Apparel Manufacturing Intimate Wear (MAS Intimates and Bodyline) MAS Intimates - includes bras, briefs and corsetry. Through MAS Design and its design and development centres in Asia, America and UK, the company works with its customers from the initial concept development process. In 2011, MAS partnered with Marks and Spencer to create what was promoted as the world’s first carbon neutral lingerie product range for the UK High Street.
Dedicated Sportswear (MAS Active and MAS KREEDA) MAS Active - Established in 2005, MAS Active is a provider of sportswear, athleisure and T-shirts, underwear, and boxers. MAS Active manufactures performance wear (sports bras, performance bra tops and pants, yoga wear), sleepwear and "lifestyle wear" (hoodies, T-shirts, pants, jackets). As of September 2017, MAS Active consisted of multiple operation centers, a 'design and innovation studio', 6 factories in Sri Lanka and overseas ventures in Haiti, Italy and USA.
MAS KREEDA derives its name from the Sinhalese word for sports and is MAS Holdings’ exclusive partner for Nike. MAS KREEDA has 14 manufacturing facilities across Jordan, India and Sri Lanka and was launched in 2017.
Swimwear (Linea Aqua) MAS Holdings partnered with Speedo International (UK) and Brandot International (USA) in 2001, to form Linea Aqua. Linea Aqua has manufactured competition swimwear for Speedo for the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2006 Melbourne World Championships.
Twinery - Innovations by MAS Twinery-Innovations by MAS (formerly known as MAS Innovation) was formally launched in 2013 and is a formal cohesion of the fragmented research and development divisions within the organization. The company develops its own products through in-house teams. At the wearable technologies show in San Francisco in 2017, MAS unveiled ‘Firefly’, the result of a collaboration with Flex to integrate IoT into clothing. The smart clothing embeds a series of flashing LED lights in an attempt to provide better safety measures for runners, cyclists and construction workers. MAS Innovation has partnered with international universities such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University
MAS Brands amantè, an MAS-owned lingerie brand designed for South Asian women, was launched in India in 2007. amantè was subsequently launched in Sri Lanka in 2012 in Pakistan in 2016 and in Maldives in 2017. In November 2014, MAS Brands gained controlling stake of
Ultimo, a Glasgow headquartered designer lingerie brand.
MAS Fabric Parks MAS Holdings has established two fabric parks – one in
Thulhiriya, Sri Lanka and another in
Chennai, India. MAS Fabric Park, India was a joint venture partnership on a 737-acre area, located close to the Krishanapatnam Seaport and Chennai airport. The MAS Fabric Park in Thulhiriya was Sri Lanka’s first privately owned apparel intensive free trade zone. The eco-friendly fabric park in Thulhiriya spans 165 acres and provides employment to 8,200 associates. == References ==