Gul Ahmed is a network of composite mills which manufacture goods from yarn to finished products. In order to achieve and maintain high quality control and to retain strict focus on specialization, the production units have been decentralized into the following units:

Operations – Spinning

Spinning

Gul Ahmed has two spinning units. The machinery used in these units is made in the U.K., Japan, Germany & the U.S.A.

Ring Spinning

The ring spinning operation comprises of a total of 103,000 spindles. A wide range of yarns are produced in these units: 100% cotton from 50 NM for knitting and weaving, up to 135 NM for light weight dress fabrics. Poly Cotton, Poly viscose and 100% viscose yarns are also produced from 7 Ne to 100 count.

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Operations – Weaving

Weaving

The units have 297 conventional looms, 90 sulzer machines and 220 air jet looms. The air jet looms come from Tsudakoma of Japan. The latest installation of air jet looms operate in a new custom built weaving facility supported by the most modern yarn preparation equipment and are comparable with the finest available yarn preparation equipment anywhere in the world.

These units produce fine quality lawns, sheetings, twills, drills, dobbies, satins, and other fancy fabrics with a width of up to 330 cms.

Operations – Pretreatment, Printing, Dyeing, Finishing

Pretreatment, Printing, Dyeing, Finishing

The wet processing unit is equipped with a wide range of state of the art machines which gives Gul Ahmed a flexible processing possibility and an edge over its competitors.

Gul Ahmed has 5 sophisticated rotary printing machines Capable of printing up to 21 colours on fabrics as wide as 320 cm.

Processing and Finishing Machinery

  • Computerized Colour Kitchen
  • Calender
  • CAD/CAM System
  • Colour Scanner
  • Dyeing Range
  • Embroidery Machine (20 head 9 colour)
  • Film Plotter
  • Laser Engraver
  • Mercerizing
  • Rotary Printing including 21 colour and upto 280 cm width
  • Singeing & Desizing
  • Stentor
  • Sanforizing
  • Washing and Drying Range
  • Wax Engraver

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The first installation of a laser engraver, wax engraver, film plotter, colour scanner, & CAD/CAM system in Pakistan was made at Gul Ahmed. Gul Ahmed places great emphasis on innovation and implements the latest technology available. It is dedicated to computerization in aspects of design reproduction.

In the finishing section, modern stenters are fitted with the most sophisticated electronic weft straighteners which achieve perfect finishes. Final touch to the fabrics is given on different calenders according to the requirements of the buyers.

An automated and computerized colour kitchen enables production of exact colour shades each time from the use of recipes which are stored in the computer's memory station.

Operations – Design & Styling

Design & Styling

Gul Ahmed's design studios are staffed with experienced artists with capabilities to meet the most stringent requirements in design and to adapt to different colourways to meet the requirements of each individual country. The company also employs leading European designers who constantly develop new designs for specific geographical areas. A top French designer works full time for Gul Ahmed and spends 2 months in Pakistan and 2 months in Paris on a rotational basis throughout the year. The designing team visits major international exhibitions to keep abreast of current market trends.

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Operations – Hemming - House Hold Textile

Hemming - House Hold Textile

These units, equipped with high speed stitching machines and an intensive labour force, are capable of making all of the different product size and style requirements of each individual country.

Operations – Quality Control

Quality Control

Gul Ahmed maintains strict quality control and possesses computerized testing for strength of yarn, density of cloth and fastness of colours. Fully equipped labs are installed separately in areas of spinning, weaving and wet processing.

The quality control personnel conduct pre-inspection of goods at different stages to maintain international standards and to ensure customer satisfaction on a regular basis.

Quality Policy

We at Gul Ahmed Textile Mills want to maintain our position as one of the finest quality-managed companies capable of meeting the requirements of our external & internal customers. Our culture stresses employee participation & innovative technology application to achieve continuous improvement. Our efforts towards improvement of our quality system, based on the guidelines of ISO 9000 series of standards is a journey towards excellence.

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