QUALITY, PRODUCTIVITY AND ECO-FRIENDLY SYSTEMS
Glo-Djigbe Industrial Zone (GDIZ) Textile Park is an ambitious, state-of-the-art textile park with quality, productivity, and eco-friendly systems generating low carbon footprints. It is where your vision of business growth will be supported by various important factors, such as location, connectivity to roadways, seaport, airport, proximity to the local, US & EU market and readily available sustainable cotton. These factors will not only help save costs of operations but also advance your business growth exceedingly.
GDIZ Textile Park is looking forward to welcome investors, while representing an important opportunity for worldwide textile companies to make their production in Benin Africa.
Roadways
Seaport
Airport
Local Market
Sustainable Cotton
ABOUT GDIZ TEXTILE PARK
GDIZ Textile Park is a vertically integrated industrial zone, encompassing right from spinning to garmenting. It is well equipped with best of the infrastructure, advanced technology, efficient machineries, waste-water plant, and other basic amenities that will shape and spur a rapid growth of the textile industry in Benin.
GDIZ Textile Park has the capability to host big and small integrated as well as standalone units with its adequately shaped land parcels accompanied by high-quality infrastructure.
Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone (GDIZ) is developed by ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms (ARISE IIP) in partnership with the Republic of Benin.
Benin is the largest producer of cotton in Africa with volumes exceeding 300,000 MT annually. It is ranked at 9th globally in 2020/2021 (Source: Statista) and GDIZ aims to leverage this opportunity complying Beninese government’s ambitious plans to accelerate cotton transformation and skyrocket the textile business.
GDIZ offers an ecosystem equipped with the infrastructure, human resources, and facilities to support and nurture every stage of the cotton value chain.
GDIZ covers a total of 1640 hectares, planned to be developed in three phases:
Phase I
400 Ha
Phase II
400 Ha
Phase III
840 Ha
GDIZ TEXTILE PARK OVERVIEW
GDIZ initiated the cotton transformation process. In the first phase of the Zone, it is planned to transform 40,000 tons of lint cotton annually, comprising three integrated factories with the capacities specified below :
BTEX is a state-of-the-art vertical integrated plant for home textiles (Bed & Bath products), spread over an area of 16.5 Ha. The plant is equipped with around 48,768 ring spindles and 2,000 rotors for producing 17,500 tons of yarn annually in the range of Ne 12s to Ne 40s.
It produces 9,100 tons of towels and over 13.5 million meters of sheeting fabrics annually, in its state-of-the art facility in Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone (GDIZ), with CMiA certified cotton.
Production data:
- Towels 16 m pcs p.a.
- Bedlinen 3.6 m sets p.a
- Bottom Weights 2.1 m sets p.a
- Shirts 2.1 m sets p.a
BTC, the integrated knitting unit includes ‘spinning, knitting, dyeing, finishing and garmenting process’ for manufacturing an impressive range of knitted apparels made with variety of carded and combed cotton yarns. This factory is equipped with 33,000 spindles for producing combed hosiery/knit yarn of approx. 7,000 tons annually.
Products produced: Round neck T-shirts, Polo T-shirts, Leggings, Nightwear and Undergarments
Production data:
- Round Neck T-shirts 6.3 m p.a.
- Polo Neck T-shirts 6.3 m p.a.
- Undergarments 6.3 m p.a.
- Nightwear 4.2 m p.a.
- Leggings 4.2 m p.a.
STB, the integrated knitting unit manufactures round neck T-shirts and Polo T-shirts. This factory is equipped with 33,000 spindles for producing combed hosiery/knit yarn of approx. 7,000 tons annually.
Production data:
- Round Neck T-shirts 10.5 m p.a.
- Polo Neck T-shirts 10.5 m p.a.
OUR PRODUCTS
Towels
Embroidery towels
Bed linen
Printed bed linen
T-shirts
Jackets
Hoodies
Sleepwear
Bottoms
Sportswear
OUR PARTNERS
We have formed strategic partnerships with global businesses including Kiabi (France), The Children’s Place (USA), U.S. POLO (USA) and are currently onboarding many more, including well-known brands.
All current or potential business partners are invited to inspect our state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and confirm that our practices meet their expectations. With ARISE IIP, investments are in safe and experienced hands.
SKILL & ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Garment Training Center (GTC)
The objective of the GTC is to serve as a ‘base-building’ cum ‘skilled manpower ramp-up’ facility for a population that is newly adopting the industrial working environment.
- Two GTCs are operating in GDIZ.
- Each GTC is equipped with 350 sewing machines.
- Both GTCs are operational.
- Approx. 1,500 trainees in the two GTCs
- 7.5 m. pieces p.a. in two GTCs
Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (EDS)
The project has successfully commenced to develop startups in the standalone apparel manufacturing sector within GDIZ Textile Park. The following investors have begun their activities :
- Novarea: Capacity of 250 sewing machines for knit apparel manufacturing.
- KVS Garments: Capacity of 400 sewing machines for knit apparel manufacturing.
- AFRITEX: Capacity of 360 sewing machines.
- BENIN TEX: (Concorde Ventures Corporation): Planned capacity of 3600 sewing machines in two phases
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
AT GDIZ TEXTILE PARK
Spinning
- Ring spinning
- Rotor spinning
- Vortex spinning
Weaving
- Air jet
- Water jet
- Projectile
- Rapier
Knitting
- Circular knitting
- Flat knitting
Processing
- Preparatory, dyeing, printing & finishing plant can be set-up based on the type of fabric (knitted or woven) & raw material (cotton, polyester, viscose etc.)
Garmenting / made-ups
- Knit apparels
- Woven apparels
- Home textiles & made-ups
- Denim apparels
WHY INVEST IN GDIZ TEXTILE PARK
SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES
- Shared sustainability targets and code of conduct across the GDIZ Textile Park.
- 100% Sustainably sourced cotton under the Cotton Made in Africa (CMiA) initiative.
- Solar energy generation on-site and natural gas fueled plants.
- Steering sustainable development goals by 2023.
- FibreTrace traceability platform providing transparency across value chain.
- 90-95% Water reused with water treatment facility (zero liquid discharge).
- Electric and gas operated vehicle fleet.
- Circular textiles & waste management by complying to Global Recycle Standard (GRS).
- Controlled use of chemicals and its discharge by complying to Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC).
- Fostering labor rights and empowering women. Skilling people by establishing Vocational Training Center (VTC).
- Reporting transparency in human rights & environmental policies, operations & supply chains practices.
- Assessing product life cycle and offsetting carbon footprints by partnering with CO2logic.
Advantages of investing in GDIZ
Customs Duties & Taxes
- Exemption from all Customs Duties and Taxes while importing machinery equipment, raw materials, office supplies, and other capital goods.
- Simplified procedure transferring imported goods to GDIZ.
Tax system
- Exemption from all Taxes: Corporate Taxes, Dividend Taxes, Value Addition Taxes (VAT), Capital Gains Tax. Contribution on built and underdeveloped buildings / properties.
- Refund of VAT credits within 30 days.
Withholding Tax
- 100% Exemption on the withholding Tax on all payments (local & international).
Other exemptions
- 100% Exemption on contract registration / transfer, levies.
Investor freedom
- Freedom to repatriate income.
- Freedom to distribute dividends.
- Freedom to sale in Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) up to 35%.
- Freedom of funds transfer through approved financial institutions.
