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            Seamless Active Wear

            Interloop has set up a Seamless
            Active-wear vertical Pilot Plant at the
            Interloop Industrial Park. With current
            production capacity of 90,000 pcs
            per month, the ramp up plan includes
            increasing the production capacity to
            270,000 pcs per month with installation
            of 50 knitting machines during 2020,
            and to 540,000 pcs per month by
            installing 100 machines by 2021.
            Latest Japanese machines provide a
            large variety of sewing capabilities as
            well as a variety of styling from basic
            to hi-tec. The Seamless garments offer
            360 stretch for ease of movement.
            Interloop offers special synthetic
            material range in recycled as well as
            biodegradable materials, combining                                                                                            Knitwear
            durable performance with sustainability.
                                                                                                                                          Expanding into the Apparel Segment,
            Body mapping technology provides                                                                                              Interloop has established IL Apparel
            required construction, meeting the                                                                                            (Private) Limited; a subsidiary of
            needs of different body zones. The                                                                                            Interloop Limited which handles the
            product range includes basic under                                                                                            Knitwear business category of the
            garments to hi-tech active wear for                                                                                           company. The Knitwear Pilot Project;
            men and women.                                                                                                                a cut to pack garment manufacturing
                                                                                                                                          facility has been operational since Jan
                                                                                                                                          2019 and made its 1st export shipment
                                                                              Xterity 3.0                                                 in March 2019.

                                                                              With the assistance of our US affiliate,                    A resourceful fabric sourcing team,
                                                                              Interloop has developed and is selling                      having strong linkages with reliable
                                                                              its own brand Xterity 3.0; performance                      spinners, knitters, dye houses
                                                                              active wear, online at Amazon. Xterity                      and printers, sources best quality   per month. This includes a good   to cut and sew) garment manufacturing
                                                                              3.0 is designed with body mapping                           fabric and embellishments, as per   combination of tee shirts, under wears,   complex at Interloop’s second Industrial
                                                                              intelligence to provide comfort where                       customer requirements. IL Apparel   polos, sweatshirts and fleece jackets.   Park. This complex is expected to
                                                                              you need it most.                                           has a dedicated Product Development   With 540 hi-tech Japanese sewing   house 175 knitting machines with
                                                                                                                                                                                                            65 tons capacity per day, dyeing &
                                                                                                                                                                           machines, IL Apparel is manufacturing
                                                                                                                                          Center, with 40 sewing machines, for
                                                                              Made for men and women both, Xterity                        quick turn sampling for its customers.  all kinds of fashion diversity in cut to   finishing set up with 70 tons capacity
                                                                              3.0 workout clothing is stylish and ultra-                                                   pack garments.                   per day and projected capacity of
                                                                              functional, offering a seamless, smooth                     The stitching plant has the production                            producing 5.4 million garments per
                                                                              appearance and maximum stretch                              capacity of 1.2 million garments   IL Apparel plans to put up a complete   month.
                                                                              for unlimited movement. Using quality                                                        vertically integrated (fabric production
                                                                              fabrics for a breathable fit, our apparel is
                                                                              anything but basic.
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