What are Artistic Milliners, and Who is the owner of Artistic Milliners?
Success doesn’t come overnight; it takes years of determination, hard work, and untiring efforts coupled with innovative and modern approaches to reach a milestone. In its journey over 70 years which kicked off from a small retail store in 1949 in Karachi, Artistic Milliners grew and now stands among the world’s leading denim fabric and apparel manufacturers in addition to producing renewable energy. There is no single owner of Artistic Milliners, but it’s a private limited company.
Artistic Milliners Journey
1949 – First Retail Shop
1968 – First garment export
1985 – First garment unit setup
1992 – Inception of denim production
1994 – Garment production expansion
2002 – Denim fabric plant setup
2003 – Second denim fabric plant setup – started producing for Levis
2006 – Inauguration of AM2 Garment Factory
2010 – Partnered with Jeanologia for modern laundry
2013 – 2 million eco-friendly products
2014 – Green Plant inaugurated (Leed Gold Certified) – First to product PCB denim in Pakistan
2015 – Biggest denim producer in Pakistan
2016 – Inauguration of Innovation Center in Dubai – J&J Leading Manufacturer Awar – GAP Inc. Mill of the Year Award
2017 – World’s first cradle to cradle gold certified denim – Artistic Energy Inaugurated: 50 MW Wind Energy Plant set up
2018 – Won Levi’s Best in Class Mill – Solar panel array set up- 1.7 MW of clean power – LEED Platinum Certification – Started recycling 650,000 gallons of water/day – IFC PaCt Program launched
2019 – Pakistan’s first Fair Trade Certification – Adopted Ozone finish for eco efficient – G2 Dynamic for Fabric
2020 – Zero liquid discharge Caustic Recovery Plant launched as part of water stewardship
2021 – Acquired Star Fades International – a denim factory in California, offering US clients Supply Chain 4.0 & 360-degree design solutions
Artistic Milliners CEO Omer Ahmed
Omer Ahmed is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Artistic Milliners while Murtaza Ahmed is its Managing Director Murtaza Ahmed.
Best Export Performance Award 2018
In December 2018, Artistic Milliners CEO Omer Ahmed and Artistic Milliners Managing Director Yaqoob Ahmed received the Best Export Performance Award 2018 by the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan.
Denim top 100 list of the most influential people
In October 2021, Omer Ahmed and Yaqoob Ahmed bagged the second position in the top 100 list of the most influential people in the denim industry compiled by WeAr Global Magazine.
Artistic Milliners Los Angeles denim factory
In January 2021, becoming the first Pakistani Company, Artistic Milliners acquired a denim factory in Los Angeles, California, with plans to invest in the facility to grow it into a state-of-the-art design and production hub.
Since 1949, Artistic Milliners has evolved into a vertically integrated denim fabric, apparel and renewable energy powerhouse.
The Company has an annual production capacity of 88 million pounds of yarn, 108 million meters of fabric, and 30 million garments.
Over the years, it has also diversified its portfolio to include renewable energy with a current capacity of 100 MW of wind energy and has a growing interest in solar and hydro plants.
Recently, we have seen a high search trend for Artistic Milliners owner after someone posted a picture of their first shop.
