Sourcing & Fabric Resource Guide
American & Efird LLC
24 American St.
Mt. Holly, NC 28120
www.amefird.com
Contact: Mark Hatton, Global Marketing Director
Products and Services: (A&E)— one of the world’s leading manufacturers of sewing thread, embroidery thread and technical textiles for worldwide industrial markets—is proud to share their campaign (T.H.R.E.A.D.), Technology to Help Reduce Early Apparel Demise, a global initiative being launched throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas. With a tagline of “Help preserve the lives of innocent apparel around the world,” the focus is to bring to light the advantages of using premium sewing thread. With 122 years’ worth of experience under their belt, A&E’s premium thread helps make garments that look better and last longer. The campaign also highlights A&E’s commitment to environmental and social responsibility.
ApparelWorks International, LLC
707 Skokie Blvd., Suite 100
Northbrook, IL 60062
sales@apparelworksllc.com
(847) 778-9559
gregg@apparelworksllc.com
Products and Services: Apparel Works (AWI) is a U.S. company specializing in Western Hemisphere–based privatelabel sourcing, manufacturing, and design. Key items include premium-denim, shorts, jackets, skirts, industrial workwear and uniforms (pants, shirts, coveralls), embellished knit tops, T-shirts, and sleepwear. Production is currently being sewn in Guatemala, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Gregg Pavalon, president of AWI, has 23 years of experience manufacturing apparel in the region. Average lead times are 6-8 weeks max. Prices are drastically lower than what it costs to produce domestically, and with Asian prices on increase, the region is experiencing a lot of new activity. Delivery averages three days by boat to ports in Miami, Los Angeles, or Houston. AWI offers its customers several manufacturing options, including Full Package, CMT, or their signature service, called CMT Plus. CMT Plus is when AWI picks up the customer’s fabric at a U.S. mill; sends it to the factory; supplies all trim, assembles, and finishes product as specified and then delivers back to the customer’s U.S. warehouse. For more information, call (847) 778-9559, www.apparelworksllc.com, sales@apparelworksllc.com or visit us at Sourcing@Magic in the America’s area booth #66410.
Asher Fabric Concepts
2301 E. Seventh St., #F107
Los Angeles, CA 90023
(323) 268-1218
Fax: (323) 268-2737
www.asherconcepts.com
sales@asherconcepts.com
Products and Services: Asher Fabric Concepts stands alone as the innovative trend-driven domestic textile supplier to the contemporary apparel market. Producing high end, luxurious fabrics in the USA and offering a fully searchable online inventory with easy swatch ordering and sampling, they are a designer’s dream. With an extensive library and constant new line development in basic PFD, Novelties, Stripes, and Prints, they are always on trend. By supporting customized product development they facilitate the manufacturer’s ability to achieve a unique look and brand identity. Set up to produce large and small orders with equal consideration and care, they are your trusted partner in building and growing your business from the ground up.
Azteca Dye and Laundry
2614 Geraldine St.
Los Angeles, CA 90011
(310) 884-9083
www.aztecadyelaundry.com
Products and Services: Since 1999, Azteca Dye and Laundry has been committed to providing quality dye and wash services to the garment industry. We have a history of working, developing, and creating some of the biggest names in the garment industry. We have two locations in the Los Angeles area with a total of 96,000 square feet of space. At Azteca, we work 24 hours a day, seven days a week in order to provide you with the fastest turnaround time in our industry.
Buhler Quality Yarns Corp.
1881 Athens Highway
Jefferson, GA 30549
(706) 367-9834
www.buhleryarns.com
sales@buhleryarns.com
Contact: Werner Bieri
Products and Services: Buhler Quality Yarns Corp. ensures the highest-quality products backed by environmental sensitivity and around-the-clock support throughout your supply chain. Our distinctive portfolio offers Supima, MicroTencel®, MicroModal®, Supima Outlast, and various blends, all certified by Oeko-Tex 100, which ensures they are safe for all applications. Additional yarns include Siro Spun and fashion slub yarns in Supima and Supima MicroModal; all offer comfort, durability, and strength. Bring your product to market backed by decades of experience, dependable industry relationships, and unsurpassed technical support.
California Label Products
13255 S Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90061
(310) 523-5800
Fax: (310) 523-5858
Contact: Tasha
www.californialabelproducts. com
info@californialabel.com
Products and Services: California Label Products has been servicing the apparel industry for 20 years. With our full-service in-house Art Department, we can create your branding identity from design to delivery. Our product list consists of woven labels, printed labels, care labels, size tabs, custom hangtags, integrated hangtags, and novelty items, as well as buttons and snaps. We have price tickets, self-adhesive labels, thermal transfer labels, printers, and ribbons. Our service bureau for care labels, price tickets, and bar-coding can give you product in 48 to 72 hours. We are always concerned about quality, service, price, and creativity. And we are here to serve all your label needs!
