New printing plant to meet demand for value added garments

Defoin, a local screen printing company, is to set up a new plant to do high end printing jobs on clothing, a further example of Bangladesh’s attempt to expand to higher value production.  The new plant will specialize in several types of printing with a daily capacity to print on 1.5 lakh pieces of apparel.

Defoin Touch, Defoin's new project, will be located at Savar and will start production by mid 2008.  The move is the latest development for one of the pioneers in the country's garment industry with Defoin being set up 25 years ago.

The printing sector has grown rapidly in recent years in Bangladesh to support the boom in the garments trade. It is now estimated that more than 3,000 printing units are in operation in the country.