The Faisalabad Garment City is 2nd of the three garment cities to be set up in the country, is located in the Value Addition City and is being established by the Federal Government through funding from the Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) under the management of a company comprising public and private sector nominees on it's Board of Directors.
Under the project, 8 factory units are to be constructed on 38.9 acres of land. In the first phase, work on 2 factory units and miscellaneous buildings such as Administration Block, Auditorium, women facility block, first Aid center, bank, business center, mosque, etc covering about 403243 square feet would be completed.
THE CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED AND WOULD BE COMPLETED BY 2008. THE GOVERNMENT HAS APPROVED RS. 498.82 MILLION FOR THE PHASE-1, UNITS AS FOLLOWS:
-- Category A.
-- Basement + 5 Stories
-- Covered Area = 224213 Sft
-- Category B
-- Basement + 5 stories
-- Covered area = 129800 Sqft
-- Office Block and Miscellaneous Buildings.
-- Covered area = 49140 Sqft
The factories are being constructed according to the international standards of social compliance. Common facilities include training center, testing laboratories, women facility block, children day care center, warehouse, executive offices, auditorium, display center, guest house, first aid centre, security system, cafeteria, public toilets, bank, business centre, fire fighting works, fire alarm system, parking etc, services provided by the management include employment/Recruitment for labour, garbage collection janitor. The training institute will start its courses before actual production facilities are launched to enable manufacturers to utilise the trained workers.
All courses offered would be accordingly equipped. It is expected that after completion of phase-1, about 9000 jobs would be generated. In Phase 2 & 3 Labour Colonies would also be constructed to facilitate specially women workers.
The entire project aims to generate about 20000 jobs with total factory space exceeding 1416000 Sqft. Garment cities are clusters of stitching and sewing units grouped together to produce specialisation garments for exports and provide an opportunity to small and medium entrepreneurs to develop value added clothing and accessories. The stitching units may operate under one roof, or in one locality sharing common facilities such as training centre, testing laboratories, ware houses, transport and logistic services, etc.
The concept of garment cities is a departure from the vertically integrated supply chain to horizontal manufacturing structures required by fast changing fashions and designer lines. Garment cities slice the value chain, including specialisation and volumes enterprises.
The marketing process is facilitated by the cluster methodology with replicates economics of scale through voluntary associations and export consortia. In Pakistan the Garment Cities in Faisalabad, Lahore and Karachi would give a new lease of life to garment export and attract manufacturers who do not wish be bogged down by the large production system and management constraints of vertically integrated manufacturing units.
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