California Apparel News

Alvanon, Inc.
145 W 30th St., Suite 1000
New York, NY 10001
(212) 868-4318
Fax: (212) 868-4319
www.alvanon.com

Products and Services: Apparel brands, retailers, and manufacturers selling in Mexico now have a powerful new tool to aid in the design and production of garments that fit. The new Mexico Standard AlvaForms are a series of technical fit mannequins created by Alvanon, the global fashion industry’s leading fit expert, and based on Alvanon’s analysis of the recent Size Mexico body-scan campaign. Alvanon fit experts use body scans, coupled with knowledge of human anatomy and pattern construction, to create the optimum AlvaForm for specific target demographics. The finished forms replicate the shape, balance, and posture of the real human body, enabling designers and manufacturers to create garments that best conform to a region’s dominant body shapes. Alvanon is the global leader in providing full service, integrated fit solutions for the apparel industry, providing customized fit strategies and product-development tools to the world’s leading fashion brands and retailers in all areas of the industry.

Antex Knitting Mills/div. of Matchmaster Dyeing
& Finishing Inc.
3750 S. Broadway Place
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(323) 232-2061
Fax: (323) 233-7751
annat@antexknitting.com
Contact: Bill or Anna Tenenblatt

Products and Services: Antex Knitting Mills, a privately owned vertical knitting, dyeing, and printing company in Los Angeles, announces capability of providing full-package garments produced in California or Central America to meet your varied needs. Antex’s product line includes Antex Premier Performance—a line of high-performance, technical fabrics with moisture management, anti-microbial, stain resistant, or UV finishes; Pyrosafe by Antex™, a line of flame-resistant cotton knits; Green Line˙ by Antex™, offering a variety of organic fabrics; and Matchmaster Prints by Antex California, offering design and development of custom prints. Please contactsales@antexknitting.com.

Ark Apparel
(424) 253-6081
ark@arkapparel.com
www.arkapparel.com

Products and Services: With over 10 years of experience in the fashion business, Ark Apparel has the ability to take your apparel products to the next level. We offer consulting, pre-production, manufacturing, design, sourcing, and costing. No more wasting time sourcing materials or factory visits. We make sure everything is taken care of and your products are perfect. All production is done in the USA in our factory. We take pride in what we do, and our clients are sold in the best stores in the world. Quick lead times and faster to-market ability gives us an edge over foreign suppliers. Whatever your volume or price point, we can make it for you. We offer a variety of services depending on need of your project—menswear, womenswear, athletic sportswear, swim, technical fabrics, and leather. We are factory direct, so there is no middleman or agent costs.

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.

Brother International
200 Crossing Blvd.
Bridgewater, NJ 08807-0911
(800) 432-3532
(908) 704-1700
Fax: (908) 575-3810.
www.brother-usa.com
graffitee@brother.com

Products and Services: The GraffiTee™ series of direct-to-garment printers by Brother offers high-quality production with high resolution to allow for photographic printing. Ideal for creating samples and short production runs of designs containing photographs and gradations. The GraffiTee™ Series offers up to 1200dpi for photo-quality printing; expandable, start with CMYK and expand as your business grows; print CMYK and white simultaneously (GT-381); load designs right from your USB memory stick; simple user interface—no RIP software; up to 16” x 18” maximum print area; LAN/Ethernet connectivity; includes GraffixPro Studio™ T-Shirt Design Software; high-viscosity inks are Oeko-Tex® Standard, Class 1 certified.

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: From harvest to hanger, we ensure your supply chain is supported and your final product is of the utmost quality. Introducing MicroModal® Edelweiss—the same comfort and luxury with a greener footprint—to our portfolio, which includes Supima, Micro TENCEL®, Supima Outlast, and blends, certified by Oeko-Tex 100—ensuring safety for all applications. Bring your product to market backed by experience, 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.californialabel.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. Think of California Label Products for all your label needs in 2013!

China Sourcing Fairs
www.chinasourcingfair.com

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 Fairs.

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.

Designer Fabric Warehouse
5015 District Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90058
(323) 277-2777
www.dfwla.com

Products and Services: Announcing our grand opening! Shop today in our 60,000-square-foot warehouse and discover Los Angeles’ best-kept secret for fashion and decorative fabrics, including leather, silk, denim, linen, cotton, rayons, corduroy, and much more. There are thousands of different fabric styles and millions of yards of fashion fabrics in stock. We offer great prices and low minimums for garment manufacturers, designers, party planners, set decorators, and students. At Designer Fabric Warehouse you can expect to find just the right fabric for all your project needs. DFW is the fabric destination. Easy access from the freeway and minutes from downtown LA.

Emsig Manufacturing
263 W. 38th St., 5th Floor
New York, NY 10001
(800) 364-8003, Ext. 301, 308, 309, or 312
sales@emsig.com
www.emsig.com

Products and Services: Emsig Manufacturing Corporation was founded in 1928 in America. Ownership and management remain with the founding family. Now managed by a third and fourth generation who are proud of their international reputation and guided by their commitment to integrity, quality, and developments of new materials, ideas, and services. This continuing commitment keeps Emsig a world leader in the manufacturing of buttons for the apparel industry. Besides its factory in the USA, Emsig also operates factories in China and India. All operated with the same ethical and moral standards of a company dedicated to the safety of the environment and the well-being of its employees. Some of our most recent innovations include buttons that are bio tech in that they resist the growth of viral and bacterial organisms. We have introduced the world’s first truly unbreakable shirt buttons. Our melamine buttons are all made in our USA factory. Our glow-in-the-dark buttons are unique. Many of our products are fire-proof and will not support combustion. As makers from the raw resins to the finished products, we are innovative and creative in our industry. We truly make a difference.