China Sourcing Fairs
www.chinasourcingfair.com
Show Dates: Fashion accessories, underwear and swimwear, and garments and textiles are featured Oct. 27–30 in Hong Kong at Asia World Expo.
Services: China Sourcing Fairs are premier trade shows that help volume buyers source from greater China. Fairs are held in Mumbai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Johannesburg in South Africa, Shanghai, Dubai, and Miami and serve a variety of industries including garments and textiles, electronics, and home products. The China Sourcing Fair: Garments & Textiles displays a wide array of clothing and fabric materials from Greater China’s key garment manufacturing hubs. The China Sourcing Fair features a big assembly of mainland Chinese exhibitors known to offer quality goods at competitive price points.
Competitive Edge: Visit the China Sourcing Fairs to find a wide range of garments and textiles and underwear and swimwear. Cut out the middleman— meet and do business directly with more private, China-based manufacturers than other shows in the region. Visit the Color Trends Area, sponsored by Pantone, for 2013’s hottest hues. Improve sourcing productivity—preview products, booths, and supplier details at our Online Sourcing
Cinergy Textiles
1422 Griffith Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90021
(213) 748-4400
Fax: (213) 748-3400
www.cinergytextiles.com
Products and Services: Cinergy Textiles specializes in stock and order-based programs on over 500 fabrics, consisting of knits, wovens, basics, novelties, and linings. We have been servicing our clients throughout the United States and around the world for over 15 years. We cater to domestic manufacturers and provide drop shipments for off-shore production. Our product line provides piece goods for all markets, including childrenswear, women’s, juniors, contemporary, misses, maternity, men’s sportswear, uniforms, and special-occasion items. The majority of our product line is imported from Asia and stocked in Los Angeles. One roll stock minimum (approx 100-125 yds). Orders are generally processed on the same business day and ship out within one or two days, depending on the size of the order and availability of the particular style ordered.
Colormax
1627 Paloma St.
Los Angeles, CA 90021
(213) 746-6060
Fax: (213) 746-6111
info@colormax.us
Products and Services: Established in 1980, we are Southern California fashion industry specialists in laundry, fabric framing, enzyme washing, soft hand, over-dyed to black, and any other specialized needs. We dye knits and woven fabric. Call Goody or Rea for services at (213) 746-6060 or visit www.colormax.us.com.
Design Knit, Inc.
1636 Staunton Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90021
(213) 742-1234
Fax: (213) 748-7110
www.designknit.com
shalat@designknit.com
Contact: Shala Tabassi
Products: Designer and better contemporary knit fabrics from sheer to heavyweight.
What’s New: New items include lightweight sweater knits, novelty and basic fabrics with cashmere, silk, wool, rayon, Modal blends, organic cotton, organic Supima cotton, organic Supima/micro-Modal, Supima blends, tencel, microtencel, proModal, rayon hemp, recycled poly, linen blends, rayon bamboo/cotton, garment dyeable stripes, as well as yarn-dye solids and stripes.
Custom Work: Yes
Inventory: Knit to order
Minimum: Varies by fabric
Price Points: Moderate to high
Competitive Edge: We offer new and innovative fabrics every season. Custom developments also available.
Emsig Manufacturing
253 W. 35 St.
New York, NY 10001
(800) 364-8003, Ext. 301, 308, 309, or 312
sales@emsig.com
www.emsig.com.
Products and Services: Back in 1928, the Emsig family started a new business, Emsig Manufacturing. The initial market strategy, as it remains today, was to produce the highest-quality button products for their customers. From the humble beginnings, complicated with the very difficult financial times of the early 1930s, Emsig emerged as a formidable button-manufacturing company over the ensuing years. Today, Emsig Manufacturing is managed by third- and fourth-generation family members, and through all the years of innovation and expansion, The Emsig Group has maintained its initial family friendliness, trust, and market integrity. Some of the company’s recent innovations include the Bio-Tech Melamine product, which restricts the growth of viral and bacterial organisms, as well as introducing the first 100 percent recycled button (Melamine) made from recycled factory materials. Our Melamine buttons are made in our USA factory. We are the manufacturers of the unbreakable shirt button, and we made urea horn buttons in our U.S.A. factory.
