Leading the automated sewing solutions for denim, Italian giant Vibemac aims to produce solutions which not only increase productivity and reduces cost of production but also adheres to safety and sustainable standards. Enrico Guerreschi, Sales Director, Vibemac while interacting with Team Apparel Online at DTG says, “Our objective is not to develop the fastest working machine but a flexible machine which catches up with the changing fashion and we have been able to achieve quality standards which are impossible to reproduce.” Vibemac has created a monopoly for its solutions in the Bangladeshi market with around 5,000 automates working around 150 factories namely Pacific Jeans, Universal Jeans, Opex Group, Ha-Meem Group, Mahmud Jeans, Kenpark, Regency and Ananta Denim.
The Vibemac booth attracted many visitors for its 4650EV9R automatic belt loop setter promising better efficiency and quality than its earlier versions. The latest machine is now equipped with a completely new 7 inch coloured touch screen panel, which the company claims is the most user-friendly computer panel. The new CPU with newly developed software by Vibemac assures a much better software management, a better seam quality, easier adjustments and patterns, more precision, more customizable and more fashion options. Also equipped with a new presser foot providing extra pressure and less flexure, and a lower barycentre, the sewing automate is a mile ahead of competition. The new loop alignment system avoids loop mispositioning on the waistband, especially for the folded tail loops.
Around 200 million bottoms are made annually which is growing at around 20% year after year. “You can judge from the fact that earlier American Eagle was just procuring denim from Standard Group but now along with them they are sourcing from Ha-Meem Group as well as Vintage Denim. Same is the case with Levis; its dedicated supplier was Opex and now they are also sourcing from Epic and Kenpark,” shares Enrico. The Bangladesh denim story is going with many new players in denim fabric manufacturing like Soorti Denim from Pakistan and Titash Denim (Knit Asia) from Bangladesh, establishing their plants. “Many new buyers are entering in Bangladesh from Japan and Australia. The Japanese giant Uniqlo has increased its sourcing substantially from Bangladesh,” informs Enrico.
