Intimate apparel · Malabe, Sri Lanka · Since 2008

Every stitch is a promise kept quietly.

Onivja is the small Sri Lankan apparel house that discerning brands trust with the garments worn closest to the skin: period underwear, reusable pads, everyday intimates, sleepwear and knits.

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ONIVJA 95% COTTON · 5% SPANDEX
MADE IN SRI LANKA
LIVING EVERY SECOND
2008Founded in Malabe
30+Years of leadership experience
6Production lines
61Pneumatic-assisted machines
40KPieces per month
30–45Days bulk lead time
Who we are

Where heritage industry leadership meets high-performance apparel manufacturing

Onivja Global Research (Pvt) Ltd is an apparel manufacturer established in May 2008 in Malabe, in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. We produce woven and knitted garments, with a deep specialism in intimate apparel and everyday knitwear, for brands across Europe, India and the UAE.

The company was founded by a garment professional who held a key managerial position at MAS Holdings, one of South Asia's most respected apparel groups. That lineage shapes how we work: disciplined production, traceable sourcing, and standards written for international markets from day one.

We are not the largest house in Sri Lanka. We are the one that behaves as though every order carries our name, because it does.

The Onivja factory building in Malabe: three floors of brick and glass
Company
Onivja Global Research (Pvt) Ltd
Registration
PV 60115
Location
Malabe, Sri Lanka
Team (direct + indirect)
40 + 7
Export markets
AU · CA · USA · NZ · UK · JP
Our story

Seventeen years, built one order at a time

2008

A house is founded

Registered in May 2008 in Malabe by a professional with more than two decades in the garment trade and a senior background at MAS Holdings. The aim from the outset: serve international buyers to international standards.

2013

A niche, carved early

The factory earned a reputation for variety in design and colour and for innovation in style, becoming a dependable partner rather than just a vendor. Woven and knit capability grew side by side.

2018

Intimates become a specialism

Investment in flat-lock, elastic-attach and cylinder-bed machinery turned underwear into a core competency, a category that rewards precision, repeatability and care.

Today

Research and development

Onivja moves into a light-filled, purpose-arranged factory of brick, glass and open floors, with room to grow the partnerships that got us here.

Chryshanthie Hettiarachchi and Wasantha Gamage of Onivja
A word from the Director

We do not chase every order. We keep the ones we earn.

Built on more than 30 years of industry expertise, Onivja goes beyond traditional garment manufacturing. We combine technical knowledge, innovation and a solution-oriented mindset to help brands overcome production challenges and reach a standard they can stand behind.

Wasantha Gamage

Managing Director · Operations

Over 30 years in apparel, with foundations at MAS Holdings and Columbia Sportswear USA, and international training in Japan, the USA, Germany and Switzerland.

Chryshanthie Hettiarachchi

Marketing & Merchandising Manager

Over 30 years in garments, including key roles at Star Garments Group (a Komar company), Winter Quilts and Korea Lanka Garments, managing accounts for Gap, Nordstrom, Marks & Spencer, Ted Baker and others. Trained at Playknits, New York.

Why we exist

Made where ethical apparel is a point of national pride

Sri Lanka is known for garments made without guilt: a skilled, respected workforce, strong labour standards, and decades supplying the most demanding fashion and intimates brands. Onivja is a small, focused expression of that tradition.

Our mission

To make apparel worn against the skin with precision, integrity and care: a partner brands can trust completely, and a workplace built on dignity.

Our vision

To be the intimate-apparel house of choice for conscientious brands worldwide, and proof that a focused Sri Lankan factory can meet the highest standards on quality, ethics and trust.

What we make

Garments people live in, made to the standard skin demands

Intimate apparel is unforgiving. There is nowhere to hide a crooked seam, a loose elastic or an inconsistent size. That is exactly why we chose it.

