Article: Portuguese exporter takes delivery of first toptex

Portugal's largest shirt producer has recently taken delivery of its first Monforts Toptex sanforiser; boosting quality and negating the need to use outside sanforising plants. Based near the town of Avidos, just north of Porto, Empresa Textil Nortenha is the largest shirt producer in Portugal.

The company has recently taken delivery of its first Monforts Toptex sanforizer. Previously, all sanforizing work was performed by outside commissioned companies, but since installing the Toptex machine with a stenter frame at entry, the company says the quality of its goods has increased because sanforizing is now all performed in-house.

To date, the Toptex unit has worked 1,670 hours and ...