Shima Seiki a leading innovation pioneer, recognized for Flat Knitting machine, Design System and Fabric Auto-cutting machine manufacturing and technology developments and their partner Pacific Associates Ltd. arranged a seminar on 11th February, 2025 at Radisson Blu hotel, Dhaka. The event was focused on Shima Seiki’s flagship WholeGarment Technology with live demonstration and samples. Over hundred fifty industry leaders gathered the program and cherish the WholeGarment technology.
Managing Director of Pacific Associates Ltd., Mr. Md. Shahabuddin express his gratefulness to the valuable apparel manufactures and buyers for their presence. He emphasizes on the sustainable growth of apparel industry as it contributes the major portion of the economy. He believes technology absorption and automation is the key to future development. Mr. Shahabuddin also mention Shima Seiki is the industry leader in their field and their WholeGarment is a must consideration for further growth and investment.
Mr. Mitsuhiro Shima, President of SHIMA SEIKI, welcome the customer and industry professionals expressing his gratitude for long trust to Shima Seiki and continuing it. He begun his speech mentioning Bangladesh immense potential to growth in apparel industry though it largely does basic product. He appreciated as now the country is open to adopting newer technology which can reduce the intervention of human resources along with giving impeccable quality by using advanced technology.
Mr. Mitsuhiro said, what we are trying to focus on is not just to sell the machines but also provide training and improve skills of entire market by training the technicians in our client’s premises to be able to use our advanced technology to its fullest as we want our customers to make profit.
Thanking Pacific Associates Ltd. as a reliable partner for a long term and Bangladesh customer based as the user of Shima Seiki machine for a very long time, Mr. Shima Junior make his commitment for further development of Wholegarment technology, Basic machines and Auto-cutting technology. He added we all passed through hardship during COVID’19 pandemic and show our endurance for development.
Since WholeGarment innovation in 1994/1995, Shima Seiki is coming up with new technology year by year for their customers. Shima Seiki believe they will grow even further with Bangladeshi customers.
Shima Seiki’s WholeGarment is a knitting technology that produces seamless, three-dimensional knitwear. It is the world’s first machine to knit an entire garment without cutting fabric and without seam directly from machine just inputting yarn. This not only eliminates the need for cutting and sewing, which are labor-intensive and time-consuming but also ensure the ideal fit and comfort. WholeGarment knitwear is sustainable because it only uses the material needed to produce a single garment. It also offers a new kind of knitwear that would otherwise be too complicated to sew.
As APEX-4 supports design to sales promotion and its coordination with WholeGarment machine establish the Total Knitting System. 3D sample option saves time, cost and ensure higher sample acceptance. Wholegarment eliminates the wastage for cut & Sew at the same time save utilities for this operation. As fast fashion is the new trend, manufacturer needs to responds quick to cope up with the shelf life of the product. These features make WholeGarment knit to success.
SHIMA SEIKI’s Latest WholeGarment Machines offering to Bangladesh Market
- MACH2XS – The flagship four knitting bed WholeGarment machine capable of producing fully- fashioned garments from head to toe for all ages without the need for linking. It comes in gauges 8, 12, 15, and 18, with needle bed widths of 40, 50, or 60 inches.
- N.SVR 183 – A cost-effective entry level WholeGarment machine ideal for basic fashion garments. It uses a half-gauge technique to accommodate certain styles and sizes without linking. Available in 18, 21, and 24 gauge, it has a needle bed width of 183 cm (72 inches) and a 3-system knitting setup.
- SWG 091 N2 – A compact Wholegarment machine designed for fashion accessories and smaller garments. It supports gauges 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, and 18, with a needle bed width of 90 cm (36
- inches) and a 1-system knitting mechanism with 10 auto carriers.
