11 REASONS Top Garment Factories Are Adding Printing In-House — And Winning Bigger Buyers

By Ankur Gupta, M.D., Shori Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. — 36+ years in the printing industry

If you run a garment factory in India and you're producing 20,000+ pieces a month, this blog is going to change how you think about your next growth step.

I've spent 36 years working closely with two sides of the industry — screen printers and garment manufacturers. And here's what I've watched happen over the last decade:

The biggest garment factories in India — Reputed Brands and hundreds of smaller export houses — have quietly added their own in-house printing units.

Not because their outside printers were bad. Their printers were fine. They added in-house printing because it unlocked a whole new level of business growth that outsourcing simply cannot.

Let me share the 11 real reasons.

Reason 1: You Add 30–40% Extra Margin Per Piece 💰

When you outsource printing, you pay ₹8–₹15 per panel to a printer. When you print in-house, your cost drops to ₹3–₹5 per panel.

That's ₹5–₹10 per piece straight into your pocket.

On 62,500 pcs/month = ₹4-6 Lakh extra profit every single month.

The margin was always there. Now it stays with you.

Reason 2: You Become a Printer + Garment Maker — Two Businesses in One 🏭

Once your in-house unit produces 2,500 panels/day, and you only need 1,500 for your own garments, what do you do with the extra 1,000 panels/day?

You take job work. Your setup earns from your own garments AND from smaller garment units around you.

You're not just a garment factory anymore. You're a printing services provider too.

Reason 3: You Own Your Brand — Not Rent It 🎨

Every design you send to a job worker exists on someone else's computer.

When you have your own designer and your own printing unit, your designs stay 100% yours. You can build a signature look. Launch your own D2C brand on Shopify. Sell direct to consumers at 3x the margin of B2B.

This is how Souled Store, Bewakoof, and Redwolf grew from zero to hundreds of crores.

Reason 4: Sample in 2 Hours, Not 4 Days ⏱

International buyers now expect samples within 48 hours of approval. With in-house printing, your team can produce a printed sample in 2 hours — same day approval, same day dispatch.

Faster sampling = win more buyers = win bigger orders.

Reason 5: Meet Modern Buyer Compliance Requirements 📋

Big international buyers (H&M, Zara, Marks & Spencer, Walmart) now require:

• ✅ Full traceability of every process
• ✅ Vertical integration for quality control
• ✅ IP protection guarantees
• ✅ On-site compliance audits of print process

Buyers with in-house printing get preferred vendor status. Buyers who outsource get de-prioritised.

Reason 6: Innovate Freely — Try New Effects Anytime 🧪

Want to test a new metallic effect? A new discharge print? A new soft-touch silicon finish?

With outsourced printing, R&D takes weeks and every trial costs money. With your own unit, your team experiments every single day. You launch trends before your competitors even know about them.

Reason 7: Fixed Cost, Predictable Business 📊

Outside printing rates fluctuate — up in peak season, down in slow season. Your CFO can never build a reliable financial plan.

With in-house printing, your cost per panel is fixed and predictable. You can quote exact prices to buyers 6 months in advance without fear.

Reason 8: Convert Fixed Costs Into Revenue Assets 🏛

Your factory, your electricity, your management team — all of these are fixed costs whether you print or not. Adding printing absorbs these costs into a new revenue-generating activity.

Same overhead, more output, more revenue. The math loves this.

Reason 9: Peak Season Becomes Your Advantage — Not Your Bottleneck 🚀

Diwali, Christmas, Summer, School season. Peak seasons are when buyers place the biggest orders — but everyone in the industry is choked.

If you have your own printing unit running 3 shifts during peak, your capacity is your unfair advantage. You take the orders your competitors have to refuse.

Reason 10: Build Your Own Team's Expertise 👥

When your team learns printing in-house — designer, operator, quality checker — this knowledge stays inside your company forever. You build institutional expertise that only grows year after year.

Outsourced knowledge walks out the door every day.

Reason 11: A Long-Term Asset That Pays for 20+ Years ⚙

Machines you buy today keep producing for 15–20 years. The ₹45 Lakh you invest becomes an asset that pays back in ~41 months and then generates pure profit for the next 15+ years.

Every rupee you spend on outsourced printing is gone. Every rupee you invest in your own unit becomes a compounding asset.

The Real Growth Story

The garment factories that are dominating exports today made this shift 5–10 years ago. The ones adding printing in-house today will dominate 2030.

This isn't about escaping anything. This is about stepping up to the next level.

What It Looks Like — Complete Setup

Production: 2,500 panels/day (10 hrs) = 62,500 pcs/month Team: 8 people (1 Designer + 1 Screen Operator + 2 Print Operators + 2 Curing + 1 Runner + 1 Auto) Payback: ~41 months → then pure profit for 15+ years

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• ✅ Full ₹45.72L investment breakdown, line-item-wise
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• ✅ Manpower plan with salaries
• ✅ Space, electrical, layout specifications
• ✅ Production capacity math
• ✅ Month-by-month ROI calculation
• ✅ The exact ink & chemicals list Shori supplies for in-house units

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Why Shori Chemicals?

For 36+ years, we've been the backbone of India's screen printing industry. We're proud to work with 4,000+ printers across India — and we've helped 100+ garment units add printing successfully to their operations.

• ✅ Authorized distributor of Pidilite, huberGroup, BTL Ink, Grip-X, E.S.T Silicone, DYNE
• ✅ Free technical consultation — machinery selection & layout planning
• ✅ Complete ink & chemical supply — everything under one roof
• ✅ On-site team training — we don't just sell, we transfer expertise
• ✅ PAN India delivery — never run out of stock
• ✅ Personal consultation from Ankur Gupta — 36+ years of hard-earned wisdom

Ankur Gupta — M.D., Shori Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Ludhiana 36+ years · 4,000+ printers served across India · Author of 2 books on textile screen printing

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