machinery companies, emphasizing reliable and long-term customer relationships and innovation capability.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Brazzoli: Italian textile machinery maker specializing in piece dyeing and finishing equipment; closely comparable product portfolio to Thies in fabric dyeing.
• Benninger: Swiss textile finishing machinery maker covering washing, bleaching, and continuous dyeing ranges; adjacent competitor to Thies in fabric finishing equipment.
• Thies GmbH & Co. KG (subject): Subject company reference.
• ATYC (Textile Machinery): Spanish manufacturer of textile dyeing and finishing machinery; competes with Thies in fabric and yarn dyeing equipment for European and global markets.
• Then Maschinen GmbH: German competitor specializing in yarn and piece dyeing machinery, with overlapping product families in atmospheric and high-temperature dyeing. Direct head-to-head competitor to Thies in core textile dyeing equipment.
• Fong's Industries (Sclavos legacy): Hong Kong-listed textile machinery group that acquired Sclavos, a Greek dyeing machinery specialist. Direct competitor in yarn and fabric dyeing equipment globally.
• MCS Dyeing (Multicolor): Italian manufacturer of fabric and yarn dyeing machines; competes head-to-head with Thies in fabric dyeing machinery for global textile mills.
• Loris Bellini: Italian specialist in yarn dyeing machinery, particularly package dyeing; competes directly with Thies's iCone and eco-bloc families.

Broad incumbents

• Andritz AG: Austrian industrial process equipment group with a nonwoven/textile division supplying finishing machinery. Operates broadly across multiple process industries including textile finishing, with overlapping capability but at much larger scale.

Emerging players

• Jeanologia: Spanish company specializing in sustainable textile finishing (laser, ozone, plasma) for denim and garments; emerging competitor/partner overlapping with Thies's resource-efficiency positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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