Brandix, in Andhra Pradesh, is the largest textile park in the country. The workforce comprises mostly women from rural areas, with schooling between seventh and 10th grades. They are trained to manufacture products for international brands and labels. Out of the 18,000-strong workforce of Brandix, nearly 15,000 are women.
The park produces over two lakh pieces of intimate apparel a day. It was conceived by Brandix, Sri Lanka’s largest apparel exporter. It has a world-class infrastructure developed for textile and apparel exports. The unique, integrated apparel supply chain city is spread 1,000 acres and brings alive an avant garde fiber to store concept. It brings together world class apparel chain partners from the design table to consumer brands in flawless integration. It includes spinning, fabric manufacturing, apparel production, accessories, finishing to warehousing and logistics.
The park's integrated support services will include advanced ITC solutions, banks, recreational facilities, restaurants, a fully-fledged commercial complex, supermarkets, medical facilities with emergency services, security, hotels, residential facilities etc. Brandix India Apparel City is the only apparel-specific vertically integrated park to receive Special Economic Zone (SEZ) approval and one of the few to receive SEZ status in general. It is a designated duty free enclave and enjoys foreign territory status for trade operations, duties and tariffs.