Mila Fashion inks agreement with BoI to build modern garment factory at Welioya

BOI certificate of registrations presented to Hemantha Yatawara (Appointed Director), Mila Fashion, by Sanjaya Mohottala, Chairman BOI. Pasan Wanigasekara, DG,BOI (on the left), and Saleem Mohamed, Group Consultant, Mila Fashion (on the right)

Mila Fashion (part of the Design Studio Group) has entered into an agreement with the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka to build a brand-new apparel manufacturing plant in Welioya. The agreement was signed by Chairman of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka, Sanjaya Mohottala, and Director of Mila Fashion, Hemantha Yatawara.

Since its inception in 2009, the group has established itself as the supplier of choice for high street retailers in the UK and Europe, including Primark, ASDA, Sainsbury’s, ASOS, Next and River Island, from its network of factories in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

The Design Studio group provides employment to over 2,000 in Pandulagama (Anuradhapura) and Etawa (Kurunegala) and this new venture will create an additional 1200 jobs. The project, staggered across two phases, is a USD 3 million investment with state-of-the-art machinery, automation and technology.