The Evans Group
500 Molino St., Suite 102
Los Angeles, CA 90013
www.evansgroupinternational.com
(877) 531-5225
Services: The Evans Group is a fashion development and production house for independent and emerging designers. Services range from making patterns and samples for the runway and showroom to filling small production orders without minimums. In vertically integrated studios in Los Angeles and San Francisco, designers from throughout the United States and abroad work directly with the group’s team of highly skilled craftsmen, from the development of the collections and samples to photoshoots and small-volume production. The Evans Group is recognized locally and nationally for restoring the humanity and quality behind manufacturing clothes domestically and promoting independent design.
Franco American Textiles
1051 Monterey Pass Road
Monterey Park, CA 91754
(800) 280-1648
Fax: (323) 268-0212
www.franco-american.com
Info@Franco-American.com
Contact: Sandy, Isabel, or Diana
Products:
Threads: 100% Spun Polyester, Textured Polyester, Cotton, Bonded Nylon, Monofilament and Elastic Thread
Hangers: Garment – BL64, S111, CH94, 484, 6012. Dry Cleaning – Shirt, Strut, Cape, Drapery Hangers
Poly Bags: Garment Plastic Bag (Economy & JCP), Laundry Bags, Flat Bag (Cut Work/ Liner)
Packaging: Boxes G-Series (G5,G7,G9), S-Series (SS4, SS6, SS8, SS10), Stretch film, Sealing Tape, Tissue Paper (Acid Free & Non-Acid Free) Accessories: Sizers, Hanger Tape, Thread Clippers, Germany Schmetz Needles, Japanese Organ Needles, Garment Clips, Sewing Machine Parts, Machine Oil, Braided & Knitted Elastic
What’s New: We’ve expanded our product line of Polyester Thread colors and packaging supplies.
Services: We have the capability to dye-to-match 100% polyester and textured polyester threads. We can also custom print any garment, laundry, or flat bag. Free delivery is provided anywhere within Downtown Los Angeles.
Custom Orders: We can dyeto- match your swatch in Los Angeles and have ready within two to five business days. We can also custom print poly bags and boxes.
Minimum: Minimum order varies based on the product for custom-made goods.
Turnaround Time: Deliver within Downtown L.A. within one to two business days, excluding custom-made items.
Competitive Edge: We offer an in-house dye facility and an expert in color matching. We are also conveniently located in Orange County, San Gabriel Valley, and Downtown Los Angeles.
Geltman Industries
1914 Bay St.
Los Angeles, CA 90021
(213) 622-2015
Fax: (213) 622-4572
www.geltman.com
geltmanind@aol.com
Contact: Shari Rezai, President;
Ron Cueto, Operations Manager
Products and Services: Since 1931, Geltman has provided a full range of services to textile mills, apparel manufacturers, and the home-furnishing industry. With our highly skilled personnel and efficient production methods, we guarantee the finest-quality work and the most reputable service. In continuing to keep abreast of the latest technological developments, Geltman has been able to cultivate exclusive processes to meet the specific needs of the textile industry. Our years of renowned experience and customer relationships have been the product of our honorable policy—to provide clients with the highest-quality service.
Interpolymer Solutions Inc.
1195 Larchmont Drive
Englewood, FL 34223
(888) 467-5504
Fax: (941) 475-5349
www.interpolymersolutions.com
Contact: Jesse Pasternak
sales@interpolyinc.com
Product Line: Ecopure waterbased synthetic leather
What’s New: Ecopure’s proprietary chemistry means we can provide customers with a truly ecologically friendly alternative to traditional, solvent-based synthetic leathers. Our products are water based and 100% DMF free. We offer limitless colors and textures while maintaining the subtle feeling and hand that today’s fashion brands demand. Ecopure also weighs much less than real leather and is extremely breathable while maintaining water resistance.
Services: Manufacturing, logistics and sales support
Custom Orders: Yes
Inventory: U.S. Warehouse
Minimum: 500 yards
Price Points: USD $4-15/per yard ex factory
Turnaround Time: 3 weeks plus shipping
Competitive Edge: In short, our edge is technology—in both chemical development and manufacturing techniques. We are well positioned to work with customers to develop new products. Ecopure offers customers unsurpassed cosmetic flexibility in an eco-friendly synthetic leather.
