A recently installed Thies eco bloc X dyeing unit offers additional 25% production, for acrylic fibre dyeing plus significant energy savings, improved flows and colour fastness.
A recently installed Thies eco bloc X dyeing unit offers additional 25% production, for acrylic fibre dyeing plus significant energy savings, improved#
South Africa – based Ahlesa Blankets (Pty) Ltd has recently taken delivery of a new Thies eco bloc X dyeing unit in an acrylic fibre dyeing application.
A recently installed Thies eco bloc X dyeing unit offers additional 25% production, for acrylic fibre dyeing plus significant energy savings, improved#
Originally based in Turkey, Mekent Tekstil decided to move its entire operations in 1996 to Atlantis, close to Cape Town, to begin production of acrylic blankets; relying on two used Thies eco bloc units bought locally in South Africa.
A recently installed Thies eco bloc X dyeing unit offers additional 25% production, for acrylic fibre dyeing plus significant energy savings, improved#
Buying the acrylic fibres on the world market, Ahlesa Blankets dyes the fibres in house for the fully integrated operation.
A recently installed Thies eco bloc X dyeing unit offers additional 25% production, for acrylic fibre dyeing plus significant energy savings, improved#
Ahlesa dyes and blends the fibre, thereafter spinning the yarn, weaving and finishing the blankets to final make up and packaging ready for despatch.
A recently installed Thies eco bloc X dyeing unit offers additional 25% production, for acrylic fibre dyeing plus significant energy savings, improved#
Working three shifts daily, six days a week the company is thought to be the country’s largest blanket producer.
A recently installed Thies eco bloc X dyeing unit offers additional 25% production, for acrylic fibre dyeing plus significant energy savings, improved#
The company produces a variety of blanket sizes from baby blankets (50 x 125cm) to king size (240 x 270cm) and weights from 460 – 650gm/m².
A recently installed Thies eco bloc X dyeing unit offers additional 25% production, for acrylic fibre dyeing plus significant energy savings, improved#
The new Thies unit was installed late last year and replaces one of the original two eco bloc’s following almost 17 years trouble-free operation with Ahlesa. “And,” said Operations Manager, Saban Kus, “don’t forget that before we took delivery they were already almost 20 years old.
A recently installed Thies eco bloc X dyeing unit offers additional 25% production, for acrylic fibre dyeing plus significant energy savings, improved#
The new machine is able to dye four fibre ‘cakes’, each measuring 1900mm dia and weighing 300kg instead of three cakes in the older unit.
A recently installed Thies eco bloc X dyeing unit offers additional 25% production, for acrylic fibre dyeing plus significant energy savings, improved#
Additionally according to Ahlesa’s General Manager, Baris Kuyucu, “the new high temperature machine is greatly improved technically offering better colour fastness, improved flows and significant energy savings.”
A recently installed Thies eco bloc X dyeing unit offers additional 25% production, for acrylic fibre dyeing plus significant energy savings, improved#
Producing up to 5000 blankets a day Ahlesa’s main market is the domestic chain stores although some export markets are also opening in neighbouring countries such as Namibia and Botswana.
A recently installed Thies eco bloc X dyeing unit offers additional 25% production, for acrylic fibre dyeing plus significant energy savings, improved#
Ahlesa Blankets