“ No matter what, the real feel of apparel business is only in manufacturing …,” maintains Tuhin, who barring the buying entity( Texweave) and two woven units( Mayc’ s Garment Limited and Replica Creation) and a green manufacturing unit in the pipeline, is also in the freight forwarding business, automobile distributorship and defence supply, through TAD Logistics, TAD Automobiles, and TAD Engineering respectively.

Embarking on his journey in the RMG sector with sourcing in 1998, the call of manufacturing was bit too strong for Tuhin to overcome. However, his initial selection of the branch of garmenting was perhaps not the right choice.“ In 2002, I started a knit unit but soon realised it’ s not my cup of tea,” Tuhin says underlining that to survive and sustain in knit, composite unit is a must, which was unluckily not the case with him. However, not the one to let go of his dreams easily, Tuhin continued pursuing his true calling and thus was born Mayc’ s Garments Pvt. Ltd. and Replica Creation, to manufacture woven trousers( denim, twill and canvas).

“ Today my focus is equally on manufacturing and buying but as

For every supplier unit, we have a QC stationed there. Again for every 10 factories, there is a production in-charge and one production director at the top to oversee and ensure seamless operations. There is also a separate technical team and an exclusive sample checking unit.

– Ashikur Rahman( Tuhin)

Ashikur Rahman( Tuhin) – Director of Mayc’ s Garment Limited, CEO & Managing Director of Texweave

the sourcing arm is already wellestablished and running smoothly, I would like to devote more time and attention on manufacturing now,” maintains the CEO of Texweave, who counts Europe as his principal market from the sourcing perspective. Texweave caters to a wide range of clientele in Europe for all their requirements including apparels, footwear, wallets, backpacks and home furnishing.“ I source and export all items that a hyper store sells,” adds Tuhin hinting that the business expansion in apparel manufacturing has got nothing much to do with routing the sourcing orders to his own manufacturing units.

He works with more than 60 supplier units in Bangladesh for a wide range of products, all of which save for providing 4-5 months’ order projections. Tuhin also books another 5 months’ capacity to ensure hasslefree and mutually beneficial business relationship.“ Honestly speaking, I don’ t want to mix the two … I try to keep sourcing and manufacturing distinct, which is also the case with my other business entities, all of which are independent in their own rights,

financially as well,” Tuhin explains with regard to his business strategy. The combined production capacity of the two woven manufacturing units is around half million pairs of bottoms annually. But this is all set to change by next year.“ My next project is a 24-line green factory named Trouser Solution, which will start production from 2019,” adds the young and dynamic entrepreneur about the upcoming unit that would be laced with state-of-the-art washing plant( Eco Laundry Limited), equipped with four washing machines from Tonello and having a washing capacity of 55,000 pieces a day.

“ Wash technicians would be from Sri Lanka and all other equipments from Turkey,” Tuhin states, giving an insight into the soon-to-be-ready washing plant. He also adds that a fully-compliant manufacturing unit is integral for a sustainable approach in today’ s fast-evolving apparel business.

“ Success in business is all about anticipation … With limited production capacity, withstanding competition is nearly impossible. Green unit in many ways is thus mandatory to not only augment capacities but also to comply with the social, environmental, and economic requirements,” clarifies Tuhin, who from his more than twodecade sourcing experience, has lately seen a major shift in buyer’ s approach towards Bangladesh as a sourcing destination.

“ It’ s no longer about basics; buyers now want more fancy products. Manufacturers too have realised the benefits of going for value addition...,” winds up Tuhin who is now scouting for a European designer to helm his PD team and a full-fledged design studio, which is the next in his scheme of things.