Pakistan Textile Journal

Some leading exhibitors at IGATEX 2004

Abbas Apparel Machinery
Abbas Apparel Machinery Co. specializes in machinery for garments (jeans, trousers, shirts, dress, ladies wear), knitwear (Polo Shirts, T-Shirts, tops and bottoms), leather garments, leather products, shoes, socks, lingerie, gloves, home textiles, other textiles and similar products.

AMF- Reece CR
Special Automatic Industrial Sewing Machines: profile stitching, tie making, eyelet end and straight buttonhole and pocket stitching machines.

Avery Dennison
Automatic and Manual Tag Attaching Machines, Label and Barcode Printers, Textile Care Label Printers.

MACPI Pressing Division
Automatic and Manual Pressing and Fusing Machines for Knitwear and Garment Industries and for bed sheets. Steam Conditioners/Toppers for Jeans, Jackets, Casual / Denim Shirts and Trousers. Presses for Wrinkle Free garments.

Comez
Crochet Machines and Needle Looms for laces, ribbons, articles for corsetry, bands for sportswear, jacquard laces and bands, fringes, trimmings & pessementerie, articles for medical use, technical textiles, fancy yarns, special fabrics for outerwear & household textiles.

Comeztronic 16-B

 

Atlantic Business Enterprise
Atlantic Business Enterprise will exhibit on an area of 54 square meters with its principals Argus Fire Control-USA, in addition to Pozzi, Pinter and SWA from Italy.

Argus Fire Control
Argus offers automatic Fire Control Systems with clean & environmentally friendly fire extinguishing agents, both gaseous or chemical, or Water Spray Systems.
Nowadays, the automatic fire protection and detection equipment for textile and nonwoven mills is gaining acceptance due to social and environmental compliance regulations.
The infrared smoke detection systems for textile warehouses have already been used by leading spinners and composite mills in Pakistan.

Pozzi
Pozzi is known for yarn processing and dye machinery, in addition to advanced systems to dosing, dissolving and dispensing chemical products and heat recovering systems.
Pozzi, founded since 1885, is presently run by the second generation of owners. Main products of Leopoldo Pozzi include: Aquafix Yarn Conditioning Machines and RCR Heat Recovery systems.

RF Systems S.r.l.
RF Systems S.r.l. and Leopoldo Pozzi S.p.A., both based in Italy, show the value of collaboration with the introduction of Radiodry, an automated RF batch-drying system for yarn packages. Pozzi furnishes the package-dye equipment. The standard unit has a drying capacity of 4,000 kg per day of 100% cotton. The benefits of RF drying include uniform moisture content, virtual elimination of dye migration during drying, up to 50% savings in drying costs, improved hand and no discoloration from overheating.

Savio Macchine Tessili
Founded at Pordenone in 1911 as a small workshop to manufacture textile components for the local market, Savio Macchine Tessili is, today, a leader in the yarn finishing machine sector ranging from wool, cotton, linen and silk to synthetic fibres.
In October 1998 Savio Macchine Tessili S.p.A. was acquired by the Radici Group, who was already present in the market with the leader companies, Somet and Vamatex.
In 2001 Savio became part of the Itema Group. Savio offers automatic winders, two-for-one twisters, electronic assembly winders, winders for continuous bulking and shrinkage and open-end rotor spinning frames.

FlexiRotorS 3000
ITMA 2003 in Birmingham was also the stage for introducing Savio’s “FlexiRotorS 3000” / Duo Spinner. Electronic rotor-spinning machine.
The “FlexiRotorS 3000”/ Duo Spinner represents Savio’s direction in rotor spinning technology and is expected to compete with other Swiss and German firms active in the open end spinning technology.

Osthoff-Senge
Since Walter Osthoff invented a gas burner in 1912, Germany-based Osthoff-Senge has been supplying singeing machines throughout the textile world.
Today, the Double-Jet Burner that develops a constant, high-quality flame by mixing and remixing gas and air to give an uninterrupted flame band across the entire width of the singeing machine. Osthoff offers singeing machines for woven and knitted (both open and tubular) fabrics, for carpets, (both face and back) for yarn beam to beam, technical textiles, felt and non-woven materials. Nazar & Company represents Osthoff-Senge in Pakistan.

Arioli
Arioli offers latest steam-ager, Vapo 2003, which operates at speeds of up to 80 m/min. A new Arioli Uniwash washer, with a patented AcquaJet system that features four water blades delivers a uniform sheet of water to the face of the goods, while removing the water from the back via a perforation drum is another innovation which is expected to generate interest in the long run. It is claimed that one million liters of water per hour are delivered gently to the fabric. Arioli is represented by Textile Engineers of Pakistan.

