SCLAVOS S.A. was established by Spiros Sclavos, in Athens Greece, in 1948, as a small workshop for making parts and various repair works for textile machinery.

In the early 60's the company started making fabric dyeing machines, i.e. the first stainless steel winches.

Since then, SCLAVOS has specialized in the design and manufacturing of fabric dyeing machines and developing various types of winches.

In 1983 SCLAVOS designed their first low liquor dyeing machine the AIR-FLOW.

This machine was a big success in the booming Greek market and since 1987 in the International market as well.

APOLLON was the next development of SCLAVOS designers in 1990, with the revolutionary Twin Soft Flow patented dyeing system. That model was sold in more than 25 countries around the world.

In 1995 at ITMA Milan, SCLAVOS launched a totally "out of the box" approach for dyeing machines, incorporated in the new model VENUS.

That machine was a real breakthrough in the market, with more that 1.000 units sold in 36 countries all over the world.

In 2003 at ITMA Birmingham a new move forward was presented, the new ATHENA machine.

ATHENA was the first machine in the market with the Automatic Settings Adjustments and Variable Loading feature.

Sclavos stand in ITMA 2007 in Munich was again the reference point of new developments in Fabric Dyeing Machines.

The new Athena2 machine, equipped with an advance automation system and a unique feature for the very accurate Liquor Ratio calculation, achieves a further 25% savings in water and energy.