Have questions about our products? Get in touch with one of our industry experts.
Have questions about our products? Get in touch with one of our industry experts.
At TenCate Protective Fabrics, we produce FR fabric, which is the material garment producers use to make FR garments.
The first step of FR fabric creation starts with sourcing the correct fibers - the unspun material that makes up yarn. Blending the correct fiber types together at the correct ratios creates yarns that we then weave together to create FR fabric. This raw or greige FR fabric is then dyed, finished, and finally shipped to garment makers for FR garment production.
Because the most essential protective properties of a garment are defined by the fabric used to create it, we work throughout the entire value chain to give our customers the expert advice they need to make confident choices. By “customers” we mean all partners who play a role in getting the end product to the end user. These are the four types of customers that we actively work with: garment manufacturers, distributors, industrial laundries and end users.
The customer we collaborate with most directly are the garment manufacturers, or garment makers, who buy our fabric and turn it into garments. They might design and sew their own in-house collections, or they may make custom garments according to the wishes and specifications of end users, distributors or laundries.
To supply what the end user is looking for, distributors most often source ready-to-wear clothing from garment manufacturers. Distributors provide end users with a complete package of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) from head to toe, ensuring all the right sizes are delivered to the right employees. Especially in our larger end user accounts, we often work closely together with distributors who need our support (along with garment manufacturers) to address the end user’s needs
A large number of garments made with our fabrics are serviced by industrial laundries. Professional washing maximizes the lifetime and durability of the garments, ensures they’re correctly cleaned, and takes care of the logistics of collecting and redistributing garments to the right employees in a timely manner.
Last but not least, we also work with the end users themselves – that is to say, the companies in industries such as chemical, utilities, steel & metal, healthcare, automotive, construction, catering, firefighting and military & police who wear garments made from our fabrics. Typically it’s the responsibility of the company’s HSE manager to provide proper protective clothing to all employees exposed to workplace hazards (as identified in a risk assessment).
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