Bonas, the inventor of electronic jacquards, has completed 20 years since it established its liason office in India way back in 1991. The company started its branch office subsequently in 1994. The Indian operations are headed by its General Manager, Mr. Anand Agate, who has been associated with Bonas India since its inception.
Mr. Anand Agate says: “The idea behind starting the office in India was to provide complete service support to the local clients, and that’s how we have been very successful. We take care of the entire sale, installation and after-sales service support for our clients”.
Bonas is a clear market leader in the electronic jacquard business in India. The company has over 3,000 electronic jacquards running in 200 customer locations across India. India is among the top five markets for Bonas worldwide, according Mr. Anand Agate.
Mr. Agate has a team of Sales Manager, a service support manager and six engineers. The jacquard market in India is roughly 6 to 7% of the total weaving market and the potential is around 200 jacquards annually. But in the last couple of years, the market has been flooded with second-hand electronic jacquard machines due to the recession in the European and American markets.
Bonas has recently introduced a revolutionary adjustable split heck technology on its jacquards. The adjustable split heck comes in two executions, the odd-even warp end separation in high density flat fabric and the terry version to separate ground and pile shed to avoid reverse terry. The split heck adjustments are applicable on both the successful ZJ and LJ jacquard range.
Split heck is the latest technology allowing to split the warp ends in the reed dents even more, avoiding yarn to stick to each other during crossing. With the shed fine adjustments and now split heck, Bonas offers complete flexibility and the best possible weaving condition for different applications. This split heck technology is possible only on Bonas jacquard machines.
Bonas Jacquard models LJ and ZJ are one family of products, sharing and benefitting from all attributes of our modern manufacturing and design ideals. Suitable for all applications, from flat to terry and from rapier to air-jet machines. Jacquard selection is executed from a 100% electronic system, further enhanced and improved for today’s requirements. Low power current drive ensures consistent accuracy in selection regardless of speed, temperature or voltage.
Bonas Machine Company Ltd. launched the first electronic Jacquard at ITMA Milan in 1983. Although the machines were small initially, modern technology has enabled Jacquard machine capacity to increase significantly, and single end warp control can extend to more than 19,200 warp ends. This eliminates the need for repeats and symmetrical designs and allows almost infinite versatility. The computer-controlled machines significantly reduce the downtime associated with changing punched paper designs, thus allowing smaller batch sizes.
The well-balanced drive mechanism and approved selection system of both the LJ and ZJ result in low power consumption, regardless of speed, temperature or voltage. From flat to terry, from rapier to air-jet machine, choosing Bonas Jacquards is simply the most profitable option you have.