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Digital Printing,

the upcoming

future trend? TEXtalks: How productive and efficient is KERAtex Muhammad Saqlain: Through multiple experiments,

GIGA 3400 for a printing house and what is its payback
period? one ink served every fabric and the result was
excellent. The machine printed one design on poly
Muhammad Saqlain: The KERAtex GIGA 3400 is
cotton, one cotton rich, and one on polyester, the
Muhammad Saqlain, CEO, Maheen Textiles highly efficient and productive. This technology is a result clearly depicted that one ink served different
machine that fits our needs and 10 years from now all
fabrics indeed.
shares his experience with KERAjet and KERAjet is a revolutionary project that has changed GIGA 3400, TEXtalks International spoke to textile export businesses would use pigmented digital TEXtalks: How was your experience with the
Muhammad Saqlain. CEO. Maheen Textiles Mills Ltd. Pakistan
printing in the future. The payback period depends
Itaca and his vision for the future of the traditional production systems for digital textile Muhammad Saqlain, CEO of Maheen Textile Mills on how much the technology is being utilized but after-sales service from the KERAjet team?
Muhammad Saqlain: We have had a great experience
through our calculations, the payback period is
prinitng, KERAjet has not ceased to reinvent itself
about the beneficial differences this high-end
with the KERAjet team and they were extremely
estimated to be three to four years.
innovative pigment digital technology and grow day by day to continue offering the best technology has made to their mill. TEXtalks: What is your experience in terms of supportive and accommodating to all our queries.
and most advanced technology. With 20 years of
Their customer services were brilliant and they
experience and more than 4,000 machines working in
more than 44 countries around the world, the TEXtalks: Would you like to give a brief introduction versatility and ease of use compared to conventional offered us online technical support along with visits
about Maheen Textile Mills?
analog printing?
from their team to ensure that all our queries were
company continues to set the evolutionary course of Muhammad Saqlain: The journey of Maheen Textiles Muhammad Saqlain: TThe machine is very easy to answered and we gained a complete understanding
a sector that day by day has been renewing and started in 2010 and it has been 13 years since we use as compared to conventional analog printing. of the technology. Whenever we faced difficulties, as
reinventing itself as a firm commitment to progress have been leading the way with sustainable home meeting with several suppliers, we chose the was greatly reduced to almost 15%. Water Along with being versatile, it has a very simple and this is the first machine to be ever installed in
and innovation in the areas of Textiles, Ceramics, and textile manufacturing. We have a great emphasis on KERAtex GIGA 3400 which offers digital pigment consumption and liquid ratio used were also straightforward process that does not involve Pakistan, they sent the team on first priority to help
others. sustainability and environmental development. With printing and can have up to 12 inks with 16 heads minimized. With high inflation and rising energy complex technicalities. and guide us. Through online support, our queries
many reasons to emphasize sustainability, including per color, which means 192 heads and the possibility costs, lower costs in our processing unit is our prime
With a highly qualified young team with a great reduced cost, and protection of the environment, and to include pigmented, reactive, disperse, and acid objective. The KERAtex GIGA 3400 helped us to TEXtalks: Which digital inks you are using with were addressed effectively.
capacity for effort, work, and improvement made up by doing so, we sustained goodwill from its inks. Our estimated cost calculation also indicated achieve our sustainability goals such as reduced KERAtex GIGA 3400 and how are the results? TEXtalks: In your opinion, how beneficial could be
of more than 200 people fully involved in the project, customers for eco-friendly practices, which follow that this technology from KERAjet would be the best water consumption and reduced utilization of Muhammad Saqlain: As KERAtex GIGA 3400 is a digital pigment printing, like with KERAtex GIGA, for
KERAjet designs and develops its own advanced specific training exclusively designed to train textile option for us as it brought more flexibility into our chemicals and zero waste targets. Spanish machine, we are using inks from Itaca. Their the Pakistani industry?
technology: mechanical, electronic, and electrical for industries to maintain a balance between high production and the cost comparison with the flatbed inks have a long shelf life and low price as compared Muhammad Saqlain: Most of the Pakistani textile
the development of equipment for Industrial digital production and less impact on the environment. machine was 15% lower, which is a huge difference. TEXtalks: Why did you decide to go for a pigment to others in the market. Also, their inks are industry uses reactive printing machines, which
decoration, fully controlled equipment, developed Hence, we chose this innovative technology for a digital printer instead of a flatbed conventional? GOTS-certified and customers don’t have to pay any consume huge water amounts however retailers
and manufactured from its inception to its total TEXtalks: When did you install the KERAtex GIGA 3400 sustainable future. Muhammad Saqlain: Along with more costs involved, additional charges other than the purchasing cost. these days are extremely concerned and prefer
completion within the company, achieving a 100% in Maheen Textile Mills and what was the reason to the conventional flatbed machine took up huge
Fabric Printing at KERAtex GIGA at Maheen Textile Mills TEXtalks: What are the benefits of the KERAtex GIGA space in the processing area and large amounts of The results are great and so is the quality. reduced water consumption. Digital pigment printing
Spanish and 100% own high-tech product. choose the innovative technology? uses lesser water and through my experience, this
Muhammad Saqlain: When we were selecting 3400 in terms of saving for Maheen Textiles? backup were needed for screens and the engravings
Maheen Textile Mills installed the first KERAtex GIGA machinery for our new processing unit in 2021, we Muhammad Saqlain: In comparison to other flatbed which would ultimately cause rejections. After a TEXtalks: As Itaca Inks claims, one ink serves every technology would be a breakthrough in the Pakistani
textile industry as it is a much more viable and
fabric, how is your experience using the same ink for
3400 Pigment Printing machines in Pakistan. To decided to purchase sustainable technology that machines and through experiments on small thorough analysis, we decided to go for a pigment different fabrics? sustainable option.
know more about his experience with the KERAtex would also cater to the future needs of our mill. After quantities, we came to the conclusion that the price digital printer and we are extremely satisfied with it.
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