Brandix

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Brandix Apparel Limited
Native name
බ්‍රැන්ඩික්ස්
Company type Private
Industry Manufacturing, fashion
Founded1969;55 years ago (1969)
in Colombo, Sri Lanka
FounderM. H. Omar [1]
Headquarters
Colombo
,
Sri Lanka
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Priyan Fernando (Chairman) [2]
Ashroff Omar (CEO)
ProductsCasualwear
Intimatewear
Sleep and loungewear
Activewear [3]
RevenueIncrease2.svgUS$820 million (2020–21) [4]
Number of employees
60,000+ [5]
Subsidiaries Moose Clothing Company [6]
Website brandix.com

Brandix Apparel Limited is an apparel manufacturer headquartered in Sri Lanka. It is considered to be the leading apparel manufacturing firm in the country.[ citation needed ] [7] [8] The company has branches in the United States of America, United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Mauritius, and the Cayman Islands. Brandix has a crucial role in the Sri Lankan economy by being the main contributor to the Gross Domestic Production.[ dubious – discuss ][ citation needed ] It is the single largest employer in Sri Lanka's export sector and the highest foreign exchange earning company. [9] [ citation needed ]

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History

Brandix was founded in Sri Lanka in 1969 with the assistance of Martin Trust, an American who is regarded as the father of the modern apparel industry in Sri Lanka. [10] The company began operations in 1972 as a conglomerate which was formally a part of Omar Group.

The business was incorporated as a private limited company in 2002 under the Companies Act No 7 of 2007 as Brandix Pvt Ltd. In 2008, the firm opened a branch in Seeduwa and the branch of the Brandix firm secured the world's first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) platinum certification. [11] The company is headquartered in Colombo and has domestic branches in Seeduwa, Mirigama, Batticaloa and Pannala

In 2009, the company was recognised by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce as one of the top 10 best corporate companies in the country. Brandix also became the first apparel firm in the world to obtain the ISO ISO 50001 standard system certification scheme in 2011. [8] [12]

The company has also shown significant interest towards sustainability and the company has also aimed to reach 100 percent carbon neutrality by 2023 as a part of sustainable development programme. [13] [14]

In June 2019, the Batticaloa branch became the first factory in the world to achieve Net Zero Carbon status. [15] [16] [17] [18]

Brandix Lanka Group received the Exporter of the Year Award at the 2018/19 National Export Awards from the Export Development Board. [19] Ashroff Omar is the company's CEO. [19]

Moose Clothing Company

Moose Clothing Company, which was established in 2018, is a subsidiary of Brandix Lanka Limited. [20] Moose Clothing became a co-sponsor of South African cricket tour of Sri Lanka in 2018. [21] In 2023, the company entered into the Singaporean market when it signed an agreement with Mustafa Centre. [22]

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