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ricots Liesse is the only vertical circular knit manufacturer in Canada,
and is dedicated to providing the
best possible fabric solutions to meet their
customers’ needs. By constantly innovating,
as well as utilizing a highly trained workforce
and cutting edge technology, Tricots Liesse
offers the fastest delivery turnaround in the
industry. They have made it their mission
to establish long lasting partnerships with
customers and suppliers, meeting their everchanging needs and requirements.
The company was first incorporated in
1967, and has been serving the apparel trade
ever since. In the beginning, they occupied
10,000 square feet and specialized in single
knit apparel textiles only. The intervening
years have seen Tricots Liesse expand many
times, achieving steady growth in sales,
equipment and expertise along the way. In
the early 1970s they added double knit fabrics to their capabilities, and in 1998 they
built Di-Tech, their own dyeing and finishing facility. Today they occupy a state-of-theart 250,000 square feet facility.
Tricots Liesse is a vertical operation,
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which means they do everything from the
knitting of yarn to the dyeing and finishing
of fabrics. Recently, they even introduced
garment manufacturing capabilities to their
organization.
Di-Tech was designed exclusively for Tricot Liesse’s fabric needs as a result of the
company’s desire to be completely vertical.
The business was built from scratch – they
bought the land, they built the facility, and
stocked it with the best dyeing and finishing
equipment available to marry with their fabric collection. Tricots Liesse has a Europeanstyle product line, so all machinery was acquired from either Germany or Italy to serve
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the global market with high quality fabrics.
This enables the company to position itself
as an alternative to countries such as Italy,
France and the United Kingdom when it
comes to higher-end fabrics. Customers
looking for product in those markets are able
to go to Tricot Liesse’s sales office in North
America and buy local, at no loss of quality.
From Di-Tech’s facility, they can finish
the hand of the fabric to accommodate all
types of designer requirements. Everything
from granular high twist hands to extremely
silky soft sueded hands are within their capabilities. They also offer ultra violet protection
finishes, water repellent finishes, anti-micro-
QUALITY REQUIRES INTERACTION
We source from the best and interact with our yarns through
every step of the supply chain— ensuring that each garment
reaches retail with the utmost quality.
Add to this our voluntary Oeko-Tex® certification that guarantees
our products are safe from harmful chemicals, and you’ll understand
the origins of our sterling reputation throughout the industry.
US Supima Cotton
is superior in length,
strength and fineness
—forever achieving a
high-quality product.
Lenzing MicroTencel®
offers strength, softness,
and moisture management
— all while inhibiting
bacterial growth.
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Lenzing MicroModal®
is the epitome of luxury
and the ideal fiber for
flexible, graceful clothes
and bedding.
1881 Athens Highway, Jefferson, GA 30549
p. 706.367.9834 or sales@ buhleryarns.com
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Buhler Quality Yarns Corp.
An Industry Leader: Buhler Quality Yarns
Corp. ensures the highest quality products
backed by environmental sensitivity and
around-the-clock support throughout your
supply chain. Our distinctive portfolio offers
Supima, MicroTencel®, MicroModal®, and
various blends fabricated to exceed expectations. Additional yarns include fashion
slub yarns in Supima and Supima MicroModal; all offer comfort, durability, and strength.
Bring your product to market backed by decades of experience, dependable industry
relationships and unsurpassed technical
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Our Products include:
US Supima Cotton is superior in length,
strength and neness—forever achieving a
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by luxury brands for its comfort and durability.
Lenzing MicroTencel® offers strength, softness and comfort. Made from FSC-certi ed
pulp on a closed loop processor and certied by the Oeko-Tex® Standard 100, MicroTencel moves moisture and inhibits the bacterial growth.
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bial finishes, soil resist finishes and more.
When it comes to quality control, the
company’s self-certified laboratories – established in 1994 – work day and night to
ensure speedy results using the standards set
forth by the CATCC and AATCC. Greige
from each knitting machine is tested daily
for knitting defects, and in-house spectrophotometers guarantee accurate colour
matching controls. All finished fabrics are
tested for colourfastness to chlorinated pool
water, seawater, acid perspiration, clear water, home laundering, wet and dry crocking,
home laundering conditions.
Competing with overseas competition
is the chief challenge in the fabrics industry, and Tricots Liesse has done it by working hard and producing a premium quality
product. Tricots Liesse fabrics end up in designer labels in swimwear, high-end fashion,
performance wear, as well as industrial fireretardant, anti-static, water-repellent lines –
to name just a few.
Management at Tricots Liesse is handson from the top down, and the company
employs over 200 workers. The Tricots
Liesse design team is stocked with personnel
famous in North America for their talent,
knowledge and abilities – both technical
and creative. Designers work with the latest
computerized graphical design software, and
their fine detail work is what the company
has become renowned for.
Another feature Tricots Liesse is known
for is their practice of creating and selling
collections – they are one of the few companies left who do that. Their design team travels to Europe often, seeking out trends and
producing samples day-in and day-out. This
strategy is in contrast to the standard textile
operation, where clothing manufacturers
simply call a textile company, provide them
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with a piece of fabric, and request a product.
Tricots Liesse aims to inspire customers with
their collections. They create in excess of two
thousand items of new product a year, and
every year the market embraces something of
theirs.
The company’s goal primary objective
is to remain in the market long-term. As
more North American garment manufacturers recognize that spending less for inferior
quality is not the solution, Tricots Liesse are
reminding them they can get superior quality, right here in their backyard.
According to Abie Sterner, that is exactly
what Tricots Liesse offers above all else – superior quality. “Although we have very large
production capabilities, our focus is on quality and quality alone,” he says. “That is our
first and foremost concern. We breathe quality day in and day out. That, to us, is truly
our mission – to strictly produce quality and
innovative fabrics on a day to day basis.”
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