TEXCARE 2016 FRANKFURT – PONY’S ANALYSIS

 TEXCARE 2016 FRANKFURT – PONY’S ANALYSIS

Confirmations, certainties and expectations. This is what Pony came back from Texcare 2016 with. First of all, the German exhibition was the occasion to officially announce the partnership with German distributor TREYSSE, which operates across the whole German territory with its widespread sales network able to draw the customers’ attention to getting to know and eventually buy Pony’s products.

The outcome, in terms of sales, was outstanding, and returned the investments made by Pony in order to play a leading role in Frankfurt. Pony’s booth displayed a wide range of equipment and live demonstrations, drawing a lot of visitors mostly from European and Asian countries. The attendance of visitors from America and Africa was less relevant. Undoubtedly the updated version of hybrid shirt finisher EAGLE (with pressed and air-blowing finishing system) was one of the main attractions, and is now a real milestone in the market.

Eagle was presented with its new touch screen HMI, its new Energy Saving pneumatic system – which, together with the already well tested hot air recovery system, enables to save up to 30% in drying time and in Energy consumption – a smaller shoulder press and a new sleeve stretching device, for top accuracy in tensioning the shirt sleeves. The shirt finishing line of equipment took the spotlight on Pony’s booth, thanks also to the new single-buck shirt press Angel 2.0, which features relevant changes in comparison to its previous version “Angel”. The size is reduced; thanks to the new position of its vacuum motor its noise levels are now much lower; it features a new touch screen HMI PLC placed on the front panel and its minimum height eases the job for short operators.

The“Eagle experience” brought to the engineering and developing of Angel 2.0 with its own hot air recovery system, thus allowing it to be included in the “Energy Saving” finishers.

The new additional “SMALL” version of the dummy is the acknowledgment of Pony’s attention to the different peculiarities of each market. The “SMALL” body excellently fits in with both the typical Asian shirt sizes and to the latest-fashion slim-fit shirts. The double buck rotary press unit with significant modifications and improvements from the past version was also displayed on the booth; it now represents the top of the PONY finishers’ range and meets the requirements of the clients with remarkable volumes of work. The end-customer’s needs haven’t been ignored.

More and more often they find themselves in the situation of not having the chance to have central steam, and they need to fall back on a total-electric system. The 404 multi-finisher, presented in its “total-electric” version, is the ideal solution. It’s suitable for finishing both washed and dry-cleaned garments; this feature makes it a real “joker”, suitable for both shirts and outerwear. And the shirt-finishing line wouldn’t be complete without the new collar-and-cuff press “Smart”, designed for small rooms.

Smart extends vertically and is highly ergonomic, allowing the operator to work and keep a correct posture. Its small size makes it easy to carry through standard doors, and its enhanced technological features, such as its photocell-controlled garment reading and vacuum start, ease the work of the operator. Smart is available both in its total-electric version and in its “hybrid” version with electrically heated lower buck and steam heated upper head. These new equipments have been well appreciated by the Texcare visitors, and brought significant results both in terms of visitors and sales, thus rewarding the dedicated effort of the Pony staff in giving solutions that meet their customers’ expectations.