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Message from Al Ameen
We are humbled by whatever success has emanated from

the divine, the confidence and trust of the customers and
principals even through challenging times … The only way
out towards the future is to be adaptive and ready on facing

challenges at the industry or national level

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. Mr. K M Hussain along with Mr. Schutz (Sandoz, Basel) during the visit to customers Mr. K M Khalid, beginning of card services at Al Ameen - Graf service station, 1980 in Karachi
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
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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