Lakeland Industries Receives Large Contract For Firefighter Garments In Brazil

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Lakeland Industries, Inc., a market leader in protective apparel, today announced that, through its Brazilian subsidiary Qualytextil, the Company has received a contract worth approximately US$750,000 from Brasilia Firefighters, for customized protective fire coats. This award builds upon existing business with Lakeland and is representative of the high-caliber customers doing business with Qualytextil. Brasilia Firefighters is a fire department located in the capital of Brazil.

“In the nearly three months that we have been concentrating on expanding our business in Latin America through our new Brazilian subsidiary, we have received five major contracts among other orders,” said Chris Ryan, CEO of Lakeland Industries. “Each contract has been awarded to us from either a government agency or a large multinational. In all cases, the orders represent sales of higher margin products as compared to our domestic US sales. We have only just begun to penetrate a large and growing market in Brazil and we are well positioned to grow our share.”

In addition to firefighter apparel, which includes fire coats and other gear, Lakeland is currently selling protective garments in several of Brazil’s largest industries, including electric utilities, oil/petrochemical, mining, technology, and environmental. Lakeland’s efforts in Brazil are supported by a locally domiciled, wholly-owned subsidiary, and manufacturing and marketing channels at the parent company level. The local operations are comprised of an in-house sales force of 40 employees and nearly 19 outside sales representatives covering the entire country of Brazil for marketing of products directly to end users.

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