Argentina-based circular knitter, Texcom has responded to increasing demand for its highly technical knitted fabrics with further investment in its vertically integrated operation.
Based in Buenos Aires, the company reports that the Argentine textile industry is currently booming, which means a prosperous period for investment, increased production and therefore the creation of new jobs, which greatly benefits the development of the national industry.
Texcom – as Texameri S.A is officially called – is one of the leading companies in Argentina with more than 70 years of experience in the market. With three production plants, a commercial office and six sales stores distributed around the country, it manufactures and distributes knitted fabrics and garments for a range of applications including sports, technical, fashion and workwear.
The company’s own developments, such as Twintex, Polisap, Neodry, Sense, Texcom antibacterial, among other brands, are said to be ideal for sports and leisure garments due to their technical attributes while the company also attaches great importance to the fact that all processed materials have the appropriate current environmental certificate (Öko Tex Standard 100, BlueSign and ZDHC).
The efficient and responsible use of chemicals is also a matter of course. “Texcom has become a strategic partner for its customers, basing its operation on three pillars: Market Focus, Innovation, Sustainability,” the company says, noting that these pillars position it one step ahead of the needs and demands of the market through technology and development.
With more than 100 circular knitting machines and a wide range of possibilities for rotary printing, sublimation, lamination as well as special finishes such as antibacterial or hydrophilic, Texcom produces premium sports and leisure wear. This includes the official jersey of one of the world’s most successful national soccer teams, the white and sky-blue striped Albiceleste jersey of the Argentines.
Texcom has also recently started up two new Brückner Power-Frame stenters for knitted fabric with eight compartments and lubrication-free vertical chain and direct gas heating. This new investment represents the fifth Brückner line purchased by Texcom and the successful continuation of the cooperation with Brückner since 1979. The third member of this successful alliance is the commercial agency, Mapeko, which has been active for Brückner for several decades and is currently in its third generation.
“The partnership between the German market leader in textile finishing machinery and the customer has always been trustful and good over the changeful development of the Argentine textile industry and several generations on both sides,” says Bruckner, highlighting the benefits of the recently installed system. The highest possible drying capacity as well as the technically proven split-flow ventilation system, the extremely homogeneous air volume and temperature distribution due to countered thermo zones, were decisive for the customer. Meanwhile, the low specific energy consumption of the direct gas heating and the maintenance-friendly components, such as the completely lubrication-free vertical circulating chain and width adjustment spindles, help to save production costs, especially in economically difficult times. Especially in the premium sector, the exactly reproducible finishing results due to full automation as well as recipe management of the line are also appreciated.
“With the energy-efficient high-tech machines by Brückner we follow the continuous changes in Argentina and will be part of the upswing of the domestic textile industry,” said Mr. Esteban Scigliano, Industrial Manager (Gerente Industrial) at Texcom confidently. “We invest in innovation to promote the sustainability of our processes by an optimal use of the thermal energy consumption and a maximum saving of electrical energy. The technology of these machines ensures us a higher quality and the ability to produce in a sustainable and efficient way, reducing energy consumption. We thank the whole team of BRÜCKNER who made this possible.”
Regina Brückner, CEO of the German market leader also expressed her satisfaction with these positive impulses for the Argentinian textile industry. “Especially in a crisis, companies are in demand which look ahead and go their way future-oriented,” she said. “Texcom is setting a good example and setting standards. We are pleased to be a long-standing partner and friend of the innovative and ecologically oriented Texcom Group.”
