Allied’s footprint offers insulation from supply disruptions
19/11/2020
It has recently opened a factory in Montreal, Canada, to add to facilities in Vietnam, Myanmar and the Czech Republic which have launched in the past two years.
As well as offering supply stability, it reduces the carbon footprint of the processed down by having local supply chains and delivering to brands’ partners in Asia, Europe and Canada, he added.
Daniel Uretsky said: “It’s no secret that down, as sustainable as it is, can be shipped around the globe for processing and production.
"We found that by expanding into strategic regions, we could better serve our partners by offering materials from local supply chains with the service and quality needed by the largest brands.”
He added that the covid-19 pandemic could be a sign of things to come. “We increasingly have to deal with increasingly significant bird flu outbreaks and feel that these types of massive viral outbreaks may be part of a new normal.
“Setting up our supply chain with diversity positions us to continue to supply all our partners with the sustainable insulation they need even in the event one or two regions have to cull entire flocks or countries get locked down as they have been recently.”
Image: Bags of down stored at Allied's new facility in Canada. Credit: Allied Feather + Down
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