Under the corporate motto “Ever Onward”, Japanese manufacturer Shima Seiki, the leaders in computerized flatbed knitting machine technology, celebrated its 49th anniversary recently and held a send-off rally for its 100,000th computerized flatbed knitting machine to be shipped overseas.
The commemorative machine is a 7 gauge NSSG122-SV machine, scheduled for installation at a knitting factory in Hong Kong. This machine will be the 3,000th computerized knitting machine to be installed by this company.
NSSG122-SV is one of Shima Seiki’s mainstream computerized knitting machines and currently its best-selling model. It is a compact machine with a 48-inch knitting width and an ultra-compact double-system carriage. High productivity is realized with the R2CARRIAGE® – (Rapid Response Carriage) system. WideGauge® knitting capability allows a single machine to knit a wide range of gauges for increased flexibility. The machine also features Shima Seiki’s renowned DSCS® – Digital Stitch Control System – as standard equipment for assuring production quality and consistency.
Shima Seiki began exporting its SEC series machines in 1984, and quickly found a growing market for its unique combination of creative innovation, user-friendliness and solid reliability worldwide. The subsequent introduction of the SES series in 1989, followed by the SWG series WholeGarment® machines in 1995 and the 2006 release of the SSG series has helped Shima Seiki to maintain a significant presence overseas as leading computerized flat knitting machine technologist for almost 30 years.
The company is today strongly placed with total sales of 29,572 million Japanese Yen (fiscal year ending March 2010) and with a consolidated sale of 36,874 million Japanese Yen.
