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OUR HISTORY

More than four decades
of textile expertise.

A story built through industrial experience, continuous development and a long-term connection with European textile and workwear markets.

SCROLL THROUGH OUR JOURNEY
40+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE
OUR JOURNEY

Experience built
over time.

HADS is part of an industrial textile journey developed over several decades within Groupe Kassab. Each stage brought new experience, stronger capabilities and deeper knowledge of textile manufacturing and professional workwear.

MILESTONES

From textile foundations
to workwear expertise.

A continuous industrial journey shaped by experience, specialization, responsibility and customer expectations.

Groupe Kassab early textile production archive
GROUPE KASSAB · EARLY PRODUCTION ARCHIVE
1983
THE BEGINNING

Groupe Kassab

The foundations of the group's textile experience are established, creating the know-how and industrial culture that will support future development.

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

TEXPRO CORP

A new industrial stage strengthens manufacturing capability, production organization and textile expertise within the group.

1997
TEXPRO CORP historical industrial development
TEXPRO CORP · INDUSTRIAL ARCHIVE
HITEX industrial development
HITEX · INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
2011
PRODUCTION STRENGTH

HITEX

The group's garment manufacturing capability is reinforced, adding production strength and supporting the next stages of industrial specialization.

HADS first dedicated workwear workshop
HADS · FIRST DEDICATED WORKWEAR WORKSHOP
2016
WORKWEAR SPECIALIZATION

HADS

HADS is created as the group's dedicated workwear specialist, bringing together garment manufacturing experience and the specific requirements of corporate, industrial and technical workwear.

RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT

First GOTS certification

A new milestone supporting the development of responsible textile projects and certified organic materials.

2018
GOTS certification logo
GOTS · FIRST CERTIFICATION
BSCI certification logo
BSCI · FIRST CERTIFICATION
2019
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

First BSCI certification

The organization reinforces its structured approach to social responsibility and customer expectations within European supply chains.

RESPONSIBLE MATERIALS

First OCS & RCS certifications

The certification journey expands to support organic and recycled content requirements for modern textile and workwear projects.

2024
OCS certification logo RCS certification logo
OCS & RCS · CERTIFICATIONS
HADS current factory and industrial capability
HADS TODAY · CURRENT INDUSTRIAL PLATFORM
TODAY
HADS TODAY

From experience to partnership

Today HADS brings together this textile heritage, workwear expertise, industrial capability, structured quality and close collaboration with European customers.

FROM EXPERIENCE TO PARTNERSHIP

Our history is not only
about dates.

It is about the expertise accumulated by our teams, the industrial habits built over time and our ability to understand customer needs and transform them into reliable workwear solutions.

EXPERIENCE · EXPERTISE · PARTNERSHIP
THE JOURNEY CONTINUES

The experience of yesterday.
Built for today's workwear.

The next chapter is HADS today: our people, our organization, our industrial capability and the way we work alongside our customers.

HADS TODAY · TUNISIA · EUROPE
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