Contact Persons

: Eng. Mohamed Abdel Sattar Arafa (Chairman & President) Eng. Salem Mohamed Salem (Vice President & Export Manager)

Address : Canal Suez Street - Moharam Bey Manshia Guededah, Alexandria Egypt, P.O. BOX 986 In addition to the new cutting & confection section Located in Kafr El Dawar

Tel. : 00203 3612597 00203 3615748

Mobile : 002012 3247533

Hot line : 00203 9600090

Fax : 00203 3618004

E-mail : sogic@link.net sogicarafa@gmail.com

Website : www.sogic-groupe.com www.sogic-group.com

1. About Us We introduce our company Sogic is one of the oldest and greatest private textile companies in Egypt and all over the Middle East, with its ultimate experience in export since 1976. Therefore, Sogic has been certified by obtaining numerous appreciation awards from different academies.

Sogic acted as public limited company since 2002 (Arafa company- Sogic) producing different models of knitted inner and outer wear for kids ,ladies & men and acting under license of a big name Absorba Confetti France since 1994 .

Our Mother Company and Founder

Sogic was established by Mr. Abdel Sattar Arafa in 1975 & his son Eng. Mohamed Abdel Sattar Arafa (The actual Chairman now)

Mr. Abdel Sattar Arafa was one of the Economic leaders in Egypt, the Chairman of the General Egyptian Organization for consuming goods

He was also the Chairman of Alexandria Chamber of Commerce.

He had been honored by:

Ex - President Anwar El Sadat at 1977

President Mubarak at 1981

He obtained also the decoration of "Grand Maitre De L’Ordre National De ’Honneur” offered by President Valerie Jescar Destin.

• Eng. Mohamed Abdel Sattar Arafa is a member of

− The Alexandria Chamber Of Commerce − The American Chamber Of Commerce − The Egyptian Engineering Syndicate − The Union Of Egyptian Industries − The General Committee Of Investors − The Businessmen association − The union of the ready made garment exporter − Golden Tex Company − Golden Tex Spinning Company − Big Stores in Port Said − Owner of stores series "Brand Names" in Alexandria and Egypt − He got the 19th International Award for the Best Trade Name in Madrid -Spain

in 1994 − He also got the award of Excellence Gacc in Cairo 1998 − He has been selected as an honored member of International Who’s Who for

the year 1999.

2. Our Clients Major market of export

− Europe: " Germany France, U.K, Spain and Belgium "

− Scandinavian Countries: " Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands "

− U.S.A and Canada

− Australia

− Middle East, Saudi Arabia and Jordan

Our Main Fabric

Interlock, Fine Rib, Single Jersey in cotton 100% and cotton Lycra, Fleece, Pointelle fabrics , Thermal , Flat back , Heavy weight fabrics , Engineered Stripe fabric , Flat knit ,Plush, Pique, Transfer, Fashion Stitch and Weaving Fabrics for Casual wear.

We use the finest blend of cotton or polyester whether with or without lycra (Modal blend with cotton & specially Bio cotton organic with or without organic dyes)

All produced fabrics has to undergo rigid quality control and lab testing before dyeing ranging from 100 gm/m2 to 350 gm/m2

Our Products (for all ages and sexes) are:

− Polo Shirts, T-Shirts, Blouses ,Sweat Shirts, Mock & high necks

− Joggings, Pajamas, Night Gowns, Shorts and leggings

− Panties, Slips and Singlet

− All our products pass through a quality control system for checking and controlling all production phases starting by Yarn selection, knitting, cutting, sewing, ironing and packing).This system is managed by qualified engineers & supervisors to maintain quality according to international standards during and after production.

3. Sogic knitting machinery includes

− 46 circular knitting M/Cs Mayer & Cie, Albi and Terrot ranging from body size 9" up to 34" with gauge 16 up to 28 producing interlock, Jersey, Rib(1*1 , 2*2) ,Pique, Melton, Jacquar, lycra etc.

