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Shahwaiz Ahmed (Director/owner)

precision assembly winders (TW2-D /
TWX-D) within our group up till now.
The key to success How did you find the machine/service

of Indus Group of SSM and are you happy with the
completed job?
With no second thought, SSM manufactures
the most eligible machine to perform the

Indus Group started its business in 1955 with one What made you believe that SSM AG was the best for desired job and we enjoy the best after sales
cotton ginning factory and now they are one of the best achieving your desired result? services from SSM compared to any other
established textile groups in ginning, yarn spinning and In 2005 we bought the first machine CW1-D assembly supplier in the world.
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 Would you extend your production
options available in the market, however we found the with SSM machines and recommend
The spinning operation comprises six spinning mills best after sales service and support from SSM. Later them to a friend?
having 225,000 spindles. A wide variety of yarns are on we bought some Japanese and Indian assembly We are in process to replace our old winders
produced in these mills. The spinning mills annually winders which were not as good as the SSM drum and SSM’ precision winders are our first and
produce approx. 42’000 tons of yarn. In their twisting winder machines. only choice, since we are proud to have the
set up they have 100 TFO machines with a daily SSM brand in our production facility. We are
production of approx. 66’543 kg. Main count range is In 2014 MAKVIZ came up with the new idea of already recommending SSM precision
Ne 6/2 to 80/2. So far, Indus Group is working with knot-free packages on same size TFO pot. We bought winders to other textile companies.
around 600 spindles of SSM assembly winding the first TW2-D precision assembly winder from SSM
machines: CW1-D, TW2-D and the latest TWX-D and surprisingly with the help of the precision winder What are the two most significant
we got knot free package which helped us to improve improvements that have resulted
To find out what impact the SSM machines had on the efficiency of our TFO machines and eliminated our from work with SSM AG?
their success, MAKVIZ (SSM agent) have interviewed major complaint of twist variation due to knots/splices. We are able to achieve approximately
Mian Shahwaiz Ahmed (one of the owners): 25-30% more weight on the same package
Having this experience we bought seven SSM 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 efficien-
cy 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