More than 100 machines installed in Tirupur alone
The journey of inception for Ferraro SpA goes way back to 1951, soon after the 2nd World War, by the entrepreneurial efforts of Mr. Ferraro, who was iconic in setting up the first manufacturing facility at Busto Arsizio, Italy, for the production of packaging machines used in garmenting. When the necessity of machineries for the textile industry become an imperative need, Ferraro SpA started to manufacture felt and polishing calenders for knitted fabrics.
Also in the early 1970s, the company diversified further and started manufacturing calenders for textile ironing and also ventured into producing compacting machines for fabric stabilization. Today, after four long decades, Ferraro produces the best in technology compactors for the textiles vertical and it has taken the slots of core business for the Italian manufacturer.
Ferraro’s compacting machines serve as a key for customers looking for finer fabrics, and more and more players are now standardizing their systems by using the latest Ferraro technology.
The company has received many awards for its high standard machines, with more than 60 years of expertise, Ferraro is recognized worldwide as the leader in the designing and manufacturing of finishing textile machineries and remains the only Italian company that, following its own tradition, produces in Italy every single part of its systems.
The company entered the Indian scene almost 25 years ago and ever since is working closely with its agents and customers for further betterment of technology and after-sales service. Batliboi Textile Machinery Group are their agents for North India and Sarnita Knittec looks after sales and service for South India.
The company, with more than 200 installation across the nation, is indeed the market leader in the Tirupur region with close to 120 machines installed in the last 15 years. The commandable success is due to the high performance of its products, and prompt maintenance by agents makes these machines easy to handle.
In an exclusive interview to The Textile Magazine, Leo Petruzio, Sales Manager, talks about their growth in business from the south of India. “The Tirupur market has a bright future, all the problems faced are only short-term. Day by day customers in this region are becoming more quality conscious and henceforth demand for our machines is on the increase due to their unmatched output fabric quality.”
At its manufacturing facility at Busto Arsizio, Ferraro has a production capacity of 120 machines per annum. Of this, close to 25 per cent of business comes from India. India is also the second biggest market for Ferraro compactors, next only to Turkey, which is another the reason why the Italian maker renders excellent service to its customers in India and to maintain its market share.
Ferraro offers the following range of products for customers:
• CUD/FV is a felt calender for tubular knitted fabric. Used for every kind of knitted fabric, it is available in different widths and heating systems.
• C2E/FV, a polishing calender for tubular knitted fabric, is available in different widths and heating systems.
• Comptex Revolution is an innovative machine in the compaction of knitted fabrics. Thanks to its particular design, it can reach shrinkage values not attainable with traditional machines.
• Easy Comptex is a unique machine in its genre. It’s the most efficient tubular compactor you can find in the market. It is available with precision folder or with precision rolling up device.
• The new sanforizing machine with rubber belt and felt conception is suitable for knitted fabric and woven fabric.