Apparel Online Bangladesh Magazine Magazine April 2018 | Page 43

TECH REVIEW
N AV IS T UBETEX
WELCOMES DEMAND FOR OPEN WIDTH COMPACTORS
FROM BANGLADESH
I
n the global knitting industry,
Navis TubeTex has earned a
remarkable reputation for the
quality of products it can provide for
the production of finished knitted
fabric. Some of its popular finishing
machines include compactors,
pads, and dryers. It also provides
solutions for woven, non-woven,
technical textile industries.
With 75% of business in Asian
markets where the majority of
production is happening today,
the company is always looking at
new opportunities to support its
customer base. Bangladesh, one
of its major market, drives the
sales of tubular compactors. Gary
L. Morris, Sales Director – Asia
Pacific, Navis TubeTex affirmed,
“But there is a change happening on
the positive side in the Bangladesh
market. The demand is now moving
to open width compactors.”
Both tubular and open width
compactors have their own
advantages. While tubular
compactors cost half of open width,
open width compactors allow to
reduce wastage on cutting tables.
SCS (Spirality Correction Systems)
is another hot selling machine in the
Bangladesh market. The company
has installed two SCS machines in
Ibrahim group and Banouli Group.
Gary L. Morris (L), Sales Director – Asia Pacific, Navis TubTex with M A Saleque, Managing Director,
Uni Asia Associates
“It is the after-sales service that
actually sells the machine,” said
Gary. The company, in association
with Uni Asia Associates, provides
after-sales support to its customers
with a team of five experienced local
technicians.
The company manufactures
open width and tubular only in
its headquarters at Lexington,
North Carolina (USA). For stenters
and other components, Navis has
Taiwanese and Italian manufacturing
partners. “No one