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BUSINESS CATEGORIES







 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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