OUR STORY
1977
THE IDEA
GOBI started when the Mongolian government made a decision to build a goat cashmere and camel wool processing factory in Ulaanbaatar city with the grant provided by the Japanese government.
1981
IT BEGINS
After years of work, GOBI opened its factory with goat cashmere and camel wool manufacturing facilities, technologies, and machinery that was the first of its kind in Mongolia.
1991
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
GOBI became the first factory in Mongolia to receive the International Quality Trophy and Certificate by introducing the international standard ISO-9000 being able to proudly export 98% of its products.
1997
EXPANSION & IMPROVEMENT
Through the years, GOBI improved its manufacturing by adding capabilities to produce cashmere blankets, cashmere fabrics, drape and fine number yarns in its second factory “Gobi-2”.
2007
PRIVATIZATION
Gobi JSC became fully privately owned after “FCI” LLC purchased 73.45% of Gobi’s state-owned shares at an international open auction.
2011
30TH ANNIVERSARY
Celebrating the 30th anniversary, GOBI by this time had doubled its production capacity and continuing to grow by starting partnerships with international designers to improve the diversity of product offerings.
2013
NEW CAPABILITIES
GOBI continued to improve by adding a “Whole Garment” machinery, a different type of knitwear technology.
2016
GLOBAL STORE
In order to share our cashmere with the world, we opened our first official branch store in Berlin, Germany.
2017
GLOBAL EXPANSION
2019
BIGGER & BETTER
Gobi JSC merged with Goyo LLC and successfully completing one of the largest mergers in the global cashmere industry.