Navis TubeTex, a leader in textile finishing machinery vouches for the growing recovery of the garment manufacturing industry in America. “In the last six months to a year, things in the United States do appear to be picking up relative to some of the other places. We have seen a lot of companies looking at some expansions here, also some very good projects have come-up in the US, which we haven’t seen in the past three to four years,” claims Jeffrey T Dixon, Senior Director International Sales. Jeffrey also stated that not only can one produce in the US again, but the costing is also better and with less transport time, speed to market increases.
Working on some new things, which are to be launched at the upcoming ITMA fair in 2015, the main focus of the company based in Lexington, North Carolina for the local US market remains primarily on its stentors, for which they already have a lot of customers existing in the market, Glen Raven being one of its biggest clients.
Jeffrey is also happy with its compactor sales in Asia and shares that India is doing well. “We have got a lot of projects in the pipeline in India, but in contrast the Bangladesh market has been pretty slow for us,” adds Jeffrey.
Bookmarking the Indian market as fertile but slow in decision making, Will J Motchar, CEO and President, Navis TubeTex adds, “I think the business is good in India; it’s just a matter of timing their investments on equipments.
The textile finishing machine leader, TubeTex is aligning its R&D for machines that contribute to sustainability. “We have come up with some heat recovery units for our dryers that save energy. We are working on certain projects that will reduce water and chemical usage in bleaching. We are also going to introduce a steam box to our compactors; to ensure the steam isn’t wasted during the process.” reveals Will.
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