Ha-Meem GroupHa-Meem Group
Long rows of looms weaving indigo denim

From fibre to finish.Made in Bangladesh.

Denim weaving — Mawna, Gazipur

Founded in 1984

Ha-Meem Group is one of Bangladesh's largest vertically integrated apparel manufacturers. From our own yarn and denim to sewing, washing, trims and shipping, we make bottoms, tops, denim and sweaters for the world's leading retailers.

1984
 
Founded as one garment factory in Dhaka
26*
factories
Garment factories in six locations
300
lines
Woven production lines
120M
garments / year
Readymade garments, infant to adult
142M
pcs washed / year
Across seven laundries, 120 laser machines
75,000+
people
Working across the group

Where we are

From Dhaka to the world.

Every factory sits within an hour of Dhaka, with sourcing offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Around ninety-five percent of what we make ships to the United States, the rest to Europe and Japan.

Head office in Dhaka. 26 factories, mills and laundries around Gazipur, Ashulia and Tangail. A tea estate in Moulvibazar.

  • Bangladesh
  • Sourcing offices
  • Export markets

Our buyers

Retailers and brands we manufacture for.*

  • gap
  • hm
  • zara
  • pvh
  • kohls
  • jcpenney
  • next
  • mango
  • american eagle
  • abercrombie
  • tommy
  • esprit
  • lindex
  • vf
  • napapijri
  • tom tailor
  • reitmans
  • oshkosh
  • levis
  • calvin klein
  • lee
  • carters
  • dickies
  • banana republic
Hi-fashion denim with critical washes, laser finish and 3D whisker

What we make

Bottoms, tops, denim and sweaters.

Seventy percent bottoms, thirty percent tops, half of it denim, sized from infant to adult.

Vertical integration

Six steps, all ours.

From yarn to the vessel, every step happens inside the group. Ahead of the line, 250 merchandisers and a 500-machine sample room turn a brief into a counter sample within days.

  1. Step 01 of 6

    Spinning

    Cotton becomes yarn in our own spinning mills at Mawna, with rotor spinning and yarn dyeing added since.

    100 MTyarn spun a day

  2. Step 02 of 6

    Weaving & dyeing

    Ha-Meem Denim runs rope and slasher dyeing with 220 Picanol looms. Ha-Meem Textiles weaves non-denim fabric beside it.

    5.5M yddenim a month

  3. Step 03 of 6

    Cutting & sewing

    Automatic spreading and cutting, then 300 sewing lines across Ashulia, Tongi, Kaliganj, Savar and Mirzapur.

    120Mgarments a year

  4. Step 04 of 6

    Washing & finishing

    Seven laundries: ozone, laser, PP spray, over-dye, dip-dye and 3D whisker, with dry process on every plant.

    142Mpieces a year

  5. Step 05 of 6

    Trims & packaging

    Labels, elastic, twill tape, buttons, zips and hangers made in-house, then export cartons and poly bags from our own plants.

    3.5Mlabels a month

  6. Step 06 of 6

    Shipping

    Our own transport fleet and clearing and forwarding offices at every Bangladeshi port move goods from factory gate to vessel.

    Everyport, own C&F

Recognition

Judged by the people who buy from us.

Two national export trophies in a row, and quality and technical awards from the retailers whose audits we pass every season.

  1. 2023

    National Export Trophy

    Government of Bangladesh · Refat Garments, FY2020-21

  2. 2022

    National Export Trophy

    Government of Bangladesh · Refat Garments

  3. 2011

    Technical Design Certification

    Kohl's

  4. 2010

    Strategic Quality Assurance, Annual Winner

    Kohl's

  5. 2009

    Technical Performance Award

    JCPenney

Certified*

  • GOTSGlobal Organic Textile Standard
  • OCSOrganic Content Standard
  • GRSGlobal Recycled Standard
  • RCSRecycled Claim Standard
  • OEKO-TEXStandard 100
Ha-Meem Textiles at Mawna, its balconies planted with bougainvillea

Sustainability

Cleaner water. Cleaner power.
Measured.

Our mills treat effluent biologically, recover process chemicals and put solar on factory roofs, working toward net-zero by 2050.

15MW
Rooftop solar installed across factories
63%
Of process water recycled
400m³ / hour
Biological effluent treatment with MBR membrane, Mawna
70–80%
Caustic soda recovered and reused in fabric processing

People

More than 50,000 people.*

Most joined as machine operators. The group founded three schools for their children, funds scholarships, and runs a higher-education pathway with the Asian University for Women called Dreams Beyond the Factory Floor.

A knitting technician programming a Stoll flat-knitting machine

Newsroom

Latest from the group.

Links open the original report

Work with us

Sourcing from Bangladesh?

One partner from yarn to vessel. Tell us what you make and we will tell you where it fits.