Beximco Group took the opportunity to help the world in the time of COVID-19 and started manufacturing personal protective equipment. Coronavirus has changed the world. Beximco Group is trying its best. The brand is otherwise a major supplier of Zara, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger.
Beximco Textile division exported 6.5 million medical gowns to US brand Hanes in May. It plans to export $250 million worth of protective gear this year. 60 percent of its 40,000 workers are engaged in PPE making.
Bangladesh over the past two decades became the world's second-largest ready-made garment exporter after China, making clothes for the likes of Primark and H&M. Before the pandemic, it accounted for around 80 percent of the country's $40 billion annual exports and employed more than four million people, many of them women from poor rural villages. But when the world started to go into lockdown, the country's 4,500 manufacturers saw shipments plunge by a staggering 84 percent in April. About $3.2 million of orders were either cancelled or withheld, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA). Most factories -- shut down from the loss of contracts and the country's own virus lockdown -- sacked or furloughed hundreds of thousands of workers, sparking numerous protests.
Beximco Group however has a different approach to deal with the situation.
Beximco Textile division exported 6.5 million medical gowns to US brand Hanes in May. It plans to export $250 million worth of protective gear this year. 60 percent of its 40,000 workers are engaged in PPE making.
Bangladesh over the past two decades became the world's second-largest ready-made garment exporter after China, making clothes for the likes of Primark and H&M. Before the pandemic, it accounted for around 80 percent of the country's $40 billion annual exports and employed more than four million people, many of them women from poor rural villages. But when the world started to go into lockdown, the country's 4,500 manufacturers saw shipments plunge by a staggering 84 percent in April. About $3.2 million of orders were either cancelled or withheld, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA). Most factories -- shut down from the loss of contracts and the country's own virus lockdown -- sacked or furloughed hundreds of thousands of workers, sparking numerous protests.
Beximco Group however has a different approach to deal with the situation.
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