1929
Company founded
About Navis TubeTex
Engineering confidence.
Since 1929.
Navis is an integrated textile and advanced-materials technology company. We bring together proven equipment, application expertise, automation and lifecycle support to engineer solutions around each customer’s process.
1,000+
Installations worldwide
65+
Countries supported
150+
Patents across our history
Who we are
Technology is important. Knowing how to apply it is what creates value.
Navis TubeTex has evolved from a pioneering textile-machinery company into a broader process-technology platform. Our work spans fabric handling, dyeing, drying, washing, chemical application, coating, finishing, automation and final material handling.
What connects those capabilities is not simply ownership of equipment brands. It is a shared engineering approach: understand the customer’s material and objective, select the right technologies, integrate the complete process and remain accountable for performance.
We do not begin by asking which machine we can sell. We begin by asking what the customer needs the process to accomplish.
The Navis approach
Solutions, not silos.
Customers should not have to coordinate a collection of disconnected suppliers. Navis brings disciplines and technologies together around one operating result.
Application-first engineering
We begin with the material, process conditions and performance objective—not a predetermined machine.
Integrated responsibility
Our teams connect mechanical, electrical, process and automation disciplines across the complete solution.
Measured performance
Quality, capacity, resource use and long-term reliability guide every recommendation.
Lifecycle partnership
Installation is the beginning. Service, parts, training and optimization support the value of the investment.
Our evolution
Built through innovation, expertise and trusted relationships.
The Navis platform has grown deliberately—adding technologies that solve adjacent process challenges and strengthen our ability to support complete production systems.
1929
TubeTex founded
A foundation in textile process engineering and a commitment to solving difficult production challenges.
2000
Marshall & Williams joins
High-speed tenter and thermal-processing expertise expands the Navis finishing portfolio.
2017
Tandematic & Consultex
Precision web handling, guiding, trimming and rotary spray application become part of the platform.
2019
Gaston Systems
Foam application and precision dyeing capabilities broaden the company’s resource-efficient process solutions.
Today
One integrated technology company
Navis connects owned brands, partner technologies, automation and support around the customer’s process.
Navis owned brands
Distinct expertise. One Navis platform.
Core technologies developed, manufactured and supported within the Navis organization.
Knit finishing technology
TubeTex
Compacting, shrinkage control and advanced fabric finishing.
Foam application technology
Gaston Systems
Resource-efficient foam application, dyeing and functional finishing.
Rotary spray technology
Consultex
Precise chemical application for textiles and advanced materials.
Precision web handling
Tandematic
Guiding, trimming, spreading and fabric-preparation technology.
Precision web handling
Tandematic
Guiding, trimming, spreading and fabric-preparation technology.
Thermal process technology
Marshall & Williams
Stenters and engineered drying and heat-setting systems.
Technology partners
Industry-leading companies whose technologies Navis represents and integrates in selected markets.
Lexington, North Carolina
Expertise under one roof.
Engineering · Manufacturing · Innovation · Support
Our Lexington headquarters brings engineering disciplines, manufacturing, electrical-panel capability, applications expertise and technical support together. That proximity helps teams solve problems faster and maintain accountability from concept through commissioning.
- Mechanical, electrical and process engineering
- In-house manufacturing and assembly
- Controls and electrical system integration
- Application development and process trials
- Global installation and technical support
Navis TubeTex headquarters · Lexington, NC
Global reach
Built in North Carolina. Working around the world.
Navis supports customers across more than 65 countries through direct expertise, local relationships and an international technology network. Wherever the project begins, the objective is the same: dependable execution and long-term performance.
Application engineering
Support before a solution is selected
Project execution
Coordination from design through startup
Training & service
Knowledge and help when customers need it
Parts & modernization
Long-term support for the installed base
Start the conversation
Bring us the process challenge.
Whether you are improving an existing operation, developing a new material or planning a complete line, we’ll connect you with the people and technologies best suited to the goal.