What Sara does

Sara Corporation is a privately held, vertically integrated apparel manufacturer founded in 1979 and headquartered in the Federal B Industrial Area of Karachi, Pakistan. The company operates as a B2B contract manufacturer serving international fashion brands, departmental stores, mail order companies, and retailers. Its production model is built around five independent vertical manufacturing units, each dedicated to a single apparel category: Woven Apparel, Knitted Apparel, Sublimation/Sweaters, Printed Fabrics, and Bottom Wear (Lamination). A centralized Printing & Yarn Dyeing division supports all five units.

The technical infrastructure reflects heavy capital deployment across the apparel value chain. The knitwear unit operates cone dyeing, fabric dyeing, and gauge 4–28 knitting with 4,500 kg/day capacity and 8,000 kg/day dyeing throughput. The woven unit can run 20 styles across 20 fabrics simultaneously using computer-aided production planning, supported by 10 stitching floors with modular chain basket systems and more than 1,000 stitching machines. The sweater unit combines JUMBERCA circular knitting (40 machines, gauges 4–12), SHIMA SEIKI flat knitting (22 machines, gauges 5–8), and a 150-machine hand knitting facility. Printing capabilities include 12-color rotary printing plus flat bed printing; the bottom wear unit uses specialized equipment (REIS, Feedo) for denim and trouser production. Quality control is enforced via an in-house R&D laboratory, AQL standards (1.5 production, 2.5 final), ISO 9001:2000 certification, and SAI 8000:2001 compliance, with WRAP certification in progress.

Sara's commercial model is enterprise contract manufacturing with quote-based, non-public pricing. Go-to-market is direct B2B field sales to brand procurement teams, supported by industry trade presence. The company does not sell to consumers and discloses no customer logos or revenue figures. Ownership, headcount, financial performance, and recent strategic activity are not documented in available sources, limiting visibility into scale and momentum.

Name

Sara

Legal name

Sara Corporation

Website

https://saracorporation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sara Corporation is a vertically integrated apparel manufacturer in Karachi, Pakistan, operating five independent units producing woven apparel, knitwear, sweaters, printed fabrics, and bottom wear for international brands and retailers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Apparel Manufacturing

NAICS

Apparel Knitting Mills (3151), Broadwoven Fabric Mills (31321), Fabric Mills (3132), Textile Mills (313)

SIC

Apparel & Other Finishd Prods Of Fabrics & Similar Matl (2300), Knitting Mills (2250), Textile Mill Products (2200)

akta.pro primary industry

Knitted Fabric Mills (IMAOABAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Greige Woven Fabric Mills (IMAOABAA)

Keywords

• Apparel manufacturing
• Knitwear production
• Woven garments
• Vertical manufacturing
• Bottom wear manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Karachi

HQ country

Pakistan

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Apparel Manufacturing: Sara Corporation generates revenue through manufacturing garments for international brands, departmental stores, mail order companies, and retailers. The company produces woven garments, knitwear, sweaters, and bottom wear with complete in-house processes including knitting, dyeing, printing, and stitching. Revenue is derived from production contracts with competitive pricing for both small and large quantities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Sara Corporation is a Pakistani apparel manufacturer based in Karachi that operates five independent vertical manufacturing units producing woven apparel, knitwear, sweaters, bottom wear, and printed fabrics. The company delivers in-house knitting, dyeing, printing, sublimation, lamination, and finishing operations, supplying international brands, departmental stores, mail order companies, and retailers.

Product overview

Sara Corporation operates as a mega apparel manufacturing entity with five independent vertical units, each dedicated to a specific apparel category: Woven Apparel, Knitted Apparel, Sublimation/Sweaters, Printed Fabrics, and Bottom Wear (Lamination). All units are supported by complete in-house processes including printing, dyeing, knitting, stitching, and quality control facilities. The company also offers comprehensive quality assurance services with modern R&D laboratory testing capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Woven Apparel

Quantifiable outcome

• AQL of 1.5 at Production Stage and AQL of 2.5 at Final Stage ensures consistent quality standards
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Shahi Exports: One of the world's largest apparel manufacturers headquartered in India with multi-category production (knit, woven, sweaters) serving global fashion brands — directly comparable in vertical integration and contract manufacturing for international brands.
• Epic Group: Hong Kong-headquartered apparel manufacturer with significant Bangladesh and Pakistan operations producing knit and woven garments for global brands — directly comparable in Asia-based multi-category B2B contract manufacturing.
• Pearl Global Industries: Multinational apparel manufacturer with operations across South Asia (including Pakistan and India) producing knit, woven, and denim garments for global brands — comparable in multi-geography B2B contract manufacturing and product breadth.
• Artistic Fabric & Garment Industries (AFGIL): Pakistan-based denim and bottom-wear manufacturer with vertically integrated operations serving international fashion brands; highly comparable given overlap in bottom wear, denim, and woven apparel manufacturing.
• MAS Holdings: Sri Lanka-based vertically integrated apparel manufacturer producing knit, woven, and intimate apparel for global brands; comparable in vertical integration, capacity scale, and B2B contract manufacturing model.
• Interloop Limited: One of Pakistan's largest vertically integrated hosiery and knit apparel manufacturers with in-house knitting, dyeing, and finishing serving international brands — directly comparable in scale, geography, and B2B contract manufacturing model.
• Nishat Chunian Group: Pakistani textile conglomerate with spinning, weaving, dyeing, and apparel manufacturing operations serving international buyers — directly comparable as a vertically integrated Pakistan-based B2B textile and apparel producer.
• Naveena Group: Pakistan-based denim and apparel manufacturer with vertically integrated spinning, weaving, and garment production serving international brands — directly comparable geography, vertical structure, and B2B apparel model.

Broad incumbents

• Kontoor Brands: Owner of Wrangler and Lee denim brands with global apparel manufacturing footprint including South Asia; comparable as a downstream consumer of contract manufacturing capacity similar to Sara's customer base.
• Arvind Limited: Large Indian textile and apparel conglomerate with denim, woven, and knit manufacturing serving global brands including Levi Strauss — operates at a broader scale and with deeper branded presence, but overlaps on B2B apparel manufacturing for international buyers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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