Much of this volume is funneled through Comditel, a 100%-owned subsidiary of Inditex, that dealt with more 200 external suppliers of fabric and other raw materials. Combitel manages the dyeing, patterning and finishing of undyed fabric for all of Inditex’s chains, not just Zara, and supplies finished fabric to external as well as in-house manufacturers for 45%. The remainder of the purchases of fabric comes from external suppliers group, located more in Europe (95%) and marginally in Asia (4%) and Central America (1%).This process, reminiscent of Benetton’s, means that it takes only one week to finish fabric. Outside the distribution center in La Coruña, fabric is cut and dyed by robots in 23 highly automated factories. Zara is so vertically integrated, the firm makes 40 percent of its own fabric and purchases most of its dyes from its own subsidiary.