Cretes

Long fibre decortication lines

Cretes designs complete lines for decortication of long fibre — from automatic bale opening to sorting of the finished textile raw material. Multi-stage decortication preserves fibre length and strength at every stage, and capacity and configuration are selected to suit the plant's project. Technology for flax and hemp processing plants, supported by engineering service and operator training.

Flax is a chain: from seed, through harvest and scutching, to industrial fibre.

Van de Bilt (genetics and seed) → UNION (harvest) → CRETES (scutching) → Vanhauwaert (fibre processing). Each machine serves one link of the same process.

1. 01Harvesting

   UNION

   Pullers, inverters and baling presses work in the field — from pulling flax to straw harvesting (GX220, GX240, GX255).

   See UNION machines →
2. 02Scutching / beating

   CRETES

   Multi-stage beating, cleaning of by-products and sorting — long fibre of textile grade.

   Ta strona
3. 03Pressing / baling

   VALVAN

   Baling and packing of the finished fibre at the end of the line. Partner of Valtech Group for baling presses.

   Partner grupy

Wevelgem, West Flanders, Belgium

Cretes originates from Werkhuizen Constant Van Dommele, which has been building machines since 1908. The CRETES brand was created in 2013 from the merger of Van Dommele and Rolls — manufacturers of machines for the textile industry — hence over a hundred years of experience. The company, based in Wevelgem (West Flanders), belongs to the Valtech group, which closes the entire flax chain: UNION (harvesting), VALVAN (baling) and CRETES (decortication and processing), complemented by Callebaut de Blicquy (dyeing and bleaching). Cretes has moved from single machines to designing complete turnkey processing lines — for flax and industrial hemp — with installations including in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Poland.