Currently, the clothing and knitting industry in our country are considered unpromising and unprofitable industries. The market is literally flooded with cheap Chinese and Turkish products and entry into it is not possible. On the one hand, this is true. But on the other hand, nothing is impossible.
In fact, the oversaturation of such a segment has virtually no effect on demand - especially if you choose the right direction of production, because clothing is an essential commodity.
Secondly, many novice entrepreneurs who refuse to produce knitwear, fearing competition and dumping prices on the part of the same Chinese or Turkish manufacturers, they forget that they also have certain limits of capabilities and prices will never fall below the cost level (which in itself is extremely rare), and most likely, even the cheapest products include a considerable percentage net profit. So the knitting industry also has considerable profitability potential.
However, before opening a factory for the production of knitwear, you should carefully consider what exactly will be produced and how. The point is that there are several basic rules, following which, a novice entrepreneur does not risk going broke due to illiterate and ill-considered actions.
The first rule of the knitwear business is: make things as simple as possible. The fact is that the production of multi-component products, as a rule, is technologically complex, that is, it requires expensive equipment, and in addition, it may be difficult for a beginner to understand: supplying many multiple raw materials, purchasing different units technology, the parameters of which can confuse even a technically savvy person, the requirements for knowledge of the assortment and the market - all these factors can confuse anyone.
Another thing is a plant or factory that works with the same raw materials and produces a small range of products: no extensive knowledge or special training is required, everything is immediately understandable and clear, and what is unclear soon comes with experience.
Rule two of the knitwear business says: try to concentrate the entire technological chain in your hands, so as not to depend on suppliers, and preferably, on buyers. It is clear that in many cases, including the same knitwear, it is simply impossible to do this right away: this will require large one-time costs, the acquisition or arrangement of an agricultural complex or a chemical plant, etc. However, we still need to strive for this - all large corporations started this way: gradually absorbing producers of raw materials and crushing the sales market - chain stores, etc.
The third rule of the knitwear business: the main thing is not a large assortment; You should start a knitwear production business with the best-selling and most liquid, that is, quickly selling products. This rule is perhaps one of the most difficult to implement. To comply with it, you should carefully monitor market trends and be sensitive to changes in demand conditions. At the same time, in the production of clothing and other knitted goods there is such a nuance: usually the style, texture and fashion trends change once a year, and preferences color range– approximately once every six months. So, during this time, you must be ready to reprogram (or retrofit) the equipment to produce other products and purchase the necessary assortment of fabric dyes (threads).
Since you will have to compete mainly with Chinese manufacturers, you need to understand what exactly brings their products such success. This, of course, is the low price of the products, due to the low cost of labor and Chinese-made equipment. Regarding the labor force, our country, of course, simply cannot keep up with China, but it is more than possible to buy equipment for the production of knitwear produced in this country.
In this case, the first factor (labor) can be ignored: it is compensated by import customs duties, while the enterprise you open will be local, not subject to such duties, and often having some tax benefits.
To optimize the knitwear production process and maximize the lengthening of the production chain, you should purchase not only production equipment finished products, but also equipment for the production of raw materials. IN in this case What we are looking for is an apparatus for making (twisting, twisting one of several) threads.
The twisting of the threads is carried out on a ring twisting machine. An example of such a Chinese machine industrial production, that is, having passed state quality control and certification, costs only 237,000 yuan, which, when converted into rubles at the current exchange rate, is slightly less than 1,200 thousand rubles.
This machine produces multi-layer thread, which is optimal in its performance for the production of knitwear, and also mixes threads and makes three-layer threads, which increases the density of the fabric. The raw material for it can be both natural and artificial fibers.
When a twisting machine is purchased, you should think about the composition and range of products. To do this, you should find an option that, with a small consumption of raw materials, produces products that are in stable demand, firstly, in any region (with an eye to trade outside your city or federal subject), and secondly, in any season.
Examples of such products include knitted T-shirts, socks and knitted gloves. These three things are in the wardrobe of any person - regardless of the region of residence, and, importantly, gender.
T-shirt knitting machine made in China will cost 81,000 yuan, or just over 400 thousand rubles; equipment for the production of socks with a capacity of 350 pairs per day costs 31,000 yuan, or about 160 thousand rubles, and a line for knitting gloves costs 13,500-14,000 yuan (that is, approximately 68-70 thousand rubles) depending on the productivity (specific data models - 260 and 288 pairs per day, respectively).
As you can see, a fully equipped knitting factory (subject to the availability of appropriate premises) will cost at least 1,830 thousand rubles. Of course, there can be several lines: a volume of, for example, 300 pairs of gloves per day for a million-plus city is “a drop in the bucket.”
