TEXTILE

ENGENEERING
IT AGRO

DIRD COMPOSITE TEXTILES LTD. DIRD GARMENTS LTD

DIPTA APPARELS LTD. DIPTA GARMENTS LTD. DIRD WASHING
PLANTS LTD. DINEEL UK LTD. DIRD ENGINEERING LTD.
BANGLADESH MATERIAL TESTING LABORATORY LTD.
DIRD FELT LTD. RAVEN SYSTEMS LTD. DIPTA ORCHIDS LTD.

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 ABOUT US
Values 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

DIRD GROUP started operations in

Vision
1983 with its engineering company

DIRD GROUP is a global conglomerate of garment, textile, DIRD Private Ltd.

engineering, software and agriculture companies. We strive In 1984 DIRD GROUP moved into the

to provide sustainable innovations and solutions which have garments sector with DIRD Garments
Integrity a positive impact on society and the environment. Ltd., one of the leading woven bottom

manufacturing companies at the time.

Mission Today, DIRD GROUP has branched

out into a diverse range of industries

Our mission is to develop new engineering solutions and
and has grown into one of the leading
innovations in the textile industry that make sense for the
Responsibility conglomerates in Bangladesh.
preservation of the environment, people’s well-being and

the development of the country. We aim for high customer

satisfaction and work hand in hand with them to build long-

term and strong work relationships.

Innovation
Story
Customers
A BANGLADESHI FAMILY STORY
They already trust us:
The story of DIRD begins with Mr. Itemad Ud Daulah, the

founder and current Chairman of the group.

Excellence After obtaining his degree in Civil Engineering from BUET
– the premier engineering university in Bangladesh – Mr.

Daulah spent most of his early career working in Southeast

Asia for multinational engineering firms.

In 1983, while he was heading up the Southeast Asian

Sustainability operations of GKN KELLER GMBH (now Keller Foundation),

Mr. Daulah made the bold decision to return to his homeland

and contribute to the development of Bangladesh.Mr.

Daulah’s daughter Shejuti Daulah joined the organization in

2004 as Finance Director and his son Nabeel Ud Daulah in

Loyalty 2010 as Managing Director.

“OUR SOCIAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AT THE
HEART OF OUR WAY OF WORKING.”
Care for environment
We are fully aware of our responsibility
to protect our environment and to
create an eco-friendly atmosphere in
our work areas. We give the highest
priority to preserving nature. We use
biochemical treatment technology in
the effluent treatment plant for waste
management. The treated effluent
is discharged in an oxidation lagoon
before final disposal.
ORGANIC COTTON FIRST
We are one of the biggest
manufacturers of organic cotton knit
tops, supplying customers that are
ranked among the top 10 organic
cotton consumer brands in the world.
(source: Textile Exchange Market Report 2017).
SUSTAINABILITY
Every unit and
challenge adheres to
sustainability rules
Care for people
OUR COMMITMENTS
These are some examples of what
We believe it is the human force that On-time salary and Working on living wages
we do:
makes a company strong, which is why overtime payment rather than minimum wage
Dird Geotextile is extensively used
in Bangladesh for river embankment
our workers are our key concern. We Safe working conditions Safe drinking water
protection. This has a direct, positive
have more than 16,500 employees, Free medical services Adequate lighting &
some of whom have been with us for (full time) ventilation
impact on the environment and the
over 25 years, and we are committed Equal opportunity Hygienic sanitary facilities
livelihood of people who would
to fair trade and safe working employer Total compliance with
otherwise suffer from the devastation
conditions. Our factories are audited Child care facilities safety requirements
caused by riverbank erosion
every year and we consistently exceed Regular employment No bonded labor
Our PET staple fibre manufacturing
the required standards. Moreover, Free transportation Training facilities
plant recycles old PET bottles and
our most demanding customers also No harsh treatment of No child labor
converts them into PET staple fibre
regularly organise third party audits in workers Maternity leave benefit
to be used as a raw material in the
our facilities for their own certifications
production of geotextiles.
and standards requirements.
All units in the factories are equipped
with modern technology, to conserve
WE ARE COMMITTED TO
energy, as well as efficient waste
THE 17 GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE
management systems.
DEVELOPMENT GOALS OF THE
Dyeing and finishing sections use
UNITED NATIONS.
water and the latest generation of
energy-saving dyeing tanks that are In 2015, UN member states adopted
specially designed with water and 17 goals to erase poverty, protect
energy saving systems. the planet and ensure prosperity for
The group is highly certified, everyone.
complying with environmental Each goal has specific objectives to
protection standards in different areas reach within the next 15 years and we
which allows it to meet the needs of are working actively to support those
customers and inspire them to adopt 17 SDGs.
the most sustainable products possible.
 Corporate Social THE GROUP 4 Divisions
Responsibility
Dird Group is divided into 4 divisions across different industries:
Our duty of care is not limited to our Textile, engineering, agriculture and software.
employees, but extends to the community Each of our divisions has an independent management
around us. We believe that it is our duty to structure with highly professional teams who strive to maintain
perform CSR and to utilise the resources our position as market leaders in each respective field.
at our disposal to make our community a
KIRON: AN ART SCHOOL TO London

