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PROFILE: Pai Lung Knitting Machinery Mill Co. Ltd, Taiwan

Uninterrupted Efforts for Innovation - By Chairman, Wang Ping-czu The strong desire to seek for innovation and revolution is the driving force for success of enterprise. We believe that only the continuous enhancement of our technical, research and development capacity can give PaiLung a breakthrough and further growth. “Satisfying our clients, taking care our employees, creating profits, and feeding back to the community” are the concepts we have been insisting. Our innovation does not only

14th February 2008

Knitting Industry
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Knitted Outerwear, Household, Technical Textiles

 

Uninterrupted Efforts for Innovation - By Chairman, Wang Ping-czu

The strong desire to seek for innovation and revolution is the driving force for success of enterprise. We believe that only the continuous enhancement of our technical, research and development capacity can give PaiLung a breakthrough and further growth. “Satisfying our clients, taking care our employees, creating profits, and feeding back to the community” are the concepts we have been insisting.

Our innovation does not only extend to the research and development, but also to every aspect including marketing, quality control, on-the job training, etc. We are working out for every possible innovation in our daily operation with “Creating demand and enhancing living quality for the human-being” as our mission and feeding back all our employees with our achievement. That’s the consistent commitment and responsibilities of our executive officers.

Pai-Lung today is already a leading knitting machines manufacturer in the world. For sustainability, Pai Lung will continue its efforts to work out for innovation. In addition, Pai Lung will apply its experiences and insist its tradition to create a new era for knitting industry in the 21st century.

Knitting Specialization

Our knitting machines are mainly characterized by the widest range of choices in the industry for needle pitch and cylinder diameter in all type of machines. From 4 to 42 gauge and 2" to 64" diameter, our capability provides custom request knitting machine model, and fabric application includes apparels, high-tech industry, and aerospace purpose. These are Pai Lung's most important value in creating a competitive edge in the knitting machinery industry.

Main applications

1. Fabrics for Clothing: Underwear, T-shirt, leisure-wear, sport-wear, swimming suit, garments and fashion.

2. Fabrics for Home Decoration: Bed sheet, bedspread, curtain, sofa, wall covering.

3. Fabrics for Automobile: Seat cover, handrail, door handle and door trimming.

4. Fabrics for Environmental Protection: Screening machine for sewage treatment.

5. Fabrics for Health Care: Sterile, anti-odour, protect and anti-UV fabrics.

6. Fabrics for Structure: For roofing, partition, stair, etc.

7. Anti-Static Electric Fabrics: Clean room apparel.

8. Fabrics for Industrial Purpose: PU sheet, car window fabrics Global Distribution Network.

9. Bag Fabric: Notebook bag, luggage materials.

Vertically integrated production system

Pai Lung has a complete production system equipped with a number of the most up-to-date facilities: computer-controlled flexible production system, automatic warehousing, various advanced CNC working machines, and affiliated companies to produce key components and parts - cams and needle cylinder. We use a supply chain management (SCM) system in our ERP internal resources planning system to integrate and control our affiliated companies and subcontractors so that Pai Lung and its satellite system can obtain the up-to-date production requirement simultaneously for prompt response to the market demand.

IT-based management

In this quick changing competition environment, good control on information is the key to success. As early as in 1992, Pai Lung built up an overall information management system. In 1995, Pai Lung set up an Information Department staffed with talents in different fields to process all information with standard procedures - from acceptance or order, arrangement of production schedule, material control to delivery - all under a timely and accurate control. ERP system provides management report with the Information Department's analysis to help the management level to get the latest information as well as reference data in decision making for promotion of operating efficiency. Pai Lung's Information Department does not only the company with ERP system extended service, but also further supports the planning unit to develop the first knitting machine on-line monitor and management system (POMS - Pailung Online Monitor System). Under this system, the status of all the machines on line are transmitted to the main controller instantaneously and thus all related mechanism can be triggered spontaneously, including:

1.Safely Mechanism, 2.Quality Control Mechanism 3.Production Record, 4.Purchase Information, 5.Status Monitoring, 6.On-line download, 7.Maintain Record

Development capacity

A successful enterprise must get the market trend instantly, and makes a serie of observation, evaluation, planning, and adaptation to the changing market environment as well as other necessary actions to meet the market trend and the clients' requirement. Acting actively instead of passively, Pai Lung takes the initiative in creating business opportunity. For R&D on application of our products, our Test and After-Service Division is staffed with talents in the field or knitting technologies to make use of different combinations in market trend to integrate technologies and designs, and makes effort in the development of new fabrics in order to extend the scope of application of our products arid to lead the fashion. The Test and After-Service Division provides services to our clients mainly with technologies on development of uses of our products and software training in electronic jacquard models together.

