Year 1954
The company started as a textile trading firm in 1954 based in Malaysia.
Year 1959
The Singapore company was incorporated in 1959 as a partnership firm to capture
the business potential of the Singapore market. The partnership was then “converted” to
a private limited company on 23rd March 1964.
Year 1960
With the development of the market and the growing business, the company moved
into its three-storey shophouse located at Circular Road. It was during this
period that the company began to export its products into the Asia market.
Year 1970
To cater to the needs of the customers, the company ventured into the supply
of original-design manufactured fabrics created by inhouse designers. These fabrics
were distributed under the house brands “BJ Print”, “BanJooTex
Gold” and “Carnival Fashion”.
The company also ventured into the non Asian markets like Latin America in the
70s. With an understanding of the market preferences, the company incorporated
brighter colour mix for designs that were distributed in these countries.
Year
1980
To remain competitive, the company took steps to outsource its
manaufacturing needs. designing capabilities are however contained
internally and managed by its team of professionally trained designers.
Nevertheless, stringent quality control standards imposed upon
appointed subcontractors help the company ensures the quality
of its final products.
The company continues to focus on fabrics such as cotton, polyester
and polyester cotton blends that are popular among its clients
in the global textile market.
Year
1990
To ensure rapid response to customers' orders, a centralised processing
and warehousing facility supported by strong management capabilities
was established in 1990.
In recognition of its successful track records, the company was
ranked as one of the top 50 most enterprising private companies
for 5 consecutive years continuing from 1995 to 1999.
Year
2000
The company become a public listed company and its shares were
quoted on the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange on 5 April 2005.