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SANTONI TAKING A LEAP IN SEAMLESS TECHNOLOGY WITH SM8 TOP2V

Gianpiero Valsecchi, Sales Area Manager, Santoni SP

Santoni, the Italy-based knitting machine manufacturer, attracted a lot of visitors to its stall with their main highlight – electronic single jersey circular machine SM8 TOP2V machine.

A successor of SM8-TOP2, the single jersey machine is designed for production of seamless garments like underwear, outerwear, beachwear, sportswear and sanitarywear. It has 8 feeds and 2 selection points per feed, and offers 30 per cent more productivity than the previous model. Further, the machine is designed ergonomically and equipped with newly developed parts such as yarn
The company installed 50 single jersey machines last year in Bangladesh and has confirmed of a huge demand this year.
finger groups and sinker cap for natural yarn plating. Added advantage of higher production and better quality, the machine consumes 15 % less energy.
“ We are also doing extremely well nowadays on upper shoe. Our double jersey machine Mec-mor can produce up to 10 times more compared to the conventional vanity machine for making shoe upper,” informs Gianpiero Valsecchi, Sales Area Manager, Santoni SPA. Mec-mor has 2 jacquards with electronic selection of stripes.
Started in Asia for the production of underwear, seamless technology is a
great success and is now expanded to sportswear and activewear. In garment where compression is required on the body, can be calibrated on a single machine, which makes seamless a winning technology.“ Santoni covers all categories of garments where seamless technology is used, from professional wear to daily wear. Our customers appreciate these T-shirts which give less friction to the body,” says Valsecchi.
The company installed 50 single jersey machines last year in Bangladesh and confirmed of a huge demand this year.“ We are hopeful of a positive year ahead,” concludes Valsecchi.
Visitors taking a close look of the machines on display at Santoni’ s stall
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