Top-Notch Fashion Pvt Ltd # 129, 7th A Cross, 7th Main, H.M.T Layout, RT Nagar, Bangalore - 560 032 - India Tel: 0091 80 40254600/23531824 Fax: 0091 80 23531638 Email: mary@topnotchfashions.com THE PROFILE

THE COMPANY Top Notch was founded in 1996 by Mr. Muralidhar and Mrs. Mary Joanna with a dream to build a globally recognised name in sourcing and supply management in the apparel industry. Having nearly twenty years of exposure and experience in the field of buying agency-handling, the couple has a unique expertise and knowledge about sourcing, merchandising, production plan & quality control, along with assisting the buyers in price negotiating and choosing the right products; making Top Notch a niche company in its field. Since the time of its establishment, Top Notch has collaborated with several companies in Europe, growing in terms of size, volume of business and goodwill, along with its clients. Since the untimely death of Mr. Muralidhar in 2004, Mrs. Mary Joanna took over as managing director and is being assisted by Ms. Asumptha Ramani who oversees the marketing and development operations of the company. 2

MISSION AND OUR GOAL Customer’s success is our success… Deliver world-class quality on time consistently Add value to the brand Ensure a win-win outcome for all stakeholders clients, vendors, associates. Be a responsible, reliable business associate.

PRODUCT PROFILE – INDIA Bangalore / Chennai (Madras) Main product line : Men’s shirts (casual, semi formal and formals) Ladies and kids basic casual wear in woven. Outer wear and active sports wear. Fabrics : Cotton, polycot, poly/viscose blends for shirts in solids, yarn dyed and prints in various weaves like cords, piques, herring bones, twills, oxfords, waffles etc. Counts can vary from 10’s to super fine 100’s uses mill made as well as power loom fabrics. And most accessories are imported from Taiwan, Korea, China and Europe. Lead time : 75 – 90 days for shirts 100 days for fine counts 75 – 80 days for basic casual wear in woven

PRODUCT PROFILE – INDIA Tirupur Main product line : Men’s / Ladies / Kids Jersey t-Shirt, Inner wear and Fleece. High fashion circular and flat knit wear . Fabrics : Cotton, Cotton blends, CVC cottons, viscose/cotton, polyester/cotton in various structures like single jersey, Interlocks, piques, fleece, ribs, different drop needles, structured knits, jacquards ranging from 130gsm till 300gsm. Capabilities in solids, prints, yarn dyed stripes (feeder and engineered). Value added Embellishments prints & embroidery. Strong in detailed workmanship, cut-n-sew, hand sequences Garment pigment dyed & various finished washes. Functional and new performance fabrics like anti micro, stain free, nano finish, low pilling & moisture management… Lead time : 60 – 75days for solid & prints 90 days for yarn dyed and structured knits

ADVANTAGE INDIA… Second largest producer of high quality cotton Strong domestic fabric base Organic cotton products with all certifications Diverse fabric processing with low minimums High level of hand craft work man-ship Low labor rates Competitive prices Good quality and value added products Flexible and pro-active manufacturing base Small quantity minimums Strong product development and design skills GSP facility for EU market Good port connections to the major destinations in Europe Minimum wages : INR 13000/- (USD 200) per month Minimum working age :18years ( No child labour ) Working Hours : 8 hours per day Maximum Over time : 2 hours per day

OUR STRENGTH Dedicated in sourcing the product as per the customer required standards Highly skilled & trained local work force organized in dedicated teams for individual clients Strict Internal guidelines on Ethical Sourcing Co-ordinate the program from inception to delivery at customer’s warehouse Work with customer’s design team on product development. Appropriate selection of individual factory for sourcing of each product category wise. Follow up on Top Notch’s Order Process System software (TOPS) to track the order, communicate and update status to customers on easy formats

VALUE ADDED SERVICE Production and Quality teams are Vendor / Product dedicated guided by their leaders who are highly skilled inspectors with strong manufacturing background Complement team and they are YOUR eyes and ears at the factory They ensure that the product meets the specifications and is delivered on time by using Top Notch’s Order Process System software (TOPS) for pre-production and In-line quality controls. Quality control is further enhanced by SPC (Statically Process Control) to reduce repairs and rejects, thus making production more cost effective. Top Notch continuously educates and trains vendors on systems, new technology & methodology Ethical compliance and factory audits are on-going process, all the factories are complaint and are evaluated annually.

Manufacturing units situated at Bangalore, Chennai and Tirupur. OUR INFRASTRUCTURE Centrally located in R. T Nagar, Very close to international Airport, Star Hotels, Railway Station and business centre at Bangalore city (popularly known as Silicon valley of India). Sophisticated and modern office equipped with best communication systems. Manufacturing units situated at Bangalore, Chennai and Tirupur.

