Known for providing complete solutions for the cutting room that are marked by high precision which is further enhanced by the use of latest electronics, the products displayed by IMA-MACPI highlight their competencies as a complete solution provider. “Most of the apparel manufacturers of the country now have automatic cutting and spreading solutions, so our competitive edge as a cutting room solutions provider in the country is the ability to provide an end-to-end solutions for total automation in cutting room,” opines Mirella Sardini, Managing Director, IMA-MACPI Group and believes that for becoming a cost-competitive apparel manufacturer, one has to start from cutting room optimization as fabric is the most expensive input in a garment.
Having installed 155 cutting and spreading machines in Bangladesh, Mirella says “Out of top 1500 apparel manufacturers, 400 companies are using cutting room solutions from IMA and out of these 400, more than 100 customers are using the full package of solutions provided from IMA”. The Italian pioneer attributes the success of its solutions in the country to its sole agent Pacific Associates, who with an experience of 25 years of catering to the apparel and textile industry of the country has more than 150 technicians for servicing the industry with top notch quality and shortest response time. Moreover, all the technicians have been trained by IMA itself and even a good stock of spare parts is kept with Pacific Associates.
The Italian pioneer attributes the success of its solutions in the country to its sole agent Pacific Associates, who with an experience of 25 years of catering to the apparel and textile industry of the country has more than 150 technicians for servicing the industry Besides the company’s cutting room solutions, MACPI’s finishing and pressing machines have also registered equal success in the country with clients like East West, Ha-Meen, FCI, Debonair, Amin, Shanta, SQ and Jamanah Group.
The FORMULA EVO PLUS 919 equipped with a knife assembly is capable of cutting lays of
any height, right from single ply to 7 cm compressed. Features such as flexible configurations for the optimization of the cutting process, a new compact design, fast, noiseless and precise Human Machine Interface for real time data feedback, digital controls and energy saving makes the machine an astounding package. Even the highly versatile spreader, has all its digital components manufactured by Mitsubishi Corporation. “The machine can be controlled from a mobile phone also,” avers Mirella Sardini.
Besides the company’s cutting room solutions, MACPI’s finishing and pressing machines have also registered equal success in the country with clients like East West, Ha-Meen, FCI, Debonair, Amin, Shanta, SQ and Jamanah Group. “We recently supplied a second lot of pressing and finishing machines to the suit manufacturer East West Group, a project worth US $ 2.3 million and they replaced all their finishing equipment from various brands with our machines,” adds Stefano Bordogna, South Asia Manager, IMA-MACPI Group. The next goal for the company is to setup its own office in Bangladesh for servicing the industry much more quickly.