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Shahwaiz Ahmed (Director/owner)

The key to success

of Indus Group

Indus Group started its business in 1955 with one What made you believe that SSM AG was the best for precision assembly winders (TW2-D / TWX-D) within our
cotton ginning factory and now they are one of the best achieving your desired result? group up till now.
established textile groups in ginning, yarn spinning and In 2005 we bought the first machine CW1-D assembly
towel businesses with over US$70 million winder from SSM AG. Since it is a drum winder we
annual turnover. didn’t get many extra benefits comparing to other AD How did you find the machine/service of SSM and
options available in the market, however we found the are you happy with the completed job?
The spinning operation comprises six spinning mills best after sales service and support from SSM. Later With no second thought, SSM manufactures the most
eligible machine to perform the desired job and we enjoy
having 225,000 spindles. A wide variety of yarns are on we bought some Japanese and Indian assembly the best after sales services from SSM compared to any
produced in these mills. The spinning mills annually winders which were not as good as the SSM drum other supplier in the world.
produce approx. 42’000 tons of yarn. In their twisting winder machines.
set up they have 100 TFO machines with a daily
production of approx. 66’543 kg. Main count range is In 2014 MAKVIZ came up with the new idea of Would you extend your production with SSM
Ne 6/2 to 80/2. So far, Indus Group is working with knot-free packages on same size TFO pot. We bought machines and recommend them to a friend?
We are in process to replace our old winders and SSM’
around 600 spindles of SSM assembly winding the first TW2-D precision assembly winder from SSM precision winders are our first and only choice, since we
machines: CW1-D, TW2-D and the latest TWX-D and surprisingly with the help of the precision winder are proud to have the SSM brand in our production facility.
we got knot free package which helped us to improve
To find out what impact the SSM machines had on the efficiency of our TFO machines and eliminated our We are already recommending SSM precision winders to
other textile companies.
their success, MAKVIZ (SSM agent) have interviewed major complaint of twist variation due to knots/splices.
Mian Shahwaiz Ahmed (one of the owners):
Having this experience we bought seven SSM What are the two most significant improvements
that have resulted from work with SSM AG?
We are able to achieve approximately 25-30% more weight
on the same package dimensions, with the help of SSM
precision winders, compared to random wound package.
We are running SSM’s new model TWX-D at highest speed
without any yarn breaks, due to proper tension control on
all spindles, which helps to gain higher efficiency on the
TFO process.

Mission statement of Indus group
We aim to provide superior products, financial security,
high performance and quality services that fully meet the
needs of our customers and maintain the financial
strength of our company. We invite our valued Clients to
come and see us how beautifully we are doing all this.
Ghulam Murtaza (Technical Director, Karachi) with SSM TW2-D at Indus Group