The Test and After-Service Section's main duties are as follows:

On development of new fabrics: The Application Development Division is in charge of collection of market information and trend to provide the clients with information about the fashion, information about the up-to-date knitting technologies, and news about the recent textile market trend.

On training for knitting and CAD, we provide overseas and local clients with training on knitting and CAD for their individual equipment requirements.

For analysis on structure of fabrics, we analyze or knit according to samples provided by the client, and provide them with structure diagram and yarn specifications.

In addition to the above services, the Test and After-Service Division has several experienced engineers to provide our clients with then experiences and know-how to meet the market trend and after service requirements.

Furthermore the Test and After-Service Division has five main tasks:

1. Perform tests and enhance performance of the existing products and newly developed machines developed by the R&D department.

2. Provide overseas after sales service and assist the clients on troubleshooting in order to increase production capacity and find out the machine's capacity in handing different knitting patterns.

3. Test and develop new fabrics according to the features of our machines, and provide our distributors and clients with market trend and information.

4. Provide a complete training course to our local and overseas distributors and clients for transfer of knowhow and technologies in operation of our products.

5. Making samples of fabrics required by our clients and test production on their machines.

On integration of production technologies and development of new fabrics pattern, we emphasize on knowhow about development and design of new fabrics pattern and use of CAD system, and provide the clients with in-depth knowledge in knitting mechanism. Then, through mutual discussion and exchange of technologies, the performance of our machines can be further enhanced. Thus, the importance of integration of production technologies with development of new fabrics patterns is very significant

The Force to Drive the Growth of Pai Lung - R&D

We believe that only the strong R&D capacity and comprehensive improvement skills are the force to keep the enterprise sustainable, and are Indispensable for success of the enterprise. As R&D can bring a lot of business opportunities, we invested 4% of our yearly turnover in research and development. Furthermore, as a client-oriented company, we respond to our clients' demand rapidly, and we collect clients' requirements in different markets in order to respond to the market change. At the time being, Pai Lung's R&D is toward high production capacity, high quality and versatility, and spare no effort in enhancing the exchangeability and quality of parts to increase the added-value of its products.

In the past. 2D software was used for R&D of parts for knitting machines. However, there are inherent detects in 2D design environment resulting in waste of time in research, development and production. Therefore, in 2000 Pai Lung started 10 use a completely 3D environment to design and analyze parts and components, and find out substation production process to eliminate defect in the traditional production line Our efforts have significantly

improved the timeliness of production and design. Furthermore, with the result of analysis by our 3D software, our parts have been improved to provide a higher durability and strength. By use of this software, our R&D engineers have a total solution thinking model in mind that does not only for drawing but also to enhance our competition edge. Uninterrupted research, development, design and innovation are Pai Lung's main works. In the future, we will continue to Improve fabrics made my our products for use in clothing, develop and expand the range of industrial and decorative fabrics, expand the use of newly developed yarns for knitting with our machines. Moreover, establishment of a R&D database and vertical integration are the jobs we have to do on a long-term basis in order to provide fast searching power for instant response to our clients' requirements.

Quality Assurance

In the field of professional quality control, Pai Lung has not spared any effort in achieving the up-to-date quality requirement with its innovative control technique and facilities. It has been certified for ISO 9001 Quality Assurance system, and has implemented an overall quality control system as a basis of its Quality control.

Among our test and inspection instruments, we use coordinate measuring machines instead of the traditional vernier caliper and we further installed the latest inspection device in 3C industry - CNC Optical Measuring System for a strict control on the precision of parts and components.

On supply chain n-management, we have successfully completed a supply chain management project to help our subcontractors to build up their own rational and standardized operating process, and integrate their technologies, experiences and information resources to enhance their production efficiency and quality.

Pai Lung Machinery Mill Co. Ltd.

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