Satexco manufacturing uniforms for British Army

A Bangladeshi company supplying uniforms to the British army…! Seems strange but it is true  that Satexco, a garment company inside Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ), has been serving the British army for over a decade, confirmed Iqbal Hossain, Managing Director of the company. A testimony to the excellence of the country’s garment sector, the company also regularly supplies army jackets, rucksack, webbing, ammunition pouch, water containers, bayonet holders, pistol holsters and heavy tents. He said his company also supplies camouflage dresses, dark olive-coloured dresses, winter jackets, light desert uniforms, wind proof jackets and normal jackets to the British army.

“We also supply uniforms and other defense related products to some European countries including France, The Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark. Sometimes we supply uniforms to UK’s Royal Air Force as well. We have a good opportunity to grab a bigger market of military uniforms among the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) countries,” said Hossain proudly.

“We make the uniform as per the design and style supplied by the authorities concerned. The high-ups of the armies of the concerned countries regularly inspect the factory and production processes at the DEPZ to ensure quality production. The uniforms and other products are exported after being tested by a third country, Hossain added.

“Established in the year 2000, Satexco is a European-Bangladeshi joint venture with current annual sales value worth $ 36 million and supplying uniforms and accessories valuing $ 3 million to the British army today. The company maintains a modest 10 per cent year-on-year business growth in revenue generation,” concluded Hossain.