Every supplier says what they are good at. Saying what you cannot do is cheaper for both of us, so here it is. If your requirement is on this list, we will tell you in the first reply and, where we can, point you at someone who can.
We do not knit. Single jersey, rib, interlock, French terry, fleece and piqué are outside our mill. We will say so immediately rather than broker it and add a layer you did not ask for.
No rope or slasher dyeing, no indigo range. Denim is a separate competence and we do not pretend to it.
We finish and apply DWR / PU coatings, but multi-layer membrane lamination beyond our current bonding line is referred out.
Automotive, medical, geotextile and industrial specifications are not our field.
These are not preferences. Taking them produces a bad outcome for you and for us.
| Requirement | Why we decline | Who is a better fit |
|---|---|---|
| Below 1,000 m per colour, ex-stock | Our dyeing plan is built on lot sizes. Below that, unit cost rises steeply and we cannot hold the shade. | A fabric trading house holding spot stock |
| Single-piece or single-garment sampling | Setup dominates the cost. We would be quoting you a number that has nothing to do with production. | A local jobber or a sample room |
| Rush below 15 days without a confirmed programme | We will rush a confirmed programme. We will not promise a date that depends on a slot we have not booked. | A mill with spare capacity in that week |
| Unpaid development with no volume indication | Development consumes lab and machine time. We fund it against a realistic programme, not on hope. | A development house paid by the hour |
On high-volume commodity counts we are competitive but not the cheapest. Mills running the same article at ten times our volume will beat us on price. We hold our own on consistency and on the mid-volume programmes they do not want.
We are a make-to-order mill. If you need fabric tomorrow, we are the wrong call.
Programmes beyond [—] metres per shipment are better split across mills, including ours. We will tell you when an order is bigger than we should carry alone.
We do not claim a certificate we cannot show. Current list, numbers and validity are on the compliance page — anything not on it, we do not have.
We develop to your specification. We are not a trend forecasting house, and we will not send you a moodboard in place of a lab dip.
Customs clearance, duty and inland delivery at your end are yours. We will supply every document needed, but we do not quote a delivered price we cannot control.
We keep a record of what has gone wrong and what changed afterwards. Two entries are published below as a sample; the rest are available on request.
| What happened | Root cause | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| [Case 1 — to be written by the mill] | [—] | [—] |
| [Case 2 — to be written by the mill] | [—] | [—] |