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COMPANY PROFILE

Company Name : SHASHA GARMENTS LTD

Registered Office : House # 7, Road # 117, Gulshan

Dhaka -1212
Phone: (88 02) 9881862, 8824144
Fax: (8802) 8823842

Factory : Hashem Plaza (DEPZ Gate)

Ganakbari, Savar, Dhaka-1349
Phone: (8802)7788621, 7788622

Corporate Office : House 23

Road 129
Gulshan-01
Dhaka -1212
Tel: +88-029850548, 9854679, 9855263
Fax: (88 02) 9851698

Incorporation : 18 November 1991

Commercial Production : 01 February 1992

Number of Machine (Sewing) : 378 (Three hundred seventy eight)

Number of Employees : 750 (Seven Fifty)

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 Introduction and Company Background :

This document details the operational status of the worker-based factory Shasha Garments Ltd.
including its potential, opportunities and challenges. This information is potential for apparel buyers
who may wish to play a role in the apparel industry.

 Contact Person :

1. Mr. Shams Mahmud - 01730022100 (Managing Director)

2. Mr. Jamal Abdun Naser - 01730022173 (Director).

3. Mr. Per Fredriksson - +46708 963333 / +88 01713384273

Marketing / R&D Director (Partner)

 Mission :

Our mission is to produce top-quality garments that models fair business practices and respects workers
rights.

 Goal :

Firmly establish Shasha Garments Limited as a factory that is capable of handling any complete package
of garments manufacturing. This production would include multi-style options, quality products and on-
time delivery with competitive price.

 Number of Floors : 4 (Four)

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 Floor Description :

S.I Floor Operation

1 2nd Floor
2 3rd Floor
th
3 4 Floor
4 5th Floor
Finishing, Finishing Warehouse, Finished Goods, Office
Cutting , 4 Sewing line (Proposed)
5 Sewing Line, 3 Sewing Line (Proposed)
Dining, Canteen, Prayer Room (Male & Female)

 Objective of the present plan :

Implement the production capacity that places 13000 pieces of garments per month in U.S and Europe.
After set up 3 more sewing line (by August 2019) it will be 260000 pieces per month.

 Faculties and Equipments :

Shasha Garments Limited is equipped with the following equipment and capabilities:

 Cutting Department: In Perfect Condition.

Sl No. Quantity Type

(In Set)
1 5 Pcs 75 Ft, Cutting Table
2 1 Set – 8’ – 1 pc Straight Knife Cloth, Cutting Machine
3 3 Sets – 8’ – 8 pcs Straight Knife Cloth, Cutting Machine

Given the competitive nature of the garments industry Shasha Garments Limited has been making every
effort to find ways to consolidate these relationships with the apparels buyers.

 Sewing Department : In Perfect Condition

Upcoming Machine (by

Sl Type of Machine
Quantity In Sets August); Quantity in
No.
Sets
1 Plain Machine 167 118
2 Over lock Machine 56 33
3 Fad lock 6 4
4 Loop Machine (Vertical) 4 -
5 Button Stitch Machine 2 3
6 Bar take Machine 11 10

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 Upcoming Machine (by
Sl Type of Machine
Quantity In Sets August); Quantity in
No.
Sets
7 Two Needle Machine 35 24
8 Kansai Machine 13 4
9 A.P.W ( Auto pocket welting) Machine 1 -
10 Fit of the Arm Machine 23 17
11 Eyelet Hole Machine 4 4
12 Snap Button Machine 12 9
13 Fusing Machine 1 1
14 Velco Attach (Head Cycle) 2 1
15 Button Hole Machine 2 3
16 Cutting Machine 9 5
17 Re-cone Machine 1 -
18 Iron Table 19 12
19 Waste Tag 2 -
20 Chain Stitch Machine 16 8
21 Heat Seal 2 -
22 Back Pocket Set up - 3
23 Bottom Hem - 3
24 Back Pocket & Coin Pocket Rolling - 2
25 End Cutter - 4
26 Pattern Cutter - 1

 Accessibility :

Shasha Garments Limited is housed in a 120000Sft. Of an industrial complex. It exits directly on to Dhaka
EPZ road. Distance from the International Airport just 45 min. drive away. This location is very accessible
for transportation of merchandise, equipment and raw materials into and out of the factory.

