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                            75 Inspiring Years



                          Success with Gratitude




                  Al Ameen Trading Corporation (Private) Ltd.

                     adopts a divisional approach to serve the

                       textile sector in a more passionate and                                                                     Al Ameen Office at Serai Road next to the seat of learning Sindh Madrasa where Quaid-e-Azam   Mr. Rainer Goller while working at Al Ameen office, a frequent visitor to Pakistan from the late 50s.

                                            professional way                                                                       studied. On Sundays it was a gathering place on behalf of the society of technologists  After Europe, Pakistan was the largest market for Goller

                                                                                                                                   their own independent sales and service teams.   Segment: Dyeing, Printing & Finishing
                                                                                                                                   Furthermore, as the new generation has already   The highest number of references in Pakistan of –
                                                                                                                                   taken on the responsibilities, each division will have   Goller, Monforts, Fongs, Mahlo:
                                                                                                                                   its own leader with their teams looking to take the   • Late 40s - the founder late K M Hussain gave
                                                                                                                                   business to a new level.                         hands on experience, trained new technicians to the
                                                                                                                                                                                    nascent industry due to his earlier experience of
                                                                                                                                   A Glimpse of                                     running family’s weaving and dyeing manufacturing
                                                                                                                                                                                    of bed sheets from the 1920s
                                                                                                                                   Al Ameen’s Milestones                            • Late 50s – Introduction of Continuous Dyeing
                                                                                                                                                                                    (Goller) at M/s Ahmed Abdul Ghani Textile Mills when
                                                                                                                                                                                    Jigger and Winches were standard equipment.
                                                                                                                                   A history of introducing the latest technologies in   • 1968/69 - Rotary Printing (Zimmer) at M/s Kohinoor
                                                                                                                                   Pakistan to be part of the industrial process    Textile Mills, Lyallpur (Faisalabad) replacing Roller                                                           where liquor ratios of around 1:8 were a          as import substitution.
                                                                                                                                   Al Ameen is known for its state-of-the-art technology   printing machine that had limitations on printing                                                        commonplace then drastically reducing consumption   • 1979 Spinning - State of the Art Carding Service
                                                                                                                                   principals, innovative mindset, and patriotism to   width, not beyond 1.8m, brightness of shades,                                                                of steam, water, chemicals, and shorter dyeing cycle.   Stations (Graf)
                                                                                                                                   Pakistan. Both Pakistan and Al Ameen came into   engraving of copper rollers was expensive and                                                                   • 2003 - Wider Width Dyeing on Stenter through    • 2015 Knitting - Seamless Garments (Santoni)
                                                                                                                                   existence in the same year. It is of great interest to   cannot be reused.                                                                                       pigment coloration (Monforts). A breakthrough in   • 2017 Weaving – widest Loom 5.4m for technical
                                                                                                                                   know about the company which has a long history of   • 1985 – Quality Control Consultancy, Designing of                                                          sustainability giving mills the option to save on   textile
                                                                                                                                   bringing innovative solutions to Pakistan. Such   Labs and Supply of Equipment to help the exporting                                                             parameters like water, energy, and time due to a
                                                                                                                                   initiatives have addressed the pains of the industry in   mills to comply & maintain specifications and                                                          single-step process instead of pad steam dyeing.   Segment: Garments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • 2016 – Eco applicator from Monforts replaced
                                                                                                                                   terms of problem-solving, resource-saving, efficiency,   standards. In-house labs were not common at that                                                        Padder in many articles with a low add-on technique   with the help of working on sustainability projects on
                                                                                                                                   and quality enhancement.                         time.                                                                                                           thus increasing the speed of Stenters and savings on   efficiency, cost-effectiveness, quality enhancement,
                                                                                                                                                                                    • 1990 - Wider Width Continuous Thermosol Dyeing -                                                              energy. Flexibility to apply finishes on both sides of   and training to a level where textile countries in the
             Al Ameen staff get together in the Mid 1950s, founding brothers K M Ahmed, K M Hussain & K M Farooq as child          We learn from Al Ameen, Pakistan has been        Monforts resolved Side to Centre variation of shades                                                            the fabric                                        region have benchmarked their standards.
            Al Ameen is a multidimensional organization       and continuous plants in Pakistan.                                   exceptional and this can be seen through the     due to precision on air circulation and temperature                                                             • 2018 – Digital Printing by pigments, first in the   • 2001 - Groz Beckert
            specializing in varied services as distributors,                                                                       generations despite the industry having gone through   which was a common problem then in wider width                                                            country.                                          • 2018 – Tonello
            engineers, and manufacturers' representatives.    To align with new challenges Al Ameen has divided                    difficult phases. The courage, entrepreneurship, and   fabrics.                                                                                                  • 2022 – Baldwin Spray technology to replace      • 2018 – Brother
            Established just before partition in 1947, Al Ameen is   its responsibility into 3 business units namely yarn          adaptation of better means of production / newer   • 1995 - 2012 Manufacturing of Winches, Garment                                                               padding as an economical option of applying       • 2022 - Hikari
            celebrating its 75th Anniversary this year.       and fabric formation division includes Spinning,                     technology have led on many occasions Pakistan to   Washing and HT Jet Dyeing Machines at Al Ameen                                                               chemicals through non-contact with less wastage,
                                                              Weaving & Knitting. Another division is the Dyeing,                  the lead position in the region. As a smaller wheel of   Industries. Now serves as a service arm for                                                             increase of drying speeds of stenter with substantial   It is expected that Al Ameen will further strengthen its
            The company has two arms i.e. Specialty Chemicals,   Printing & Finishing area, and the latest is the                  the macro-dynamics, Al Ameen’s role of introducing   principals.                                                                                                 savings on energy and water.                      roots and continue to serve the textile sector of
            Dyes, Pigments (as Archroma representatives), and   garment division initiated in early 2000. In order to              and transferring know-how with time has tried to play   • 2000 HT Airflow Patented Dyeing (THEN) with low                                                                                                          Pakistan with the latest technology available in the
            Textile Machinery. The process knowledge and      justify enough sales support for principals and for the              its part in the fruition of these investments.   liquor ratio 1:4 in Knit and Woven Mills at Vision,                                                             Segment: Yarn & Fabric Formation                  world. At IGATEX 2022 Pakistan, Al-Ameen is
            engineering synergizes their presence having sold   customer’s sufficient backup on the service, each                  Examples of the introduction of newer technologies   Fashion Knits, Eastern Garments, Klash, International                                                       • 1968 Weaving- Local manufacturing Mechanical    exhibiting to interact with visitors and textile
            the largest number of discontinuous               director has taken over divisional responsibility with               by Al Ameen right from the onset of our country.  Textile Mills. A novel concept for the textile world                                                           Warp stop motion on the loom at Al Ameen Industries   professionals.

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