Garment Express P.L.C.

Garment Express P.L.C. is a 100% export oriented garment manufacturing plant. We are located at Woreda 28, Kebele 24 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, East Africa.

Established in 1999 Targeting AGOA (African Growth & Opportunity Act) which allows 36 sub-Saharan African Countries to export garment among 6,000 items to the US market Tax and Quota free.

 We have exported garment to the US market before AGOA and still exporting in big volumes.

Our Mission

Garment Express’ priorities are

1.      Real time communication with buyers, by telephone, e-mail, fax  and international fast mail services.

2.      Regular communication with buyers receiving, cutting production reports are communicated with buyers. Reporting stocks, work orders, purchase orders as agreed.

3.      Samples , counter samples within 24hrs of recipt

4.      Meeting agreed production dead line.

5.    Facilitating customs procedures, inland & marine transit.

6.      Quality assured in compliance with US customs & security rules

Company Profile

Production Capacity

• the factory is built on a 250,000sq.ft plot

  •  Production area -     60,000sq.ft          

  • Storage area -      20,000sq.ft

  • Cutting table-      3 x 132ft x 6ft

• manual & automatic spreading machines
• 2 bandkinfe,
• 24 Eastman cutting machine ,
• 25 machines training facility,
• 12 machines sampling department
• 450 sewing machines on production layout
• 750 employees per shift
• 9500 T-shirt equvallent per shift
• located on the main road to Djibouti port
• machine brands’ Juki , Kansi  special Yamato,  Brother.

Employees

G. manger:  Dr.  Worku zewde   US educate Ethiopian American  owned and  managed various  business  in US for over 21 years.

  The company has registered  tremendous  success over the last 3 years. The G. manager is also member of management  board of the largest bank  in the country the commercial bank of Ethiopia.

 Deputy  G.manger:  Mrs.  Zenash W.Zewde is a professional designer educated in the united states. She has a wide range of experience in managing garment factories.

Expatriates

Production control, quality assurance and floor managers are from India and Serelanka.

Work Environment

• Ergonomically conscious work environment

• Clean and modern employee dining facility

• Company provides one hot meal per shift

•  Kindergarten for employee children

  • College graduate teachers

  • educational materials

  • Hot meal 3 times a day

  • Play ground

  • Nap rooms

• First Aid clinic on site

• 50% medical coverage

• Work hours from 8:00am - 4:15pm (8hrs / shift wit 45 minutes Lunch Brake)

• Certified by EPA (Environmental Protection for non hazards or toxic exposure)

• No child or prisoner labor

• In compliance with the labor law of the land

• Factory Construction and production systems are in accordance with F.C. penny compliance guide line.

Contact Information

Telephone

(251)-1-463509 & (251)-1-463562

FAX

(251)-1-463510

Postal address

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Electronic mail

General Information: garment.exp@telecom.net.et
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Last modified: 09/16/03