 Human Resources :

Factory personnel are qualified in the creation of high-quality garments using woven cloth, including a
variety of styles such as women’s and Girls dresses, All shorts of pants, Jackets, Bermuda, Shortfall,
Overalls, Ladies and Girls Blouses etc. The cutting department employs personnel who have been
trained with the precision necessary to size and cut material, some who have more than 10 years
experience in this field.

Shasha Garments Limited is the organic garment plant in Bangladesh that has a cooperation and
mutually beneficial relationship with independent work forces.
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 Administrative / staffing :

General Manager (Operation)

Administrative Management

Maintenance Management

Production Management: Cutting, Sewing, Finishing & Packing.

Human Resources Management

Import / Export – Commercial

Merchandising

Industrial Engineering (IE)

CSR

 Products and Services :

Deposit facing sorts of social and market difficulties Shasha Garments Ltd. is receiving market
acceptance. When it initiated operations, Commercial relationships have been consolidating with the
reputed buyers.

Shasha garments Limited has employed between 750 working peoples depending on the volume and
consistency of orders. It will be around 1100 by the end of August for increasing 3 new sewing lines.

 Market Situation :

Shasha Garments Limited guarantees fair business while offering quality products – gives it a distinct
market advantage. The factory distinguishes itself from the majority of its competitors; factories that
base their production model on keeping product costs as low as possible.

Shasha Garments Limited has received wide support and there is increasing interest among buyers who
want to purchase and distribute products made by Shasha Garments Limited.

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 CSR: Work place Environment –

Shasha Garments Limited believes that a congenial work environment increases efficiency and
motivates employees to deliver their best.

The use of electrical installations, Overhead lamps, forced duct ventilation and generous spacing
between equipment makes the production floor comfortable to work in and aesthetically appealing.
Routes to be use in emergency along with fire safety equipment like fire hydrants and smoke and fire
detectors ensure the safety of the workers.

Faucets with safe drinking water and hygienic toilets are provided in adequate numbers and positioned
for easy access of all workers. There are separately designated toilets for female and male workers.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a part that not only important for sustainable business growth
but also important to ensure worker rights, benefits & opportunities by concerning the natural
environment. Regarding to organizational development CSR always meet up all social responsibilities,
idea sharing & co-operate to the legal authority. We the people of CSR try to define our company’s
current position and attitude towards CSR related matters.

CSR is about achieving organizational excellence in ways that honor ethical values and respect people,
communities and the natural environment. We believe that CSR encompasses 3 most important topics
in broad perspective.

a. Business for People: Fair business for beneficial towards employees & community.
b. Business for Profit: That will help to become economically sustainable.
c. Business for Planet: which helps for environmental sustainability and will conserve the nature.

 General Principles for various production units:

 Workers right & benefits
 Industrial safety principles
 Women’s Right
 Security Personal Principles
 Grievance Principles
 Non-Discrimination Principles
 Harassment & Abuse Principles
 Health & Hygiene Principles
 Electric Safety Principles
 Overtime Principles
 Anti- Corruption & Anti Bribery Principles
 Waste Control Principles
 Fire Safety Principles
 Child Labor Principles
 Force Labor Principles
 Non Discrimination Principle
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  Audit Report & Progress:

BSCI Audit:

Last Full Audit:

Audit Date: 13-09-2017 to 14-09-2017
Audit Firm: TUV Rheinland, Bangladesh
Overall Ration: “C”

Follow-up Audit:
Audit Date: 03-09-2018
Audit Firm: TUV Rheinland, Bangladesh
Overall Ration: “D”

Partial Follow–up Audit:

Audit Date: 01-11-2018
Audit Firm: TUV Rheinland, Bangladesh
Overall Ration: “A”

ACCORD Findings:

1st Audit Date:

Structural Safety: 5th July 2014
Electrical & Fire Safety: 10th July 2014

12th Follow up inspection summary:

Building Category: Initially it was a “YELLOW” category Building. After closing of all findings we received
“No Color” Certificate on 20-08-2017.

Electrical Safety issue: Total number of Findings 35 (includes initial and new Findings). 33 have been
corrected and other 2 findings relates to our proposed utility building.

