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Taking the leap: switching from a home cut and sew operation to an industrial manufacturer

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Taking the leap: switching from a home cut and sew operation to an industrial manufacturer

All soft goods start with technical drawings. These drawings provide the necessary information to your white label manufacturing team. Discover the importance of these documents and the steps to create them for precision soft good manufacturing solutions.

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EMS Individual First Aid Kits

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EMS Individual First Aid Kits

Emergency Medical Services Individual First Aid Kits serve to render aid to a person in need of emergency medical attention. Among the most common type of IFAKs are those that are combat medics and First Responders. In addition, these kits can also be found on airliners and cruise ships.

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How to Create Technical Drawings of Your Product Idea

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How to Create Technical Drawings of Your Product Idea

All soft goods start with technical drawings. These drawings provide the necessary information to your white label manufacturing team. Discover the importance of these documents and the steps to create them for precision soft good manufacturing solutions.

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3rd Annual National Contract Sewing Month IS HERE

3rd Annual National Contract Sewing Month IS HERE

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.

Contract Sew or Cut and Sew: What's the Difference?

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Contract Sew or Cut and Sew: What's the Difference?

Explore the differences between contract sew and cut and sew to help select a quality industrial manufacturing contractor.

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This Labor Day CustomFab USA Celebrates Its Increased Workforce

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This Labor Day CustomFab USA Celebrates Its Increased Workforce

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.

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The Science Behind Fabric Welding

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The Science Behind Fabric Welding

Welding benefits the contract manufacturing industries that use it, as well as their clients…

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Movers and Sewers

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Movers and Sewers

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.

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Made in America Matters More Than Ever

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Made in America Matters More Than Ever

The consumers in the report listed many compelling reasons for wanting to buy American-made wares…

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2nd Annual National Contract Sewing Month

2nd Annual National Contract Sewing Month

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!

3 Essential Fabrics for Batman's Suit

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3 Essential Fabrics for Batman's Suit

… if you're Bruce Wayne and money is not a problem, then the Batsuit of your dreams is finally within reach…

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Lots of Lot Control: Quality without controls isn’t quality

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Lots of Lot Control: Quality without controls isn’t quality

And with 77,000 square feet of manufacturing space and hundreds of machine operators, we’ve got lots of Lots!

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Two Unbelievable Self-Healing Materials: Innovative Designs for Durability and Sustainability

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Two Unbelievable Self-Healing Materials: Innovative Designs for Durability and Sustainability

The days of needing to repair a hole in your favorite EDC, IFAK, or tent might soon be coming to an end thanks to new compounds and nano-fabric that can seemingly self-heal.

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Lots of Love for Life Saving High-Visibility Safety Apparel

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Lots of Love for Life Saving High-Visibility Safety Apparel

From crossing guards and cops, to delivery drivers and construction workers, brightly-colored clothing and accessories are much more than a bold fashion statement but can mean the difference between life and death.


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Ammo, and Tigers, and Chuck Norris — oh my!

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Ammo, and Tigers, and Chuck Norris — oh my!

What trade show has more ammo than business cards, a baby tiger, and Chuck Norris?

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The UCP to OCP Armed-Forces Upgrade

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The UCP to OCP Armed-Forces Upgrade

What do you get when you combine a durable fabric that’s made in the USA and uses the latest visual technology and research to blend into its environment? A high-quality uniform that’s destined for the United States Army…

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Top 5 Sewing Holiday Destinations

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Top 5 Sewing Holiday Destinations

…we compiled a list of our top 5 places to visit this holiday season…

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Fibers of the Future

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Fibers of the Future

This microscopic bi-component synthetic fiber breakthrough has opened the path for innovations in areas that involve identification and smart fabrics.


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Fabrics, Fun, and Fan Boats at the 2019 IFAI!

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Fabrics, Fun, and Fan Boats at the 2019 IFAI!

It’s that time of year again — and we’re not just talking about pumpkin spice lattes, we’re talking about the IFAI!

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CustomFab USA visits IFAI 2018!

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CustomFab USA visits IFAI 2018!

It’s that time of year again, the IFAI expo — where piers, competitors, manufacturers, suppliers, inventors, and cut and sew enthusiasts from around the nation come together and get inspired.

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