PVH
‘‘We are targeting East Africa to represent in five years 25% of our production. To put that into perspective Asia, led by China, Bangladesh and India, represent about 75% of our production today. We would like to diversify that and move a third of that production overtime into East Africa, and really use that as a base. We believe it will give us a competitive advantage if it is built appropriately; it will give us speed to market capability that doesn’t exist in Asia today.”
Manny Chirico, the CEO of PVH, in an interview with CNN, Marketplace Africa
“We firmly believe that Ethiopia has all the ingredients to be a future star in the apparel supply chain. The Hawassa Industrial Park in collaboration with Phillip Van Heusen has been planned very meticulously and we are immensely grateful to all involved. We look forward to Ethiopia being our newest hub and it will be our endeavor to set up a world class manufacturing organization while creating employment for thousands of people. We thank the Ethiopian government for all their efforts.”
VICE PRESEDENT BEST INTERNATIONAL GARMENTS PLC
Ms. Akiko Seyoum
“Ethiopia Is the Most Untapped Market in the World that any Potential Investor can't afford to ignore it”