FlexiRotor 3000 rotor spinning machine by Savio

 

Orient Nickel Screen (Group) Ltd.
Orient Nickel Screen has been supplying rotary nickel screens since 1989, with more than 10,000m2 production base, this nickel screen maker and exporter from China is represented in Pakistan by Mustex Corporation.
With the technology from Europe, original additives imported from USA, key important equipment imported from Germany, Orient Nickel Screen can provide the best printing results for different designs and fabrics with all types of dyes.
Orient Nickel Screen exported around 250,000 pcs yearly to more than 30 countries in North-Latin America, West & East Europe, South-East Asia, Mid-East,Africa etc. Orient Nickel Screen (Group) Ltd. can make screens for wall papers, carpets, papers etc. In addition to screens as per end-users' special requirements.

Buser Printing Systems
Buser is one of the oldest supplier for rotary & flatbed printing machinery and auxiliary equipment for the industry since more than 50 years.
They are expected to present one Rotary section R6R with two complete printing units in full operation. Flat-screen printing machines can be found as large screens for the bath and home furnishings markets.
At ITMA 2003 Buser had presented F8 Electric with speeds of up to 30 m/min. They are represented in Pakistan by ATC.

LOEPFE

Online quality control systems for spinning and winding
Loepfe offers yarn clearers for spinning (auto winders), sliver control systems, Mill Master- Data collection & mill monitoring and weft master-Weft control equipment.
Online Quality Control Systems for Spinning and Winding
Today, modern yarn clearers monitor and clear 100% of the yarn production on the winding machines of a spinning mill. However, in many mills, a large part of the yarn quality control is still performed off-line in the textile laboratory, just as 50 years ago.
 

With the new process monitoring systems, Loepfe makes possible 100% online yarn quality monitoring on the winding machine. This guarantees for the first time - as compared to the random check in the laboratory - the absolutely safe detection of off-standards which reduce yarn quality.
In addition, a highly modern quality management system allows the central management and control of all yarn data. The yarn quality can therefore be continuously monitored and process corrections performed immediately. The control of the yarn clearers is centrally and easily performed direct at the workplace.

SWF Korea
Imran Enterprises, as an authorized agent of SWF Korea, will display SWF latest embroidery machine with embroidery space of 330 x 1200 with Sequin Device.
The latest technology of multi-head embroidery machines with high speed & sequin device for local industries has generated a lot of interest for apparel manufactures as well as Jeans & Leather products.
The SWF/D-Series model SWF/D-WE920-120-SQ10 (9 colors & 20 heads ) and SWF/D-WD904-100-SQ10 (9 colors & 04 heads) will be presented for the interest of the visitors.
Gold Fai Company (Golden Gear Brand)
They are one of the leading producers of Rotary Belt Label Printing Machines. Golden Gear brand label printing machines can print at up to the maximum speed of one meter per second for all kind of patterns.
These printing systems can produce clear and complex images with excellent color coordination for different materials such as satin tape, woven tape, polyester tape, paper, sticker label and elastic can be applied on the machines.

SDL & ATLAS
With a portfolio of more than 600 products, SDL Atlas is one of the largest and most comprehensive source for textile testing equipment and materials. The company reflects the combined resources and technical knowledge of four long-time textile suppliers: SDL International including America, Atlas Textile Test Products, Raitech and Textile Innovators.
The instruments to be displayed at IGATEX Pakistan 2004 include: Tensile Tester, Launderometer, Digital Tearing Strength, Crease Recovery, Xmotest ALPHA Light fastness & weathering Chamber. AATCC Crockmeter, Quick Condition, Quick dry, Quick View, Quick Cut, Lab Humidifier, Portable Moisture Meter, Yarn Count System, Laboratory consumables like Makeweights, Detergents, Multifiber, Crocking cloth, Yellowing kit, Grey Scales, Temperature Strip etc.
SDL Atlas maintains a network of service centers, distributors and agents in over 80 countries and is represented by Naz International in Pakistan.

DigiEye PLC
DigiEye PLC has also announced that SDL Atlas has been appointed as the worldwide distributor for the DigiEye Colour Fastness Testing and Colour Measurement System.
DigiEye is a non-contact digital imaging system that captures and measures the total colour and appearance of 2D and 3D images in a unique controlled lighting environment. The system employs a digital camera, illuminated cabinet and a calibrated monitor. It is ideal for colour fastness testing and providing colour information that can be easily communicated electronically.

DigiEye PLC Colour Fastness
Testing System by SDL

Sharad Machinery
Sharad Machinery are agents of Zoje Sewing Machine Co., Ltd, which has the distinction of being award winner of China Top Brand in year 2003. Zoje has also won the first place in the national sewing machine industry quality spot test in year 2003.

Taiwan Giu Chun Industries
This company from Taiwan offers Crochet Machines for various purposes like Laces, Elastic Bands, Plain tapes, Binding tapes, fancy yarns, fancy furnishing fabrics, medical bandages, stocking and socks. Machines are available in mechanical and computerized versions.

AHS Textile Machinery Co.

