Groz-Beckert, a quality supplier of textile machine components in the area of textile surface formation, has opened a new office in Thane, Maharashtra. Its aimed at servicing customers in the western region. Apart from its office in Chandigarh, it also has an office in Tirupur that caters to the south Indian markets. The regional office at Thane west is headed by Sanjay Chawla, Sales Director.

India is the 2^nd largest market for Groz-Beckert, and a strong presence has been maintained here for more than 50-years through its wholly owned subsidiary Groz-Beckert Asia. As the knitting and garment industry evolved over period, the company has kept pace by steadily expanding its distribution network across the country, and opening branch offices in important knitting centres of Ludhiana and Tirupur.

"Taking its commitment to customer service a step further, the company has recently inaugurated two new regional offices at Gurgaon and Thane, in addition to the already established office at Tirupur. These regional sales offices will represent all divisions of the company, i.e., knitting, weaving, felting, tufting, and sewing," said Chawla.

The company will also focus on seminars and workshops on products application in order to enhance the knowledge levels of the industry people, said Anton Reinfelder, Managing Director of Groz-Beckert Asia. "These new regional offices will help the company to forge closer ties with our customers, understand their needs and develop new products and applications," said Anton.

For Groz-Beckert, research and development have always been important corner stones of corporate success. The objective of the company is to be the pioneer of innovation for the entire textile chain wherever textile surface production technologies are required and whenever new technologies or systems need to be developed.

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