New BoI venture making high end shirts

At a time when garments are often mass-produced to meet the high demand of consumers, a new company, Tailor Store International (Pvt) Ltd stands out by manufacturing goods for a selective and discerning clientele. This company, Tailor Store Private (Ltd) opened a State-of-the-Art factory under the Nipayun Sri Lanka Programme of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka on September 29 at Alawwa.

Customers for these high-end shirts can order them online, indicating details such as neck size, length of sleeves in addition to their choice of cloth, buttons, and thread. The shirts made by the company are therefore custom manufactured. They are exported to the Swedish and European markets.

The company itself is both local and foreign owned. They are sold from a distribution center in Sweden. This new project represents an investment of Rs. 54 million and will create 250 job opportunities in the area.

The opening was well attended and included Minister of Labour Relations and Human Resources Athauda Seneviratne,, Minister of Investment Promotion, Navin Dissanayake Minister of Enterprise Development, Mano Wijeratne the Charge d' Affaires of Sweden to Sri Lanka Borje Mattson, Tailor Store International (Pvt) Ltd Managing Director, Jan Hojman with Swedish partners from Tailor Store of Sweden, senior BOI officials, and People's Bank Officials. Chairman of Tailor Store International (Pvt) Ltd, Nalin Pathirana and the Staff and other key business partners, were also present.