PANNALA – Sri Lankan textile manufacturer Hirdaramani Group will team up with China’s Hengda Textiles to build a new $33 million (LKR 10 billion) apparel production unit that features the latest in water conservation, waste generation and renewable energy technologies.
Hengda Garment Co Ltd is a branch of head office Zhejiang Hengin Group Co., in Ningbo city, Zhejiang Province and the new partnership will give the Chinese textile specialist exposure to the Sri Lankan garment sector in a bid to boost the country’s position as a ‘sustainable textile manufacturing hub’ as well as reducing the extensive outflow of foreign exchange for raw material imports.
