Facilities · Changshu, Jiangsu

55,000 square metres, one cluster

Three factories and two trading arms sit inside China's densest knit textile cluster. Fabric does not travel between provinces between stages; it travels between buildings.

Wide view of the RyderTex knitting floor with circular knitting machines under high-bay lighting.
55,000+Square metres
3Factories
2Trading arms
300+Circular knitting machines
3Dye houses
100+Tonnes dyed per day
The three dye houses

Each unit dedicated to one fabric class

A general-purpose dye house makes every lot wait for the one before it. Splitting the work across three specialised units is what keeps an activewear order and a nylon order off each other's schedule.

Unit 01

Shuangchen Textile

Activewear, sportswear and outerwear fabrics.

Dyes the open-width and single knit programme
Unit 02

Huicai Textile

Nylon, nylon/spandex and synthetic fabrics.

Handles the warp knit and nylon-spandex work
Unit 03

Fleece, sherpa & print

Outerwear fleece, sherpa and sweater fleece. Printing is handled here as well.

Also the printing house
Machine floor
Circular knitting machine on the RyderTex floor, frame 1 of four. Circular knitting machine on the RyderTex floor, frame 2 of four. Circular knitting machine on the RyderTex floor, frame 3 of four. Circular knitting machine on the RyderTex floor, frame 4 of four.
Lab & quality

Colour is matched here, not argued about later

Lab dips, shade approval and physical testing sit on site, next to the machines that made the fabric.

Technician at the RyderTex dye lab checking a colour recipe against dyed fabric swatches.
Dye lab · recipe and shade approval
Quality control bench with fabric samples laid out for inspection.
QC bench · inspection
Row of textile testing instruments in the RyderTex laboratory.
Physical testing row
[[NEEDS INPUT: test standards and equipment list for the lab]]

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