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Recently, JSN visited big-scale swimwear maker, Fook
Wah Kun Kee Knitting Fty. Ltd. and big-scale underwear
maker, Zhongshan Anqi Garment Factory both in South
China thanks to cooperation by Macpi (Group)(HK) Limited.
In this reporting trip, JSN was accompanied by Mr.
Teddy Leung, sales manager and Ms. Racy Xie, customer
relations manager from Macpi (Group)(HK) Limited. In
addition, JSN interviewed Mr. Armando Raccagni, managing
director of Macpi (Group)(HK) about the recent
sales situation of his company’s bonding machines, future
prospects, etc. at DTC 2009 in Dongguan.
Fook Wah Kun Kee Knitting Factory
Specialist of Swimwear
JSN recently visited Gongmin Factory belonging to
Fook Wah Kun Kee Knitting Factory, a specialist of
swimwear manufacture. This factory has installed
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User Report: Macpi Bonding Technology
Visit to Energetic Swimwear/Underwear Makers
Developing New Products with Macpi Bonding
Machines in South China
Mr. Raymond Ling, design manager
Macpi’s bonding machines in 2008 and presently runs 5
Macpi bonding machines (Model 335) and pressing machine
(Model 507). JSN could interview Mr. Raymond
Ling, design manager of this company.
Fook Wah Kun Kee Knitting Factory Ltd. (FWKK) has
been manufacturing swimwear since 1963. With over 40
years of swimwear expertise and a highly regarded track
record of reliability with customers, FWKK produces for
the majority of the tier one global performance brands as
well as leading department stores and top-end surf and
casual wear brands in Europe, US, and Australia. Vertically
integrated on design, product engineering and fabric
printing capabilities, FWKK is a one-stop-shop for all
swimwear and stretch wear needs.
The destinations of export from this company are fa-
Operation scene of Macpi’s bonding machines at Fok Wah
Kun Kee Knitting Factory

Mr. Armando Raccagni, managing director of Macpi (Group)(HK)
and Mr. Raymond Ling, design manager of Fook Wah Kun Kee
Knitting Fty. Ltd. at Macpi’s showroom for bonding technology in
Hong Kong
Mr. Teddy Leung, sales manager and Ms. Racy Xie, customer relations
manager from Macpi (Group)(HK) Limited and Mr. Raymond
Ling, design manager of Fook Wah Kun Kee Knitting Fty. Ltd. at
its factory in South China
mous swimwear brands in Europe and Australia. This
company’s Gongmin Factory has a workforce of about
5,000 employees who manufacture 14 million pieces of
swimwear yearly. This company’s advantages lie in the
design planning by 25 staffers and merchandizing by more
than 100 staffers besides the manufacturing capabilities.
This company also attaches importance to printing of the
fabrics for swimwear.
Their Standpoint on Bonding
FWKK sees bonding as a unique value-added design
attribute for swimwear. However, they are still at the early
stages of studying the full potential of bonding application
on swimwear; through its study they are trying to
understand the potentialities and limitations of this technology.
As a swimwear manufacturer, FWKK is most concerned
with the durability of the bond upon exposure to harsh
environments such as chlorinated pool water, sea water,
over-elongation, and sun tan lotion. With the right bonding
tape and the right bonding machinery such as the
Macpi machines, FWKK hopes to achieve a consistent
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ond application time and time again.
FMKK is excited about the innovation behind this
technology, and they are pleased with the after sales
services that Macpi has provided in helping them
achieve their goals.
As a company that invests in new innovation, FWKK
is looking for partners like Macpi that can work with
them to find the right solution.
Future plans on bonding:
This company intends to continue studying new ways
to apply bonding to swimwear. Machine applied bonding
has the potential to save a tremendous amount of
time per garment when compared to manual applied
bonding. It also has the potential of ensuring greater
consistency and quality assurance.
Visit to Zhongshan Anqi Garment
Factory
Manufacture of Original Brand
Items Occupies 85% of
All Products
Underwear Production Utilizing Macpi
Bonding Technology
Will Expand to 30% within 2 Years the
Ratio of High Value Added Item,
Seamless Underwear
JSN recently visited a Macpi bonding machine user,
Zhongshan Anqi Garment Factory. This company uses
Macpi 335 bonding machine and 507 pressing machine.
JSN could make an interview with Mr. Liang Shen
Quan, company president and Mr. Mark Chan, factory
manager and Mr. Arvin. This company has 3 affiliated
factories in Guangdong Province, China. This company
has been constructing a new office shown here
(as an image photo).
Zhongshan Anqi Garment Factory is a private company
with ten years of history. Covering an area of
20,000 square meters, the company has over 1000
employees and under it there is one T-shirts factory
and one socks factory. This company manufactures
200,000 pieces of men’s and ladies’ underwear daily.
Of the total output of this company at present, 95% is
occupied by sewing underwear, and 5% by seamless
underwear (men’s briefs and ladies’ shorts) which is a
high value added item based on bonding technology.
