Potential Factories Profile for Installation of ETP

Company Name Knit Asia Limited. (Unit-2)

BGMEA Reg. No. 3054
Factory Type Knit Dyeing
Factory Owners Name A. Matin Chowdhury, Managing Director.
Year of Establishment Established in 1999.
Total Number of Employees Over 5000 people
Factory Location Ward # 9, Holding # F-22/1, Shafipur, Ratanpur Road.
Head Office Location 117/A, Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka 1208, Bangladesh.
Contact information Head Office: +8809612-111177
Factory: +88 068 2555172
Email: info@newasiabd.com
Web: https://newasiabd.com/knit-asia-ltd/
Concern Factory Knit Asia Ltd.; JM Fabrics Ltd.; Rahim Textile Mills Ltd.; Salek
Textile Ltd.; Malek Spinning Mills Ltd.; Aurum Sweater Ltd.
Factory Description Established in 1999, Knit Asia Ltd. commenced operations
with a solitary garment manufacturing unit in Ashulia, Shofipur,
and Ratanpur. It specializes in manufacturing conventional
RMG units with the versatility of fabric and functionality of
vertically integrated printing and embroidery, It accumulates
with full traceability from rm to finished product for diversified
product ranges. As our operations are 100% vertical, which
means we start from spinning all the way to finished garments,
including printing and embroidery, and various
embellishments.
Production capabilities Fabric Dyeing capacity: 30 tons/day
Knitting production capacity: 25 tons/day.
Certifications and LEED-Certified Green Garment Factory, WRAP, BSCI, CT
accreditations/ Compliance PAT, GOTS, OEKO-TEX, OCS, Wal-Mart – Yellow
status Certification, Environmental & Chemical Policy (ECP)
certification by M&S, ACCORD, ALLIANCE, Best award on
Waste Water Management from DECATHLON.
Environmental and social We take great pride in carefully selecting and supporting
responsibility policies initiatives that we believe will help improve the overall
socioeconomic status of Bangladesh
Major clients or customers Next, Zara, Decathlon, American Eagle, Eddie Bauer, etc.
Amount & type of waste 187 m³/hr. of Knit Dyeing per day
produced daily
Date of introduction with 1st June 2023
BRAC
MEETING AGENDA and NOTES

Prepared by: Nazmus Shakib

Date: 17/08/2023
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (BD time)

Title of Meeting: Meeting with Knit Asia Limited. (Unit-2)

Attendees:
BRAC: Khadiza Ahmed; Nazmus Shakib; Sadiq Rahman
Knit Asia Limited. (Unit-2): Md. Saifur Rahman, Senior Manager; Md. Mamun, Assistant Engr. ETP,
WTP & Lab.

Purpose
To discuss the project objective and ETP installation
Proposed Agenda
 Brief discussion of the project
 Discussion on factories and present status of ETP
 Visit the existing ETP
Details:

Meeting Discussion Points:

1. BRAC WASH Background followed by project brief shared with focus specific objective related
to the need for Effluent treatment in the factories.
2. Discuss BRAC's facilitation facilities, from commercial partners and green financing through
financial institutes.
3. Knit Asia Limited. operations are 100% vertical, which means we start from spinning all the way
to finished garments, including printing and embroidery, and various embellishments.
4. The factory management discussed the factory and the present status of ETP and the current
ETP capacity is 170 m3/hr.
5. Next, Zara, Decathlon, American Eagle, and Eddie Bauer are their major buyers of Knit Asia
Limited.
Action points:
1. They expressed interest in a solution to increase the current ETPs capacity 170 m 3/hr. to 600
m3/hr.
2. Factory management has shown interest and has a plan to go into Zero Liquid Discharge.
3. Aamra Resource will communicate with the factory and arrange an exposure visit and they
agreed on the same.
4. Aamra Resource will visit the factory and submit the proposal as per the factory’s requirements.