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.

Gerber Technology
24 Industrial Park Road West
Tolland, CT 06084
(800) 826-3243
(860) 871-8082 (outside USA)
Fax: (860) 871-6007
www.gerbertechnology.com
Contact: Jill Powers
jill.powers@gerbertechnology.com

Products and Services: Gerber Technology offers a complete suite of computer-aided design and manufacturing systems for the apparel and sewn-goods industries. These include the industry-leading AccuMark® pattern design, grading, and marker-making software, Fashion Studio software for textile design, automated nesting, and textile spreading systems, as well as single- and multi-ply GERBERcutters. Gerber also offers YuniquePLM™ product lifecycle management software, which helps retailers, brand owners, and manufacturers manage all of the details associated with their products from conception to store shelf and helps them communicate and collaborate more effectively with their suppliers around the world. Gerber Technology supports 25,000 customers, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies, in 130 countries around the world.

Giotex USA
www.giotexusa.com
Contact: Steven Usdan
(212) 564-2000
usdan@giotexusa.com

Products: Giotex™ is the largest producer of certified recycled cotton yarn in North America and the first to earn the prestigious Global Recycle Standard (GRS) certification. Giotex yarn is made from fabric scraps that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Our high-quality yarns are ideal for NAFTA/CAFTA programs and can be used in all applications in which regular dyed yarns are used. Products made with Giotex yarn stand out with consumers who respond to a brand’s “conscience,” quality, value, and performance.

Lenzing Fibers Inc.
530 Seventh Ave., Suite 808
New York, NY 10018
(212) 944-7400
Fax: (212) 9447406
newyork@lenzing.com
www.lenzing.com/textile

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®, ProModal®, 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 our website.

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 highest-quality 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.

ShiningHub
+86-571-8839 6782 (China)
+1-604-564 2201 (Canada)
service@shininghub.com
www.shininghub.com

Products and Services: “Your Smart Buying Office.” ShiningHub is an innovative third-party service provider that can help your business in sourcing, manufacturing, and logistics. Using ShiningHub’s specialized service options can greatly reduce your manpower and management expenditure and increase your businesses efficiency through a specially designed, completely transparent, and totally free online inquiry bidding system and focused supply-chain management services, covering sourcing consultancy, quality inspection, factory evaluation and audit, order control, free online order-control system, logistics, payment escrow, travel assistance, and trademark registration, etc. Visit us at Sourcing at Magic Booth #67639.

Sourcing at MAGIC
2501 Colorado Ave., Suite 280
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 857-7558
(877) 554-4834
cs@MAGIConline.com
www.sourcingatmagic.com

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 1,000 apparel, accessories, and footwear resources, conveniently merchandised by country and category: apparel and footwear contract and original design manufacturers; fabric, trim and component suppliers; and service and technology providers. Upcoming show dates are Feb. 18–21 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

TCF Council of Fiji
PO Box 14998, Suva
Fiji Islands
(679) 330-9603
Fax: (679) 330-3654
www.makeitinfiji.com
enquiry@makeitinfiji.com

Services: Fiji is more than sun-kissed beaches, shimmering lagoons, swaying palms, the friendliest people on the planet, and international resorts. It boasts a world-class apparel-manufacturing base. Fiji has successfully produced iconic brand products for customers in America, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, etc. Fiji is set apart from the big boys like China, Bangladesh, and Vietnam, concentrating on flexibility, quality, and smaller runs. The industry offers great products and “CAN DO” attitude, including its strong commitment to social and corporate obligations. Choosing to MAKE IT IN FIJI is about the confidence that is so essential in business. You can be confident you are dealing with suppliers who understand your needs, and the products we deliver will meet or exceed your expectations. With the world of apparel sourcing choices, consider “To Make it in Fiji”- A paradise to do business ….. is the right business decision.

Texprocess
Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, 60327
Frankfurt, Germany
(770) 984-8016
info@usa.messefrankfurt.com
www.texprocess.com

Products and Services: Texprocess, being held June 10–13 in Frankfurt, Germany, will bring the largest and best sewn products and equipment trade show of its kind. Meet with leading international manufacturers presenting their latest machines, processing, and services for the sewn-products industry.

Tradegood
254 W. 54th St.
New York, NY 10019
(212) 803-5303
www.itradegood.com

Products and 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.

Union Knopf
463 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1304
New York, NY 10018
Contact: Christopher Frost, VP of Sales & Marketing(516) 445-5516
chris@unionknopf.com

Products and Services: Union Knopf is the innovative global partner for the leading designers and international manufacturers in all segments of men’s and women’s fashion from elegant to sporty. We provide fashionable and economic solutions for buttons, buckles, and accessories for jeans, suits and jackets, shirts, and knitwear. Our proven fashion expertise and the local integration of design, production, and customer support allow multiple customer-specific solutions with high aesthetic and qualitative claims. We work with our international partners to assist our customers and are therefore on the spot to accompany and support them in the global activities.