MAS Fabrics – Intimo has become Asia’s first seamless textile mill to become a Bluesign system partner.

This will enable MAS Fabrics – Intimo to meeting the highest sustainability criteria, in particular with regard to resource efficiency, environmental impact, health and safety at work, and consumer protection. Bluesign is the most rigorous standard for the textile industry. With its holistic approach, Bluesign is the most rigorous standard for the textile industry, and adopting it means meeting these criteria without compromising the functionality, quality, or design of the products.

Environmentally sustainable manufacturing is at the heart of what MAS does and the aim is to reduce harmful chemicals in its manufacturing process. This partnership brings the company closer to its 2025 chemical management ambition and progresses towards the company’s vision to onboard all its dyeing facilities to the Bluesign system.

MAS Fabrics – Intimo, based in Sri Lanka, is a 147,000 sqft fabric mill with in-house knitting and dyeing facilities. The facility currently uses Bluesign approved chemical substances and aims to increase its utilisation of Bluesign approved textiles to 100 per cent by 2025.

Since its inception over 35 years ago, MAS Holdings has operated on the foundation of doing things differently by focusing on social sustainability and employee well-being. The company is committed to doing its part to reduce its own impact as a business, through its unified group-wide sustainability strategy.