Pegasus making Japanese technology more affordable, and getting closer to customers
Pegasus Sewing Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd. from Osaka, Japan is one of the leading manufacturers of sewing machines in the world today. The company specialises in industrial sewing machines that produce chain stitches (Kan-nui), which are used in garment factories. This Kan-nui is most suitable for sewing stretchy knit fabrics such as T-shirts and swimsuits, etc. Since its establishment in 1914, Pegasus has always aimed for the top rank of industrial sewing machine (Kan-nui) manufacturing business on a worldwide basis. Sewing factories around the world choose its products through approximately 200 agents in about 70 countries.
Pegasus always focus to strengthen its core business, build solid foundations for its manufacturing facilities across Japan, China and Vietnam. The company started Liaison Office in India in 1993 with only 2 people and today is having a team of 20 people. Now, Pegasus is planning to launch its new affordable M900/DDM series, which is equipped with direct drive motor for the Indian customers next month. The technology allows 70 per cent electric saving with direct drive motor. Its concealed casing design prevents dust from entering the motor coil, eliminating maintenance problems. It maximises direct drive motor transmission by original factory installation.
The main reason behind launching it is to offer more affordable machines so that domestic manufacturers can also afford it. Earlier only good exporters, who were looking for high quality, were using such technologies but now Pegasus main intention is to capture the huge domestic Indian market. “When we compare it with previous Pegasus model, the machine is similar. But earlier motor was coming from a different supplier but now it is fitted in the factory and coming from Pegasus directly. Due to this, we have more quality control over the motor and you don’t need to install the motor again and again, which saves lot of time,” says Prem Singh, General Manager, Pegasus Sewing machine PTE. LTD. “Pegasus is known for its high quality sewing heads but now we have control on both parameters – head quality and motor. However, we are aiming to make the machine more economical for the customers without compromising on the quality of the machine. We are looking for volume and bringing it within the reach of more customers with this new attractive pricing,” says Prem.
The new Pegasus made motor comes with more power and it’s a high performance 550 W. “Motor is the main part to run the machine and 550 W makes it stronger, faster and durable. Besides, it comes with CE Certification, which most of the companies today are not using. CE means European Conformity, which conforms to the strictest health, safety and environmental protection standards for products sold within Europe. That’s why we have selected and opted for CE certification,” says Prem.
Some other features of this technology are: Dust seal at upper looper mechanism which prevents dust from entering the machine via the upper looper shaft; prevents installation mistakes and minimise installation time; concealed casing design prevents dust from entering the motor coil, eliminating maintenance problems; maximise direct drive motor transmission by original factory installation.
When asked about the competition Pegasus is facing due to increasing presence of Chinese sewing machine players in the Indian market he said, “Yes I agree, competition is there but according to my experience, we have seen many Chinese people coming and going. About seven eight years back many Chinese companies entered this market and all have gone back. Companies that give consistent quality will sustain. Pegasus is still growing, so that’s important because we are maintaining our quality. Our company’s focus is to provide better service support to our customers and agents. So, product wise we are not compromising on anything, at the same time increasing the service support.”
Meanwhile, in line with efforts to be closer to the customer and provide best service support, the company last year in June opened Pegasus showroom and training center in Okhla, New Delhi. “As per the company, we always focus to provide the service, knowledge, and support to our customers and agents. Our main aim is to give them the right product, strong technical support and training. We have maximum technical people in our team who are regularly providing training and technical support, and show them how they can best utilise the machine. Our purpose is to make them more familiar with the machine and maximise the use,” says Prem.
“Today we also have offices in various places like Ludhiana, Bangalore and Tirupur, having showroom machines in each location. Last year we feel the need to have our own showroom cum technical center where we can show our latest machineries, customers can come and make samples, see the live demo and we can give them the technical knowhow. So, first showroom has been established in Delhi. We have started the showroom around two months back so far around 50-55 customers have visited us. They can also send their operators and technicians for training here. Business wise, now, we are launching our new M900 economical series in April 2018, which is expected to give a boost to our overall turnover,” concludes Prem.
