Facilities
COTTON SOURCING
SPINNING
WEAVING PREPARATION
WEAVING
SHEARING
DYEING
PRINTING
EMBROIDERY
FINISHING
CUTTING & SEWING
long-staple cotton fiber is used
cotton imported from USA, Australia, Egypt, Brazil, etc.
Although we do not grow our own cotton, we highly discourage any slave-picked cotton knowingly entering into our supply chain or any forced child labor being used in the process. Long-staple cotton is carefully selected to ensure our towels achieve the highest quality standard.
Swiss-made Rieter high-speed open-end and ring spinning machines.
Spinning is often considered as the first step in textile processing. This process twists all the drawn-out strands of fibers together to form continuous threads or yarns.
Benninger warping and sectional warping machines from Switzerland
Sizing machines from Benninger
Sizing is the process of strengthening cotton yarn, so that it can endure the mechanical stress of the weaving machine. After sizing, yarn threads will be arranged in parallel rows, known as the warping process.
Weaving machines from Sulzer, Tsudakoma, and Vamatex, Annual output of 30 million pieces
A towel is woven on special looms that have two beams of longitudinal warp yarn through which the weft is fired laterally. There are two types of weaving looms: dobby and jacquard. Dobby loom is used for simple patterns(such as stripes and checks), while jacquard loom can accommodate a tremendous range of patterns including damasks, floral motifs, and geometrics.
High-speed programmable shearing machines
Shearing is the process of removing the tops of the terry loops, allowing the cotton fibers to open up and giving the towel a velvet-like feel. This process prepares the towel with a flatter and smoother surface, which is usually found in beach towels and decorative towel.
Annual dyeing capacity of 10,000 tons
Dyeing can take place in two forms: piece-dyeing and yarn-dyeing. Piece-dyeing takes place when the woven fabric, inteneded to be solid color, passes through high-temperature dyeing machine. Yarn-dyeding takes place before the yarn is woven and giving the final fabric multiple colors and patterns.
Japanese flat-bed screen printing machine capable of printing 8 – 10 colors
Pigment printing and reactive printing are available
Printing is another coloration process in towel making. The design is separated into different “color blocks” and then transferred onto mesh screens. Color dye is applied onto the towel fabric on a flat-bed printing machine, one color block at a time until the final design is formed.
Barudan embroidery machines from Japan
Embroidery is considered a value-added process in which ornamental designs and embellishments are applied onto the towel fabric, using needles and threads.
Stenter machines from Santa Lucia Unitech.
Finishing stage consists of two important treatment processes: wet treatment and dry treatment.
Wet treatment is the process where softening agent, hydrophilic agent, and/or antibacterial agent are applied after dyeing or printing. As for dry treatment, it is the process where towels are tumble-dried and being stretched out in the stentering process.
Automatic longitudinal sliting and hemming machines over-lock sewing machines for wash clothes and Juki sewing machines.
Being at the final stage, towels will go through longitudinal cutting and hemming machines. Cross- hem sewing will then complete the whole towel production process and final inspection will follow.