Over the next two years, about 1.6 thousand new jobs will be opened  at the "Asa Garment" textile factory

ArmInfo. Over the next two years, more than 2 thousand new jobs will be opened at the "Asa Garment" textile factory. On November 1, as part of a visit to the  enterprise by the head of the Armenian government, Nikol Pashinyan,  director of SATEX Company Mkhitar Aghabekyan told

According to him, in 2015, "Asa Garment", led by Italian businessman  of Armenian origin Gagik Sarukhanyan together with "Alex Group",  founded SATEX company in Armenia, which is engaged in the textile  industry. In 2018, thanks to this cooperation, the construction of a  new factory in Yerevan, which was commissioned 2 months ago, began.  Currently, the company employs 400 people, and in the next 2 years  this number will be increased to 2500 employees. 7 production lines  operating at the enterprise will be replenished with another 33. The  average salary of employees is so far 100 thousand drams, but in the  next 1.5-2 years it will increase to 170-180 thousand drams.  According to Aghabekyan, the company produces products of leading  world brands, exporting it to Italy, from where it enters the entire  European market. Products are not sold on the territory of the  republic, which is the requirement of the customer. The main task of  the company's management is to create a culture through which  products with the Made in Armenia sign will become recognizable in  the world. The company is currently collaborating with brands such as  Gloria, Sarton, etc.

In the spring of 2020, the company will open another enterprise in  the city of Artashat for the production of towels and other home  textiles. About 1.5 thousand people will be employed here.

The volume of investments in the creation of production is not  disclosed.

To recall, back in March of this year, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  announced the opening of a textile factory in Yerevan with 3,000  jobs. He said this in parliament during the discussion of the report  on the progress of the government program.