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SPGPrints setting future

standards of printing in Pakistan

JAVELIN at ITMA Barcelona Pike at ITMA Barcelona
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increased interest in digital printing in the country. market?
“So our strategy for this year will be to continue to roll Roy Van Erp: First of all, customers do not want to
out JAVELIN . We also see repeating sales with have any restrictions in designs. So they asked us for
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existing customers, so that’s proof that customers the technology that makes possible to print fine lines
are very satisfied. We will also continue to sell single as well as nice gradients with the same printing
pass Pike® in Pakistan as there is an increased technology. That’s exactly what SPGPrint Archer®
demand for single pass printing.” Mr Salman Hydrie, Technology is offering them. They also need high
Managing Director of SPGPrints Pakistan told “at the productivity in combination with low running costs.
moment, there’s a boom in digital textiles and So, the demand is not only technological, but also in
everything is being converted to digital printing in the relation to the services that we offer. That is why we
country. So, Pakistan is one of the most important have our own SPGPrints office in Pakistan.
countries in the world at this moment in terms of
digital textiles.” TEXtalks: How has the visitor response been at DPS
2019 and what are your expectations from it?
TEXtalks: How is the response to SPGPrints products Salman Hydrie: The visitor response has been slower
after new launches at ITMA? than normal, but fortunately, the people who came
Roy Van Erp: The response has been very good. We are serious buyers and they know the products. So,
Mr Roy Van Erp and Mr Salman Hydrie. SPGPrints booth. DPS 2019 Lahore. have made some improvements that the market was when they come in, they already had an idea of what
waiting for. The increased speed in Pike® was we do. They came with specific reasons and they
received very positively and also we see an come with the intent to buy. So, we had serious
SPGPrints, the textile, label & industrial printing breath-taking results. SPGPrints offers clean-running increased market for JAVELIN® too. customers coming these days.
machines manufacturer from The Netherlands, made inks, reduced maintenance time and productive
an impact at DPS World 2019 with their latest digital uptime increased. Their universal penetration fluid for TEXtalks: How do you see Pakistani market for Asad Khan, CEO of Opera Textiles, which was the
fabric printing machines that promise better results, through printing also ensures comparable print SPGPrints products? first company in Pakistan to introduce SPGPrints’
optimal efficiency, and lower production costs. The quality on both sides of the fabric. Salman Hydrie, Managing Director of SPGPrints JAVELIN® and also uses Pike® machines. He was
company strives to deliver total system solutions for Pakistan: We have sold single pass machines after very happy with the company’s services. He said not
their customers with complete printing systems and Talking to TEXtalks, Senior Area Sales Manager Mr ITMA. So to us, the response in the Pakistani market only did the machines give excellent results, but the
individual components. Roy Van Erp was optimistic about the company’s has been pretty good. People expect to make an company had also provided several free-of-cost
prospects in the Pakistani market. He said the investment with fast ROI which is the key at this software and hardware updates. He said another of
When it comes to what the customer demands, company had always considered Pakistan one of the moment to the business that’s being generated in the company’s unique and attractive feature was that
colour and texture are what sell textiles. Also, as the most important markets in terms of textile printing Pakistan. Pakistan is one of the most important they offer upgrading services to all customers, new
performance of digital textile printers increase, and it had always been active in Pakistan in both countries in the world at this moment in terms of and old. He was also thrilled about the 2.5-year
demands for higher speeds are twinned with conventional screen printing and in digital printing. digital textiles. warranty period the company offers. He was all
uninterrupted runnability. SPGPrints’ high He added that at the DPS World 2019, the company praises for SPGPrints, saying that their sales and
performance inks with design-in print head was seeking to expand its reach into the digital TEXtalks: In terms of technological advancements, especially, after sales services were excellent, with
compatibility offer trouble-free production with printing market of Pakistan, there had been an what are the customers’ demands in the current trained engineers at the customer’s disposal.

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