Needlecraft Technologies takes dealership of Tang Embroidery Machines
Hangzhou Jingwei Electronic Mechanical Manufacture Co., Ltd. produces multihead multi-needle computerised embroidery machines and related products. For years, the company, in the philosophy of “Professional manufacturing” and the principle of “Good reputation, excellent product,” has become one of the leading embroidery machine manufacturers in China. Its products, covering chain embroidery, lock embroidery, compounded embroidery, etc., not only enrich embroidery stitches but also reduce the usage cost of the customers. In 2004, the company launched Tang high-grade embroidery machines and related products which is running successfully in markets all over the world.
Through years of development, the company has become a modern enterprise with more than 700 staff and more than 60,000 sqr mtr of factory area from a small “workshop” and “family size” manual factory. Today, in India Tang is considered one of the best Chinese brands by customers for its stitch quality, low maintenance & long life. The company recently appointed NCT – Needlecraft Technologies as its agent for Gujarat, Maharashtra and Southern India markets. NCT was started in December 2017 by three partners Virag Gilitwala, Pawan Singh and Alpesh Balar in Surat. The Founders of the company have 12 years of experience of working with Tang embroidery machines earlier dealer for the pan India market. During this tenure Virag worked as Service Manager, Pawan Singh as Chief Service Engineer wherein Alpesh as the user having 100 Tang machines at his plant. NCT will be looking after the sales and after sales service of the machine in the above mentioned region. Besides, they will also be looking after the service of old Tang machines operating in the market.
“Tang is leading embroidery machines brand in China, and has very good reputation in the Indian market due to their high quality. We have altogether 12 years of experience of working on Tang machines and making a lot of changes as per customers’ requirement, customizing and upgrading the technology year-after year. We are very happy to take their dealership, and recently participated in Garfab-Tx Surat, where we received overwhelming response from the customers,” says Virag Gilitwala, Co-Founder, Needlecraft Technologies. “Though market currently is little slow as due to GST and E-way bill introduction, the customers are very apprehensive about placing the orders as their own customers are not placing many orders and not keeping the stocks. We are expecting everything to improve after March, once all the govt. policies become clear and industry comes back on its old track. Even if the situation gets stablied till July we may expect to sell around 250 machines by the end of this year”
All jeans in the world to be 100% water free thanks to Jeanologia
Jeanologia has saved around 800,000 cubic mtr of water in the last month, the equivalent of 283 Olympic swimming pools. Jeanologia’s objective is to reduce environmental impact in its entirety, not partially mitigate it With Jeanologia as the expert technology partner the textile market is more competitive and respectful of the environment. Through their technology, the company also eliminates the use of potassium permanganate, pumice Stone, manual bleaching and traditional laundering Valencia (03-21-18).- Enrique Silla, CEO at Jeanologia, with a view to the upcoming World Water Day, highlights that using a combination of their technologies, “In 2025 all jeans in the world could be 100 per cent water free.”
For Silla, “With Jeanologia as the expert technology partner, it is possible, within a few years, for production to use zero water and create zero waste; increasing productivity and accelerating time to market.”35 per cent of the 5 bn jeans produced every year are made with Jeanologia technology. As such, the company CEO explains, “if we develop products in an eco-efficient way, we will produce an eco-sustainable product and bring a sustainable product to the market, achieving one of our company’s objectives: To reduce environmental impact in its entirety, not partially mitigate it.”
Water generates life and prosperity, and its care is essential for sustainable development. Furthermore, it plays an important role in the reduction of poverty and economic growth. With this in mind, the CEO at Jeanologia has pointed out that “we continuously work to increase awareness and involve everyone while reducing the water footprint, and without losing competitiveness or compromising on design and quality.”
