About
- A Family Tradition
- Company Overview
- Mission Statement
- Key Milestones
- Company Value
- Sustainability
A Family Tradition
Garment production and Trading in Textiles has been around a long time in the family of company founder and CO, Rodney Thanh.
From originally migrating over to Vietnam from China, Rodney’s family then arrived in Australia in 1979. Based in Victoria the family established a business providing sewing piece work for local designers, and so the beginning of the family’s Australian chapter in fashion had begun
Growing up surrounded by fabric and textile machines, it was no surprise that Rodney becamea designer himself, and quickly secured senior roles with some of Australia’s top fashion brands.
In 2008, with businesses moving off-shore, FASHION ENTERPRISE was launched in China, to service Australian clothing companies and source high quality production solutions.
COMPANY OVERVIEW
FASHION ENTERPRISE is a Vietnam based manufacturer specialising in the production of raw and dyed yarn, knitted and woven/denim fabrics and garments. We have teams in Vietnam and China who specialise in collobarating with Buyers and Brands on product design through to sampling and final bulk shipment.
Mission Statement
At FASHION ENTERPRISE our commitment is simple: we thrive to leave a long-lasting legacy of responsible supply chain management that harnesses tomorrow’s technology, ensuring we can deliver quality fashion manufacturing whilst maintaining seamless customer service and experience, across our operations.
Key Milestones
2008
Founded in Melbourne with the aim to help
Australian
fashion retailers and designers source quality apparel
manufacturing in China
2013 Relocated to Shanghai to better service customers, improve quality control and reduce development lead time.
2016 Dongguan’s Operation: We moved to Zhuhai to increase production capacity and be closer to raw material sources, which in turn greatly reduced production costs.
2019 Ho Chi Minh City Expansion: Vietnam is one of the world’s fastest growing economies, a strategic partner for Australia, and one of the largest import markets for Australian cotton. The countries textile industry has continuously grown at an average rate of 17 percent annually. Major factors driving industry growth are increasing textile exports derived from multilateral free trade agreements and low labor costs. In turn, there is a greater number of international brands and FDI’s focusing on establishing Vietnam supply chain solutions.
Company Value
CUSTOMER FIRST – We always make decisions with our clients first.
FLEXIBILITY – In a fast changing business landscape we pride ourselves in making efficient decisions to improve our manufacturing practice.
QUALITY – Always comes first.
ON TIME DELIVERY – With systems, processes and suppliers to facilitate the end-to-end delivery, we work hard to meet our target dates.
RESPECT – We respect our people and our environment. Not only do we pay above award wages, we also make sure our people work in a safe, clean and modern workplace
FASHION ENTERPRISE is able to deliver its core values through our people therefor we strive to continually improve systems and processes to better support them.
- We look to add value to the local industry
- Long term goals and planning for employees
- Compassion when dealing with all associated within our business
- Environmentally conscious in all aspects of manufacturing
- Social values across all cultures and countries of operation and supply
SUSTAINABILITY
REDUCE
WASTE – minimise fabric and paper waste as
much as
commercially possible.
UP-CYCLING – Donate all off-cut textiles to local craft
PAPER – minimise usage of paper, where paper is required it is recycled, FSC certified and printed with soy based inks
ON-SITE WATER RECYCLING –
GREEN SPACE – 20% Of the factory property is maintained as green space
COOLING – Factories are equipped with specialised water air conditioning systems that use less energy compared to conventional systems.
PARTNERSHIPS – Working with like minded manufacturers who also uphold high standards of sustainability and social responibility. Along with looking to suppliers at the start of the chain, such as Good Earth Cotton, to help support the Australian farming community and reduce our carbon footprint.