BAG Joins Forces With Martin Trust To Create BAA
Bannari Amman Group (BAG) — an India-based industrial conglomerate engaged in a wide range of
manufacturing, trading, distribution and financing activities — has launched a joint-venture
apparel production platform with a group headed by Martin Trust — owner and CEO of United
States-based Samtex (USA) Inc., a holding company involved in textile and apparel production. The
new company, known as Bannari Amman Apparel Ltd. (BAA), is based near Chennai, India.
BAA plans to build a world-class apparel manufacturing facility in India and offer “Design to
Delivery” solutions in women’s intimates and men’s underwear for global specialty brands and
retailers such as Victoria’s Secret. The company says it is the first apparel producer in India to
implement the Toyota Production System — a lean-manufacturing system — to provide customers with
flexibility as well as quality, delivery and competitive pricing consistency.
It also has launched new concepts such as a stand-up modular manufacturing system with a
single piece flow and double shift operation.
“India needs global talent and innovation to take it to the next level of performance and
compete effectively with China, which produces about one-third of all garments for the US market,”
said Trust, who joined BAG Chairman S. V. Balasubramaniam for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the
plant. Trust is the first major US joint-venture investor in the Indian garment industry, according
to BAA.
The 172,000-square-foot manufacturing plant, expected to employ 4,500 people by 2012,
includes a medical center, childcare facility and cafeteria; and features eco-friendly systems such
as rainwater harvesting and a zero-discharge wastewater recycling system.
The company also enforces a policy against hiring workers under the age of 18.
Summer 2008
BAG携手Martin Trust打造BAA
Bannari Amman集团 (BAG) -- 印度大型工业联合企业，业务涉及制造、贸易、流 通和金融活动 -- 与以Martin Trust (纺织服装生产股份公司 Samtex 的所有者和CEO，该公司位于美国)为首的一个团体联手推出了一个合资服装生产平台。< /span> 新公司名为Bannari Amman Apparel Ltd. (BAA)，设在印度的Chennai附近。
BAA计划在印度打造一个世界级的服装制造工厂，为 维多利亚的秘密之类的国际专卖品牌和零售商提供男、女式内衣方面的"从设计到交货"服务。该公司表示，他 们是印度第一家使用丰田生产系统 (一套精益生产系统) 的服装制造商， 能为顾客提供优质及灵活持久统一的交货准确度和价格竞争力。他 们还推出了许多新理念，如具备单件流和双班轮换运转的立式模块化制造体系。
"要达到性能的新高度，与生产美国市场上三分之一的服装的中国相抗衡，印 度需要国际人才和革新技术，" Trust说，他与BAG董事长S. V. Balasubramaniam一同参加了工厂的剪彩仪式。据BAA 表示，Trust是第一个在印度服装产业里进行投资的重要美国投资商。
这个占地17.2万平方英尺的制造厂，预计到2012年为止将有员工4500人，包括医疗中心、托儿所和自助餐厅，并以环保系统为特色，如 雨水积蓄和零排放废水再生系统。该公司也将严格执行相关政策，不雇佣18周岁以下的劳动力。