Pakistan Textile Journal. October index

Benninger AG has acquired Küsters Textile GmbH, the German supplier of wet finishing plants for the textile industry with head office in Zittau and subsidiaries in China. Küsters will be integrated in the manufacturing network of the Benninger Group. This takeover will make the Benninger Group the market leader for the production of wet finishing plants, and it will provide the group with an excellent global platform for tackling future challenges in the machinery industry.

Benninger AG is an international corporation which has developed from its foundation in 1859 to become a global leader in the manufacturing of textile machinery, evolving over the years into the role of an integral process partner for the textile industry.

As well as improving the textile machines themselves, Benninger is also improving the accompanying processes. In the fabric line it has been possible to increase process reliability with the new REACTA DM steamer and retention accumulator. Benninger has also been able to achieve effective improvements in terms of maintenance and efficiency of the EXTRACTA washing compartments. Benninger has consolidated the knitwear line with the introduction of TRIKOFLEX LT-V retention compartment.

The REACTA DM washing and retention unit, which is available in a variety of module sizes. With the cylinder dryer for knitwear (a joint development with WUMAG), Benninger is introducing a global innovation which can be used particularly for the in-between drying process. This brings improvements in terms of processing and production costs.

The strain on the environment is steadily increasing – a fact which has not gone unnoticed at Benninger. In fact, Benninger is working hard to deliver environmentally friendly plants, and the company's cooperation with MDS Prozesstechnik GmbH from Germany has already started to pay off.

In Asia in particular, water is scarce and waste water is a serious issue. Concepts for fresh water processing, planning of partial current guidance systems with reuse of used water and waste water processing have all already been successfully developed and implemented by Benninger under the banner of "zero discharge".

In the area of textile finishing, the recent innovations by Benninger are as follows:

The Swiss company Benninger produces machinery and plants which meet the highest standards for weaving preparation and textile finishing. The range of Benninger products is rounded off with tire cord systems and the Benninger automation range.

The finishing division of Benninger is represented in Pakistan by Acmatex Corporation, which will be present at Textile Asia exhibition to offer information about the open width wet finishing ranges, (bleaching, dyeing, mercerizing etc) for woven and knitted fabrics.

According to Acmatex Corporation, we have already sold 25 continuous finishing ranges (for bleaching, dyeing and mercerizing) in Pakistan.

Acmatex Corporation (Pvt.) Ltd. was incorporated in 1966 and has been serving the textile industry for the last 42 years. The Head Office is based in Karachi with a branch office in Lahore. Acmatex has a large team of qualified textile and electronic engineers and competent after sales services in all parts of Pakistan.