AMF Reece, the Italian automation pioneer, has launched at the ongoing GTE fair TH-5500, an automatic bottom hemming machine. “If hemmed manually, an operator can produce 70 pieces an hour. But with TH-5500, an hourly output rises by 3.5 times to 250 pieces,” shares Cenk Oflaz, Managing Partner, AMF Reece who is present at the HCA booth – its market agent for India. Cenk feels that a significant fraction of Indian apparel manufacturer is yet to take the quantum leap and upgrade their technology practices. The company is now focusing on promoting its technology more extensively, so that the manufacturers take notice of the potential of automation.