During the past month, Jeanologia technology has led to a saving of 800,000 cubic mtr of water, the equivalent of water used to fill 283 Olympic swimming pools. “This saving has been possible thanks to the laser, ozone, and eflow technology being used in the 60 countries Jeanologia works in,” explains Silla.
It is worth remembering that the combination of the company’s technology has contributed to a saving of around 8 mn cubic mtr of water in 2017; equivalent to the quantity of water needed for human consumption in the city of Miami for a whole year.
Furthermore, the company’s technology has allowed the elimination of potassium permanganate, pumice stone, manual scraping and traditional washing at the same time as considerably reducing chemical use. Leading to, as the CEO highlights “the detoxification of jeans”
Kornit launches new HD printing technology for Avalanche series
Avalanche HD6 and Avalanche HDK give a competitive edge to garment decorators with drastically reduced cost per print, highdefinition image quality, improved hand feel and new software for advanced file preparation capabilities.
Kornit Digital, a global market leader in digital textile printing innovation, has announced the introduction of a new HD printing technology for its Avalanche platform of direct-to-garment printing systems.
The Avalanche HD6, the successor of the Avalanche Hexa, is equipped with Kornit’s HD print engine and NeoPigmentTM Rapid ink, which leads to significant reductions in ink consumption – and therefore cost per print – in comparison to the company’s existing Avalanche systems. The HD6 will reduce the ink consumption by up to 30 per cent compared to the current “R-Series” version and up to 46 per cent compared to the previous Non RSeries versions of the Avalanche Hexa. In addition, Kornit is launching an HD version of the Avalanche 1000 which will be called Avalanche HDK. The company also announced that existing Kornit customers now have an upgrade path for their Avalanche Hexa and Avalanche 1000 systems.
The new systems are the result of Kornit’s experience gained from 15 years of direct-to-garment printing innovation and a very large installed base of systems. The new cost per print levels make the new HD systems an attractive choice for screen printers for print runs between one and 500 copies. The new systems are running with 4l bulk ink containers of Kornit’sNeoPigmentTM Rapid ink. This ink, which has been specifically developed for Kornit’s HD technology, offers an improved gamut for spot and brand colour matching, increased opacity and saturation of the white ink, as well as improved hand feel – an important requirement by screen printers. The print quality is further enhanced by ColorGATE’s Professional RIP solution, adding advanced color management and screening capabilities, improved white base creation and pre-defined colour libraries for ultimate colour matching. Both the HD print engine and the NeoPigment Rapid ink are used in Kornit’s Vulcan system and have been field proven in a number of installations over the past year.
Kornit’s Avalanche platform represents the high productivity segment of Kornit’s industrial direct-to-garment printing product family, providing customers with a multitude of system options for different application requirements. The Kornit Avalanche HD6 includes six color channels (CMYK, Red, Green) plus white, for a wider gamut and improved spot colour matching. Users can easily reproduce the true colours of licensed sports teams and accurately match corporate logos with fiery reds, warm yellows, deep blues and greens, vivid purples and many more.
Designed for the mass production of garments, Kornit’s Avalanche HD6 includes a patented architecture of dual bridge and dual pallet, designed to achieve optimal performance in an industrial production environment, and is a very robust platform designed for heavy duty use. The system operates at high speeds and provides excellent print quality.
The Avalanche HD6 is available for delivery during the first quarter of 2018 to be followed by the Avalanche HDK during the second quarter. Previous versions of the Avalanche Hexa and Avalanche 1000, with or without ink recirculation technology, are field upgradeable to the new HD versions and that way can benefit from the advantages of the NeoPigmentTM Rapid technology.
