Mrs. Comfort Owusu-Agyemang, chief executive officer for MaaGrace Company Ltd’, a garment manufacturing company in Koforidua has said some six hundred (600) youths from across the New Juabeng North Municipality and its environs have secured employment in the company.
She said with the support of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ghana EXIM Bank, and Ethical Apparel Africa, the number of persons to be employed is expected to increase significantly.
The company specializes in the production of utility clothing, uniforms for security forces, hospital scrubs, uniforms for hotels, uniforms for schools, and the production of standardized uniforms.
Equipped with 600 industrial machines, and with the support from the Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ghana EXIM Bank, the company was able to export 20,000 and 80,000 units per month, in 2019 and 2020 respectively, of hospital scrubs and uniforms for chefs to the United States.
The company commenced operations in 2003 under the Government of former President John Agyekum Kufuor. However, its operations went down upon the exit of the Kufuor-led Government. In 2017, the company applied for support under the 1-District-1-Factory initiative and has since seen its operations resuscitated.
MaaGrace Limited was one of the leading garment companies that produced over 2 million face masks, 18,000 hospital gowns, and headcovers, as well as 12,000 medical scrubs within a short period, a classic example of the Government’s import substitution strategy, which is one of the strategic objectives of the 1D1F Initiative.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com