Lime period-proof brief with concealed gusset Coral high-waist period brief with matching crop top
Category 01 · Specialism

Period-proof underwear

Protection that looks like ordinary underwear. A concealed absorbent gusset manages menstrual flow and light leaks with no pads or liners. Leak-proof, breathable, anti-odour and machine-washable, built for years of wear.

BoxersBriefsHipstersThongs
Moderate flow
Holds approx. 2 pads / tampons (12 ml)
Heavy / overnight
Holds approx. 5 pads / tampons (30 ml)
Materials
Outer 80% recycled nylon / 20% elastane; lining 95% organic cotton / 5% elastane
Black reusable cloth pad with snap-button wings A reusable pad being stitched on the sewing floor
Category 02

Reusable period pads

All-day protection, none of the waste. Soft, washable cloth pads and liners with a stay-dry top surface and a leak-proof backing, secured with a snap-button wing. Washed and worn for years: less single-use waste, less monthly cost.

PadsLinersSnap-button wings
Niagara printed cotton briefs Niagara multipacks being packed
Category 03 · Our own label

Niagara

We don't just make brands. We build them. Niagara is Onivja's own label: everyday cotton essentials in solid and print, designed and produced entirely in-house. Ladies' and men's underwear made to last.

BikiniHipsterBoy shortBriefsBodysuits
Sage satin pyjama set Orange performance tee
Category 04

Sleepwear & activewear

Made for rest: soft, breathable sleepwear finished with the same clean seams we bring to everything worn next to skin.

Built to move: supportive, flexible pieces engineered to hold their shape wear after wear, including performance tees produced for MAX.

Pyjama setsNight dressesTank topsActive leggingsJoggers
Lavender crew-neck t-shirt Kidswear: white tees and printed briefs
Category 05

Everyday knits & outerwear

Alongside intimates, we produce t-shirts, polos, kids' graphic tees, casual tops and woven blouses. Variety in design and colour is where we started, and short, complex runs are still handled without drama, with printing, cut-and-sew panelling and full finishing in-house.

Men's & ladies' teesPolosKidswearCasual topsCrop topsWoven blouses
Private label

Your label. Our hands. Nobody is the wiser.

Most of what we produce ships under someone else's name, and that is exactly how it should be. We build the garment; you build the brand.

01

Brief and tech pack

Send a design, a sample or a spec. Supply fabric and trims yourself, or lean on our sourcing to build the full package on CMP or NFE terms.

02

Sampling and approval

Our sample room produces protos and pre-production samples, with current certificates from every fabric and trim supplier so your bill of materials is traceable.

03

Bulk production

Six lines, 61 machines and closely tied departments carry the approved sample into bulk, with every stage supervised against international quality standards.

04

Finish, pack and ship

Sorting, checking, pressing and packing in your packaging, to your carton spec, delivered in 30–45 days.

Our facility

Three floors, one continuous seam

Departments are deliberately tied together, so nothing is lost in a hand-off. Naturally lit, open and organised, the floor is arranged so a garment moves cleanly from one operation to the next.

6Production lines dedicated to underwear
8,000Intimates cut per day
1,500Knit tops cut per day
20Metering devices for elastic and trim feed
01

Cutting floor

Fabric is laid, marked and cut: up to 8,000 underwear pieces and 1,500 t-shirts a day.

02

Sewing floor

Six lines and 61 machines assemble the cut pieces, matched to the right construction for each garment. Every piece is then sorted and checked against the approved sample before it moves forward.

03

Product development centre

Pattern, design and sampling under one roof, where protos and pre-production samples are developed with the buyer before bulk.

Machinery, chosen for the job

  • Overlock, 4-thread 20
  • Single-needle lock-stitch 12
  • Cover stitch 10
  • Flat-lock, right-cutter elastic attach 06
  • Double-needle 05
  • Bar-tack 04
  • Hem cutter 03
  • Heat seal 02
  • Pad print 01
The Onivja sewing floor with machinists at work A quality checker inspecting a period brief The product development studio with pattern plotter Fabric being cut by hand The Onivja team
Responsibility, sewn in

Standards you can audit

We built for international markets from the start, so compliance is documented, not asserted. Supplier certificates are refreshed with every order, keeping the whole bill of materials traceable and current.