Kornit’s state of the art NeoPigment™ meets the highest environmental regulations, including Oeko-Tex Standard 100 and GOTS V5 pre-approval. Suitable for printing on multiple fabric types, its versatility is unmatched. NeoPigment™ prints have an excellent hand feel, a wide gamut of bright and intense colors, as well as long-term durability and wash-fastness Omer Kulka, Kornit Digital’s Vice President of Marketing and Product Strategy, comments, “Today’s market trends put traditional screen printing service providers under pressure given increased demand for short run production with frequent inventory cycles, coupled with the online and direct-to-customer business models, the demand for personalized garments, and demand for shorter delivery times. Added to these trends is the current retail meltdown which particularly impacts fashion and apparel outlets. Kornit’s HD technology, based on our 15 years of digital textile printing experience, provides an excellent and profitable alternative for print runs of one to 500 pieces with quick turnaround times.”
Kornit’s Avalanche platform represents the high productivity segment of Kornit’s industrial direct-to-garment printing product family, providing customers with a multitude of system options for different application requirements. The Kornit Avalanche HD6 includes six color channels (CMYK, Red, Green) plus white, for a wider gamut and improved spot colour matching. Users can easily reproduce the true colours of licensed sports teams and accurately match corporate logos with fiery reds, warm yellows, deep blues and greens, vivid purples and many more.
Designed for the mass production of garments, Kornit’s Avalanche HD6 includes a patented architecture of dual bridge and dual pallet, designed to achieve optimal performance in an industrial production environment, and is a very robust platform designed for heavy duty use. The system operates at high speeds and provides excellent print quality.
The Avalanche HD6 is available for delivery during the first quarter of 2018 to be followed by the Avalanche HDK during the second quarter. Previous versions of the Avalanche Hexa and Avalanche 1000, with or without ink recirculation technology, are field upgradeable to the new HD versions and that way can benefit from the advantages of the NeoPigmentTM Rapid technology.
Kornit’s state of the art NeoPigment™ meets the highest environmental regulations, including Oeko-Tex Standard 100 and GOTS V5 pre-approval. Suitable for printing on multiple fabric types, its versatility is unmatched. NeoPigment™ prints have an excellent hand feel, a wide gamut of bright and intense colors, as well as long-term durability and wash-fastness.
Heiq launches world’s first 100 per cent bio-based odour control technology
The Swiss textile innovator HeiQ launches HeiQ Fresh FFL (Fresh For Long), a 100 per cent biobased odour control technology. The product targets the sportswear and intimate segment, with application especially suitable for seamless garments made of synthetics that are prone to permastink. Visitors at ISPO Munich got a first sniff of the technology at HeiQ’s booth held recently.
The funky founding story keeps the Swiss high-tech company busy in adding more solutions to its broad odour control product range. Apart from the founding silver product that is today used worldwide in more than 500 mn garments by over 100 major active wear brands, and the recently launched volatile odour source sequestering technologies HeiQ Fresh NKU and HeiQ Fresh AGOS, HeiQ continues to redefine freshness for textile by introducing the world’s first bio-based, nonantimicrobial, non-silver-based textile odour control technology – HeiQ Fresh FFL, which is based on a biopolymer derived from 100 per cent renewable source. This wash-resistant, biodegradable textile finishing stops bad smell before it emerges on textile.
HeiQ Fresh FFL is a non-antimicrobial alternative to traditional odor control in textiles. This sustainable, fully biomass-derived Amino-Sugar-Polymer functions by binding proteins and other sweat components that can cause odor. The HeiQ Fresh FFL biopolymer supports ready removal of these sweat components during home laundering. As a non-antimicrobial solution to odour control the regulatory obligations normally associated with biocides are of no relevance when applying HeiQ Fresh FFL on garments and other textile products.
“Odour control efficacy is maximized with the correct technology-fibre match, as well as the right application of the technology in the textile finishing process. While most odour-control textile finishing target polyester, the application is often limited to padding, which is not utilised for textiles that seamless garments are made of. HeiQ Fresh FFL can be used on both cellulosic and synthetic fibres. The flexibility of application of HeiQ Fresh FFL – can be done through either exhaust or padding – means that brands can apply it freely on different fibre and product design, including seamless garments,” says Ralf Mundinger, HeiQ’s Head of Technology Application, “We see this as a clear advantage for our brand partners in the sportswear and intimate segment.”
