Fiber & Fabric Resource Guide
FIBER & FABRIC
Antex Knitting Mills, div. of Matchmaster Dyeing & Finishing Inc. is a local vertical mill in operation for more than 30 years that produces approximately 1.5 million yards per week. We have an extensive knit and print line, and continually create new, exciting knitted fabrics for apparel and swimwear, including single and double knits, ribs, novelties, yarn-dyed stripes, and prints in gauges from 18 to 36 cut. We produce cotton, poly/cotton, rayon blends, cotton Modal, micro-fiber, nylon, and spandex fabrics. New fabrics include flame-resistant PyroSafe by Antexreg;; Greenline by Antextrade;, which includes organic cotton, recycled poly, and soy and bamboo blends; and Dry Inside Performance Cotton. Knitting, dyeing, printing, sueding, brushing, and special finishes services are available. Contact Bill or Anna Tenenblatt at (323) 232-2061 or annat@antexknitting.com for more information. Visit www.antexknitting.com.
Asher Fabric Concepts makes sophisticated fabrics from luxurious fibers in California for the contemporary market. The company can accommodate both small and big lot orders and offers the most fashion-forward fabrics, PFGD solid colors, and prints made in the USA. Contact Asher Shalom at (323) 268-1218 or e-mail asher@asherconcepts.com for more information.
Buhler Quality Yarns Corp. provides ring-spun yarn with 100 percent Supima, 100 percent Micro Modal, 50/50 Supima Micro Modal, and 50/50 Supima Outlast. Yarn count ranges from 12/1 Ne to 90/1 Ne. New fabrics include Micro Tencel, Royal Spun, and fashion slub yarns in Supima and Supima Micro Modal that are super-soft, comfortable, durable, bright, and extraordinarily strong. Popular counts and blends are inventoried, and there are no minimums for samples. Buhler provides service, quality, innovation, and flexibility. Visit www.buhleryarns.com.
N.I.Teijin Shoji handles the whole range of activities related to fiber textile materials and film and resin materials, from development, procurement, and processing to finishing and sales. We respond to varying client product needs—high quality, highly sensitive, highly functional, low cost—by optimal sources throughout the world.
Philips-Boyne Corp.reg; provides high-quality shirtings and fabric and serves everyone from at-home sewers and custom shirtmakers to couture designers and branded corporations. 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 include Ultimoreg;, Coronareg;, and Superbareg;. New patterns are added regularly from woven, end-on-end, yarn-dyed plaids; flannels; large houndstooth; yarn-dyed stripes; and checks. Visit www.philipsboyne.com.
TRADE SHOWS
The California Market Center (CMC) is the hub for the style industries in Los Angeles. More than 1,000 showrooms and nearly 10,000 product lines are housed in three 13-story wings. The CMC is open daily and hosts five major fashion markets, two textile markets, and four gift and home markets each year in addition to a range of market days, fashion weeks, educational events, and seminars throughout the year. Los Angeles Fashion Market Spring ’11 runs Oct. 15–19. Visit www.californiamarketcenter.com.
GlobalTex: LA International Textile & Sourcing Fair is a full-scaleproduction and design trade show in the United States presentingthe complete supply chain for apparel design and production.GlobalTex is endorsed by the Textile Association of Los Angeles(TALA) and the California Fashion Association (CFA). The showattracts leading designers, product developers, retailers, andwholesalers. GlobalTex features the latest fabrics, trims, yarn,textile design, garment manufacturing, including private label, andmanufacturing technology. For 2010, no show on the West Coastoffers more European resources and more new resources. GlobalTex’swebsite is available at www.globaltex.com.
TECHNOLOGY
Apparel Information Management System (AIMS) offers fully integrated software solutions for apparel importers, distributors and manufacturers of apparel, accessories, footwear, home furnishings, and other sewn goods. AIMS software provides everything you need to streamline, automate, and enhance key activities across your entire business. A Microsoft Gold–certified partner and QuickBooks Gold developer, AIMS provides the most professional, up-to-date program possible, including integration with QuickBooks, EasyShop online retail shopping cart, WebLink online wholesale shopping cart, and the easiest-to-use EDI. AIMS delivers all of this at affordable prices. Visit www.aimstsi.com, email sales@aimstsi.com or call (310) 361-5710. Visit us at the Los Angeles International Textile Show Sept. 27–29, Suite #A1173, and at GlobalTex Sept. 28–30, Booth #843.
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