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BUSINESS CATEGORIES

Hosiery We Produce a Wide Range of Top Product Development
Quality Products for World’s Leading
Headquartered in Pakistan, Hosiery Brands and Retailers A dedicated Vertical Sampling Facility
manufacturing & exports is the Flagship Our Product Range includes: (VSF) at Interloop Industrial Park,
business category of Interloop Limited. Faisalabad comprising a Yarn Library,
Spread across South Asia, it comprises • Socks (Performance, Athletic, dedicated Yarn Dyeing Machines,
of 5 vertically integrated manufacturing Casual, Formal, Specialty) 100 Knitting Machines and Linking to
facilities in Pakistan, over 250 Acres • Tights & Leggings Finishing capabilities develops premium
across 3 industrial zones, and 1 each We are focused on delivering: quality products for customers. The
in Bangladesh and in Sri Lanka through • Design & Fashion Trends Product Development Lab houses
associated companies. This report • Premium Quality a complete range of latest colour
only takes into account the impact • Inventory Planning & Management development machines.
of local operations and does not • Lean Manufacturing Techniques
include overseas facilities as those are • Timely Delivery
separate entities. • Speed to Market
The vertically integrated production Currently housing 5,000+ knitting Quality Assurance
is equipped with the latest Italian machines, Interloop has the capacity
Knitting Machines, Spanish Processing to produce over 700 million pairs of The Quality Department looks after
Machines and Italian Dyeing Machines, socks and tights annually. We will Quality Assurance, Quality Control,
having quick changeover capability be expanding the hosiery business Quality Testing Labs & QMS. The
and highly skilled staff to produce by adding another 1,280 knitting Quality Policy refers the way our
high volumes of standard mix and machines in Plant 5, expanding our teams follow the working processes
low volumes of customized products. capacity to c.6,500 knitting machines to produce quality products and
Interloop Plant 4, located at Interloop with a production capacity of 900 deliver excellent services to our valued
Industrial Park, is Pakistan’s & million pairs annually. customers. With ISO / IEC 17025:2005
Region’s First LEED Gold Certified & ISO / IEC - 17043 accreditations,
Socks Production Facility, ensuring Interloop is the First Textile Company
26% Energy Savings, 51% Reduction in Pakistan to provide Local Proficiency
in Portable Water Usage & 25% Testing (PT).
Enhanced Fresh Air Intake.
Research & Innovation

A dedicated Research & Innovation
(R&I) Centre at Pakistan, equipped
with hi-tech knitting, processing and
finishing operations, a modern lab,
and an extremely competent team
has launched multiple commercial
concepts including innovative knitting
constructions, processing treatments,
specialty yarns and finishing
operations. Three Patents have already
been granted to Interloop and patents
for two products are in the application
process.

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