Participants in a multi-day wear trial confirmed that the odour control efficacy of HeiQ Fresh FFL is much better than the best silver antimicrobial textile finishing on the market (control). HeiQ Fresh FFL was also tested under the newly developed “HeiQ 72-hour Tennis Bag challenge” test protocol, in which HeiQ Fresh FFL-treated, control and untreated fabrics infused with artificial sweat are placed into a red Wilson® Federer DNA tennis bag in a climate chamber at 30°C (86°C) and 40°C (104°F), followed by an olfactometric evaluation. In addition to the many ISO laboratory standard tests offered, HeiQ wanted to have a “hard hitting” test and suggests olfactometric evaluation, encouraging brands to “listen to your own nose”, to complement standard laboratory tests in predicting the physiological experience of the human nose, and give a comprehensive evaluation on the “real life” odour control efficacy of the technology.
HeiQ welcomed all visitors to learn more about the product, not only by asking and listening, but actually using their own noses in sniffing the differences between HeiQ Fresh FFL and other odour control finishing. HeiQ Fresh FFL is also ready for any wear trial applications shall anyone wish to prove the odour control performance in the field.
Truetzschler Draw-frames Wow Southern Cot Spinners
Southern Cot Spinners Coimbatore (P) Ltd. is a respected name in the textile industry and is well known for its values and reliability in meeting its commitments to its customers. The mill caters to the Indian market as well as exports to a few countries. Under the visionary leadership of its Managing Director, SV Devarajan, the mill started its first project of 31,632 spindles in 2006. This year it added another 14,496 spindles to its state-of-art modern mill. From a modest beginningthe mill has now reached a turnover of Rs. 1,000 mn. Upbeat about the progress achieved, D Anand, Executive Director, has plans to expand even further. We caught up with mill’s Managing Director SV Devarajan for a short Q+A session:
Please tell us about the recently completed project and machinery installed?
Recently, we have completed 14,496 spindles, which has latest machinery like Truetzschler blow-room, TC 10 cards, breaker draw-frame TD 7 and finisher drawframe TD-8. We also have the latest Savio automatic cone winder – model Eco PulsarS with 100 spindles. At present we have a total capacity of 46,128 spindles giving a production of 4 lakh kg per month with the counts Ne 44s, 46s and 60s.
What is your opinion about the Principals that A.T.E represents?
A.T.E. has always provided the best technology to the Indian textile industry. A.T.E. has helped us throughout the project stage and even now it is closely monitoring the machines through frequent visits and updating us with the latest technical information.
Can you explain your criteria for choosing Truetzschler draw-frames?
During our project discussion we compared draw-frames of several manufacturers. Here Truetzschler had a slight edge over others. We even gathered information from other spinners in the region. It was very important for us to have good draw-frame in our process as it is the last quality check in the process. In conclusion, we found that Truetzschler machines were the best in the market. We are glad that it was a right decision as now we are enjoying the benefits of Truetzschler draw-frames.
Could you please explain in more detail the Truetzschler edge?
Based on our experience of Truetzschler machines, here are the main reasons:
a. Latest technology b. Timely after sales service
c. Consistent and competitive quality output
What is that most important feature which makes the Truetzschler draw-frame mill-friendly?
Features like interchangeability of electrical and electronic components in cards and draw-frames ensure very low down time and less inventory for us. Changing the hank hardly takes a minute and there is no need to replace any gears. All quality and production data can be seen on the colour display along with the running parameters.
Based on your experience will you recommend Truetzschler draw-frames to other spinners?
We strongly recommend Truetzschler draw-frames to everybody. Our technical team is of the opinion that Truetzschler machines are user friendly and very easy to maintain. The sturdy German technology ensures high quality and low maintenance costs.
