One of Bangladesh’s well-known garment exporters, DBL Group, is expanding its knitting capacity. This is expected to increase apparel production as well.
Currently having a knitting capacity of 60 tonnes a day, the company plans to take it to 100 tonnes per day. With this, their apparel manufacturing capacity will almost double. This expansion is expected to complete within this year. The group is also focusing on green and energy-saving methods, like full automation with less power consumption.
Md Arif Hossain, DGM (Planning & Development) of the DBL Group told Apparel Resources, “Last year was not good enough, but this year, business is good and growing. So we are expanding our capacity. Simultaneously, our department is working on hot water recovery system for energy saving. Furthermore, we are also looking for software systems in production.”
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Under the leadership of its Chairman Abdul Wahed, DBL Group completed 25 years of its establishment, and today provides employment to 20,450 people. Through its exports, the company made business of US$ 320 million in 2014-15. Its main clients are H&M, Walmart, Puma, next and M&S etc.
