Uniform and workwear manufacturer in Bangladesh

Usually, yes, and the more you can send us the better. A physical garment is the most useful starting point: we measure it, analyse the fabric for composition, weight and construction, and match colour by lab dip rather than by eye. Where the original fabric is no longer available, we propose the closest alternative and show you both together before you commit. Be aware that an exact match is not always possible, particularly on colour: dye lots vary between mills, and a garment that has been worn and washed has already shifted from its original shade, so matching to a used garment can lock in a colour you did not intend. We normally recommend matching to an unworn reference and then sealing that as the standard for every future order.

By keeping standards as objects rather than notes. Ask for the sealed sample, the approved lab dip for each colour, the final measurement sheet, the size run, the logo files and the fabric details including mill and quality reference to be retained under your name. Each reorder is produced and inspected against those, so year three matches year one. We flag risks before they bite: a fabric being discontinued, a trim changing specification, or a factory losing capacity in peak season, and where a component has to change we send a new sample for approval rather than substituting silently. New starters are best covered from stock: hold a buffer of the common sizes from each main order, sized to your staff turnover, and top up on a schedule, for example quarterly, because a top-up is a production order with its own minimum and slot. Tell us your expected turnover and we will suggest the buffer and the top-up rhythm.

Yes, and for a workforce whose sizes are not on record it is the cheapest way to get the main order right. A size run is a small set of the garment across the size range, made in the bulk fabric and construction, that your staff try on; you send back measured comments rather than impressions, and any fit change is made before the main order is cut. For a large workforce the trial can also settle practical questions a size chart cannot, such as whether a jacket fits over the layers worn on site or whether a trouser leg clears safety boots. The size run is quoted as a small production run, and its findings should be recorded on the order so that every later delivery, including top-ups for new starters, is cut to the same standard. Send us the roles and the working conditions and we will propose the styles and sizes to include.

Our minimum for uniforms and workwear is 2,000 pieces per style and colour, counted across all sizes. A style means one design, so a navy work shirt is one style and one colour, and the 2,000 pieces are split across whatever size run your workforce needs. A second colour of the same shirt is a separate fabric lot and needs its own 2,000. The minimum exists because a mill dyes a lot of fabric for each colour and a factory plans a line around each style. For a workforce the arithmetic usually works through issue quantities: several garments per wearer, plus a buffer of common sizes for new starters. If your team is smaller, tell us the number of wearers and the garments per person, and we will say honestly whether a production order makes sense; the low MOQ page explains the small-run route for simpler pieces such as polos.

A men’s fit and a women’s fit of the same uniform garment are normally two styles to a factory, because each is cut from its own pattern and graded across its own size range, so plan on a minimum for each until your quote says otherwise. Our minimum for workwear and uniforms is 2,000 pieces per style and colour, counted across all the sizes of that style. What the two fits can share is the fabric: one colour in one cloth is dyed together, and the trims, logo and colour standard stay identical. Tall and short fittings are length variants of one pattern, and how fits and fittings count towards the 2,000 is confirmed in writing on your quote. If the women’s quantity is too small for a run of its own, the usual options are a wider unisex size grid, or a women’s fit on the highest-volume garment only. Send the wearer list split by fit.

For a uniform tender we can provide a document set built around the named factory and the garment itself: the factory’s name and address in writing, its current social audit report, laboratory test reports on the proposed fabric, and a sample garment for evaluation. A social audit covers the site that sews the order and a product certificate covers the garment design, so a bid should name the factory that will make the uniforms and attach its documents. Where the specification calls for industrial laundering, ask for the fabric to be tested to ISO 15797 before the bid goes in; where a garment claims protection, the evidence is the EU type-examination certificate and the notified body’s number. The price, the shipping term and the delivery date are stated in writing on our quote. Sampling is charged separately and quoted first. Tell us the closing date and the quantities per garment.

The company that has protective workwear made and sells it under its name or trademark is the manufacturer under the EU PPE Regulation 2016/425, and it, not the sewing factory, answers for the CE marking. Article 8 makes that company draw up the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity, and keep both for 10 years. Article 19 sets the route: Category II garments need EU type-examination by a notified body, followed by internal production control, and Category III, which includes heat comparable to air at 100 °C or more, adds supervised product checks or an audited quality system. An importer must check that this was done and put its name and postal address on the garment or its packaging, and one that sells under its own brand takes on the manufacturer’s duties under Article 12. Tell us the standard and category before sampling: bulk production must match the certified type.