Manufacture of the seamless underwear is said to be
expanded to 30% within 2 years, i.e., to 10,000 pieces
or more in daily production (from the current 5,000
pieces). For achieving this goal, this company is scheduled
to install 40 to 50 bonding machines. Also in
near future, seamless sports outerwear will be added
to the production items. As a reason why this company
has adopted Macpi bonding machines, they said,
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Mr. Liang Shen Quan, company president of Zhongshan Anqi Garment
Factory
Visit to Zhongshan Anqi Garment Factory – the scenes of showroom

This company has been constructing a new office shown here (as
an image photo).
At the office: (from left) Mr. Arvin, Mr. Liang Shen Quan, company
president and Mr. Mark Chan, factory manager and Ms. Racy Xie,
customer relations manager from Macpi (Group)(HK) Limited
“Those machines are easy to operate, so work can be
efficiently carried out. In addition, high-quality finishing
is ensured.”
The company has been working hard over these years.
Zhongshan Anqi Garment Factory develops the market
with quality and brand. This company manufactures
and sells 4 original brand items; Roober, Gioven-
Kelvin, Emilio and G5001. The original brand
launched first is “Roober.” It was in 1996. The production
ratio of the original brand items in this company
is as high as 85%. The remaining 15% comes
into the category of OEM. Thanks to the years of effort,
the company has developed over 50 regional agents
in more than 20 cities and have opened 300 or more
boutiques in China. Besides, this company’s own
marketing offices have been set up in Macau, Hong
Kong, Singapore and France.
Their products include underwear, T-shirts, socks and
man’s sportswear. According to different packages and
raw materials, the products are sorted to high, middle
and low levels.
Anqi products are currently sold in large wholesale
markets, shopping malls and business streets. In addition,
they are exported to the East Europe (Poland),
Southeast Asia, Middle East (Iran), Africa (South Africa)
and many other countries and regions.
Mr. Liang Shen Quan, president said, “We are always
developing original items by utilizing new technology,
which are different from the existing items.
Therefore, the underwear based on Macpi bonding
technology is a very important project item for our
company in the future.”
Macpi Bonding Technology
Covers All Fabrics Including
Lingerie, Swimwear, Sportswear
Interview with Mr. Armando
Raccagni, Managing Director of
Macpi Group (HK) Limited
Mr. Armando Raccagni, managing director of Macpi Group (HK)
Limited
At DTC 2009 held in Dongguan, China at the end of
this March, JSN interviewed Mr. Armando Raccagni,
managing director of Macpi Group (HK) Limited about
the present business situation of his company’s bonding
technology.
Presently, Macpi is actively investing a substantial
amount of money in R&D. This company has delivered
a total of 1,500 bonding machines in the world market as
of 2008. In China, 100 companies are using more than
500 Macpi bonding machines in total. These users are
factories manufacturing lingerie, swimwear, sportswear,
outerwear, etc. Macpi considers its users as business part-
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ners and is developing merchandise while adopting the
users’ opinions as much as possible. Macpi not only sells
its machines to the customers, but also informs the theory
and know-how on bonding technology so as to be helpful
for the users to improve their business.
The most important element presently in bonding
technology is glue. New glue products have been developed
one after another, and dedicated makers are
manufacturing and selling various kinds of films. Furthermore,
as the melting point of glue is falling, it has
become possible to manufacture clothes by use of
bonding on all fabrics.
In this situation, Macpi is further focusing on the development
of new products. For example, product design
is under constant improvement for facilitating machine
work and temperature control has been becoming
easier. Macpi bonding machine is capable of bonding
any fabric by using various films (glues) and always
intended to be a bonding machine which matches
contemporary needs. In addition, because Macpi machines
have been developed under the concept of environmental
friendliness, namely energy saving, power
consumption during machine work can be minimized.
As a hopeful market, Macpi is now highly interested
in sportswear. In the field of sportswear, Macpi is devoted
to the dissemination of bonding technology in
the manufacture of outerwear for ski. This February,
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Macpi marketed 3 kinds of bonding machines for outerwear.
These new items are now exhibited and demonstrated
at the showroom in Hong Kong. The users
are invited periodically to this showroom so that they
can experience bonding technology actually with the
materials brought in by themselves.
Contact:
Fook Wah Kun Kee Knitting Fty. Ltd.
Flat B, 9/Fl., Po Yip Building
62-70, Texaco Rd., Tsuen Wan,
Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2612 7225
Fax: +852 2413 6055
Zhongshan Anqi Garment Factory
Zijing Road, Jucheng Avenue, Xiaolan Town, Zhongshan
City, Guangdong Province, China
Tel: +86-760-22100180
Fax: +86-760-22108967
Macpi Group (HK) Limited
8/F, LMK Development Estate, 10-16 Kwai Ting Road
Kwai Chung, N.T., Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2423 6801/02
Fax: +852 2900 7633