Having one of the biggest denim manufacturing facility, Pakistan’s Artistic Milliners has also patented a denim product called ‘Cordura’. “We have a vertical set up from spinning to weaving, dyeing and garmenting. The production capacity is 5.5 million meters of denim per month. We have a capacity to produce 4.5 ounce denim fabric to 14 ounce fabric. We also have collaboration with Invista and Cordura patent fabrics,” says Khwaja Abbas, Marketing Manager, Artistic Milliners.

Biggest supplier of recycled products in Asia

Abbas says, Artistic Milliners is one of the biggest suppliers of recycled  products in Asia. Elaborating, he says, “We source garments from nominated sources, from Europe or India, shred and turn them into yarn again. From that yarn we make recycled products. We recycle denim, we recycle knits. Recycled products are a bit expensive because we add extra processes. These products are then marketed by the European brands and they promote them as recycled products under some brand name. H&M is our largest consumer for these products. So H&M’s Close Look denim is a 100 per cent recycled product. We do blends of organic cotton with recycled cotton or recycled polyester.”

Pakistan is known for denim and non-denim fabrics and the players here concentrate on a narrower range. “Most industries sell basic products. Globally denim business is growing. Denim as a product is growing. We keep participating in various trade fairs such as Denim Playground, Premiere Vision, Kingpins New York and Amsterdam with our denim range,” Abbas exclaims.

Patent holder of Cordura denim fabric

Cordura fabrics is specially used for biker and sports denim. The company also produces thermolite fabrics and knitted products. “We do dobby weaves, lightweight and heavy weight denim. We do stretch selvedge in different colours. Some brands use the full fabric. Some brands use part of the fabric for patches. We supply denim fabric to them as per their requirement,” states Abbas.

The company uses nylon fibre since it has tear and stretch properties. It is a 20 per cent nylon blend with cotton. It also produces different weaves like twill weaves and fabric is of different weights. The price of this patented product is up to five dollars a yard and it is consumed mainly in the countries that experience cold climate. Artistic Milliners produces 30,000 meters of Cordura fabric a month.“We make water repellent products with special finishes. We also have suede and fire retardant products. We add tencel to denim. Dobby weaves give a knitted look. We are not actually into circular knits but into looms. We supply to brands like H&M, Levis, Esprit, Inditex, Zara,” avers Abbas.

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