With so many investors shifting their focus to the textile machinery industry due to its extensive scope and expandability, variety and competition are only natural. However, rising above these and making a mark is what sets one apart from the rest and Pentek Textile Machinery, with its 18-year career, has done just that with precision. Mr. Andrea Prologo, International Business Developer at Pentek Textile Machinery SRL, has generously elaborated on Pentek’s journey, right from its inception in 2000 to its goals for 2023.
Established in 2000, in the city Tuscan city of Prato, near Florence, Italy, Pentek owes its heritage and tradition to its motherland. Prato has been renowned worldwide for its art and expertise in textile dyeing and finishing, hence providing a source of inspiration. By keeping a close contact with the textile market demand and applying a continuous R&D investment strategy, Pentek has quickly earned itself a position with the leading tycoons of the textile world in just less than two decades of career.
The company offers a complete range of continuous tumbling equipment for the most discerning textile finishing companies, from woven to knitted fabrics up to home and technical textiles.
Pentek introduces us with its ENAIRGY range of continuous tumble dryers in variable open width, a multi-patented technology found around the globe at more than 400 finishing mills. After 12 years from its introduction, ENAIRGY still represents the benchmark technology for achieving perfect fabric softness, bulkiness and hand-feel enhancement.
Pentek’s another leap, DREAMAIR continuous wet tumbler, houses the function of mixing the mechanical processes with the chemical processes, allowing textile finishers to achieve washing effects which were only possible in batch discontinuous processes. The company is also accredited with developing and launching WANNY, a totally new concept addressing after dyeing / print washing, as well as continuous bleaching and preparation range.
A little insight into the technical aspects and functions of Pentek bring us to the peak of wonderment. Even if all the other futuristic advancements of this firm were to be overlooked for the time being, solely the ENAIRGY series of the brand is adept enough to carry its baton ahead with grace. The series can be applied on shirting & linen, wool & blends, denim & bottom weights, silky goods, home fabrics and more. This series happens to be marked by full control of high frequency mechanical impacts, maximum care in handling delicate fabrics, high drying capacity, adjustable crashing features, heat recovery system, etc., which makes the perfect choice when uncompromising fabric finishing quality is required.
Pentek manages and exports to its installments spread across the globe from its Prato headquarters. Although it is now diverse in its innovations and launches, Pentek still considers the continuous tumbling business to be its core strength. The questions regarding the Indian market and its scope are answered with a great deal of satisfaction and expectations by Mr. Andrea. He considers India to be a major market, experiencing constant growth, and adds that they have great expectations for the present and upcoming years.
With installments in home textiles, bottom wear and denim fabric finishing, Pentek extends a hearty thanks to its Indian agency, Batliboi, for making it possible by providing professional expertise and flawless operations.
On overseas competition with Europe and China, Mr. Andrea comments and emphasizes the added value nature of their textile finishing machines and their stronghold in the research and development sector. He claims that “listening to the market demands and offering innovative technology puts you in pole position, but in order to win the race it’s necessary to be consistent and to perform. R&D works as the extra boost to maintain the lead” and adds “actually, some of our technologies have no competition at all”.
The constant progress in research and development has put Pentek on an exceptional pedestal in terms of machinery manufacturing and technology. Market cooperage has always been tricky, especially with countries like India that houses regionalities and requests from across the poles but with their R&D expertise and a complete range of required machinery in the textile sector, they hold the achievement of exploring all the markets.
After this extensive read about the contributions of Pentek in making the fabric world finer and continuous, there remains no second thought in the minds of the customer. However, the value and utility of any mechanical installation, which normally costs a fortune, is undefined unless the product is accompanied by satisfactory after-sales services. Having experienced a constant and steady growth in this fierce a market for almost two decades, Pentek goes a notch higher than just satisfaction in the provision of their after-sales services.
Pentek enables technological transfer of information from the technicians in Italy to their counterparts in India so that minor casualties can be dealt without the hassle of providing direct services from Prato but special cases wherein fabric development stages or exploring new market procedures are involved, direct services are pledged. The availability of spare parts has never been a reason for concern in India either.
Right from its debut in 2000, Pentek has come a long way from merely advancing the art and heritage of a city called Prato to making that very city the headquarters of a textile industry tycoon renowned across the globe, and 18 years of quality service witnessed various benchmarks being achieved and even more being made with the advent of many products and services that revolutionized fabric processing as the industry knew it.
With achievements like these in their court, Pentek has no plans of taking any sabbaticals, this assumption they further reinforce by announcing their plans for the next five years. Another lustrum in Pentek’s career is supposed to make India, if not the first, at least the second biggest client in the world!