S.I Audit Segment Finding Description Action Plan

Generator room has These two points are linked with each other.
1
inadequate ventilation Proposed separate Generator and Boiler
Electrical Safety
Inadequate working space building drawing already sent to concern
2 around Generator department for approval. It may take nine to
ten months to close the finding.

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Fire Safety Issue: Total number of Findings 23 (includes initial and new Findings).18 have been corrected
and rest of the findings are in good progress.

Audit
S.I Finding Description Action Plan
Segment
1 Fire Alarm System Testing and Work almost done. Next follow up audit will
Commissioning (T & C) apply for T&C.
2 Proposed drawing includes Standpipe system
sent to concern authority and after approval will
Standpipe System of the Factory
start the construction work. By the end of
December 2019 or January 2020 it will close.
Fire
3 Already informed to Building owner and
Safety Eastern Stair is open to the Market
hopefully will complete the work within short
Place
time.
4 Separation of Boiler and Generator
Very much related to Electrical Safety Findings.
Room
5 Storage(Meter box) remove from
Within two weeks this finding will close.
staircase

Certification:

OCS (Organic Content Standard)

RCS (Recycled Claim Standard)

 Code of Conduct :

To ensure safe work place and workers right we strictly follow BSCI Code of Conduct.

 Clientele :

Bangladesh has a mature garment industry with a tradition of more than twenty five years of export to
international markets. Its society has a thousand year old history of harmony and homogeneity among
major religious and ethnic denominations and is founded upon ethical, social and family values.
Bangladesh is a signatory to major international treaties upholding labor and human rights.

Our goal is to remain a responsible apparel producer through adherence to internationally established
codes of social accountability and ethical business practices. We have taken great pains to know our
product intimately and we guarantee its merchandisability all the way into the hands of the hands of the
final consumer at the retail outlet.

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 Conclusions :

There are many things in Shasha Garments Limited favor including its current installed production
capability a management team and workforce that is committed to developing a market nice that will in
turn guarantee job security for them in a setting that is superior to industry standards.

 What Arrow Uniquely Exists To Do :

Each business concentrates on activities where its skilled people can provide service led solutions to
customers need by being fast flexible and responsive.

We know exactly where we want to go, because our customers will show us the wan. It is our job to
bring them quality, through the resources. This will make them (and us) more competitive.

 Quality Policy :

All our attitudes and actions must be recognized as an expression of quality. Each delivery should create
a recommendation for further business.

 About us (Another Project) :

SHASHA DENIMS LTD. is the leading denim manufacturing in Bangladesh. Our manufacturing plant in
located in the savar Export Processing Zone. Shasha has been the first denim manufacturing plant in the
world to integrate the latest BEN INDIGO dying ranges with BEN-LINK technology from BENNINGER, the
leading manufacturing of denim dyeing ranges. We also use Ben Direct Warping machine with Ben-Vac
and Ben-V-Creel.

For weaving we use 84 picanol Airjet ; 40 Sulzer and 36 Rapier looms with 22 frame dobby with six color
selection. For the finishing line, we use Monforts and Sperotto Rimar SRL machines. To give us more
options we have integrated Dhalls mercerizing machine into our production line. To ensure
uninterrupted power supply we have our own captive power plant within the factory which uses
Guascor and Waukesha generators. To ensure our factory is environmentally compliant we also have an
Effluent Treatment Plant.

We are a professionally managed organization with a workforce of 600 people with a production
capacity of 1.8 million yds per month. The machinery and the facilities are equally complemented with
highly motivated and trained, skilled workforce whose dedication and motivation ensure that we deliver
the best quality denim to our clients.

Quality of raw materials is one of the prime factors in producing and achieving good quality denim
fabric. Special emphasis is therefore given to procurement of best quality yarn and chemicals. We use
cotton yarn mainly from the finest yarn producers of Pakistan, India, Thailand and Bangladesh. We use
dyes & chemicals from BASF-Germany, Clariant – Switzerland, Emsland- Germany and Indigo from China.

