THE SOURCE
PRIME MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS
Almost 30 selected clothing manufacturers present their products and services around the latest sourcing services and apparel manufacturing at THE SOURCE
studio in Atrium 3.
The range of services of the internationally experienced manufacturing companies include cut-make-trim (CMT) solutions as well as high-end production. Furthermore, services such as A-Z process solutions including procurement processes are offered – a suitable addition to the diverse portfolio of MUNICH FABRIC START.
As part of the MUNICH FABRIC START, THE SOURCE studio is a one-stop sourcing platform and the stage to all-in-one providers to present turnkey, end-to-end solutions from PLV to white-label for brands, labels and retail. Companies from some of the most important manufacturing countries such as Italy, Portugal, Greece or Turkey will be on site to present a business-relevant mix of services.
BETA
Beta is a knitwear manufacturer with in-house facilities like printing, embroidery, pattern making, design, cutting, sampling. With additional garment dye & garment wash house, they offer different varieties to their customers and want them to have a full experience. Beta is taking place in sustainability movement and with different certificates in hand, they do provide different production processes.
BLOK MODA
Blok Moda is one of the leading apparel manufacturers and exporters, specialized in knitwear with more than 26 years of experience in the clothing industry. They provide flexible, time and cost-effective solutions with 3D technical drawings, designs, sewing and virtual fittings on human based avatars. They can easily create fabrics with all color options and place your samples in your personalized avatars based on your brand identity. Direct service and communication is provided at any stage from collection and sampling to follow-up of manufacturing preparation, quality control and shipment.
EAST
EAST is a Danish design driven private label production company. EAST was founded in 2009 and has experienced a successful growth over the last years. Today we work with the best brands all over Europe. Our Design department creates a collection with around 60-80 styles every week divided into 5 capsule collections. You can find our showrooms in Germany, Denmark and Spain. Explore our new creations at our booth.
KREATEKS
The fully sustainable garment producer Kreateks was founded in 2005 and offers light woven and any kind of jersey garments for European Brands. They own certificates from GOTS, RCS, GRS, OCS and in Social Compliance part and are also certificated with both BSCI and SEDEX. Find shirts, blouses, tops, dresses, skirts, pants, jackets in light woven fabrics and mesh, lace, jacquard fabrics as well as garments with printed bases. Available materials are viscose, cotton, modal, lyocell, re-cycled polyester, wool fabrics, cupro, silk, Lenzing and ecovero.
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