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“Pentek GeySer Steamer is the right

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toward sustainable production”

Muhammad Saqlain. CEO. Maheen Textile Mills talks about his

experience with Pakistan’s first Pentek GeySer Steamer

Pentek GEYSER Steamer at Maheen Textile Mills, Pakistan

stages with patents and process criteria aimed at experimented with. Not only it consumes less steam,
reducing energy and utilities consumption with no it efficiently maintains the same saturation within the
compromise on the product's final quality. chamber, producing great-quality prints with no
issues whatsoever. As the Pakistani market wins
TEXtalks: How do you see the energy efficiency of orders over price from its competitors, such
the Pentek GeySer Steamer? machines are very useful to help the local sector.
Muhammad Saqlain: Earlier, we used locally TEXtalks: How do you see the current business
assembled steaming machines which had a serious situation?
quality concern aimed to drop. The Pentek GeySer Muhammad Saqlain: Pakistani textile sector is going
Steamer's performance is far superior to others we through a bad patch as far as the business is
have used, and we never observed any of the concerned. The upcoming Hemitextil 2023 in
drawbacks of oil or water droplets. The results are Frankfurt is a ray of hope for the textile sector of
constant as it can easily sustain constant temperature Pakistan. I truly believe the upcoming years will be
within the chamber. The GeySer Steamer has a steam better for the industry.
distribution that is much more uniform to what we
Maheen Textiles is situated in the city known as provide our customers with premium quality
Manchester of Pakistan i.e., Faisalabad. Maheen products, Maheen Textiles is also trying to serve the have seen in other comparable machines, an overall TEXtalks: How do you see the future of the textile
Textile has installed cutting-edge technology from the customers with the best possible services. very solid metallurgy, and well-thought insulation. The industry in Pakistan?
top European textile machinery manufacturers to fabric inlet and loop formation are designed to apply Muhammad Saqlain: No doubt, the Pakistani textile
provide customers with the best possible services. To TEXtalks: What key features led you to choose the the least possible tension. This is very important for sector is going through a very hard time currently.
discuss about his experience with Pakistan’s first Pentek GeySer Steamer? us because we can maximise the machine loading However, I am hopeful that the sector has the full
Pentek GeySer steamer, team TEXtalks interviewed Muhammad Saqlain: As the CEO of a textile firm, I capacity by going for longer loops without the risk of potential to fight back and recover from difficult
the CEO of Maheen Textiles, Muhammad Saqlain who have experience investing in various machines from replication. From the operational point of view, the situations, as history tells us. The business community
has over 22 years of Management experience in the different countries, including local, Chinese and machine is user-friendly and we didn’t find problems is looking for these dark clouds to pass sooner.
textile industry. European machinery manufacturers. The majority of to set the working parameters according to our
manufacturers focus on enhanced production. requirements. I feel that the Pentek steamer, for to the TEXtalks: How satisfied are you with the after-sales
TEXtalks: As the CEO of Maheen Textiles, can you However, sustainable manufacturing is normally high standards of manufacturing quality as well as services of the very first machine installed in
please share your journey so far? ignored, which has become the primary concern of the reduction of energy costs, is ideal for the Pakistan?
Muhammad Saqlain: Maheen Textile started its foreign buyers and retailers. The European Machinery Pakistani market. Muhammad Saqlain: I have a very long association
journey in 2010 as a stitching and knitting unit. With manufacturers are dealing with the global challenges with Amir Mirza of Texsol, the sole distributor of
each passing year, Maheen Textile is expanding its professionally. Thus, I choose Pentek GeySer TEXtalks: How cost-efficient is the Pentek GeySer Pentek Machines in Pakistan. They are doing a great
product portfolio. It's been 12 years, the company Steamer for my unit due to its unique design, machine? job for the textile sector with prompt after-sale
has undergone many successful transformations. efficiency, low energy consumption, and lesser Muhammad Saqlain: As electricity cost is the major services. I have a very good relationship with them,
Maheen Textiles has become one of the vertically concern of Pakistan, the Pentek machine is doing and the reason behind this is their quick response
integrated company equipped with the latest maintenance. Pentek has been developing processes great savings for Maheen Textiles. The steam and professionalism. As an industrialist, we always
machines from European Machinery manufacturers and products with a strong emphasis on consumption of the machine is also significantly welcome dedicated teams like Texsol to provide great
within a very short span of time. With the mission to SUSTAINABILITY, founded right from the design lower compared to the other machines we used, we services for the betterment of the industry.

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