Representatives from the company Hanesbrands have stated that the company will be investing $5 million in expansion of a plant located in San Juan Opico, department of La Libertad.
Currently the plant manufactures around 860 tons of fabric per week and the extension consists of the incorporation of new machinery and technology for the process of dyeing finished garments, with which they intend to venture into new markets.
The textile firm Hanes Brands has announced the construction of a power plant based on Kingras, capable of generating between 2.5 MW and 5.5 MW.
Representatives from Hanes Brands in El Salvador indicated that the purpose of the investment is "... to reduce energy demand and reduce costs. It has been estimated that the installed capacity will allow for a self-sufficiency energy level of 60% for making textiles. "
After 16 years of operating in the country, the multinational corporation inaugurated its sixth facility, called “El Salvador Sew”.
Located in San Juan Opico, the company’s new facilities are capable of outputting 60.000 dozen sports outfits a month. Its production will be entirely shipped to the United States.
“El Salvador Sew will employ 1.300 people by the end of the year.
The apparel company plans to increase its workforce in 2.200 in 2010.
Teddy Mendoza, CSR manager, commented that they expect to employ 10.000 by year end, as their operations increase.
“Parallel to its growth plans, the company has focused on protecting the environment, as apparel production consumes a large number of coloring chemicals, which contaminate water”, reported Laprensagrafica.com.
Textile company Hanesbrands expects to hire three thousand employees in the following months.
Edwin Zamora, vicepresident of Operations, explained that "this new three thousand positions are needed for growing requirements in our already installed facilities".
"Hanesbrand developed a strategy for handling the crisis and anticipating its effects. It realigned its supply chain and decided to close operations in markets where they were losing competitiveness, in order to open more efficient and integrated operations", detailed journalist Kriscia Recinos, in her article in newspaper El Mundo.