For 50 years, Matrix has always given the highest regard for the design and development of essential products and services for the Textile Industry. When the owner of Matrix designed the first circular knit defect detection system the industry had ever seen, a small mill in Allentown, Pennsylvania U.S.A., quickly filled its plant floor of 5 machines with “Run-Stops”. Today, Matrix, controls plant floors of over 500 machines, domestically and internationally, with the evolved MKMS and KnitTrac Systems.
The focus of these products and services is quality control, process improvement, and production management. Some of the products and services include:
- Fabric Defect Scanning Instrumentation
- Central Monitoring and Control of Knitting Machines
- Automated Scheduling and Business Intelligence Capabilities
- Yarn Rate Monitoring and Control
- Hosiery Monitoring and Control
- Thread Counting Technology for Knitted and Woven Goods
- Technology Assessment and Needs Analysis Consulting
- Custom Hardware and Software Designs
Customers acquire our products and services to provide the necessary edge to successfully compete and advance in the ever-changing global textile marketplace. These companies include:
| * Alstyle Apparel * Antex Knitting * Anvil Knitwear * Caracol Knits * Danube Knit Fashions * Delta Apparel * Dominican Knits * Duraflex |
* Fruit of the Loom * Gilden Activewear * Hanesbrands Inc * Hilmex * Jockey International * Main Knitting * Milliken & Co. * Monarch Machinery |
* Narricot Industries * Polartec Inc * Russell Corp. * Texollini Inc * Ultratex Inc * Vanguard Supreme * Yazbek |
Customers have always recognized Matrix Controls as the market leader for manufacturing and installing fabric defect detection technology for the circular knitting industry. Matrix Controls has over 300 customers using this technology with approximately 25,000 sold and installed. Using this expertise as a foundation, Matrix Controls has evolved the technology to include not only monitoring and control of individual knitting machines, but also central monitoring and production management. As the market leader, Matrix Controls is continuously addressing customer needs.
Matrix Controls’ experience and growth makes them uniquely qualified to provide the customer with the right business and technical solution for central knit monitoring and control. There are Matrix technical and service personnel working and solving textile problems throughout the world. In addition to the hardware and software specialists needed for these types of projects, Matrix also employs knowledgeable textile experts who can utilize their experience in fulfilling specific customer requirements.
Some of the added value that Matrix products and services offer include:
- Unmatched experience (50 years) in circular knitting defect scanner applications
- Unmatched experience in circular knitting machine central monitoring systems
- Remote Internet software training and support
- Historical Return On Investments of 6-12 months for our defect scanner systems and monitoring systems
- Comprehensive software customization involving payroll interfacing and specialized set assignment functionality
- Customization including roll-weighing functionality, inspection frame interfacing, and piece ticket generation
- Multi-lingual project managers, engineers, and technicians
- Adaptability of product to a variety of machines with low product maintenance
Matrix has worked very hard over the years to develop the premier circular knit monitoring system in joint efforts with some of the most profitable and well known circular knit companies. We have kept prices unchanged without comprising product or services. Additionally, we have engineered improvements into our products, and not passed on cost increases. In areas where savings could be passed along to our customers we have advised and made recommendations for them. We have provided critical training, while meeting the technical needs and requirements of our users. Project support and management are unmatched. We have met important delivery and installation requirements to ensure that production did not suffer. We have done so to help keep our customers competitive and further advance in this difficult industry. And we understand that the vitality and strength of our customers will influence our future as well.
We look forward to working with you.