Sri Lanka’s Screenline group of companies started operations in Chennai, India, this month, the company said.
Screenline is the only Sri Lankan embellishment company to expand outside Sri Lanka and is the largest apparel embellishment company for the fashion industry in South Asia, said the statement.
At the opening |
The Screenline Chennai plant, situated at the Bannari Amman Apparel Facility in Kanchipuram, was inaugurated by the CEO of Victoria’s Secret, Sharen Turney, on her first visit to India as CEO, in the company of the President of Brandot International USA, Martin Trust. Victoria’s Secret is the largest valued customer of the Screenline Group and Screenline serves the global brand in the whole region.
“By locating in the same complex as the intimate apparel manufacturer, Screenline can help deliver the fashion that our customer wants, when she wants it. Speed means that our customer wins, the brand wins and our supplier partners win. We are excited about India and the fact that our long time partners from around the world are expanding their operations here in India,” Ms Turney .
Active in kaleidoscopic design techniques and mass volume productions of a wide range of prints and embellishments, Screenline owns and strategically operates seven fabric embellishment plants in Sri Lanka, two in India, one in Bangladesh and one in Vietnam, and has a Development Centre in South Korea. The company has ambitious plans to further expand into other apparel manufacturing countries and regions, and to be the one-stop solution for embellishments for international apparel brands and manufacturers.
“Our vision for Screenline is to be the largest embellishment company in Asia by 2015 and the leading global embellisher by 2020”, said Chairman of the Screenline Group, Carlo Thumbawila. |
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