Brandix Apparel Limited is an apparel manufacturer headquartered in Sri Lanka. The company has branches in the United States of America, United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Mauritius, and the Cayman Islands. It is the single largest employer in Sri Lanka's export sector and the highest foreign exchange earning company.

History

Brandix was founded in Sri Lanka in 1969 with the assistance of

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, an American who is regarded as the father of the modern apparel industry in Sri Lanka. The company began operations in 1972 as a conglomerate which was formally a part of Omar Group. The business was incorporated as a private limited company in 2002 under the Companies Act No 7 of 2007 as Brandix Pvt Ltd. In 2008, the firm opened a branch in

Seeduwa Seeduwa (/sīðuvə/; Sinhalese language, Sinhalese: සීදුව ''Seeduwa'' pronounced īðuvə Tamil language, Tamil: சீதுவை ''Seeduwai'' pronounced ītuvai is a suburb of Negombo, in Katana Divisional Secretariat, We ...

and the branch of the Brandix firm secured the world's first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) platinum certification. The company is headquartered in

Colombo Colombo, ( ; , ; , ), is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. The Colombo metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 within the municipal limits. It is the ...

and has domestic branches in

Mirigama Mirigama (also spelled Meerigama) (; ) is a suburb in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. It is located from Colombo, from Kurunegala and from Negombo. Mirigama is the hometown of Sri Lanka's first Prime Minister, D. S. Senanayake and former speake ...

Batticaloa Batticaloa (, ''Maṭṭakkaḷappu'', ; , ''Maḍakalapuwa'', ) is a major city in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, and its former capital. It is the administrative capital of the Batticaloa District. The city is the seat of the Eastern Univers ...

and Pannala Brandix became the first apparel firm in the world to obtain the

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standard system certification scheme in 2011. In June 2019, the Batticaloa branch became the first factory in the world to achieve Net Zero Carbon status. Brandix Lanka Group received the Exporter of the Year Award at the 2018/19 National Export Awards from the Export Development Board. Ashroff Omar is the company's CEO.

Moose Clothing Company

Moose Clothing Company, which was established in 2018, is a subsidiary of Brandix Lanka Limited. Moose Clothing became a co-sponsor of South African cricket tour of Sri Lanka in 2018. In 2023, the company entered into the Singaporean market when it signed an agreement with Mustafa Centre.

Fortude

Established in 2012 as Brandix i3, Fortude was rebranded in 2017. The company operates as a subsidiary of Brandix Lanka Limited, providing enterprise technology software and consulting.

References

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