DINEEL UK Ltd.
better place to live in.
DEVELOP CHILDREN’S SKILLS
DIRD Group undertakes various CSR
Kiron is a place where all workers’
initiatives to extend a helping hand to the
children aged 8-12 years can learn
employees of DIRD GROUP as well as to
about art and music. The school Sirajganj
the poor people and minorities of society DIPTA Orchids Ltd.
is absolutely free of charge and all Habiganj
who are lagging behind. Some of the
costs, including uniforms, art supplies Shippur
notable initiatives include scholarships for DIRD Composite Textile Ltd.
and instruments, are borne by DIRD. DIRD Felt Ltd.
BANGLADESH
Shaistaganj
children, Art and Music School for workers’
Expert teachers from leading art and
children, winter clothes distributions to Pabna Nagarpur
music institutions in Bangladesh have DIRD Washing plant Ltd.
the poor and those in need as well as DIPTA Garments Ltd. Dhaka Narsingdi
been brought on board to provide the DIRD Garments Ltd. DIRD GROUP
contributions to various religious and
DIPTA Apparels Ltd. RAVEN Systems Ltd.
children with proper guidance so that
educational institutions and hospitals. DIRD Engineering Ltd.
they learn effectively. DIRD GROUP
Dird also works in association with the
believes that “Kiron” will play an
Center for the Rehabilitation of the
exemplary role in the development of Magura
Paralyzed (CRP) to provide employment
our society.
opportunities in its factories for persons
TEXTILE SUSTAINABLE
with physical disabilities. FASHION STARTS
CERTIFICATIONS DIRD GROUP is one of the leading manufacturers
HERE
ISO9001: Quality Management Systems Our facilities are certified by the most and exporters of readymade garments in Bangladesh.
EMS: Environmental Management Systems demanding standards such as: We have six textile units, each of them with its own
OEKO-TEX (Standard 100) specifications and product specialties.
GOTS (Global Organic Textiles Standard)

OCS (Organic Content Standard)

GRS (Global Recycled Standard)

WRAP (Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production)

70 million more than 170,000 more than
Regarding Social Standards, we are a BSCI member pcs of square meters of 16,500
garments/year built up floor space employees
and are audited by the Fairwear Foundation.
 ENGINEERING

DIRD is the pioneer of geotechnical engineering in

Bangladesh and introduced the use of geosynthetics to

LOOKING FOR INNOVATIVE
the country. Dird’s technical expertise and geotextile has
TEXTILE SOLUTIONS,
been utilised in the construction of many major national
SPECIAL FABRICS,
structures and infrastructure projects. Dird is the market
SUSTAINABLE OPTIONS
leader in geotechnical engineering with the largest
OR NEW PRODUCT
manufacturing unit of geotextile and an ISO accredited
THE FIRST TO DEVELOPMENT?
material testing lab. TEXTILE
INTRODUCE
UNITS
GEOTEXTILE IN
BANGLADESH
The textile experts

PASSION Our six business units offer endless solutions for knits,
AGRO FOR ORCHIDS wovens, colours, embellishing and finishings.

Dipta Orchids Ltd is the largest, and first commercial, DINEEL UK Ltd.
orchid farm in Bangladesh, covering an area of over 25
Our design office in London works with major retailers
acres.The farm offers a large variety of orchid species,
across national and international markets. DINEEL UK /
different flowering plants and various other shrubs.
DIRD Design keep abreast of global lifestyle and fashion

trends within the apparel manufacturing industry.

Based in London, our dynamic and specialist design team

offers comprehensive bespoke services for men’s, women’s

SOFTWARE
and children’s products.

