Outso AB Information

High-end Scandinavian brands face a difficult equation: low volumes, rising European production costs, and increasingly demanding EU compliance. Moving production to Asia may solve the cost issue, but for brands built on quality, consistency is the real challenge. It requires a reliable value chain, skilled craftsmen, and working conditions that support both. Bilal founded Outso in 2008 to find quality suppliers for Scandinavian brands. After almost ten years and a few quality claims, he realized existing factories were unlikely to fundamentally change how they operated. Something had to change. With seed funding from Swedfund, Bilal, himself a textile engineer, founded Outso’s own factory in Lahore. Outso's goal is to offer a cost-efficient, transparent manufacturing partner that treats garment makers better than basic industry standards. Headquartered in Malmö and producing in Lahore, one of the world’s major cotton-producing regions, we combine good materials and competitive costs without compromising on quality or working conditions. Our ambition is to build an ideal garment factory where workers are treated like family, and their work is noticed and valued. We offer transparency to empower both brands and workers with new data, keeping us accountable and constantly pushing us to do better. We’re still early, but we’re hungry and curious. We’d like you to come along.