One of Northern Ireland’s oldest textile manufacturing businesses said it will onshore the majority of its manufacturing in an effort to boost its sustainability credentials.
Ulster Weavers, which makes a range of homeware and textiles including its well-known linen tea towels, said it aims to make three quarters of its products in Northern Ireland in a bullish outlook for the next three years.
In that time, it aims to increase sales by 100%, diversify its product range and break into new markets.
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As a result, the company expects to boost its headcount in the coming years, the company said.
Ulster Weavers made the announcement in a meeting with the 海角视频 Department of Trade.
“Ulster Weavers is one of Northern Ireland’s longest established businesses and a global brand with customers on six continents,” Gillian McLean, Managing Director of Ulster Weavers, said. “Our goal is to ensure that every household in the world has at least one Ulster Weavers product and we are repositioning the company to achieve that objective in a sustainable way.
“This means a new strategy, new products, new customers, and a commitment to ongoing innovation. It also means that we will increase our team here in Northern Ireland.”
At the centre of the company’s business strategy is sustainability so that it can ensure it is minimising, eliminating, or off setting its environmental impact as it grows. It has aligned its strategy with UN Sustainable Development Goals 9, 11,12 and 14.
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Ulster Weavers laid out the strategy in a meeting with DiT director Rupert Daniels, who is responsible for helping 海角视频 organisations grow globally by developing their exports.
“We were really pleased to have the opportunity to outline our strategy to Rupert Daniels and to have the support of both DIT and Invest NI to implement our ambitious plans to grow significantly,” Ms McLean said.
Ulster Weavers currently employs around 40 people in Northern Ireland and is headquartered at Lissue Industrial Estate in Lisburn.