Raven Systems Ltd. is a group of young tech We have a deep understanding of our customer’s needs,

enthusiasts and software engineers dedicated to as well as their market and retail requirements, and work

harnessing cutting-edge technologies to provide real closely with marketing and product development teams

world solutions. In addition to running Sheiboi – the in Bangladesh to provide end-to-end design support. In

largest ecommerce platform for Bangla E-books – DEDICATED TO IT addition to this, we provide monthly market intelligence

the team is also involved in developing customised AND BUSINESS reports, seasonal catwalk analysis, fabric and trend direction

solutions for others. DEVELOPMENT whilst creating exclusive and tailor-made designs for each
SOLUTIONS. retailer.
 Dhaka 2006 11,000 Dhaka 1993 2,800
100%

Dird Composite Textiles Ltd. DIPTA Garments Ltd. export-

oriented
100% export-oriented knitting, readymade
A one-stop solution factory which integrates a knit dyeing, yarn dyeing, screen print, Specialising in both knits and wovens woven Knit products
all-over print, embroidery and garments T-shirt, polo shirt, tank top, cut and sewn
composite facility with knitting, dyeing, washing, all-over sewing. with modern facilities and a highly t-shirts and polo shirts, sweat shirt, jackets,
turtle neck, strap tee, shorts, trouser and
print, yarn-dyeing, embroidery and sewing in one location. skilled workforce.
dresses.
Jersey, elastane jersey, auto
DIRD Composite Textiles Ltd. is one of the biggest and most stripe and feeder stripe DIPTA Garments Ltd. is a very modern
jersey, 3 thread fleece (with Woven products
advanced one-stop vertically integrated composite textile or without elastane), pique, apparel factory and ranks among the 40,000
All kinds of casual bottoms – long & short,
50.000 pieces / day
kg/day back pique, elastane pique, chinos in denim & non-denim for men,
set-ups in Bangladesh, like a textile city nestled between best in this sector. (woven
auto stripe and feeder 10,000) ladies & kids
the forest and the green rice fields, away from the crowded stripe pique, rib, rib with knit
elastane, interlock, terry, CERTIFICATIONS 30,000)
city. The Composite unit also has a high-end in-house lab terry with elastane, flat knit
140.000
pieces / day collar and cuff and other
accredited by the most demanding customers to test most of
CAM design fabrics.
the quality parameters.
DIRD Garments Ltd.
CERTIFICATIONS
T-shirt, polo shirt, tank top, cut and sewn t-shirts and
polo shirts, sweat shirt, jackets, hoody, turtle neck, Woven factory with in-house washing
strap tee, shorts, trouser and dresses.
100% export-oriented plant producing a variety of casual
readymade woven garments
bottom items for men, ladies
Dhaka
and kids.

DIRD Garments Ltd is a 100%

4 SECTIONS: KNITTING
– DYEING, PRINTING &
EMBROIDERY, GARMENT
MANUFACTURING
Knitting section:
Daily production: 40.000 kgs
Latest knitting machinery (Mayer and
Cie) for single jersey, rib, pique, fleece,
terry, mesh, double jersey, Interlock,
waffle / thermal, etc.
Fancy fabrics: loose knit jersey, designs
based on double jersey, diagonal flieece;
herringbone fleece, drop needle and
semi – jacquard structure.
Dyeing section:
High-tech machinery ; Sclavos (energy
All kinds of
and water savings) latest dyeing tanks in state-of-the-art in-house All Over Print 1984 casual bottom export-oriented factory for woven
– long & shorts,
many different capacities. (AOP) with rotary, flat-bed and digital chinos in denim casual bottoms with an in-house
12,00 & non-denim for
Daily production: printing along with sanforizing facility for pieces / day washing plant.
1,200 men, ladies
50 tons solid dyeing serving all of our customers’ needs. & kids.
CERTIFICATIONS
12 tons of yarn dyeing Daily production:
Dedicated R&D to ensure parameters Print 70,000 pieces
for bulk production handling of delicate AOP 10 tons
fabrics like fine cottons, viscose, modal & Embroidery 8,000 to 10,000 pieces
cotton / tencel blends. Garment manufacturing section
As well as a brand new state-of-the-art Production capacity of 40 million pieces
yarn dyeing unit. annually
Printing & embroidery 125 sewing lines in operation (in
Highly-configured printing machines expansion).
including sublimation print (flat bed, LEAN practices to reduce waste and
rotary and digital) and skilled manpower. to optimise efficiency to compete on the
Latest technology carousel screen global market. All products are metal
printing. We have also invested in a detector passed to ensure users safety.
 DIPTA Apparels. Ltd.
FEATURES

Dipta Apparels Ltd. is the newest and greenest addition to The total capacity of the project will be

the Dird group of factories. The factory has been designed to more than 1.5 million pcs / month. THE PIONEER OF
be the most modern woven garments factory in Bangladesh. GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING
PRODUCTS
Our strong R&D team together with our Sourcing team of
Woven products: All kinds of mens,
ENGINEERING WHO
experts foresee all the newest trends, and thanks to evolved
ladies, boys, girls – basic 5 pocket
INTRODUCED THE USE
market analyses are able to propose innovative, strong
long pant, trouser, shorts, skirts, chino
The three units fulfil different roles, from civil engineering OF GEOSYNTHETICS
fabrics and trims as well as develop advanced processes for
trouser in fabrics denim, twill, canvas,
services, to the production of geotextile material, to an IN BANGLADESH.
new clothing pieces. accredited testing material lab.
corduroy.

