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LOCATION – CHOLOMA AREA

Located in Honduras with 1,500 employees, producing 1.7 million pounds per week, expanding to 2.5 million pounds a week.

ELCATEX MILL Vertically Integrated

OUR CUSTOMERS

Basic and performance fabrics based on current market trends such as:

• Basic & performance Tees
• Sportswear Tees
• Tech Polos
• Mesh Tees & A-shirts
• Athletic boxer briefs
• Leggings
• Supplex

SAN JUAN TEXTILES

SAN JUAN TEXTILES is a performance fabrics oriented mill that will also produce tubular knit fabrics. This new facility is projected to start operations 1Q 2019

• Stretch Cotton, Synthetics & Compression fabrics: 10M yd/month
• Tubular knit fabrics: 7M lb/month

Produces tees, fleece and underwear up to 4 million garments per month State of the art facility focuses

• n basic tees up to 4.8 million

per month

WHOLLY OWNED SEWING PLANTS

Starting Q1 to produce syntethics and light weight fabrics. This plant will also produce the retail programs with DC incorporated

Elcatex Group is already generating its

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electricity using renewable biomass. This project has been undertaken with support from CABEI.

ENERGY PROJECTS

The project consists of treating residual water (extracted from king grass) right through an anaerobic process (zero

• xygenation) to generate biogas.

The generation capacity is approximately 5 MW in addition

• f the power biomass project.

Project consist on the utilization

• f

ZipT ex Rooftops for the generation

• f

7.4 MW

• f

renewable energy. Largest Photovoltaic Project on rooftops in Latin America.

The services provided by Industrial Parks are:

▪ 24 hour perimeter security ▪ Garbage collection ▪ Bank services ▪ Maintenance of park grounds ▪ Street lighting ▪ Fire hydrant system ▪ Customs ▪ Potable water ▪ Assistance recruitment of labor ▪ Recreational Facilities ▪ Waste water treatment plant ▪ Clinic Service (Ambulance Service) ▪ Others (Optional services a/c maintenance, compressed air, electromechanical installation)

INDUSTRIAL PARKS

SAN JUAN INNOVATION PARK

STATE OF THE ART INDUSTRIAL PARK DESIGNED WITH THE HIGHEST QUALITY STANDARDS, ULTIMATE TECHNOLOGY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

SOLAR PANELS INSTALLED ON BUILDINGS ROOFS COMFORT & RECREATIONAL SPACES

UNITED TEXTILES OF AMERICA - UNITEXA

New synthetic yarn production plant with a total investment of $73 million able to produce 30K tons per year of synthetic fibers such as polyester and nylon, will be ready to start production by second half 2018 This will be the first production plant of its size and nature in Central America opening Honduras' doors to a new textile segment, attracting more specialized manufacturing industries for the transformation of synthetic yarn of different categories of texture, including recycled polyester.

SISTER COMPANY - STRETCHLINE

www.stretchline.com

• World’s largest and only branded narrow fabric manufacturer
• Produces enough elastic in a year to wrap around the world 30 times over/23 million meters per wk
• Supporting leading global high street brands with a presence in 8 countries, 3 continents
• Built on over 150 years’ experience
• Global R&I center that never sleeps
• Over 3700 employees

The water treatment plant treats the industrial waste water coming from the textile mill. It also operates a testing laboratory for industrial services.

CSR

CSR Water, Energy & Chemical Optimization Initiatives

Dye Clean is a patented process developed in Europe employed at Elcatex dye house to effectively:

CSR - HOUSING PROJECT VILLAS SAN JUAN

VILLAS SAN JUAN is an initiative

• f Elcatex Group to provide all

the associates the possibility of having an affordable and satisfactory housing solution.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVE

Service the demand for pre-school child care of worker´s dependents

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the industry sector, channeling the governmental social investment in the creation of an integral model of child care, with a qualified certification.

CHILD CARE PROGRAM

Several programs support local charities and community development organizations

CSR - COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY

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HONDURAS 2020 STRATEGY

63% WORKFORCE UNDER 29

• Young workforce

population to support current and future labor demand ENERGY AT THE SOURCE 5 Energies:

• Electricity
• Steam
• Hot Water
• Chilled

Water

• Gas

SUPPLY CHAIN

• Filament Spun

Yarns, Synthetic & natural fibers, elastics & trims SEWING & DISTRIBUTION

 Highly experienced

labor at a competitive cost

LOGISTICS

• Strategic location,
• nly 2.4 days away

from USA and the most important Port in Central America with an expansion project to become the largest terminal in the region

Honduras has initiated an aggressive expansion in its textile and apparel cluster to service the growing demand of e-commerce and new market opportunities, with a broader product mix and a speed to market manufacturing proposal.

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