January 10 20
SUSTAINABILITY

Cláudia Azevedo Lopes

TAPA COSTURAS IS GOTS CERTIFIED AND HEADS TO SCANDINAVIA

Tapa Costuras, the manufacturing company of the Brandbias Group, is already GOTS certified (Global Organic Textile Standard), another move on the company’s sustainability strategy after having obtained the STeP certificate by OEKO-TEX (Sustainable Textile Production). “We are focused on gathering new clients that are looking for sustainable products, like organics, recycled polyester or natural fibres. That is our segment”, reveals Gonçalo Serra, general manager of the company.

Denmark – where the company already is present, but still has room to grow –, Sweden and Norway are the main destinations in line for Tapa Costuras. The company is also present in Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium.

Tapa Costuras, whose activity is based on the production – modelling, cutting, manufacturing and packaging – of casual and sports clothing, registered a turnover of 650 thousand euro in 2019, an 8% growth compared to last year due to the considerable investment in new machinery, most of which happened in 2018 with the replacement of 70% of the company’s equipment.

“Besides machinery, we also invested in optimizing resources and on lean management models. It was a year of change”, explains Gonçalo Serra.

Tapa Costura, based in Santa Maria de Avioso, Maia, employs 20 people, is dedicated exclusively to private label production, and in 2018 presented a business volume of 600 thousand euro, 88% of which made with exports.

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