Los Angeles has long been the USA’s denim hub, but change has been slow to come to the established brands and factories in the region. However, the trend has started to change. Earlier, Pakistan’s denim manufacturer, Artistic Milliners, announced an investment in a Los Angeles manufacturing plant. Now, Saitex has also announced the opening of a new plant in Los Angeles.
Saitex company has installed the latest laser cutting, semi-automated sewing, robotic spraying, 3D laser detailing, and one-step wash machines connected to a state-of-the-art water recycling system in its new LA plant. It is also initiating an automated supply chain ecosystem using interconnected ordering and costing with shorter lead times. The use of a Cloud-based digital Platform as a Service (PaaS) system will allow a new approach to inventory management and “made to order” capabilities, sustainably and fast.
The current plant in Ho Chi Minh City, Saitex, produces an average of 18,000 pairs of jeans per day. With a $22 million recycling system on-site, water consumption for each pair of jeans has been dramatically reduced from 80 liters to just one. With a focus on removing any impact on the outside world, the entire facility in Vietnam is supported by renewable energy sources while minimizing all waste products or reinventing them into materials used to build orphanages in neighboring cities.
Sanjeev Bahl, CEO of Saitex, said, “Saitex USA is another step in our journey, providing an opportunity to bring sustainable manufacturing and jobs to the United States, a first step in re-evaluating and reinventing global supply chains.”
