We don’t often hear about positive news when it comes to manufacturing overseas, but there are some great stories to be told. We took the 20 hour flight to Sri Lanka to inspect, interview, and do our own investigation with our own boots on the ground in our manufacturing facilities - you'll be blown away (in a very positive way).
This relationship began in the midst of the COVID pandemic, back when we were first deciding where to manufacture our boxer brief. We had a long list of criteria for us to filter manufacturers from, and conducted virtual interviews, inspections, and sent Quality Assurance Auditors on our own mandates.
Here’s a short clip of some of the interviews we conducted with Plant Managers and Executives of our manufacturing partners:
Note that our list of criteria for selecting a manufacturing partner was very much aligned with the 12 principles that shape compliance under the WRAP certification (Worldwide Responsible Accreditation Production).