Textiles, garments, shoe & leather

Central and Eastern Europe/Commonwealth of Independent States

  • Central and Eastern Europe, CIS: Within a framework contract we assist the management of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Individual projects have been, among others:
    • Belarus: Preliminary and follow-up technical, market and commercial assessment of a producer of ladies garments;
    • Turkmenistan: Technical, market and commercial assessment of an equity investment in a carpets and wool yarn project;
  • Macedonia: Industrial investment promotion. Among the companies were:
    • the largest textile company in Macedonia, a vertically-integrated producer of yarns, fabrics, blankets and clothing;
    • a rapidly expanding private textile company specializing in children's wear and functional sports wear, and producing for many well-known Western producers and trading companies;
    • Macedonia's leading producer of leather footwear, also producing its own rubber products (soles and glue);
    • a company active in the tanning and processing of leather and fur, production of leather goods, clothing, gloves, carpets, etc.
  • Poland: Export promotion. We assisted a producer of glass fabrics, polyamide, polyester, polypropylene and cotton and a producer of clothing accessories, blankets, unwoven cloth and counterpane fillings in increasing their exports to Western Europe.
  • Russian Federation/Irkutsk: Business upgrading with a focus on marketing and sales for a producer of coats and jackets.
  • Russian Federation/Irkutsk: Comprehensive business upgrading project for a manufacturer of clothing.
  • Russian Federation/Kaliningrad: Restructuring and investment promotion for a manufacturer of ready-to-wear clothing.
  • Slovak Republic: Financial and operational restructuring of highly indebted Slovak companies. Among the companies assisted by PC&A were:
    • a producer of knitted garments such as jumpers and vests;
    • a shoe manufacturing company.


North Africa/Middle East

  • Algeria: Assistance of the Algerian National Council for Privatisation and the Ministry of Industry and Restructuring in the preparation and implementation of the privatisation programme. In addition to the support of national institutions in carrying out the privatisation, four selected public enterprises received assistance in the elaboration of pre- and post-privatisation restructuring plans, in the implementation of the restructuring plan for each company and in the identification of strategic investors for the four companies. Among the companies was a tannery specialised in the production of sheepskins for clothing.
  • Egypt: Assistance in developing and implementing a business plan for one of the largest private Egyptian dyeing and finishing companies.
  • Egypt: Investment promotion and strategic partnership project. We assisted various Egyptian private SMEs in identifying and approaching European partners. Among the clients were: the leading Egyptian producer of blankets; a producer of metallic and plastic zippers and woven tapes; a holding company for three production facilities involved in a number of integrated activities in the field of textiles for garments and furnishings.
  • Egypt: Assistance of one of the leading Egyptian groups active in manufacturing and distributing woven and non-woven carpets and floor coverings. The scope of work comprises, among others, market research and the elaboration of a marketing strategy and marketing plan leading to a significant increase of sales in export markets.

  • Egypt: For CONTEX, an Egyptian producer of children and baby clothing using only 100% organic cotton, PC&A designed and implemented a marketing strategy for textile products made of 100% organic cotton with the aim of expanding exports ales to selected markets in the EU and the USA.  As our analysis detected a decrease in eco-consciousness for clothing items in Western Europe compared to the 1990s, we defined a marketing niche strategy for CONYTEX with the objective of mainly selling to retailers and distributors specialised in genuinely ecological products and the fair trade business. Furthermore, we established initial contacts with providers in specific market niches like anti-allergic textiles and European drugstores.

  • Jordan: PC&A provided assistance to the Technical and Vocational Training (TVET) Centre of Excellence in Jordan for the setting up of a Textile and Garment Sector Training Centre. We designed a series of new courses and made recommendations for the organisation of the training method and environment.

  • Lebanon – Under the EuroMed Partnership agreement between Lebanon and the EU PC&A was asked to carry out a Business Analysis and Diagnostic Study of 60 Lebanese SMEs from various sectors in order to help them improve their competitive position and thus prepare for new opportunities and increased competition resulting from the EU-Lebanese Free Trade agreement. Among the sectors were Agro-Food; Textile; Furniture; Printing; Detergents; Construction; Marble and Glass; Packaging and IT.
  • Morocco: We assisted three textile and garments producers in establishing a joint venture to market and distribute their products in Spain. We prepared a feasibility study and business plan for the joint venture which would also include its own design function in order to become independent of the predominant (in Morocco and Tunisia) sub-contracting business with its associated high dependence. and low margins.
  • Morocco: In a project financed by the EU Meda Programme we have developed strategic and operational Action Plans for four Moroccan enterprises from the clothing industry.
  • Tunisia: In a project financed by the EU Meda Programme we developed strategic and operational improvement action plans (Mise à Niveau) for several Tunisian companies of the shoe and leather industry to apply for external financing .
  • Tunisia: We assisted the Tunisian National Centre for the Support of the Shoe and Leather Industries (CNCC) as well as the companies SOPIC and JANCEL in training 10 future trainers in production management.
  • Tunisia: PC&A assisted the Centre Technique du Textile (CETTEX) in developing its training capacity. CETTEX provides assistance to companies in the textile and clothing industry in the following areas: technical assistance, management assistance, continued education, strategic alliances, research and information.


Other regions

  • Austria: The Technical Foils and Fibres division of a large Austrian group active in viscose and cellulose fibres asked us to develop a new marketing concept with detailed plans, budgets and implementation measures.
  • France/Germany: For the largest European cotton-cloth textile and clothing group, with world-wide presence in spinning, weaving, finishing and technical fabrics, we carried out a major restructuring programme, including mergers and acquisitions transactions, and the elaboration and implementation of a marketing strategy.
  • Germany: We assisted an important German producer of linings in increasing productivity of the weaving mills and finishing lines and in designing and implementing a new marketing concept.
  • Germany: Re-organisation and restructuring of sales activities for the largest manufacturer of curtains and decoration fabrics in Europe.
  • USA/Europe: For one of the major US-suppliers of chemicals and processes for the finishing of textiles we evaluated the technologies and markets, we analysed the cost structures and the future developments in Europe for the finishing of Denim-fabrics.


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