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COVER STORY AJG Golam Hussain Bhuiyan – Managing Partner, Dody Trims Nahid Hossain – Sr. Deputy General Manager (Sales & Marketing), Mondol Group NOW THE FOCUS OF THE INDUSTRY IS SHIFTING VERY STRONGLY TOWARDS NARROW FABRICS AS MOST OF THE COMPANIES SEE UNDERGARMENTS AND LINGERIE AS THE NEXT BIG OPPORTUNITY. General Manager (Sales & Marketing), Mondol Group (Montrims Ltd./Trims International (BD) Ltd.). With absolute dedication on product quality, a range of product lines that is the most expensive among other players, and strong emphasis on client satisfaction, Montrim’s current turnover value wise is more than US $ 50 million-plus which will increase up to US $ 80 million-plus after their house dyeing mill is commissioned later this year. Moving forward the focus of Montrim is on development of total in-house manufacturing units so that they don’t depend on outsourcing. Armed with a compliant factory, the company has its own in-house laboratory where all necessary tests are conducted as per the client’s requirement. “Today many environment issues are dodging the industry and we want to support our customers on all fronts, not just products,” says Nahid Hossain. The company has top buyers like H&M, TESCO and GreenLand which have nominated it for specific products. To stay relevant, every company is trying to differentiate and create niches. Acknowledging that the competition level in the garment industry is very high and one of the most important elements to stay in the race is to deliver products on time, RSS Threads has concentrated on making this their focus area. “Lead time FACTS According to BGAPMEA, there are about 1,500 companies engaged in manufacturing accessories and packaging materials for the RMG sector. Montrim’s current turnover value wise is more than US $ 50 million- plus which will increase up to US $ 80 million-plus after commissioning of their house dyeing mill later this year. is our specialty; we are a team of young people who work hard to meet the deadlines,” underlines Sheikh Ali Zulfiqar, Director Marketing, RSS Threads & Accessories. The company’s inspection team is very conscious about the quality of products offered and RSS has in-house dyeing unit with an aim to maintain the quality from dyeing to finishing of the product. To support SMEs the firm will introduce two projects – Inventory Control Solutions and Brand Identification Solutions. “Our company is developing a new hardware as well as software solutions in which we are creating RFID tags and labels which will help our target consumers to track and control their inventories. Under this project, we will also design tags and labels for small corporations for branding of the company by our in-house designing team,” highlighted Zulfiqar. The ISO and OEKO-TEX certified company is currently offering Labels, Heat Transfer, Offset Printing, Leather & Pleather Labels, Interlinings, Ribbons & Taper, Cards & Strings. With an annual turnover of US $ 8 million the company is optimistic towards the growth opportunities in packaging and metal accessories in domestic and international market in near future. Sheikh Ali, feels that the growth opportunities for accessories manufacturing companies is in the 16 Apparel Online Bangladesh | MAY 2017 | www.apparelresources.com packaging sector, while also a big gap exists in metal accessories. A much smaller player, but one that is growing fast is Dody Trims Ltd., which has seen consistent growth in the last few years because of their dedicated commitment towards their clients and the quality of the products that they deliver.“We are able to differentiate ourselves from other similarly placed companies by focusing on quality and commitment. Our loyalty and sincerity towards our clients has made us exist and grow as a company for almost 21 years,” says AJG Golam Hussain Bhuiyan, Managing Partner, Dody Trims. Established in 1995, Dody Trims Ltd. deals with garment accessories like Offset Printing, Woven Label, Printed Label, Poly, Carton and Leather Badges. They have got nominations from companies such as TEDDY Italy. Their quality parameters are kept high by outsourcing raw materials from Korea and Taiwan. China is also their active source of fancy items. With a current turnover of US $ 7 million, Golam Bhuiyan accepts that 2016 was not a good year for their company but claims that 2017 is definitely going to be positive as they have plans to expand their product categories to include narrow fabrics. They have also seen considerable profit in the Japanese market in product segments such as woven and printed labels.