About Hera Sweaters

A knit house built for global programs.

Founded in Narayanganj in 2016, we manufacture flat-knit sweaters for fashion houses around the world. Vertical, audited, and engineered.

Our Story
Hera Sweaters Limited was founded in 2016 by a group of entrepreneurs with established records across several industries, brought together by a shared ambition: to redefine knitwear manufacturing through innovation, precision and long-term thinking.

The journey began with a purpose-built facility equipped with 400 STOLL computerised flat-knitting machines. In 2018 the campus achieved LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council — a standard reached before the first full production year was complete, and one that set the terms for everything built since.

We are a family-owned knitwear manufacturer on a 42,000 ft² campus on the eastern edge of Narayanganj. Our 1,400-strong team produces medium-to-large flat-knit programmes for international fashion groups, working from concept and tech pack through to FOB shipment.

The fleet of 400 STOLL ADF and CMS machines, gauge 3 to 14, is the technical backbone. But the company's identity is the engineering culture built around it. Every machine is calibrated weekly. Every programme runs against a documented standard operating procedure. Every shipment leaves with a full inspection report.

We exist to be a quiet, dependable partner to brands that take design and supply chain seriously — the kind of factory you stop having to think about, season after season.

By the numbers · 2026
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Vertically-integrated campus across two buildings.
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Skilled operators, technicians and merchandisers.
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Annual flat-knit production capacity, FOB Bangladesh.
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Brand partners worldwide on repeat seasonal programs.
Timeline

Season by season.

2018
Building the Foundation
Construction of the manufacturing campus was completed and partial production commenced, laying the foundation for Hera's entry into premium knitwear manufacturing.
2019
Full-Scale Manufacturing
Installation of all 400 STOLL computerised flat-knitting machines was completed and full-scale production and export began. A 1 MW rooftop solar system was commissioned, and the campus achieved LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
2020
Entering Global Markets
Within a year of full-scale operation, Hera earned the confidence of leading fashion brands across Europe and Australia, establishing a durable presence in the international knitwear market.
2021
Innovation and Sustainability
Hera hosted the Sustainable Sweater Design Contest, bringing together designers from fourteen countries. In the same year a 100% water recycling plant was commissioned.
2022
Strengthening Global Compliance
Hera completed a comprehensive portfolio of internationally recognised certifications covering organic materials, traceability, environmental stewardship and social compliance.
2023
Advancing Water Stewardship
A rainwater harvesting pond was constructed to strengthen water conservation and reduce the campus's dependence on freshwater sources.
2024
Investing in Our People
Hera held its first company-wide picnic and cultural celebration, bringing employees and their families together and strengthening the culture that underpins the factory floor.
2025
Corporate Transformation
A new corporate office and design studio were inaugurated, expanding capacity for customer collaboration, product development and programme management.
2026
The Next Chapter
Hera entered a new phase of leadership under Managing Director Sarwar Ahmed, with Directors Samantha Rahman and Samantha Sarwar, and set out a sustainability roadmap targeting a 90% renewable energy share by 2027.
Film · Inside the mill
"We don't sell capacity. We sell a way of running a knitwear program with discipline, transparency, and the same point of contact from sketch to shipment."
Sarwar Ahmed ·  Managing Director, Hera Sweaters Ltd.
Our Mission
Our mission is to develop and deliver knitwear of a quality that speaks for itself.

We hold to a simple conviction: that a garment is the product of the standard applied to it at every stage — the yarn selected, the programme written, the stitch inspected, the carton sealed. We build to that standard consistently, not selectively, and we treat every order as the one on which our name depends.

Respect is not something an organisation can claim; it is earned through service — through commitments met, timelines honoured, problems raised early rather than discovered late, and a partnership that grows easier with each season rather than harder.

We aim to be the manufacturer our customers trust without needing to verify.

Our Vision
Our vision is to become an organisation of genuine significance in the apparel industry — measured not by capacity alone, but by the standard we set for what a manufacturer can be.

We believe an industry is judged by how it treats the people who sustain it. As we grow, we intend to grow the lives of our workforce with us: through safe and dignified working conditions, opportunity for advancement, and investment in the health, education and welfare of our employees and their families.

We want to serve the communities around us as seriously as we serve our customers, and to demonstrate that responsibility toward people and place is not a cost of doing business well, but a condition of it.