ASTRICO NORD-EST TEXTILE CLUSTER A SUCCESS STORY Bucharest, 23.11.2017
ASTRICO NORD-EST GROUP ASTRICO NORD EST is an industrial group specialised in producing different types of yarns and knitted garments, located in the North-Eastern Development region of Romania. The leader of the group, RIFIL SA Savinesti, is the most important manufacturer of acrylic yarn in the European Union. ASTRICO NORD-EST Association includes 21 companies from the textile sector (3 large companies and 18 SMEs) and other 5 enterprises which collaborate with the textile companies in areas like marketing, packing, furniture production. More than 2400 employees work in the group`s companies, achieving a cumulated turnover of over 163 million EUR.
ASTRICO NORD-EST GROUP In 2010, ASTRICO NORD-EST Association launched and signed a partnership with The North East Regional Development Agency, Piatra Neamt, The Technical University "Gheorghe Asachi, Iasi Faculty of Textile, Leather and Industrial Management, The National Research&Development Institute for Textiles and Leather and Inno Consult SRL- Bucharest, in order to create the first textile cluster in Romania, ASTRICO NORD-EST TEXTILE CLUSTER. The goals of this partnership are to strengthen already existing relationships as well as to identify all opportunities in order to achieve high added-value products through technology transfer and applied research.
ASTRICO NORD-EST TRADE SYSTEM In 2011, Astrico Nord-Est has developed a collaborative marketing-sales system, as follows: setting up a trading company with shareholders from cluster members; ASTRICO NORD-EST SRL, with the support of knitting machines producer SHIMA SEIKI, has established its own creative production capacity equipped with the newest technologies on knitting industry. Through this system, the group companies benefit from services such as: finding new customers, developing technical documentations, design, prototyping, production assistance, managing orders, logistic and financial services.
Goals: ASTRICO NORD-EST TRADE SYSTEM Developing own, high-added value products; Reducing costs for members by offering complementary services: prototyping, commercial and logistics services; Optimising the raw material costs and consumption; Making more efficient the manufacturing capacities; Reducing the commercial risks for members; Obtaining better prices for delivered products; Permanent counselling and information, transfer of know-how among members.
HOW DOES IT WORK - PROTOTYPING Customer Prototyping request Prototype and technical documentation ASTRICO NORD EST SRL Raw material order Raw material delivery Raw materials suppliers Prototyping and collection creation centre Knitwear producers
HOW DOES IT WORK - COMMERCIAL Customer Raw materials delivery Raw materials suppliers PrIce offer PrIce request ASTRICO NORD EST SRL Raw materials order Products delivery Knitwear producers
HOW DOES IT WORK - PAYMENT Raw materials suppliers Customer Products payment ASTRICO NORD EST SRL Knitwear producers
AGGREGATE TURNOVER ASTRICO NORD-EST SRL & SERVIMPEX SRL, 2011-2017 Turnover (euro) 6,285,000 6,260,000 4,472,000 2,680,000 3,430,000 2,360,000 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Notes: The figures represent the volume of export carried out via cluster-owned trade companies. The figure for 2017 represent the volume of export made from January to September 2017.
160,000 DELIVERED QUANTITIES (from January to September 2017) 140,000 120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 No of pieces 40,000 20,000 0 GERMANY UK FRANCE No of pieces 45,572 58,806 148,219 Note: the figures represent the number of pieces delivered in 2017 via the cluster-owned trade companies on main markets.
ASTRICO NORD-EST GROUP Annually, through the group trade companies are delivered until 400.000 pieces of knitted garments for men, women and children. Our main markets are : France, UK, Germany and Italy. Customers : Morgan, Auchan, Repetto, Afibel (France), Balmoral, Topman, Evans, Urban, Debenhams, Delamode, (Uk), Arte, Dralon, Klingel (Germany), Paoloni (Italy). Kasa Italia, Stefanel,
CLUSTER INTERNATIONALISATION PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES Astrico Nord-Est Textile Cluster has applied on several international calls: LIFE Environment and Resource Efficiency, call 2016, project title: Product Environmental Footprint for Romanian Textile Industries by cluster-based approach - in partnership with: Centro Tessile Cotoniero e Abbigliamento SpA - CENTROCOT, Italy; Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant Anna, Italy; The Technical University "Gheorghe Asachi" Faculty of Textile, Leather and Industrial Management, Romania; The National Research&Development Institute for Textiles and Leather, Romania. HORIZON 2020, Understanding, Interpretation and Sustainability of Textile Heritage in Eastern and Central Europe partner, in partnership with: Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania; Riga Technical University, Latvia; University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania; Lincasa Company, Lithuania; STOFE BUHUSI Company, Romania ; Carmen Marian HTRC Company, Romania. Big Data in the Danube Region INTERREG Danube Transational Programme partner, in partnership with Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Germany; South Bohemian Chamber of Commerce, Czech Republic; University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic; «Szechenyi Istvan» University, Hungary; Association for Promoting Electronic Technology, Romania; Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania. Application project on Cluster Grant Scheme (2017) - partner, in partnership with ODIMM- Organization for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises - Republic of Moldova.
CLUSTER INTERNATIONALISATION PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES Astrico Nord-Est Textile Cluster has signed collaboration agreements with TECHTERA- PÔLE DE COMPÉTITIVITÉ DES TEXTILES ET MATÉRIAUX SOUPLES (France) and APIUS - EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION OF TEXTILE INDUSTRY (Republic of Moldova). Participation in fairs, events and trade missions in France, Belgium, Germany, Italy. In August 2017, ASTRICO NORD-EST TEXTILE CLUSTER was awarded with Bronze label certificate by the European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis ESCA.
Thank you! Șerban Strătilă Carmen Boiciuc office@astricone.eu www.astricone.eu