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 Our Product Range (6 – 15 Oz) :

Slub
Zig Zag Broken Ring
Ring
Stripe Cross Slub in Chambrey
Cross hatch
Cross Slub Stripe with Zig Zag
Coloured Pigmented
Long Ring Slub Zig zag with colored Yarn
Heavy Twill
Short Ring Slub Mercerized
Broken
Ring Cross Slub Stretch

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LIST OF BUYERS:

 Gina Tricot AB
Sweden

 Lager 157 AB
Sweden

 Joy Shop AB
Sweden

 Ellos
Sweden

 Gekås Ullared AB
Sweden

 Dr. Denim
Sweden

 DIVERS
Poland

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 List of Directors

1) Mr. Anisul Islam Mahmud

2) Ms. Zareen Mahmud
3) Mr. Shams Mahmud

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 DIRECTORS’ PROFILES

ANISUL ISLAM MAHMUD

Mr. Anisul Islam Mahmud was born in 1947 in an illustrious family of Chittagong. His father was late
Serajul Islam Mahmud. His paternal grandfather was Khan Shaheb Abdul Halim Chowdhury and his
maternal grandfather was Dr. Md. Sanaulla, Bar-at-Law, PhD.

Mr. Mahmud obtained his B.A. (Honours) in Economics from Dhaka University in 1969 and M.Sc. in
Economics from Quaide Azam University in Karachi. Mr. Mahmud received a Commonwealth
Scholarship to study at the Essex University, UK, and received an MA in Economics from there in 1972.
He was called to the Bar from Lincolns Inn, London, UK in 1975.

Mr. Mahmud served as a Cabinet Minister from 1984 to 1990. Mr. Mahmud served as the Minister of
Foreign Affairs between 1988 and 1990. Prior to that he served as the Minister of Education in 1988 and
held the additional charge of the Ministry of Irrigation, Water Development and Flood Control. He was
the Minister of Irrigation, Water Development and Flood Control from 1985 to 1988. During this period
he also briefly held the charge of the Ministry of Information. He served as the Minister of Labour and
Manpower in 1985.

Mr. Mahmud was elected to the Parliament of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (Jatiya Sangsad) in
1979, 1986, 1988 and 2008. As a Member of the Parliament, he currently serves as the Chairman of the
Parliamentary Standing Committee for Expatriates Welfare & Overseas Employment.

Mr. Mahmud was a Lecturer of Economics at the Hertfordshire University (UK) from 1973 to 1977. He
was a Senior Research Associate in the Economics Department at the East Anglia University in the UK
from 1972 to 1973. He served as a Lecturer of Economics at Dhaka University from 1969 to 1970.

Mr. Mahmud was the President of the Bangladesh Cricket Control Board from 1989 to 1990. He was also
the President of Bangladesh Flying Club Ltd. from 1987 to 1990.

Mr. Mahmud is the Chairman of Shasha Denims Ltd., and Shasha Garments Ltd.

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 ZAREEN MAHMUD

Ms. Zareen Mahmud oversees the Finance and Administration Department of the Shasha Garments
Limited. Prior to joining Shasha, she served as the Vice President of Newton International Ltd, a start-up
education and training business. Prior to joining Newton, she was a Manager of Audit & Consulting at
ACNABIN & Co. She had also served as a Financial Management Consultant for the World Bank in
Bangladesh. Ms. Mahmud had started her career in New York where she worked as a Senior Associate at
KPMG in the Corporate Tax Division. She was a Supervising Analyst at the New York City Mayor’s Office
of Management and Budget. She had served as a consultant for the United Nations Capital Development
Fund (UNCDF) in New York.

Ms. Mahmud received her BA in Economics from Smith College and MPA in Public Finance from New
York University in the USA. She qualified as a Certified Public Accountant from the Delaware Board of
Accountancy in the USA. She had also qualified as a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh.

Ms. Mahmud also served as Director on the boards of Shasha Denims Limited and Energis Power
Corporation Limited.

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 SHAMS MAHMUD

Mr. Shams Mahmud currently oversees the operations and marketing of the Shasha Garments Ltd. He
has introduced innovative production management, incentive system and marketing approach to the
company.

Mr. Mahmud received an LLB and an LLM from the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.
His hobbies are playing tennis and squash.

Mr. Mahmud also serves as the Managing Director on the Boards of Shasha Denims Limited and
Chairman on the Board of Energis Power Corporation Limited.

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