Lexington, N.C.-based Navis Global, formerly known as Tube-Tex, a designer and producer of textile
finishing equipment, reports that Honduras-based apparel manufacturer Bay Island Sportswear Inc.
and its knitting and dyeing facility Simtex International recently purchased a Pak Nit II SP
Compactor. This purchase marks the 200th Navis Global machine shipped to Honduras; and is the first
compactor and fifth TubeTex machine to be installed by Bay Island. In making the decision to buy a
Navis Global/TubeTex machine, Bay Island cited its good experience with prior TubeTex equipment and
the availability of a local service center and parts warehouse in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
Navis Global has installed tubular pads, relax dryers, nappers, open-width compactors, pin
tenters and more than 130 compactors at various companies throughout Honduras. Its Service Center
and Parts Warehouse in San Pedro Sula is committed to serving all Navis Global/Tube-Tex customers
in Honduras.
September 29, 2009
