Brandix Apparel Limited is an apparel manufacturer headquartered in Sri Lanka. It is considered to be the leading apparel manufacturing firm in the country. 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. It is the single largest employer in Sri Lanka's export sector and the highest foreign exchange earning company.

History

Brandix was founded in Sri Lanka in 1969 with the assistance of

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, an American who is regarded as the father of the modern apparel industry in Sri Lanka. 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

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and the branch of the Brandix firm secured the world's first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) platinum certification. The company is headquartered in

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

and has domestic branches in

Mirigama Mirigama (also spelled Meerigama) ( si, මීරිගම; ta, மீரிகம) is a town in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. It is located from Colombo, and from Negombo. Mirigama is the hometown of Sri Lanka's first Prime Minister, D. S. Sen ...

Batticaloa Batticaloa ( ta, மட்டக்களப்பு, ''Maṭṭakkaḷappu''; si, මඩකලපුව, ''Maḍakalapuwa'') is a major city in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, and its former capital. It is the administrative capital of the B ...

and

Pannala Pannala is a town in Kurunegala District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka. it is located on Kurunegala-Negombo main road, (away from Negombo 25 km and away from Kurunegala 45 km), and away from Kuliyapitiya17 km. The newly construc ...

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

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standard system certification scheme in 2011. The company has also shown significant interest towards sustainability and the company has also aimed to reach 100 percent

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by 2023 as a part of sustainable development programme. In June 2019, the Batticaloa branch became the first factory in the world to achieve Net Zero Carbon status. Brandix Lanka Group received the Exporter of the Year Award at the 2018/19 National Export Awards from the Export Development Board. Ashroff Omar is the company's CEO.

References

{{Reflist Clothing manufacturers Clothing companies established in 1972 Clothing companies of Sri Lanka Clothing brands of Sri Lanka Manufacturing companies based in Colombo