Within the framework of a busy weekly agenda throughout the country, President Alberto Fernández visits the province of Catamarca to participate in the official ceremony for the Bicentennial of provincial autonomy and perform other activities, including a tour of the textile company Confecat S.A.According to the Government, the owner of that company, “accompanying the current process of economic reactivation and industrial development, he made his contribution by taking charge of two iconic brands of our country, such as Grafa and Ombú, which thus returned to Argentine hands.” They explained that it is “Carlos Muia, who from Catamarca bought 45% of Santista Argentina, the main producer of denim and workwear in the country and also acquired Confecciones Riojanas, a plant that was closed in 2019 and is now called Confelar”.
Muia settled in Catamarca 40 years ago, founded the textile company Confecat, owns four textile plants in the north and employs a total of 1,675 workers, making it the largest employer in the province. Santista has a plant in Famaillá, Tucumán, where 900 workers work. It is a leader in the production of denim and workwear with the Ombú brand, among others. The Tucumán manufacturing plant “produces 2,200,000 meters of fabric per month, of which 1.2 million is jeans and garment trench coats and one million are clothing fabric for work.” It is also “the largest producer of jeans fabrics in the national market and produces 80% of the work clothes used in Argentina.”
In addition, Santista owns the Grafil brand that produces fabrics for the health sector and school supplies.” We are proud of the purchase, we are proud of the vision of the country that we want. We want a country where the national bourgeoisie regains the protagonism of driving basic levers of the economy in industry and commerce,” Muia said.
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