Hayleys Fabrics Aquires Sri Lankan circular knitter, South Asia Textiles Limited
Hayleys Fabrics, a subsidiary of Hayleys group has bought a 98.84 percent stake in Sri Lankan circular knitter, South Asia Textiles Limited. The 3.953 billion rupees (US$28 million) deal includes a 97.68 percent stake from publicly traded Ambeon Holdings Limited and a further 1.16 percent from a minority shareholder.

Over the last few years, South Asia Textile has embarked on an overhaul of its machinery portfolio with an investment of more than Rs 1 billion (around US$7 million) which included the latest knitting technology from Italy's Santoni and Singapore's Unitex. The investment also included new printing machines and finishing equipment from Stork, Santex, and Fong's.

The company currently produces around 800,000kg of fabric per month including dyed fabric, printed fabric, and brushed /suede fabric of yarn-dyed fabric. Fabric types include 100% cotton, 100% polyester, cotton/polyester blends and spandex.

At the moment, the plant operates 115 circular and eight flat knitting machines with about 60 percent double jersey machines and the remainder single jersey.

With customers that include a number of the world's leading brands, such as Victoria's Secret PINK, Next, Marks & Spencer, PVH/Calvin Klein and Columbia Sportswear, Hayley's will use the acquisition to expand its exports of higher value-added fabric.

Srinivasan Perumal is the Chief Marketing Officer at KnitBrain International Pvt Ltd and loves helping source, merchandising, and launch new fashion clothing lines for the fashion brands and clients.

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