ANTEX KNITTING MILL

EST 1973

KNITTING

The Antex knitting department consists of 550 high-speed, multi-feed, modern, state-of-the-art machines. We have the largest circular knitting capacity in the United States. Our single knit machines, double knits, ribs, mini-jacquards and strips range from 11 to 38 cut and produce a great variety of knitted fabrics, such as

Performance fabrics

Thermals

Flame retardant fabrics

Fleeces & polar fleeces (no velour)

Jerseys

Sweater knits

Ribs

Yarn dyed feed stripes

Interlocks

Novelties (both single & double knits)

Spandex jerseys and ribs

French terry

Most machines are equipped with feeders to add spandex to any fabric. Antex uses only the finest yarns, including cotton, rayon, nylon, polyester, micro fibers, and novelties.

DYING

All of Antex’s fabrics are dyed, finished, or printed in the company’s dye house, Matchmaster
Dyeing and Finishing. The dyeing is done in 30 pressure jets, using the finest reactive dyes available in the market.

Printing

Antex maintains a library of several thousand print patterns developed by the company’s print designers, as well as a design studio that produces original artwork. Antex has the capability to print up to 18 colors per patterns on its state-of-the-art printing machines. Several printing techniques used by the company include:
• Wet printing on cellulosic fibers (reactive dyes, resist and discharge)
• Wet printing on polyamide fibers (acid dyes for swimwear)
• Wet printing on polyester fibers (disperse dyes)
• Pigment printing (all fibers)

Finishing

Special finishes available include: Sueding, Sanding, Brushing, Stain Release, Moisture Management, Water
Repellent, Anti-Microbial, UV Protection, Flame Retardant

Quality Assurance

Prior to shipping, all necessary lab testing and quality inspections are performed on the fabric. The Antex laboratory is approved by major retailers (Gap,Target, Wal-Mart, J.C. Penney’s), and all tests correlate with MTL and SGS regulations. Recently, our laboratory has been certified by Land’s End and Adidas.

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