In a medium-sized houses in one housing complex downtown Tegal. Welcome sewing machine noise in a garage that switching functions into a garage convection. No fewer than ten women were busy completing their duties, some sew, some are mengobras.
Kusnah, is the owner of this convection. Started business in 1992, this small-boned woman was formerly a tailor like most tailors, sewing when there are orders. But with perseverance and tenacity, he gradually began to spread to the world of convection with women's clothing specifications. At that time he was only after there is an order to produce clothing. Workers had only amounted to four people.
Then, in 2003 he became partners Partnership Program Page. PLN (Persero) Distribution of Central Java and Yogyakarta. It gets soft interest loans amounting to USD 10 million. Assistance is then continued in the year 2006. This time the amount of Rp 15 million rupiah.
Thanks to the aid effort was growing rapidly Kusnah. If the first he has had only three sewing machines, sewing machine now has reached 13 units. The number of workers also rose sharply, from 4 people to 11 people. Do not stop there, once the location of the business still existed as rented houses have now been able to buy.
Added production equipment and the number of employees this makes the number of production soared. No less than 500 pieces of clothing could be produced per month. Even now, he also began working on the details produced their own clothing. "I used my embroidery job that can bestows to people, not again now because I already have their own embroidery machine," he added. Inevitably, the business turnover is now spelled out pretty even, up to Rp 18 million per month. About marketing, he also no longer have to bother. Although no orders, remained sell homemade products in the market. Noted, Tegal, Jakarta, Semarang, and Bradford is a city that is now a subscription product.
Success in the world of convection does not necessarily make Kusnah satisfied. He has aspirations to create a store that provides all the trappings ranging from sewing fabric, needle, thread and other sewing tools. "Is not nice when you have a sewing and fabric store itself. We can cut production costs, "he said optimistically.
source :www.plnjateng.co.id