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The Textile Magazine
August 2012
dyeing and finishing, RF dryers,
etc.
Matex has also been dealing
in different projects, technical
know-how for executing complete
projects. It caters to a large variety
of projects like total solutions for
technical textiles, synthetic fibres,
yarns, denim, corduroy and inte-
grated textile projects, etc.
Mr. Bindal says: “Started in
1980, we initially represented many
European machinery manufactur-
ers. Later we had the opportunity
to work with the Japanese machin-
ery manufacturers in 1984-85. We
started selling Nissan water jet and
air jet looms. Nissan subsequently
was taken over by Toyota. Since
then it’s been a long association
with Toyota. We sell the airjet
machines of Toyota to customers in
the North and Western region. We
have a very successful relationship
with Toyota”.
In the weaving segment Toyota
is undoubtedly the market leader in
the Indian textile industry. Matex
has been marketing Toyota looms
in India since many years and has
played an important role in the
successful journey. Matex has
been part of many major successful
projects for Toyota in India, includ-
ing the Trident project which is one
of the largest terry towel installa-
tions of airjet looms in the world.
Another achievement has been the
supply of nearly 1,000 airjet looms
to Alok Industries.
Apart from Toyota, Matex rep-
resents Cubotex of Italy for yarn
dyeing machines, Stalam for radio
frequency dryers, Jaume Anglada
Vinas S.A. of Spain for towel
finishing lines, Gaston Systems Inc.
of the US for the finishing and foam
dyeing technology, IL Sung of
Korea for stenters. It has sold more
than 55 IL Sung stenters to major
textile companies in India.
Gaston Systems
There is great future for the prod-
ucts offered by Gaston Systems that
has developed foam dyeing tech-
nology. This is a green technology
wherein you can dye a fabric with
water as low as 30 per cent of the
fabric weight without any effluent
discharge.
The first machines will be
shipped to a customer in India from
Gaston Systems with foam dye-
ing technology for Indigo. This
will be the first of its kind in South
Asia. Similar machines are work-
ing in the Americas, Turkey and
Spain. The target is to promote
this machine to customers who are
doing exhaust dyeing with jiggers
and other technologies where the
liquor ratios are very high. Extreme
discharge of effluents takes place.
The main focus is on markets
like Tirupur where they are look-
ing for technology or machines that
conform to pollution and zero dis-
charge norms, which are highly ex-
pensive. Efforts are on to adapt this
technology for knitted fabrics. As
far as woven fabrics are concerned,
the company is extremely confident
that it can deliver the right solution
for dyeing of reactives, sulphurs
and indigo.
The other area of application of
the foam technology is finishing
of textiles wherein you can apply
virtually any type of normal chemi-
cal applications which could be im-
pregnation, over dyeing, coating…
can be done with this machine with
the lowest wet pick up ratio. You
save enormous amount on energy
costs and significant reduction in
effluent discharge. There is no ef-
fluent discharge in this technology,
says Mr. Bindal.
Asked about the company’s
Mr. Anand Agarwalla and Mr. B.M. Bindal, Directors
change agents