PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

RESEARCH FINDINGS :

Delta Galilis is Israel's largest manufacturer and marketer of textiles and is one of the largest private-label underwear manufacturers in the world[5]

Its founder, chairman and major stock holder Mr. Dov Lautman is a close associate of Israeli President Ehud Barak. see [1] & [2]

Sweatshop Watch has denounced Delta Galil for its exploitation of Arab labour. [4]

ADDITIONAL INFO & REFs :

[1] Delta Galil website:
http://www.deltagalil.com/Shreholders.htm

Delta’s shares are held by 3 major substances: Mr. Dov Lautman, Sare Lee corp. and the public. Dov Lautman is the founder and chairman of Delta, holds 36.61% from Delta’s shares directly or through companies that he owns.Sara Lee corporation holds 24.61% of Delta’s shares.

[2] http://shamash.org/listarchives/amcha/log9907

mentions that "Dov Lautman [Delta chairman] is a close associate of Ehud Barak"

[3] http://www.odaction.org/challenge/60/textil.html

Delta-Galil also makes half its sales to M & S; they amounted to $180 million last year. M&S intends to increase its purchases from Delta by 20%.

[4] http://www.s11.org/iss_sweatshops.html

http://www.sweatshopwatch.org/

Sweatshop Watch has denounched Delta-Galils exploitation of Arab labour, calling it a "Sweatshop Czar"


[5] Jerusalem Post, March 1, 1999
http://www.jpost.com/com/Archive/01.Mar.1999/Business/Article-0.html

"Delta Galilis the nation's largest manufacturer and marketer of textiles and is one of the largest private-label underwear manufacturers in the world.

The company was one of the first local firms to benefit from the peace process, as it moved manufacturing to neighboring countries with low labor costs. Delta currently manufactures in Egypt, Jordan, Turkey and Scotland.

Dov Lautman, Delta's chairman and largest shareholder holds 56% of the company and Sara Lee, the world's largest clothing manufacturer, has some 30%. The remainder is traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange."

[6] Investment Promotion Center,
State of Israel Ministry of Industry & Trade website:
http://www.moit.gov.il/root/Hidden/ipc/%7BF6922%7D

"Delta Galil Textiles is expanding it's Egyptian factory, which was established in 1993 in order to manufacture "basic" underwear and T-shirts at lower cost than in Israel. The factory in Egypt will double production within two years to US $50 million annually. The number of employees will also double, reaching 500 people. With the signing of the peace treaty with Jordan, Delta Galil opened joint venture operations in Jordan in the past year as well. Delta has set up a clothing factory in Jordan with the Al-Bahri concern. Delta said low wage costs were a major factor behind the decision. An interesting twist to this joint Israeli-Jordanian operation, is the fact that the raw materials arrive from Israel, are assembled in Jordan, then shipped back to Israel with a "Made in Israel" label, then shipped around the world. This joint operation exemplfies the new found potential in peaceful cooperation between Israel and Jordan"