One site, eight processes

Spinning, knitting, weaving, dyeing, finishing, printing and embroidery, sewing thread, and garment making. Nothing leaves the compound between the bale and the box.

Our Capacity a month

Yarn

1

120 Tonnes

110 Tonnes

2

Knitted Fabric

Woven Fabric

3

100 000 Metres

Garments

4

500 000+ Garments

Sewing Thread

5

20 Tonnes

Workers handling raw cotton in an industrial facility, with cotton scattered on the floor and machinery in the background. 
An LMW Swiftloc LA21 plucker feeds the line automatically, taking thin layers off the bale so the fibre is not torn at the start.

1 Bale Opening

LMW fully automated blowroom that meticulously removes foreign fibres and stems from the hand picked cotton.

2 Preparatory

Four LMW cards, then Rieter and LMW combers remove short fibres. This is the step that separates a smooth fabric surface from a hairy one.

3 Carding & Combing

A worker in a textile factory operating a large industrial machine for spinning yarn or thread, wearing a headscarf and a face mask. 
LMW and Saurer Zinser ring frames, including compact systems with foreign-fibre detection. Cones are wound on Rieter and Schlafhorst Autoconers.

4 Spinning

A person wearing a face mask operates industrial knitting machinery in a textile factory. The machinery includes multiple spools and metal rods used for yarn or fiber processing. 
Fifteen Pailung circular knitting machines from 15 to 28 gauge, and a Picanol Ultimax rapier loom at 190cm for wovens.

5 Knitting/Weaving

Industrial textile manufacturing machine in a warehouse with stacks of fabric and green clothing to the side. 
Thies and Fongs dyeing machines from 10kg to 500kg lots, an automated colour kitchen, and a Brückner stenter for heat-setting.

6 Dyeing & Finishing

Workers in a garment factory sewing black fabric at assembly lines, wearing head coverings and masks, with bright fluorescent lights overhead.

7 Cutting & Sewing

Eight production lines and 304 sewing machines, fed by CAD-plotted markers.
Stacks of black and gray clothing, possibly T-shirts or hoodies, on a wooden table in what appears to be a factory or warehouse. 
Every roll graded on the 4-point system. Garments inspected, folded, bagged and boxed to the buyer’s specification.

8 Inspection/Packing

Why Machines Matter

Cotton fibre can only be damaged, never improved. Every process between the field and the garment either preserves what the plant produced or takes something away from it. That is the logic behind the recent rebuild: we replaced equipment at the points where the loss would be permanent.

Compact spinning binds the fibres more tightly, so the yarn is stronger and sheds less. Combing removes the short fibres that make a fabric surface fuzzy. Automated dye dispensing removes the human variation between one batch and the next. Heat-setting on a stenter fixes the width and the shrinkage so the garment still fits after washing.

The machinery makes all the difference in quality.

Industrial manufacturing facility with machinery, pipes, and conveyor system in a large warehouse or factory setting.
Red text saying "SAURER." on a white background.
BRÜCKNER logo with blue text and circular emblem featuring stylized shapes.
Rieter logo in gray text on a white background.
Red text spelling 'BIANCO' with a stylized font on a white background.
Matsuya logo with the tagline 'Knit to the future' in black text.
Blue logo featuring a stylized female figure and the initials 'LMW' beneath it.
Close-up of a logo with the word 'This' in stylized blue font.

Spinning

carded, combed and compact cotton yarns. 120 t/month

Knitting/Weaving 

jersey, pique, lacoste, rib: 110 t and 100,000 m/month

Dyeing & Finishing

10kg to 500kg lots, automated colour kitchen, functional finishes

Printing, Embroidery & Thread

twelve print types, 20-head embroidery, A&E-licensed thread

Garment Factory

8 lines, 304 machines, 500,000+ units/month

Quality & Testing

in-house lab, colour match in 48 hours, 4-point grading

We make our own sewing thread

Fine Spinners is an East African manufacturing partner of American & Efird, a thread company founded in 1891 whose products are OEKO-TEX 100 certified, GRS certified and Cradle to Cradle. We produce thread under that licence, on SSM winding equipment from Switzerland, at 20 tonnes a month. Because we dye yarn in-house, the thread in a seam can be matched to the fabric it is sewing rather than approximated from a shade card.

Range: polyester and cotton industrial sewing thread, recycled ECO100 thread to GRS standard, and technical threads. Counts 40/2, 45/2 and 20/6 polyester, Tex 40 to Tex 300. We supply externally as well as using it ourselves.Recent Client

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