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Texlan Center at a Glance

Texlan Center (Pvt.) Ltd. was the first manufacturing plant Through induction of Nano-bubble technology in Wet
established in Sri Lanka around 35 years ago by an Italian Processing, in June 2018, Texlan Centre discharged only
company, having over 40 years of experience in the hosiery 9m3 of water while processing 36,000 Kgs of product,
industry. In 2017, sponsors of Interloop, in order to defend compared to 1000m3 of water for processing the same
business with Interloop’s top customer in Pakistan by quantity while using the conventional technology. Since
providing a 2nd country of origin, expanded manufacturing revamping, the production has been enhanced by 77% and
footprint to Sri Lanka by acquiring Texlan Center (Pvt.) Ltd. improved Work in Process (WIP) days by 55%. To ensure
and revamped the Plant layout to a modern vertically workplace safety, the Plant has been equipped with latest
integrated Hosiery Manufacturing Facility, based on Lean fire and safety equipment along with Implementation of
Principles, with installed capacity of 600+ Knitting ERP, HMS, HRMS Systems.
machines.

Currently, 335 latest Italian Knitting Machines are To stay on top of the dynamics of ever-changing market
manufacturing 2.49 million pairs of top quality Socks for environment, a dedicated Product Development Centre
babies, children, ladies and men and Tights & Leggings for has been setup at Texlan that continuously explores new
babies, children and ladies, every month. Serving top market trends and creates products that are not only
international brands, the facility has also been equipped customized to individual customer requirements but are
with cutting edge Zero Water Discharge Processing also considered ground breaking in the hosiery market. We
Machines and latest Boarding Machines. have also setup a top of the line Quality Assurance Lab
catering to all kinds of Testing and Yarn Inspections.
Some of the milestones achieved by Texlan Centre since its
association with Interloop Limited include:
• NIKE Compliance Certification for Production Initiation
• 100% On-time Delivery to Customers in 2018, with Gold
Rating from NIKE for delivery
• Zero Quality Failure & Customer Complaints
• Knitting Equipment Efficiency at 80%
• Hiring, Training and Development of 500 Employees in
one year

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