Triumph to set up manufacturing facility in Chennai

MUMBAI: Switzerland-based international lingerie brand Triumph International is all set to start its factory on a 5,60,000 sq ft area in Chennai from the first quarter of 2008.

"The factory is under construction and will be completed by beginning of the next year," Triumph International Europe's General Manager Jan Rosenberg told on Saturday at a press conference here.

The products from the factory will be used for both domestic sales and exports, he said.

"The prices of lingerie products will become competent once we roll out manufacturing from India," he added.
   
However, the fabric for the products will be imported since India doesn't have the quality of material needed.

"Several thousand people will be employed and the capacity would be in double digit million numbers," he said.

The USD 2.6-billion Triumph has 2,000 factories worldwide.

"We have plans to have retail outlets under our own brand name but due to prevailing FDI norms we are not able to do so," he added.

The company is launching around 67 styles from its global range.

"We are also exploring and conducting research on the market and trying to bring out designs and styles apt for Indian women," he said.