AHS provides complete solutions for technical sales, spare parts supply, know-how and process techniques in cotton ginning, spinning and dyeing, finishing of textiles as well as synthetic fiber industry. Some of their principals, who are exhibiting at IGATEX 2004 include:

Santex for knit fabric finishing, SSM for dye package winding, Spindelfabrik Neudorf: Heavy-duty spindle and flyers for simplex. Dilo System: Needle punching machines, Barmag: Filament plant, LTG Air Engineering: A/C system, Mechanik Leising: Spindles for ring frames and front bottom rollers, Neumag:Staple fiber lines & BCF yarn plants, Sperotto Rimar: Woven fabric finishing, Scholl-Then AG: Yarn and fabric dyeing machines and Hacoba sewing thread.

Neumag a company of Saurer Group offers staple fiber and BCF yarn plants on turnkey bases. The polyester staple fiber lines of Neumag are already known in Pakistan. Several BCF plants in are operation in Pakistan.

Neumag introduces new BCF Plant System S5

It may be pointed out that Neumag has recently introduced their newly developed BCF plant S5. Apart from numerous improvements of the existing technology of the STM and NPT series and a variety of new features which increase the efficiency of the plant and improve the quality of the yarns. The most significant, main feature of the new S5, is the comprehensive modular construction system.
Bulked Continuous Filament production in a continuous spin-draw 3D texturizing process for fine and heavy BCF carpet and upholstery yarns out of PA6, PA6.6, PET, PP, PTT, PBT, recycled polymers and bicomponents: raw white or spun dyed, single or multicolour, for 2, 3, 4, or 6 ends with up to 5000 m/min, vertical production positions.

Barmag
Barmag - a Saurer Group company is one of the leaders in the manufacture of POY, FDY plants for production of multifilament, monofilament and textured yarns. It is the world leader in the yarn manufacturing plant. Some of the POY and FDY installations of yarn manufacturing in Pakistan has Barmag equipment. Leisnig

Mechanik Leisnig manufacture spindles for ring spinning frames, in addition to front bottom rollers for ring spinning machines.

Spindelfabrik Neudorf
Spindelfabrik Neudorf, active in the manufacture of heavy-duty spindles and flyers for simplex. Twisting spindles for natural and man-made fibers (including glass filament and tire cord) in all sizes with rigid and flexible mounting, stationary and swiveling.

SSM & Hacoba: Synergy at its best

The integration of the subsidiaries SSM Stähle Eltex GmbH and HACOBA GmbH has consolidated its corporate identity. SSM is always at the forefront of innovative new control systems and components, designed to set new standards in the sectors of rewinding, dye package winding and assembly winding.
A new automatic parallel winder for flange bobbins at ITMA 2003 generated quite a stir as the first automatic solution for the preparation of twisting proce-sses as well as for conventional covering processes.

Uniplex is a joint development between DuPont and SSM is an innovative process and a new alternative for producing spun yarns directly from various types of filament yarn. Although at the initial stage SSM and DuPont are confident of the high market potential of this process. For sewing thread finishing processes, the new "Thread Prince" 850 C machine together with the revolutionary lubetex lubrication system will be displayed at IGATEX exhibition.

HACOBA 850C "thread Prince"

Akhtar & Sons
Premier Polytronics (Pvt) Ltd

Premier Polytronics from India manufactured and delivered more than 250 evenness testers, 100 fiber testing equipment and Ring Eye for more than 4 million spindles in more than 20 countries. Furthermore, many customers have taken almost entire range of laboratory and online monitoring systems from Premier.

The new products by Premier have generated exceptional interest from Pakistani visitors at ITMA 2003. The products that caught the attention were the innovative yarn quality system - the iQ QualiCenter, the revolutionary fibre tester for raw material and process management - the aQura and the mill management systems - Mill i and tEXPERT
Comprehensive Yarn Quality System

iQ QualiCenter™ goes beyond mere evenness measurement providing total quality measurement and analysis of yarn, sliver and roving. Critical quality parameters such as count, hairiness, and nep classification of yarn are determined simultaneously. The parallel measurement of yarn and roving/sliver saves not only the test time and manpower cost but quickens the corrective response time.
Fibre Quality Measurement on an end aligned sample

The aQura™ cotton fibre testing provides reliable and accurate method of measurement of neps and short fibre content. With a statistically significant sample size of 5 to 10 g and a testing time of 3 minutes, the equipment provides nep results with a low variability. Information on neps provided by the equipment includes classification based on size and categorisation into seed coat neps and fibre neps. The aQura™ comes with an integrated module for determination of the short fibre content. Based on the classical comb sorter methodology, measurement is done on an end aligned sample. The output results include the staple diagram and various length parameters.

Mill Management Solutions

Mill i™ is an intelligent solution for easy identification and tracking of process and quality deviations so that a spinner is able to take corrective action immediately and prevent unnecessary wastage. It integrates the quality and production data from various sources. Data is collected from the lab equipment for evenness, yarn strength, count, objectionable faults, fiber quality etc, as well as from shop floor machinery including auto winders.

Premier tEXPERT™ is devised to take care of all complexities that are unique to textiles. This is the only ERP that comes with the best practices adopted in the technical functions of the textile industry.
Contamination Detector at Blow Room

Premier also displayed Fibre i™, the most economical solution for contamination detection in blow room.