As labour scarcity is increasing in all apparel manufacturing hubs across India, some of the companies are coming up with interesting solutions and one of them is the concept of ‘satellite factory’. Aditya Birla’s Madura Clothing is using this model in an impressive way as currently the company has five such units in nearby villages of Bangalore, while two are still under process. These satellite factories are like ‘micro manufacturing unit’, where only stitching operations are done.

As Bangalore has lot of other working opportunities apart from garmenting, labour shortage is a strong issue here, especially for big and organized factories, therefore satellite factories are a big support in this scenario.

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Silver Spark Apparel Ethiopia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raymond, India-based textile and apparel conglomerate, has cut the ribbons of its Greenfield garment manufacturing facility at Hawassa Industrial Park (HIP) in Ethiopia. The inauguration was done by Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister, Ethiopia along with Gautam Hari Singhania, Chairman & Managing Director, Raymond Ltd.

The state-of-the-art garment manufacturing facility will primarily cater to US and European markets and is expected to generate employment for over 2,500 people in the first phase. The workforce employed in this unit will be duly up-skilled by the highly experienced expatriate team from India.

With an investment of over Rs. 100 crore, the new facility is an epitome of Raymond’s aim to expand its presence across international markets. This capacity expansion will mark the company’s entry among the top five leading suit manufacturers in the world. Silver Spark Apparel Ethiopia

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40-year-old Triton Textiles, a garment exporter based in China, has opted for WFX Cloud ERP to modernize its business operations and gain flexibility to manage growth. The Group was searching for a global technology partner and ended its search on WFX.

WFX Cloud ERP will accelerate the firm’s product development process and enhance supply chain visibility. It will allow Triton to enable its QC teams with WFX Quality Control iPad solution for real-time inspection management. The company also plans to extend WFX to all its suppliers for seamless communication and transparency.

“We have tried to implement various enterprise software systems through the course of our history with varying success. In WFX, we’ve finally found a partner that has both the technology and understands the peculiarity of our industry. We’re excited about what this technology will do for our company’s future,” states the

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Canada Goose, an internationally recognized brand for high quality apparel and extreme weather outerwear, has opened of its fifth factory in Canada and the first in Quebec. It has also announced a new raw material and cutting distribution centre in Ontario.

The opening of the factory in Quebec is a sign of a commitment to continue to aggressively invest in the rebuilding of Canadian manufacturing industry and keep with ‘Made-in-Canada’ promise. Apparels made by Canada Goose are sold in 37 countries today.

"Nothing makes me prouder than the investment we have made in helping to bring back apparel manufacturing to Canada and the hundreds of jobs we have created here at home," said Dani Reiss, President & CEO, Canada Goose while talking about opening the factory in the country.

Also Read – Canada Goose to open flagship in London

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Gujarat-based CA Patel Textiles has ventured into casual and semi-casual shirt manufacturing for its own brand ‘ITALFIC’ with 200 stitching machines. The company further plans to install 800 stitching machines in the next two years.

Being tagged as the ‘textile state’ and the ‘denim capital’ of India, Gujarat at present has a textile market of around US $ 25 billion. It contributes nearly 12 per cent towards India’s overall textile exports. Even the former capital of the state, Ahmedabad, is among the biggest textile hubs of the country. Interestingly, Ahmedabad is now growing as an apparel manufacturing hub as well. There are some companies in the city that are now foraying into garment business and one of them is the six decades old CA Patel Textiles.

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Indian sportswear manufacturer, Banga Knitwear, is investing in CAD (Computer-Aided Design) technology for its cutting room. The eight year-old, Ludhiana-based garment manufacturer, has a small in-house setup to produce 20,000 pieces a month.

Maninder Singh, CEO of Banga Knitwear told Apparel Resources, “We are into high fashion garment manufacturing and finalise almost 5-7 designs every week. Therefore, deploying CAD system in the cutting room will help us a lot in saving fabric and time as well. This will ultimately make us cost-effective.”

It is good to see that emerging garment manufacturers in Ludhiana are also adopting the latest technology and that too in their cutting section. The city is home to some of the top Indian apparel manufacturers as well as textile giants like Vardhman Group, Trident Group, SEL

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Jaipur-based apparel exporters are known for a variety of products within the womenswear segment. Ratan Textiles, a respected name in Jaipur apparel export industry, recently came up with its own swimwear range. The product was launched at the recently concluded Textiles India 2017 in Gandhinagar.

The apparel exporter also highlighted its Summer 2018 collection in kidswear and womenswear. The company is aiming for Disney certification for its kidswear products.

Anant Jain, Partner, Ratan Textiles; informed Apparel Resources about the swimwear launch, “It is a unique product. This segment is generally missing in the Indian market and many buyers are also looking for a complete family wear or a kind of swimwear which goes over the top (bikini).”

With regard to the company’s soon-to-achieve Disney certification for kidswear, Anant stated, “To the best of my knowledge, no apparel exporter of Jaipur has been doing these products under Disney, and perhaps,

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Deshbandhu Textile Mills Limited, a concern of Bangladesh’s leading business conglomerate Deshbandhu Group, will set up a readymade garment factory at a cost of US $ 53.77 million (Taka 435 crore) at the Uttara Export Processing Zone (UEPZ).

The UEPZ, also known as Uttara EPZ or Nilphamari EPZ, is the seventh of the eight export processing zones in Bangladesh. It is reportedly the only export processing zone in the Rangpur Division of the country.

It is worth mentioning that Deshbandhu Group had recently signed an agreement in this regard with the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA). Zillur Rahman, Member of BEPZA, and Sarwar Jahan Talukder, Advisor of Deshbandhu Textile Mills Limited, were the signatories from the respective organisations. Golam Mostafa, Chairman of Deshbandhu Group, also attended the signing ceremony.

This 100 per cent export-oriented venture will produce 27.6 million pieces of denim and

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