Knit products: T-shirt, polo shirt, tank

The building itself and other facilities have been planned to DIRD Engineering Ltd.
top, cut and sewn t-shirts and polo MAJOR CLIENTS
comply with the requirements of all major retailers. They are
shirts, sweatshirt, jackets, turtle neck, A comprehensive range of services in geotechnical, Bangladesh Bridge Authority,
equipped with the most up-to-date and modern machinery.
strap tee, shorts, trouser and dresses. environmental and civil engineering. Bangladesh army, Bangladesh railway,

DIRD Engineering is the pioneer of geotechnical Bangladesh Water Development

Sustainability and the protection of the environment being CERTIFICATIONS
engineering in Bangladesh and introduced the use of Board, Chittagong Development
one of our major concerns, the factory will be fully compliant
geosynthetics in the country. DEL technical expertise and Authority, Local Government
with LEED certifications.
geotextile have been utilised in the construction of many Engineering division, Roads and

major national structures and infrastructure projects. Highways Department.

Dird Washing Plant Ltd.

DIRD Felt Ltd.
A highly rated washing plant with
DIRD Felt Ltd. is the largest non-woven
Dhaka a full range of washing capabilities
geotextile manufacturer and exporter
Washing plant garments catering to top factories in
wash
in Bangladesh.
25,000
pieces/day Bangladesh.
DIRD Felt Ltd (ISO Certified)
enzyme
2000 wash DIRD Washing Plant Ltd. was manufactures both polypropylene (PP)
20,000
All kinds of wet pieces/day established in 2000. It is a pioneering and polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
& dry process garment
& real dye washing plant that caters to top non-woven geotextiles. It serves both
366 garment dye. 14,400
pieces /day garment factories and has a full range the domestic and international market
of washing facilities. with a daily production capacity of 83

tons of non-woven geotextile fabric

CERTIFICATIONS
and a stitching capacity of 130,000

geo-bags per day.

Dird Felt in association with Dird Engineering provides a one- PRODUCTS OFFERED

stop solution including engineering design, material supply geo-textile

and execution for services such as: geobag

Softsoil stabilisation, embankment construction, vertical wall geotube

with geosynthetics, supply and installation of PVD, riverbank geocontainer.

and coastal erosion protection, slope protection, in addition PP and PET staple fibre

to non woven, geotextile supply, DFL is also the sole

CERTIFICATION
distributor of Huesker high strength / reinforced geotextiles,

woven geotubes, geogrids, geo membranes and clayliners.

AN ICONIC BUSINESS
WITH 25 ACRES
Bangladesh Material Testing OF BEAUTIFUL
Laboratory Ltd. FLOWERS GENERATING
ISO accredited material testing laboratory specialised in
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
AND ECONOMIC
testing construction materials.Dird introduced the use
DEVELOPMENT.
of geosynthetics in Bangladesh back in 1989 and was

AGRO
instrumental in the nationwide acceptance of this technology.

BMTL provides the most advanced laboratory facilities in

Bangladesh for testing geosythetics.

Dipta Orchids
Our goal is to safeguard the integrity of structures by utilising

our state-of-the-art testing facilities to provide independent, Dipta Orchids was launched in 2002 It has evolved into a beautiful eco-park

accurate and cost-effective testing services. as a passion project by the Dird Group and also generates rural employment
CERTIFICATION Chairman in a corner of his country and economic development in the

Ensuring the quality of construction material is imperative for house in Bhaluka, Mymensingh. area. Specialists are continuously

the functionality, safety and durability of these structures. working on tissue culture and
Over the years, the project has
Wide range of testing solutions in the field of Civil researching new and innovative ways
grown into the largest orchid farm
Engineering to improve the quality of our flowers.
in Bangladesh covering an area of
http://materialtestinglab.org
over 25 acres and growing a variety At present, 40-50% of the orchids

of orchid species along with different available on the Bangladesh market

flowering plants and other shrubs. are supplied by DIPTA Orchids Ltd.

Furthermore, the majority of the

DIPTA Orchids Ltd. cultivates different
high-end hotels in Bangladesh are
types of orchids, gerberas and other
decorated with Dipta Orchid flowers
ornamental plants.
and plants.
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