Shima Seiki sends special knitting machine overseas

15/02/2011
Japanese flat knitting machine manufacturer Shima Seiki has celebrated the shipment of the 100,000th computerised knitting machine sold to overseas customers.

The machine was a seven-gauge NSSG122-SV, scheduled for installation at a knitting factory owned by a Hong Kong-based company. It is to become one of over 3,000
Shima Seiki computerised knitting machines installed by that company.

The NSSG122-SV is a compact machine with a 48-inch knitting width and an ultra-compact double-system carriage.

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hima Seiki began exporting its SEC series machines in 1984, and quickly found a growing market for its products. The introduction of the SES series followed in 1989, then the SWG series WholeGarment machines in 1995, and the 2006 release of the SSG series.