Environmental

CEA approved

Approval from Sri Lanka's Central Environmental Authority is a way of running the floor, not a plaque on the wall.

Chemical safety

PFAS / fluorine testing

We test fabrics for fluorine, the key indicator of PFAS, so brands that promise a chemically safe product can hold us to it.

Traceability

Full BOM certificates

Current certificates are requested from every fabric and trim supplier, on every order.

Workplace

Fair & safe

A workforce treated with dignity, on a floor run to strong Sri Lankan labour standards.

Registration

EDB & Registrar of Companies

Incorporated with the Registrar-General of Companies, Sri Lanka, and registered with the Export Development Board. Approved by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

Recognition

Sustainability Awards 2022

Recognised by AHK Sri Lanka (Delegation of German Industry and Commerce) and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.

Trusted by brands that don't compromise

Labels we produce for

HRXIndia
AWWANew Zealand
AisleCanada
EmeraldSri Lanka
Wicks IntimatesIntimates
MunãgisoLabel
PrimarkUK & Europe
FreedomLabel
Landmark GroupUAE
Tommy JohnUSA
JockeyUSA
SokoLabel
NayomiIntimates
NutmegUK
AmantéIntimates
Olive period-proof bralette and brief made for AWWA
Partner spotlight · AWWA

The kind of brand that trusts a factory like ours

AWWA is a certified B Corp period-care brand from Aotearoa New Zealand, built on a traceable supply chain, net-climate-positive operations and a refusal to compromise on what touches the body. Brands like AWWA choose a manufacturer on trust: ethical labour, tested-safe fabrics, and a partner who treats intimate apparel seriously. That is the standard Onivja is built to meet.

35M+Single-use pads & tampons saved from landfill
100%Of layers tested, none detected for PFAS
22k+Pairs donated to end period poverty
B CorpCertified, net climate positive
Global reach

A small factory with an international address book

We already export across Europe, India and the UAE. Our ambition is a genuine global footprint in the apparel market.

INDIndiaEstablished
AUSAustraliaEstablished
NZNew ZealandEstablished
UAEUnited Arab EmiratesGrowing
CACanadaGrowing
UKUnited KingdomGrowing
JPJapanGrowing
USAUnited StatesGrowing
Reason 1

Intimates expertise

A genuine specialism most factories won't take on, with the machinery and discipline to match.

Reason 2

Owner-led agility

Small enough to care about every order. Connected departments, no lost hand-offs.

Reason 3

On time, every time

30–45 day bulk delivery and a promise that survives from enquiry to shipping box.

Reason 4

Ownership & traceability

Every garment, every component, every supplier certificate accounted for.

Company profile

Take the full profile to your team

Our story, product categories, facility, machinery, compliance and terms in one PDF, ready to share with your sourcing and compliance teams.

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How to work with us

Getting started is simple

Send a design, a sample or a tech pack. We'll advise on construction and terms, sample for approval, and move you into bulk: traceable, compliant and on schedule.

Business terms
CMP · NFE · FOB
Lead time
30–45 days, bulk
Payment
T/T, LC, Bank Draft, Advance
Categories
Knit, intimate, casual
Sampling & PD
In-house sample room
Factory & office1067/11 Virginia Estate, Pothuarawa Road,
Malabe, Sri Lanka
Wasantha Gamage · Director Operations+94 77 301 2242wasantha.ogr@gmail.com
Chryshanthie Hettiarachchi · Marketing & Merchandising+94 71 622 7245chryshanthieh.ogr@gmail.com
General enquiriesonivjagr@gmail.comwww.onivja.com

Tell us about your project

We reply to every enquiry, usually within two working days.