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                      Complete Econtrol



               for Istanbul Boyahanesi








            Through investment in new Monforts technology,    chemicals and energy usage and with the Thermex
            Istanbul Boyahanesi is planning to increase its   the savings are considerable,” adds plant manager
            capacity for the commission dyeing and finishing of   Hakan Kaplan. “It is also allowing us to make much
            woven goods to a monthly 2.5 million square metres   longer batches of fabrics.”
            during 2019.
                                                              The Thermex Econtrol range has a working width of
            This development has much in common with the      1.8 metres and allows the single-bath continuous
            advances Monforts is making itself in the field of   dyeing of cotton and polyester fabrics with selected
            Industry 4.0 and automation, such as the latest   reactive and dispersion dyestuffs, as well as
            Qualitex 800 control system and the Web-UI app for   cotton-polyester blends to be processed without
            remote visualisation of Monforts technologies via   reductive intermediate cleaning, eliminating the need
            smart phones and tablet devices.                  for a steamer.

            Thermex Econtrol                                  Other processes, such as the use of indanthren vat
            Based in the key Turkish textile centre of Çerkezköy,   dyes for enhanced wash and boil fastness, or the
            Istanbul Boyahanesi was only founded in 2017, on   over-dyeing on reactive-dyed cotton fabrics to
            the site of an older existing dyehouse. It is a joint   achieve an extremely broad range of colour effects,
            venture between two of Turkey’s leading textile   are also carried out on the range.
            wholesalers, Yilmaz Kumaşçilik, which specialises in
            fabrics for casual and outerwear, and shirtings and   Continuous quality
            suitings textiles operation Erika Kumaşçilik.     “The Monforts Montex stenter is of course, our key
            Immediately on its formation, the first move of the   product and its advantages are well established,”
            new company was to order a new Monforts Thermex   says Neotek founder Ahmet Kiliç. “It allows our
            Econtrol continuous dyeing line.                  customers to achieve high quality continuously, with
                                                              the trusted electronic drive technology of Monforts.
            “The existing equipment we inherited, which includes   With the energy savings that are achieved they also
            a 23-year-old Monforts Montex stenter, is only suitable   save money and being robust, Monforts stenters also
            for producing heavy weight fabrics with weights of   require fewer spare parts and less maintenance, with
            300gsm and above,” Mr Taşkin explains. “The new   remote assistance in any case always available”.
            Thermex allows us to get down to fabric weights of
            80gsm.”                                           “We have been very happy with the service we have
                                                              received to date from Monforts and Neotek, and will
            Savings                                           continue to trust their technology going forward as we
            “Of course, there is no comparison in terms of    expand our business,” Mr Taşkin concludes.

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