Apparel Buzz

Sri Lankan owned label manufacturing company, Impressions Labels Lanka (Pvt) Ltd announced the opening of a new water purification plant located at their factory premises at Homagama. This project was initially decided as a result of the green manufacturing process currently being used and mainly due to the concern and care that the company has towards the protecting environment for the future. The project was initialised at the beginning of this year and completed by covering all compliances, the company said in a statement.

Brandix Mercury Asia (Pvt.) Ltd. was recently awarded the Platinum Approved Employer Trainee Development status by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

The MAS Holdings, Deutsche Bank and Dialog Summer Internship Program concluded on the 15 August 2012 at the Dialog Future World Academy.

The Brandix Group has announced plans to extend the Gap Inc. Personal and Career Enhancement (P.A.C.E.) programme for female garment workers to the Group’s facilities in Sri Lanka.

The apparel industry has been given a boost following a US$1 billion government initiative to establish 100 factories together with the Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF).With most factories tipped to find their way to the North and East of the country, JAAF Deputy Chairman and Orit Apparels MD Channa Palansuriya told the Business Times, that one of the main aims behind this is to reverse orders going to Bangladesh.

The Hirdaramani Group recently held a Leadership Forum for its future leaders, bringing together a distinguished panel of successful businessmen from multiple disciplines.

Commitment to excellence in Human Resource Management has won the Brandix Group a Gold award at the 2012 HRM Awards presented by the Association of Human Resource Professionals in partnership with Aon Hewitt, the largest human resource consulting group in the world.

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Colombo, Sri Lanka: next Sourcing, a wholly owned subsidiary of next Plc, UK, the retail clothing and accessory giant, celebrated Long Service Awards 2012 in Sri Lanka recently. The company-organized an employee recognition awards program which was held at the Grand Ballroom, Hilton Colombo amidst a gathering of next team members, and was graced by Mr. Gwyn Williams, Regional Director – next Sourcing, Mr. Chanaka Perera, Director/General Manager, Mr. Hugh McConnell, Senior Technical Manager and Mr. Wilhelm Elias, Senior Merchandise Manager.

MAS Intimates, the pioneering lingerie manufacturing division of fashion and lifestyle group MAS Holdings, was honoured for the organization’s exceptional and innovative HR practices at Asia’s Best Employer Brand (ABEB) Awards 2012. The grand awards gala, hosted by the Employer Branding Institute, World HRD Congress & Stars of the Industry Group together with CMO Asia, endorsed by the Asian Confederation of Businesses and Universum Asia, was held on the 19th of July 2012 at Park Royal, Singapore. MAS Intimates was feted with the Award for Best HR Strategy in line with Business as well as the Award for Excellence in Training.