Sewing Contractor Blog
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To pay homage to the industry that is our passion and lifestyle, we developed blog posts to assist those on the verge of taking their products from small and medium scale production to industrial scale, addressing some of the pitfalls, hacks, and textile idiosyncrasies along the way.
Today the CustomFab USA team is nearly 400 strong and has no near term forecast of slowing down its growth. Hefty tariffs on foreign goods, unanticipated disruptions in supply chains due to the COVID19 pandemic, and a new wave of enthusiasm for reshoring the manufacturing and production process of essential goods have all been critical forces recently driving the company’s success.
Sewing machine sales are on the rise, and while some of the increase is due to DIY projects gaining in popularity, the main cause is coming from an emerging overseas industrial sector that hopes to become more automated, pushing prices up higher in regions where they were once low.
The genesis of industrial contract sewing can be traced to those foundational people who were searching for ways to make sewing accessible to the masses and, by extension, build a more lucrative industry. While inventors such as Elias Howe and Isaac Merritt Singer may not be directly involved in the advent of the initial version of the sewing machine, both men played a major part in improving the sewing machine and shaping the landscape of industrial contract sewing.
Whether one is a consumer or product designer, the key to choosing the right fabric begins with understanding the product's end-use requirements…
The consumers in the report listed many compelling reasons for wanting to buy American-made wares…
Information such as figuring out how to design a prototype, to finding the right manufacturing partner, and knowing the necessary steps along the way are all essential to that dream’s success. To better understand the challenges, CustomFab USA speaks with Jake Van Vorhis, the Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder of the Airo Collective…
This year as we take a moment to celebrate the industry we at CustomFab USA hold so near and dear, we’ve developed a riveting series of articles and informative content around the people, production processes, trends, and technologies that make contract sewing, sew great!
Sewing machine sales are on the rise, and while some of the increase is due to DIY projects gaining in popularity, the main cause is coming from an emerging overseas industrial sector that hopes to become more automated, pushing prices up higher in regions where they were once low.
This January, CustomFab USA cheered along with the American textile industry, celebrating a significant United States trade victory that will create new domestic jobs and opportunities in the coming decade.
These two common-sense insider hacks will allow you to continue diversifying the colorways of your product saving you time, stress, and absurd overheads:
While the specifications and intricacies of Cutting Tickets are always different, there are a few core elements that are necessary...
Here are the 5 essential questions it helps to know the answers to before a first meeting...
Having an arsenal of the right tooling is the secret ingredient to being a great manufacturer...
Having manufactured thousands of products as the go-to white label solution for some of the world’s biggest brands, we know a few technological hacks that could help increase your product’s success during its next run...
It’s like that time Captain America joined forces with Spider Man — The former, a patriotic force of good, the latter, a talented and agile upstart who is a master of producing webbed seams that stop crime in its tracks.
