La Phu wool weaving
As a traditional craft with a history of hundreds of years, wool weaving in La Phu (Hoai Duc, Hanoi) is currently developing with products that are not only popular domestically, but also exported to international markets.
According to Mr. Ta Van Thang, Chairman of the People’s Committee of La Phu commune, the locality has many traditional crafts, but wool weaving is one of the strengths of economic development here. Currently, La Phu commune has over 90% of households engaged in wool weaving and about 20 large-scale production enterprises.
Following Mr. Thang’s instructions, we visited the production workshop of Minh Phuong Company Limited, one of the large wool weaving enterprises in La Phu commune. Minh Phuong Company Limited was established in 1996. Up to now, the company’s Tabb brand wool weaving products are not only popular with domestic consumers but have also been exported to the Japanese market and Eastern Europe.
According to Mr. Ta Minh Trung, Deputy Director of Minh Phuong Company Limited, with the motto of top quality, the process of checking the quality of output products is carried out very strictly. At the same time, the company also invests in a team of creative designers to offer diverse products such as clothes, hats, scarves, socks, etc., helping consumers have more choices.
By investing in importing 30 automatic weaving machines using German and Japanese technology, the company’s current output is about 1,200-1,500 pieces/day. With a workforce of 200 people working directly in all stages of design, weaving, piece inspection, and assembling pieces to create finished products, the company also accepts orders from a number of major fashion brands such as Ivy, Owen, etc. The company’s total revenue is estimated at 50 billion VND/year.
Along with Minh Phuong Co., Ltd., some other large enterprises such as Dong Do, Vinh Thinh… have also boldly invested in closed production technology lines, along with importing accompanying accessories such as elastic making machines, locks, packaging production… According to statistics from the People’s Committee of La Phu commune, every year the commune produces hundreds of millions of wool products of all kinds with an estimated production value of the whole commune reaching 300-400 billion VND.
Currently, the People’s Committee of La Phu commune has planned a craft village industrial park to create more development opportunities and attract investment for production facilities, moving towards building the La Phu wool weaving brand in the market.
Source: https://vietnam.vnanet.vn