Intertek
www.iTradegood.com
Contact: Renee Payton, Vice
President, Business Development,
New York, NY
Intertek Supplier Management
(212) 803-5313
Services: Tradegood, the new online community, is a dynamic platform designed to not just introduce buyers to an enormous range of suppliers—some 20,000 in more than 100 countries— but also to make solid matches based on multiple points of compatibility. Suppliers are authenticated and verified by an army of more than 1,000 inspectors and auditors, who are on the ground inspecting more than 800 facilities a day, sometimes five or six times in a month. These extraordinary resources are made possible by Tradegood’s renowned parent company, Intertek. With 127 years of history and a worldwide network of laboratories, Intertek is a premier testing, inspection, and certification facility for a slew of products, ranging from textiles to toys, petroleum to chemicals. This experienced company saw the need for organizations across industries, including the apparel industry.
Keylin Inc.
312 E. Jefferson Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90011
(323) 232-6700
Fax: (323) 232-6858
Support@KeylinInc.com
www.KeylinInc.com
Products and Services: Keylin, Inc. is a company organized to design, manufacture, and market fasteners for the aviation, construction, garment, leather, medical, and oceanic industries. This Los Angeles–based company serves as a distribution center that provides immediate delivery of goods to customers. Keylin offers a vast variety of hardware to the global market. The company specializes in custom-built, made-to-order product lines that satisfy the customers’ needs. Keylin is proud to become the Mid- and Western Regional Distributor of the world’s leading premium fashion zipper manufacturer, Riri Zippers of Switzerland. To date, Keylin has a stock collection of #4, #6, and #8 metal zippers available in 5-metal teeth colors and 7 tape colors. This provides a vast array of 105 different combinations of items to satisfy the customer’s creative demand. To enhance Keylin’s operation as Riri’s Regional Distribution Center, Keylin has an on-site Riri machine from Switzerland to allow on-site custom jobs enabling zipper customization that closely matches the original factory specification. Keylin may also accept orders for production from Riri’s Swiss plant that can be shipped anywhere in the world where customers may desire. The success of Keylin, Inc. as a leader in its line of trade is indicative of the effectiveness of the company’s philosophy and goal.
Lectra
889 Franklin Road SE
Suite 100
Marietta, GA 30067
(770) 422 8050
Fax: (770) 422 1503
www.lectra.com
Products and Services: Drawing on the unique experience acquired with close to 23,000 customers, Lectra creates innovative technology solutions enabling customers to improve their competitiveness and better respond to their challenges. As a dedicated apparel technology provider for businesses as diverse as fast fashion, luxury, and ready-to-wear, Lectra has developed a worldwide network of specialists in areas ranging from R&D to implementation strategies and change-management methodologies in response to specific demands in the apparel and fashion industry. With our fashion-specific PLM, Lectra delivers an unrivalled solution covering the whole value chain from line planning and scheduling through design, development, and sourcing, all the way to manufacturing, in a truly collaborative platform.
Lenzing Fibers Inc.
530 Seventh Ave., Suite 808
New York, NY 10018
(212) 944-7400
Fax: (212) 9447406
newyork@lenzing.com
www.lenzing.com
Products and Services: The Lenzing Group is a world leader in marketing and manufacturing man-made cellulose fibers. The portfolio of Lenzing Fibers includes TENCEL®, Lenzing Modal®, MicroModal®, Pro- Modal®, and MicroTencel®. Supply-chain support through resource lists, technical support, and hangtag program. These ecologically responsible fibers with performance benefits are comfortable, sustainable, biodegradable, and derived from a renewable raw material, wood pulp. For more information, please visit www. lenzing.com/textile.
OptiTex USA
325 W. 38th St., Suite 1107
New York, NY 10018
(212) 629-9053
Fax: (212) 629-9055
www.OptiTex.com
Contact: Sabrina Cove
Products and Services: OptiTex’s apparel-specific software includes a suite of preproduction and production tools featuring 2D flat pattern design, 3D garment simulation, animated garment simulation, fabric texture, and colorway variation. Entire lines can be created virtually, eliminating wasted material and speeding products to market. OptiTex now offers 3D to 2D garment flattening, 3D digitizing, updated models, and the ability to create animated 3D cloth and virtual fitting simulations, as well as improved integration with PDM/ PLM systems via a newly developed API. Services include full production pattern design, grading, marker making, nesting, file-conversion services, 3D design, 3D flattening, animation services, and 24-hour online support. OptiTex is fully Windows-based, uses an open architecture, and integrates seamlessly with hardware and software already on the market. It offers a user-friendly nature, highly customizable on-screen environment, and environmentally friendly efficiency. All design modules exist within the same application; no conversion is needed between modules.
Philips-Boyne Corp.
