With a production capacity of over 50 million pieces per year, S.P. Apparels Ltd. (SPAL) is a leading manufacturer and exporter of knitted garments for infants and children. With over two decades of experience and an integrated manufacturing set-up, S.P. Apparels has been firmly ingrained into the apparel industry as a reputed, reliable name. Based in Tamil Nadu, the company has 23 manufacturing units in and around Avinashi.
S.P. Apparels is equipped with a wide range of infrastructure and machinery at its facilities for production of yarn, knitting, dyeing of fabric, sewing, cutting, printing, embroidery and finishing of garments. This enables the company to extend timely service to customers with multiple bulk orders. The company also meets the growing requirements of leading global childrenwear retailers like Tesco, ASDA, Primark, Mother Care and Dunnes Stores.
S.P. Apparels is expanding yarn capacity to source all yarn requirements internally and have established a knitting facility to reduce third-party dependence for manufacturing. The company has installed 19 knitting machines and 300 sewing machines, which are up and running. The company is continuing to invest towards vertical manufacturing capacity expansion and cost reduction projects to support growth and enhance its competitive positioning.
SPAL has integrated its overall backward manufacturing capacity by expansion of the spinning facility from 16,896 spindles to 22,272 spindles.
SPAL has invested heavily in equipping facilities with the latest, specialised infrastructure and technology and in modern manufacturing facilities. It has implemented and installed the Eton conveyor production system for automating the sewing assembly line, automatic assembly line, advanced semi-automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) for efficient warehouse / inventory management and the Orgatex software system for automation of the processes related to dyeing.