Tee Pee Textiles, a part of Zenith Silk Mills, and Karl Mayer have celebrated the inauguration of the extra wide Multibar Lace machine with a working width of 210", which was premiered last month in Surat, India.

Vasantbhai Jirawala, the President of Zenith Silk Mills, had purchased this lace raschel machine with the large working width for his subsidiary plant in Surat, where the celebratory open-house event took place.

The event dedicated to the market launch of the 210"-wide Multibar Lace in India was attended by the company’s Directors Paresh and Nirav Jariwala, Arno Gärtner, CEO of Karl Mayer, Kevin Socha, Managing Director of Karl Mayer India Private Limited, and Karl Mayer’s Sales Vice President Oliver Mathews.

Good progress

“During the last few years India has been developing to one of the largest and most quickly growing single markets of the Karl Mayer Group, both in the sector of warp knitting as well as in the fields of technical textiles and warp preparation,” said Arno Gärtner. “Karl Mayer believes in this market and anticipates profitable business for the years to come.”

A.T.E.‘s principal Anuj Bhagwati commented: “Today India’s warp knitting sector represents one tenth of China’s warp knitting industry. We still have a long road ahead but we have already made good progress in this respect.”

“Besides, another important r aspect are committed customers who are prepared to develop new fabrics. The fact that India has a lot of such customers was especially demonstrated by the great interest in the machine show in Surat.”

Technical presentation

Around 150 textile companies accepted the invitation to come to the inauguration of the extra wide ML machine. “All our important customers in Surat came to our presentation. Some of them even came from Amritsar,” commented Oliver Mathews, Sales Vice President of the Warp Knitting Business Unit at Karl Mayer.

Visitors saw the production of two different sari fabrics in a gauge of E 24, each consisting of four panels next to each other, demonstrating the productivity and patterning possibilities of the machine.

The flexible clip string pattern guide fingers are one of the latest features guaranteeing efficiency, reliability and rapid pattern change, the manufacturer reports.

Future plans

“With the 210"-wide ML series we have really hit the nail on the head for the Indian market. A number of projects are already up and running in the sari and outerwear sectors,” said Oliver Mathews.

“Following the successful market launch, the provision of services for this new machine will be extended and, in order to do so, we will use the facilities available in our new factory in Ahmedabad.”

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