The apparel industry has long been chided for being stuck in the past. A low tech industry driven by cheap labor in developing nations that hasn’t really changed in decades.
Now change is coming – and it is being driven by a few visionary leaders who see what the future of apparel manufacturing could look like and are investing in making it happen.
One of those visionaries is Ranjan Mahtani, Executive Chairman of Epic Group, a Hong Kong-based manufacturer with state-of-the-art factories in Bangladesh, Jordan, Ethiopia and a Vietnam factory that will now specialize in knits.
In addition, Epic is building a new 1 million square foot facility in India.
The move into India is a timely one. The confluence of brands wanting to diversify their supply chains and the emergence of India’s domestic retail market has taken India from ‘overlooked’ to ‘prioritized’.
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