brandix lanka- garment unit to come up in vizag

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Brandix lanka an internationally well known (7% market share in manufacturing garments globally-suppliers of garments to british royal family) garment unit is coming up at achuthapuram in vizag it is such a huge unit now offer 50,000 jobs fro rural youth both female or male. There is no doubt this will really open up good employment op's at rural level. itis coming up in 1000 acres and estimations are they are going to invest around 750 crores. The group's operations are very much effected due to recent pseunami in srilanka and as per UNO 's recent announcement declaring vizag as pseunami freezone-hence this investment in vizag
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Dolphinsnose · Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:03 pm Post subject:

World-class fabric manufacturing unit Vizag by BIAC

Ocean India laid the foundation stone for the construction of its state-of-the-art knit fabric manufacturing unit at Brandix India Apparel City [BIAC] in Vizag. Mrs. HA Chung Fong, Wife of Chairman – Fountain Set Ltd, along with other distinguished guests graced the colorful ceremony. The event marks yet another historical milestone in the progress of Brandix India Apparel City, as this becomes the second unit to commence construction.
Already construction is in full swing for Brandix Apparel India, the state-of-the-art apparelmanufacturing unit. Also, global players in the industry such as Pioneer Elastics, Compagnie Mauricienne de Textile [CMT], Brandix Finishing and Logiwiz India are due to commence construction shortly.

Ocean India is a joint venture partnership between Fountain Set [Holdings] Limited [Hong Kong], one of the world’s largest knit fabric manufacturers, Brandix Lanka and Hirdramani Group. Fountain Set [Holdings] are recognized in the industry as a global player supplying to over 40 countries to internationally renowned brands and has long been a driving force in the global market through its vertically integrated operations.

This new venture with its world-class manufacturing unit will not only serve the needs of apparel manufacturing units in BIAC, but will also cater to India. The 75-acre facility, situated within the 1000-acre Brandix Apparel City in the Special Economic Zone [SEZ] in Vizag, is projected to be one of the largest textile-manufacturing units in the region. The unit is expected to be ready for commercial production by the second quarter of 2008Based on an innovative ‘fibre-to-store’ concept, BIAC is a the first of its kind in the world, with capabilities in spinning, fabric, accessory and apparel manufacture supported by services such as centralized logistics, training facilities, laboratories and other ancillary requirements all under one roof, making it a fully integrated one-stop shop for end-to-end apparel solutions.

Since its inception, BIAC has made rapid progress in developing the infrastructure in order to meet the requirements of the supply chain partners. Power and water supply as well as the road network are in progress and recently, BIAC attracted BSNL, one of India’s largest telecommunications providers to facilitate all ICT requirements at the apparel park.

When fully functional, Brandix Apparel City will be one of the largest and most advanced in the world. Brandix will act as a strong catalyst for the development of the regional economy, bringing together not only its worldclass apparel manufacturing know-how and cutting edge technology, but also its outstanding management capabilities and best practices to create synergy through collective effort. The winner of two Sri Lankan Presidential Export awards in August 2007, Brandix is Sri Lanka’s largest apparel exporter with a turnover exceeding USD 320million. Its corporate philosophy is to deliver innovative products from concept-to-shop, faster, better and at competitive prices and pioneered the concept of vertically integrated operations in the Sri Lankan apparel industry.

The Group provides direct employment to more than 22,000 associates in Sri Lanka and is the preferred solutions provider to some of the world’s most renowned apparel brands. Brandix espouses the highest ethical values that contribute to sustainable development, & aspires to realize its vision to be ‘The Inspired Solution for Branded Clothing’.

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All set for export of garments

The first export consignment of readymade garments manufactured at the Apparel Export Park will leave Port of Vizag on Wednesday.

The Sai Theertha Apparels and Exports of the Apparel Park was sending a container fully loaded with 100 per cent cotton readymade garments produced by it to Italy, said its managing director A. Sailaja Venugopal and executive director A. Venugopal Naidu at a press conference here on Tuesday. The company received orders worth around Rs.75 lakhs from Italy and the first consignment worth Rs.19 lakhs was being sent to Naples by m.v. C.S. Signe.

The next consignment worth the rest of the order would be sent to Genevo (Italy) on February 15. The garments were manufactured for the clients in Italy. The couple said that the unit, registered with the Apparel Export Promotion Council of India, was established six months ago and was the first in the city to receive a direct export order.

Till now exports were only being done from places like Bangalore, Chennai and Mumbai and now Vizag stands beside them, he added.

The absence of any support industry here forced the unit to acquire everything, even the buttons and thread from outside. The 100 per cent cotton cloth was brought from Pakistan and Coimbatore. The price charged by the unit for a pair of bermudas and jeans was 6.5 euros and 6.3 euros respectively (Rs.360 and Rs.350).

Unit cost

The unit, established at a cost of Rs.1.20 crores, had 250 sewing machines and workwomen strength of 400. Soon, the number of machines and workforce would be increased to 400 and 600.

In two to three years, it plans to install 4,000 machines and engage 6,000 workers. It was planning to have its own washing machine. It also spent nearly Rs.75 lakhs on training the women in sewing on machines. Mr. Venugopal Naidu said the US market had not been encouraging for the last many months due to the drop in dollar value while the European market was encouraging.

Sai Theertha would introduce garments with its own brand name Jasham’s in Southern States in three months, said Ms. Sailaja. Apart from the export market and selling garments with its own brand name, the unit was manufacturing garments for noted companies at their specifications.