From left, Mr. Faisal Samad, Mr. Anwarul Azim, Mr. M.A. Quader Anu, Mr. M.A. Jabbar, Mr. Heinz Michel, Mr. Sohel Amed, Mr. M.A. Rahim, Mr. Edmund Loucky and Mr. M. Emdad Ullah
The DBL Group of Bangladesh is a diversified and integrated knit garments manufacturing and composite industry leader with a strong backward linkage. It is one of the largest and 100 per cent export-oriented composite knit garments and textiles manufacturing firms in Bangladesh.
The group produces single jersey, pique, fleece, terry, rib, interlock and variegated fabrics. The fibers used are cotton, viscose, polyester, rayon and elastane. Its dyeing and finishing capacity is more than 50 tonnes a day. This will rise to 100 tonnes per day by 2016. Over the years, the quality products and reputation have led strong business relations with the leading clothing brands like H&M, Walmart, George, Esprit, Puma, etc. The group is in the process of becoming the country’s largest vertically integrated producer by 2016.
The co-operation between the DBL Group and Santex is traced to 2001 when the latter delivered the first Santashrink and Santastretch compactor for tubular form. Since then, Santex has become a strategic partner for finishing of knitted fabrics.
In 2013 Santex delivered two Santashrink Progress, six chambers, with double pad and pin frame for knitted fabrics in open width form. The project started in November was guided by the Santex agent in Bangladesh, Aamra Resources Ltd. This is the first phase of an extended expansion of the DBL Group at the modern investment plan in the Color City project.
“The decision to buy Santex again was due to the excellent performance of Santashrink, especially lower energy consumption. Furthermore, the steaming and vibration chamber gives a better relax and shrink results”, says Mr. Anwarul Azim, Technical Director of the DBL Group.
At a recent ceremony held at the head office of the DBL Group in Dhaka, the whole management team under the leadership of Mr. M.A. Jabbar, Managing Director, received an original Swiss bell from the President of Santex AG as a memento for the excellent relationship between the two companies. It was a tribute to the DBL Group as one of the leading knit garments and textiles companies of Bangladesh.