Brandix

Brandix Apparel Limited is an apparel manufacturer headquartered in Sri Lanka.^[7][8] 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.^{[9][citation needed][dubious – discuss]}

Brandix Apparel Limited

Native name	බ්‍රැන්ඩික්ස්
Company type	Private
Industry	Manufacturing, fashion
Founded	1969; 56 years ago (1969) in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Founder	M. H. Omar [1]
Headquarters	Colombo , Sri Lanka
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Priyan Fernando (Chairman)[2] Ashroff Omar (CEO)
Products	Casualwear Intimatewear Sleep and loungewear Activewear [3]
Revenue	US$820 million (2020–21)[4]
Number of employees	60,000+[5]
Subsidiaries	Moose Clothing Company[6]
Website	brandix.com

History

Brandix was founded in Sri Lanka in 1969 with the assistance of Martin Trust, an American who is regarded as the father of the modern apparel industry in Sri Lanka.^[10] 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 and the branch of the Brandix firm secured the world's first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) platinum certification.^[11] The company is headquartered in Colombo and has domestic branches in Seeduwa, Mirigama, Batticaloa and Pannala

Brandix became the first apparel firm in the world to obtain the ISO ISO 50001 standard system certification scheme in 2011.^{[8][12][13][14]}

In June 2019, the Batticaloa branch became the first factory in the world to achieve Net Zero Carbon status.^{[15][16][17][18]}

Brandix Lanka Group received the Exporter of the Year Award at the 2018/19 National Export Awards from the Export Development Board.^[19] Ashroff Omar is the company's CEO.^[19]

Moose Clothing Company

Moose Clothing Company, which was established in 2018, is a subsidiary of Brandix Lanka Limited.^[20] Moose Clothing became a co-sponsor of South African cricket tour of Sri Lanka in 2018.^[21] In 2023, the company entered into the Singaporean market when it signed an agreement with Mustafa Centre.^[22]