− 1 winding and waxing Gilbos RCN model M/C with 60 spendles

− 1 fabric inspection M/C

− 1 OVJA ( Mayer Jacquart Knitting machines )

− body size rib machines gauge 18 from 9" to 19 "

4. Working Team (About 750)

− Qualified knitting and production engineers − Accountants − Qualified supervisors in readymade garments field − Employees − Skilled Labors − Semi Skilled Labors under training

Production Rate is about 20,000 Pcs./day

Annual Turnover is about $ 9,200,000

5. Cutting system Complete automatic Gerber cutting system model 8.3 beside 4 manual cutting units GGT ACCU-MARK Gerber patterns system (including Lectra - AM conversion software). Cutting System components

− A full automatic cutter with a capacity of 40 000 Pcs./day

− 2body size tables with half automatic spreader

− 2open width tables with full automatic spreader

− 5 RIMOLDI laying m/c

− Band knives

6. Sogic Confection Mill

• It consists of six separate workshops, which include

• 450 Industrial sewing m/cs mainly: RIMOLDI, PEGASUS, Pfaff, Durkopp, Juki, Yamato, Kingtex, Sibura and Union special. Covering all the sewing stitches needed for any under or outer wear with any added accessories

• 1 automatic Rimoldi polo line upto date following the latest technology trend consisting of 6 to 8 phases

• 14 Rotary and Steam presses for ironing • 1 Caterpillar diesel generator 250K.V.A • 2 Rotary Screw air compressors • 2 Air Dryers • Needle detector

7. Embroidery Section Equipments

1. A PFAFF electronic Embroidery m/c

2. BARUDAN automatic embroidery m/c

8. Certificates we have In addition to the Gots certificates and the Fair Trade certificate , Sogic is ISO 9001 certified, Sogic production is conforming to OEKO-TEX standards ,class I (starting from knitting till packaging) , Sogic has also Rich Law certificate & BSCI certificate.

Location : 1st Industrial Area # 2, Block # 11

Burg El Arab

Activity : Dyeing & Finishing House .

Established : 1992.

Working from : January 1993

Capacity : 7 - 10 tons/day.

Tel : 0020 3 4592218

Fax : 0020 3 4592230

Contact Persons : Eng. Mohamed Abdel Sattar Arafa

(Chairman & President)

Eng. Sobhy Mohamed Mahmoud

• Dyeing & Printing House

Our dyeing house is one of the most important Dyeing Houses in Egypt producing an average of 12 Tons per day using all dying staff conforming to RICH LAW for a healthier and cleaner environment (environmental friendly) and following the latest dyeing technology & conforming to OKO TEX Standard

Our printing section contains two automatic machines in addition to hand printing tables provided with Tex-design software to separate colors to achieve the highest quality of printing.

• One fabric inspection M/C

− Eleven overflow M/Cs with a capacity ranging from to 1 Ton

− Haspells machines from 10 to

− Two complete lines for finishing ,hydro extractor with balloon system ,relax dryer ,

precise calendar, compactor from Helliot ,France with a capacity of 15 tons/day

− Piece printing section equipped with fluffy automatic M/Cs and printing tables

equipped with their dryers

− Modern Lab for testing and sampling

− Macpeth system for color matching and quality control Assurance

− Two boilers with a capacity of 14 tons/h

− Five complete units for water treatment

− One electrical generator 200 K.V.A

− Dyeing and bleaching machine with a capacity of 11 tons/day

− Jet flow machine with capacity of 350/450/700 Kg

− Haspel machine with capacity of

− Balloon squeezing machines Helliot hydro extractor

− Wet compacting & stretching machines

− 2 Calendaring machines

− Tube – Tex compactor that provides best quality fabric .

− 2 stages Helliot dryer to soften the fabric

9. Our License

We have 1 Main License: Absorba , Confetti - France children wear For Ages ranging from Zero To 14 Years. Absorba represents Haute couture for chic bébés ,it is a company with European sensibilities and all-American style, Established in France in 1949, that is known for its exquisite details, beautiful embroideries, and superlative fabrics and up-to-the-minute fashion, all designed to take babies from cradle to kindergarten in timeless fashion.

Lapinou for Children Accessory

Our brand Lapinou has to do with all what is pelluche and velours accessories for new born, babies and kids including baby bed covers, layette, baby suits , towels and thermal bags

Stores, Showrooms and Shops: Our company strategy is to expand in Egypt market by building up a series of big stores carrying the name "Brand Names " to sell our products as well as others . Sogic company owns GANABO store, a store at the center town of Alexandria

Our Brand names stores in Cairo. 1. City center-Cairo 2. Arcadia Mall 3. City center Carrefour Alex 4. Ganabo Alex 5. City stars

10. Other Activities Sogic corporate the mother company represented by its chairman & shareholders (family business), is also a shareholder in other companies in Egypt in the same field of industry which are:

1. Golden Tex & Co. in the 10th of Ramadan City- Egypt 2. Golden Tex for Spinning & Co. in the 10th of Ramadan City- Egypt 3. Silk Wool House & Co. in the 10th of Ramadan City- Egypt