Spinning and Fabrication MANUFACTURING UNITS Vertically Integrated manufacturing base with ISO certified and total quality management systems…. Spinning and Fabrication Finest quality cotton being the strength of India, the mills do produce the best quality yarn in the world right from 10s to super fine 100s count utilizing latest state of art machinery like LMW + Autoconer – SCHLAFHORST, Germany Fabrication – Different quality fabric and various designs like Jersey, Pique, textured dobby and Jacquards produced utilizing circular, flat knitted machine like Mayer & Cie, Camber, Terrot, Orizio, Shima seiki….. Mill made and power loom woven fabric are produced on best looms like rapier jet…. Shuttle less looms - Italy & Belgium KNITTING SPINDLES

MANUFACTURING UNITS Dyeing & Printing Completely sophisticated HTHP dyeing with eco friendly reverse osmosis water treatment plants using AZO FREE dyes Fabric – Soft flow dyeing, THIES, Germany, Yarn – Cheese dyeing Compacting – Albrectht, Germany. Open width compact - Ferraro, Italy Printing – 10 color rotary printing with pigment, reactive & discharge prints. Placement prints using MHM, Austria for pigment, PVC free plastisol and flock prints. Embroidery – Computerised multi head embroidery machine Tajima & Barudan, Japan. ZSK ,Germany. ROTARY COMPACTING

MANUFACTURING UNITS Testing and Cutting Fabric is tested for all the physical and chemical quality parameters at In-house testing lab as well as the nominated labs for basic tests like dimensional stability, cross staining, fastness, fabric weight, yarn strength, count & constructions… For a better environmental standards using the latest quality monitoring machines. Cutting – State of art cutting edge Gerber technology laying and cutting machine fully automatic and computerized. Band knife wastema cutting machine

MANUFACTURING UNITS Sewing & Checking Well trained skilled labor force to manufacture the designer garments utilizing the best machinery in the world like Pegasus, Juki, brother, Kansai from Japan. Needle detector machine Hashima, Japan Checking – 100% garments are checked for all aspects before going ahead from the sewing area…

Laundry, Checking & Packing MANUFACTURING UNITS Laundry, Checking & Packing Quality Inspectors do random final audit on 20% of the packed goods before releasing the shipment based on the AQL standard 2.5 & 4.0 system. Garment that needs better hand feel is treated at the laundry with special enhance washes like silicon, enzyme, bio wash, low pilling, vintage washes… Garments are 100% checked for all parameters

MERCHANDISING FLOW ORDER CONFIRMATION Presentation on new Fabrics, Latest designs & fashion trends Studies and Indications from customers Research and development Selection of manufacturers based on the collection as per the buyer’s requirement Dispatch of intials, graded size charts & technical sheets Planning buyer’s visit, organize the meetings and selection of samples + Work on the price ideas Order booking and processing ORDER CONFIRMATION Follow up with the customer technicians on all approvals TNA using TNPPS software (Top Notch production process System) Submission of lab dips, bit looms, fit approval samples Pass on the file with complete details regarding the order along with appd PPS to QA Follow upon size sets and discuss technicality’s with the Q/A’s One of the quality online inspection with the Q/A at the factory Weekly order progress (WIP) reports to customer thru TNPPS Follow up with the manufacturer for bulk fabric and acessories Shipment information to the customer thru TNPPS

QUALITY STANDARDS & PROCEDURE Quality flow - level 1 PP meet/Size set samples to proceed Pilot Mid Inspecdtion 15-20% goods packed Briefs/Line work received from Merchandiser Evaluate Proto & development samples Pre-final inspection required for orders withquantity more than 5000 Pcs and 50% goods packed Fabric Inspection JC Penny four point system Production fabric follow up with Manufacturer Fabric test reports from the lab Fabric re-ordered or Fabric re-processed FINAL INSPECTION 100% goods packed AQL applied as per requirement If Fabric fails Quality flow - level 2 Implement Compliance requirements Upgrade factory provide technical assistance Factory Evaluation Complete Quality solutions

FINANCE AND LOGISTICS Pre-plan on the vessel schedules with the nominated forwarders and advise the customer thru Top Notch’s Order Process System software (TOPS) Vetting of post shipment documents Close co-ordination with client nominated consolidators Organizing for the PI’s, scrutinizing and transferring of L/C

Top-Notch BUSINESS PARTNERS (CLIENTS) Euretco, Holland Scotch & Soda, Holland McGregor, Holland Gaastra, Holland Tumble N Dry B.V, Holland Noppies, Holland Jake Fischer, Holland Sissy Boy, Holland Magic Marine, Holland Mystic, Holland

Contact Asumptha Ramani Ravi. V Director Phone : +91 80 40254600 Mobile: +91 9880038199 Email: asumptha@topnotchfashions.com Ravi. V Manager Mobile : +91 9845427919 Email: ravi@topnotchfashions.com # 129, 7th ‘A’ Cross, 7th Main, HMT Layout, R.T.Nagar, Bangalore - 560 032 - India Tel: 0091 80 40254600 / 41134949/ 23531824 Fax: 0091 80 23531638 Email: mary@topnotchfashions.com

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