135 Rome St.
Farmingdale, NY 11735
(631) 755-1230
Fax: (631) 755-1259
www.philipsboyne.com
sales@philipsboyne.com
Products and Services: Philips- Boyne Corp. offers high-quality shirtings and fabric. The majority of the line consists of long staple Egyptian cotton that is woven and finished in Japan. Styles range from classic stripes, checks, and solids to novelties, Oxfords, dobbies, voiles, Swiss dots, seersuckers, ginghams, flannels, and more. Exclusive broadcloth qualities: Ultimo®, Corona®, and Superba®. Knowledgeable customer-service team, immediate shipping, and highestquality textiles. Philips-Boyne serves everyone from at-home sewers and custom shirt-makers to couture designers and branded corporations.
S & J USA Inc.
843 E. 31st St.
Los Angeles, CA 90011
(323) 231-0811
Fax: (323) 231-3820
snjusa@snjusa.com
Products and Services: S & J USA, Inc. has been a major, authorized distributor of YKK zippers for over 25 years. We carry a vast array of zippers, and we have an in-house factory that allows us to complete orders quicker than our competitors. S & J USA, Inc. also specializes in snaps, tack buttons, eyelets, and elastics, among other trims. Our customers range from the U.S. to Asia, and we hope to expand even further in the future. We are known for great customer service and quality materials.
SHOL Textiles
234 Eucalyptus Drive
El Segundo, CA 90245
(310) 766-5074
Fax: (213) 482-4858
www.sholtextiles.com
Contact: Shane Rabineau or
Oleg Zatsepin
shane@sholtextiles.com
oleg@sholtextiles.com
Products and Services: SHOL Textiles’ premium soft and stable interlinings can go through aggressive washes and still give you the look and feel on the inside to make you look good on the ouside. Services include full-service testing of fabrics with SHOL Textiles’ premium fusibles for any apparel needs. We offer excellent quality, service, and price! We will visit you or send samples or receive your fabric to make fuse tests to recommend the proper fusible for your fabric.
Sourcing at MAGIC
2501 Colorado Ave., Suite 280
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 857-7558
cs@MAGIConline.com
www.magiconline.com/sourcing
Services: Sourcing at MAGIC is North America’s largest, most comprehensive sourcing event, reflecting the fashion supply chain at its most complete. Offering unmatched access to over 40 countries representing the world’s most important markets, Sourcing at MAGIC showcases more than 800 apparel, accessories, and footwear resources, conveniently merchandised by country and category: contract and original design manufacturers; fabric, trim and component suppliers; and service and technology providers. Upcoming show dates are Aug. 20–23 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. (877) 554-4834, cs@ MAGIConline.com or www.magiconline. com/sourcing
Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP)
10850 Wilshire Blvd., Suite
1250, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(310) 474-6861
Contact: Head of Trade Division/
Commercial Counselor, Pakistan
Consulate, Los Angeles
www.tdap.gov.pk, www.pakconsulatela. org,
pakcomm@aol.com, and pakcom.loa@tdap.gov.pk
Product Line: Apparel, textile (all categories, i.e., towels, home furnishing, denim, fabric, sports uniforms, knits, T-shirts, etc.)
What’s New: Home textile products being displayed in MAGIC for the first time
Services: TDAP, through its Trade Division at the Pakistan Consulate, provides facilitative B2B services to both Pakistani exporters and American Importers Division
Competitive Edge: In the world trading market, our ranking is No. 1 in cotton, cotton yarn, and cotton woven fabric; No. 2 in cotton knitted shirts; and No. 3 in rice exports.
U.K.P. Accessories (Hong Kong)
Unit 12, 18/F., Sterling Centre,
11 Cheung Yue Steet, Cheung
Sha Wan, Hong Kong
(852) 2744 4410
www.ukpaccessories.com
enquiries@ukpaccessories.com
Contact: Stephen Starkey
Product Line: We supply a multitude of trimming items such as hangtags, woven, printed and embroidered labeling, zip pullers, real and imitation-leather labels, jeans buttons, and rivets. Further products include rubber labels, seals, boxes, tapes, ribbons, and cords.
What’s New: We always look to keep customers up to date with the latest developments and techniques for our main product range. We also have introduced a range of accessories to our portfolio, including hats and caps, webbing belts, and silicone wristbands.
Services: We offer a range of logistical services to guarantee you can maintain control of your trims, which includes producing order forms, product manuals, and reports tailored to your needs, as well as offering stockholding in our warehouses. We have also recently developed an online ordering system for those customers who want an easy method of ordering their trims.
Custom Orders: All our items are made to customers’ individual specifications to ensure we supply items to perfectly suit your garments and accessories.
Competitive Edge: We have been supplying the worldwide clothing industry for 20 years, with customers varying from major store groups to sole designers. With our extensive product collection and our range logistical services, we can offer a complete trims solution.
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