Our Company
OUR COMPANY
STRATEGIC APPROACH
We are market leaders in Colombia, a Company dedicated to the commercialization and manufacture of textile products, whose competitive excellence is based on the efficiency of administrative, financial, commercial and industrial processes; our target clients are clothing companies and our actions are oriented by market needs and by optimizing our resources, with strict respect for the legal, environmental and social framework; the rapid and adequate reaction to the multiple changes of scenery complete our strategic approach.
Corporative Values
Respect
for people and commitments.
Truth
and transparency
Strict accomplishment
with the legal regulations
Social
and environmental responsibility
Human Group
We are more than 1.600 employees who work with joy, passion and commitment, we weave our work day by day to offer the best we can give and reach our dreams and the ones of the company as a true family.
We live immersed among fabrics, fashion, colors, and textures; We aim to serve and meet the needs or our customers and provide textile solutions with excellent quality.
At Fabricato we live immersed in fabrics, fashion, colors and textures; Our goal is to meet and satisfy the needs of our customers and provide excellent quality textile solutions.
Quality Policy
It is the Quality policy of Fabricato S.A:
Deliver textile products that are appropriate to market needs, reliably and according to our value proposal, adopting efficient and sustainable practices in all processes from the receipt of an order to the delivery to satisfaction and after-sales service of the product delivery.
Quality goals:
- Establish strategies and controls for the permanent management of risks and opportunities related to the continuity and profitability of the business.
- Guarantee service levels according to customer needs.
- Manage suppliers, guaranteeing reliable and sustainable business relationships, for a timely and effective supply.
- Permanently develop human talent, guaranteeing competent personnel, empowered in their functions and identified with the strategic vision of the company.
- Develop innovative and sustainable solutions (products, systems and services) with the best cost / benefit ratio and according to the cultures of «Well Done» and «Zero Waste».
- Maintain the expected quality indexes, working according to the current management system.
Environmental Policy
It is environmental policy of Fabricato:
Continuously improve environmental performance in the permanent search for sustainability, carrying out activities inherent to the development of its businesses under strict compliance with legal requirements and implementing actions that prevent pollution, optimize resources, mitigate negative environmental impacts, adapt climate change and protect biodiversity and ecosystems in its area of influence.
Environmental objectives:
- Strictly comply with the applicable current legal environmental regulations.
- Maximize the use of non-virgin resources.
- Promote the culture of zero waste to nature.
- Establish programs for the control, monitoring and improvement of environmental aspects.
- Articulate and implement the management system in accordance with the requirements and needs of the stakeholders.
HISTORY
Carlos Mejía, Antonio Navarro and Alberto Echavarría in December 1919 commission the purchase of land to build the new factory.
The 26 of February was constituted, by public deed and like corporation, Fábrica de Hilados y Tejidos del Hato.
In the picture: Jorge Echavarría (First Fabricato manager).
On December 19 four wagons arrived with the first boxes of machinery to the train station of Antioquia in Bello.
On August 7 was the inauguration of the factory, was attended by General Pedro Nel Ospina Gomez, president of Colombia at that time.
We start the production of plaid fabrics, towels and fantasy fabrics.
Studies begin to build a hydroelectric plant in waters of the La Garcia stream.
The private clinic is created with all the free health services for the workers. In this year, the Patronato was also built (interned for the workers who lived in rural or remote areas of the Company).
Textiles Panamericanos Pantex was founded in partnership with the North American Burlington Mills Corporation. Also founded COL-CHEM (Colombian Chemical), which in 1974 became part of the group Fabricato.
We started the worker housing program, with the construction of Barrio Obrero (with 320 houses of modern architecture, theater, church, micro soccer field and parks).
in 1950 the new building was inaugurated in the center of Medellín, where the offices of Management and administration were located.
A momentous event was carried out for the Colombian and Antioquian industry, the reservoir that started our "La García" hydroelectric plant was flooded. In addition to supplying energy, in some years it provided its services to a large part of the Municipality.
We started the export of our fabrics.
Initiated operations of the plant of NOTEJIDOS, its work began with 10 workers, a line of disposable and a production capacity of one million linear meters per month.
On September 28, 1970 Riotex SA was incorporated. and two months later began its operation in a lot of Rionegro, Antioquia.
In 1976, the Presidency of the Republic awarded us, and being the first time in Colombia, the Quality Award as a fair recognition of the excellent quality of our products.
Agreement is signed for 12 years.
in 1986 begins the payment of the debt of the concordato and a process of industrial sanitation
in 1987 the concordat ends in advance
Fabricato adopted the law 550 and restructures its liabilities
Finalization of the merger between Fabricato and Tejicondor. 6000 workers are integrated.
on 1 July Fabrisedas is integrated with the wool clothing line of the company Textiles Omnes.
Fabricato acquires the assets and some liabilities of Indulana. both processes are integrated in the Fabricato Plant.
Fabricato inaugurates the most modern indigo plant in Latin America, with an investment of 40 million dollars. this investment allows to expand the production to an additional million meters.
Fabricato establishes an agreement with Enka of Colombia to develop fabrics with polyester recovered from PET.
the new president Carlos Alberto de Jesus begins to lead a transformation strategy of Fabricato. and also restructures the product portfolio.
Fabricato enters the real estate business, taking advantage of the Pantex lot for a commercial and urban project.
Large industrial projects are executed as: Chemicals unit, the spinning is consolidated and new weaving machinery is installed.
begins to operate the new plant of treatment of residual waters. the plant is able to treat approximately 50.000m3
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OUR INFRAESTRUCTURE
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