PENFABRIC Facility

PENFABRIC is the single largest, advanced textile manufacturer in the region. Established in 1973, its 2 mills undertake weaving, dyeing, printing, and finishing operations to produce grey fabrics, finished fabrics in piece dye, printed fabrics, and yarn-dyed (gingham). Ingenuity, technical expertise, and state-of-the-art machinery drive PENFABRIC to be the best textile company, supplying customized finished fabrics to top apparel manufacturers worldwide.

PENFABRIC is the single largest, advanced textile manufacturer in the region. Established in 1973, its 2 mills undertake weaving, dyeing, printing, and finishing operations to produce grey fabrics, finished fabrics in piece dye, printed fabrics, and yarn-dyed (gingham). Ingenuity, technical expertise, and state-of-the-art machinery drive PENFABRIC to be the best textile company, supplying customized finished fabrics to top apparel manufacturers worldwide.

PENFABRIC Head Office & Factory is the single largest advanced, integrated finishing processor for grey fabrics in the region. The customized finished fabrics are exported to international apparel manufacturers.

At PENFABRIC Mill 2, yarn is woven into customized mixed blended grey fabrics for shirting, suiting, workwear, sports, and ladies' fashion wear. The fabrics are further processed in PENFABRIC Head Office & Factory, mainly for exports all over the world.

Notable Achievements

01
1994
Certified ISO 9001: Quality Management System
02
Certified Oekotex Standard 100
1996
03
1996
Certified Customer Accreditation - Marks & Spencer
04
Certified ISO 14001: Environmental Management System
2005
05
2012
Certified Customer Accreditation - UNIQLO
06
Certified Customer Accreditation - JCPenney
2013
07
2013
Certified Customer Accreditation - PVH (Phillips-Van Heusen)
08
Certified Oekotex STEP
2015
09
2015
Certified Made In Green Tag
10
Certified Higg Index
2016
11
2018
Certified PBA Aquasave
12
Certified Recycled Polyester (RCS)
2019
13
2019
Certified Penang Green Office
14
Certified with Recycled Claim Standard (RCS)
2020
OEKO-TEX GREEN
Made In Green

Major Projects

01
1980
Started to operate PVA Recovery Plant
02
Opened Aquarium
2012
03
2014
Purchased T810 210cm looms for wider width grey
04
Toyota TTCS (online monitoring loom system)
2014
05
2015
Launched Digital Manufacturing System (DMS) - Weaving Production
06
Opened MOM Room
2016
07
2016
Automation Project - Finishing Grey Roll Stocker
08
Automation Project - Warping & Sizing Beam Stocker
2017
09
2017
Started to use Green Energy Co-generation of Electricity and Steam
10
New QC Laboratory Opening Ceremony
2018
11
2018
Life Cycle Perspective of PENFABRIC Wastewater Sludge
12
Product development using recycled resource (PET bottles)
2019
13
2020
Started to operate Caustic Recovery Plant, Installation of Solar Panels at Car Park for Green Solar Energy
14
Material movement control by RFID system
2020
15
2021
Solar Panel installation (energy saving 6.6% from total electricity consumption)
16
Started to operate Steam Turbine Generator in Boiler
2021
17
2023
Phased out C6 to C0 chemicals due to Hazardous effect
18
Launched Fluorine-free finish, ECO Release & ECO Shield
2023
19
2024
Launched EVOTRUTH® items

GREEN ENERGY
CO-GENERATION 2017

Green Energy Plant

R&D Initiatives and Innovations

Active Kleen
01
2011
Active Kleen Finish, Air Soft Finish
Cordura Nyco
02
Cordura Nyco
2014
Warp Yarn
03
2014
3 Warp Yarn, Double Face Fabric
Laminated Fabric
04
Laminated Fabric
2015
Waterproof
05
2017
UV Cut function, 4 Ways (Bi Stretch) item, Waterproof & Breathability item by lamination, Stay Fresh item
recycled PET
06
Produced flex collar shirt, high density item, Grey by using recycled PET bottles
2022
Produced Gigadul item
07
2022
Produced Anti See-through Fabric
ECO Release, ECO Shield
08
ECO Release, ECO Shield
2023
air cool
09
2023
Produced air cool item
EVOTRUTH
10
Development of EVOTRUTH® items such as EVOTRUTH® Comfort (Air Cool items). EVOTRUTH® White, etc
2023-2024