A.T.E. has joined hands with Quanzhou Jingmei Machine Co., Ltd. to sell “Jingmei” brand circular knitting machines in India (except in Ludhiana city) and Bangladesh effective from February 2017. Jingmei is a well-known brand from China having already sold hundreds of circular knitting machines in India, Bangladesh, and other parts of the world which include China, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Turkey, Pakistan, South Africa and Italy.
The company is now wholly owned by the world renowned Santoni Group of Italy. Jingmei manufactures the entire range of circular knitting machines in body size from 13” to 24”, as well as large diameters from 25” onwards upto 44” from 12G upto 40G, which include single jersey, three thread fleece, double jersey in rib and interlock, spacer fabric, auto striper in 4 and 6 colours, jacquard, striper jacquard, mattress ticking fabric, terry and reverse terry in tubular as well as open width configurations. High leg frames are also available on request.
Of the production capacity of more than 1,000 machines annually at Jingmei, 30 per cent of the production is dedicated to exports, and the percentage is growing year on year. Jingmei has a unique R&D facility at its factory in Xiamen, to offer better products to its customers through continuous innovation. A single jersey tubular machine with 4 feeders/inch, 34” dia. and 28G has been installed in A.T.E.’s Surat showroom as a demo unit for customers, as well as to produce samples to convince customers on the quality of deliverables on Jingmei machines.
Excellent service support is available both from A.T.E. and Jingmei across India and Bangladesh. Certain essential spares shall also be maintained with A.T.E. for immediate distribution to the customers. Jingmei, which showcased its machines at the Knit-tech exhibition, Tirupur, and DTG 2017, Dhaka, in February 2017 has caught the attention of the knitting fraternity for its technical prowess and engineering excellence. The A.T.E.-Jingmei combination is now all set to provide the bestin- class products and services to the discerning customers in India and Bangladesh.
