Company factsheet
About SOBIKA
SOBIKA is an artisanal raffia workshop in Antananarivo (Madagascar), a subsidiary of the LOI Confection textile group. The workshop hand-makes bags, hats, pouches and accessories from Madagascar raffia (Raphia farinifera) for premium European fashion houses.
Identity
- Trade name
- SOBIKA
- Legal name
- SOBIKA by LOI Confection
- Parent group
- LOI Confection (textile group, Madagascar)
- Activity
- Artisanal raffia workshop — bags, hats, pouches, accessories
- Location
- LOT 03 810 D, Ambohitrangano, Sabotsy Namehana 103, Antananarivo, Madagascar
- Country of manufacture
- Madagascar (100% Made in Madagascar)
- Techniques
- Crochet, braiding, weaving — entirely by hand
- Main material
- Raphia farinifera (Madagascar raffia)
- Model
- B2B — from prototype to runs of several thousand units
- Lead times
- Prototype 4–8 weeks · Production 8–14 weeks
- Certifications
- WRAP, GOTS, OCS, ICS, BSCI (inherited from LOI Confection)
- Business languages
- French, English
- directeur.commercial@loimada.com
- Phone
- +261 32 05 816 81
- Group site
- loimada.com
What we do
SOBIKA is the raffia-dedicated workshop backed by LOI Confection, which brings the industrial reliability, international certifications and production capacity of a leading Madagascar textile group.
The workshop masters the three core raffia techniques — crochet, braiding, weaving — and also produces hybrid pieces combining raffia with textile (cotton, linen, leather) by leveraging the group's textile chain.
Industrial capacity
- Made-to-order production, from one-off pieces to runs of several thousand units.
- Rapid prototyping with our in-house creative team.
- Lead times: 4 to 8 weeks for a prototype, 8 to 14 weeks for a production run.
- Export logistics from Ivato (Antananarivo) airport and the port of Toamasina.
- Export documents: pro forma invoices, certificates of origin, technical sheets.
Certifications & compliance
SOBIKA operates under the LOI Confection compliance framework: WRAP (ethical production), GOTS (organic textile), OCS (organic fibre traceability), ICS (social audit) and BSCI (international social compliance).
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