Tel: +27 (21) 552 0240
Fax:+27 (21) 552 6702

Physical Address:
Unit 42, Block A
Millennium Business Park
Edison Way, Century City
Cape Town, 7441

Postal Address:
Same as above


Email: cctc@bmanalysts.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com
  

For a complete list of contact details, please see our Contacts page.

The Cape Clothing and Textile Cluster (hereafter referred to as CCTC) was launched in 2005 as a result of the considerable pressure the industry was facing as a result of trade liberalization and increased global competition. The aim of the cluster is to assist clothing and textile firms to bolster their competitiveness. The cluster is a Section 21 company and is governed by an Executive Committee which comprises of industry leaders. The Executive Committee therefore plays an oversight role as well as ensuring that the fiduciary and administrative codes of good practice are met. Furthermore, each of the clusters three programmes, World Class Manufacturing, Human Resources Development and Value Chain Alignment are governed by technical steering committees who comprise of executives from member firms. These technical steering committees determine focus areas and activities within each of these programmes. In this way, the cluster is designed and driven by industry. This also ensures that the content of the cluster is dynamic and meets the ever-changing needs of the industry. The service provider of the cluster is Benchmarking and Manufacturing Analysts. Benchmarking and Manufacturing Analysts is responsible for the management and facilitation of the cluster. Benchmarking and Manufacturing Analysts is also the service provider to the CCTCs sister cluster, the KwaZulu-Natal Clothing and Textile Cluster. The activities of these clusters are synergised and therefore enable a national development strategy to be executed for enhanced competitiveness of the clothing and textile industry in South Africa. With support from five of South Africa's largest retailers, the Cluster has been able to establish and entrench programmes designed to assist local firms development by accumulating economies of scale through group activities and shared resources. The benefits of clustering include:

• Generates critical mass of resources
• Shared learning
• Supports the rapid diffusion of ideas
• There is collective action and risk sharing
• Reduced costs
• Enhanced ability to complete on a global platform

Each of the Cluster's three programmes, namely: World Class Manufacturing, Value Chain Alignment and Human Resource Development is aimed at this purpose.  These three programmes have delivered substantial benefit to the regional clothing and textiles industry. For a list of all member companies please go to the members page.