
Guosheng, a sister concern of China-based Changsu Guosheng Knitting Machinery, has been supplying sweater knitting machines for the Bangladeshi market since 2001. With 3,600 installations across Bangladesh in leading factories such as Givensee Group, Matrix Sweaters, Scandex Sweater, Sonia & Sweaters, Pretty Group, Esquire Sweater and JFK Fashion, Shakhawat Hossain Khan, Director, DH Euro Group, the sole agent of Guosheng in Bangladesh, lets Guosheng’s clientele speak for the acceptance of ‘made in China’ machines. “This speaks volumes about our strong and sustainable technology support, research base, training and after-sales services,” avers Hossain, who is confident of installing 10,000 machines alone in 2015. “The entire industry is going through a revolution of infrastructural transformation from basic hand flats to computerized machines,” he adds.
With a single carriage system, Guosheng’s GSJX-1-52 series of flat knitting machine are available in 9, 10, 12 and 14 gauges and are equipped with a single cam system and a saver rolling finishing system. The second variant is also equipped with 4 yarn feeder guides. Outfitted with a 6-feeder system, machines from this series apply digital technology to achieve transfer, tuck, eyelet stitch, jacquard and hidden shape, etc. It can knit plain stitch, rib fabric, interlock stitch, irregular multi-colour jacquard, twit flowers weft, aran, cord weave, racked stitch, cable, intarsia, etc., and is suitable to use synthetic, wool, acrylic, mixed fibre, yarn material, etc., to knit readymade cardigans, hats, gloves, scarves and accessories of cloth.