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
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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.