Times Of Swaziland: TWO TEXTILE FIRMS CREATE 1 100 JOBS

TWO TEXTILE FIRMS CREATE 1 100 JOBS
================================================================================
BY ANDILE NSIBANDE on 24/03/2017 03:11:00


NHLANGANO – Two textile factories are expected to establish a total of 1 100
jobs in Nhlangano.
One of the companies that have expanded its payroll impact to the economy of the
fast growing town is FTM Garment Factory which hired a total of 700 early this
month. This was after management realised the need to expand the company to the
current site of the Nhlangano Industrial Estate.
Closer to the newly established wing of FTM Garments is Juries Manufacturing,
which has also embarked on an incremental job creation and investment initiative
which will see a number of 400 new textile workers being hired.
Elmon Ndlovu, the Human Resources Manager at the company, said there was still a
long way to go and the factory was looking at expanding its production to
include other products which they previously did not manufacture.
Currently Juries is manufacturing chinos, short pants, denim jeans and pyjamas
but Ndlovu indicated that they were also exploring opportunities to expand on
the apparel they make in order to include other items like work gear.
He disclosed that their newly expanded wing sits on 1 200 square metres of land,
and that they were currently looking for people to operate sewing machines.
He said applicants must come to their premises at the Nhlangano Industrial
Estate with their relevant documentation.
Textile production in Nhlangano is becoming increasingly profitable for the
factories which have maintained their market in neighbouring South Africa, even
after the loss of AGOA a few years ago. The country started to get more
attention from the outside world after government couldn’t save several jobs
in the textile industry through its failure to meet AGOA benchmarks.