The main direction of our work is the contract production of knitwear (production of knitted products to order under the customer’s trademark) in a regular way using technology (knitting product parts along the contour, without undercutting).
Possibility of receiving knitting machines ah product parts of a given shape is a very important advantage of modern knitting production, as it allows you to obtain high quality products in industrial scale. The absence of waste during cutting significantly reduces the consumption of raw materials for each product, which helps reduce its cost.
KNITTING PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES
Making garments involves cutting fabric according to patterns and then sewing it. In knitting production, the choice of manufacturing methods is wider.
There are four ways to obtain a knitted product of a given shape: cut, regular, semi-regular and whole knitted. In the first case, the knitted fabric is cut according to patterns in the same way as fabric, taking into account the direction of the loop columns, the location of the pattern, etc. This method is mainly used for the production thin products(T-shirts). With the regular method, the parts are knitted along the contour similar to hand knitting. The semi-regular method is something between cut and semi-regular: simplest coupons are knitted geometric shapes followed by trimming, this method is mainly used in the production of cheap mass products and workwear. Most knitting factories in Russia, Turkey and China produce knitwear using the semi-regular method. The whole-knitted method allows you to knit a completely finished product on a knitting machine, which minimizes manual labor in production, but has a very high cost product development and great limitations on the weaves and shapes used. Each method has its own characteristics and, therefore, each corresponds to certain sewing processing methods.
It should be noted that each of the technologies used requires different equipment for knitting production, for example, for the semi-regular method, cutting equipment is required; machines for the regular method must be equipped with a comb and a thread trimming system; for solid knitted products, special wide machines are used, equipped with needles with an increased head size for knitting through a needle. In addition, production using Fully Fashion technology requires highly qualified programmers-designers and a fashion designer.
`(we cooperate directly with the largest manufacturers and suppliers of yarn, this gives us the opportunity to install minimum prices for knitwear)
— unique technologies knitwear production (the company employs qualified employees whose task is to constantly improve the fleet of knitting equipment and monitor the serviceability of all mechanical processes)
— Experimental workshop – The workshop is engaged in rationing the costs of all types of fabrics and accessories, making patterns based on models, testing fabrics before starting cutting (washing, ironing), preparing technical documentation per model, production of pre-production samples to launch the model into mass production, development of a collection based on customer orders.
— Planning and Modeling Department– Precisely measured patterns ensure the perfect fit of classic, sports and original knitwear for daily wear. We constantly follow the growth of customer requests, taking into account modern tendencies fashion and time.
- Sewing factory– equipped modern equipment the latest generation, which allows you to sew products of any complexity. Thanks to the latest equipment and qualified personnel, our company can always guarantee high quality within the timeframe specified by the customer.
— Knitting shop– The heart and power of our factories, Japanese SHIMA SEIKI equipment performs the key tasks of knitwear production. Thanks to this equipment We can produce products from knitwear of any complexity, from jacquard to seamless knitted products.
- Department technical control - on at this stage the absence of coils, the quality of assembly of the product, and the absence of defects in the products are checked.
— Ironing and packaging workshop– Finished products are cleaned and sorted, after which the products undergo heat treatment. The products are then labeled and packaged for shipment to the client.
+ 27 SHIMA SEIKI knitting machines
They are used for coupon knitting of most modern weaves, such as press loops, braids, jacquards, there are also 3 inlaid machines that allow the use of up to 24 colors in a product.
Include optional equipment for the production of more complex products, such as intarsia, inlaid jacquards, and can also produce yarn with a high wool content, as well as three all-knitting machines with 3 or more needle beds.
Designed for the production of seamless products and accessories such as scarves, mittens, hats.
+ 187 sewing machines
Provide proper quality assembly of the seam of the product, allows you to make a high-quality and durable seam
+ 7 steam irons
Provide high-quality WTO, inaccessible to ordinary households steam irons, use distilled water so that the products do not have the smell of unpurified liquid or rust, giving the product a marketable appearance and obtaining final shrinkage. The temperature of such irons reaches 300 degrees, due to which the product acquires a unique look.
+ 3 washing machines
Washing required for all new items, Washable with concentrated industrial softener that comes out after only 10 washes! Required for shrinkage. The first shrinkage from washing ranges from 5 to 20%. This guarantees the end buyer that his product will not fade. Industrial washing improves the consumer properties of the final product.
+ 2 dryers
Just an integral part of in knitwear, the drying machine dries a batch of products, up to 50 products in 1.5. hours!
+ 47 kettel machines
They are not found in any other area of light industry. Ensures the most accurate assembly of complex areas of knitwear. The process of kettle assembly is the most labor-intensive, but of the highest quality.
