Recognizing and acknowledging vendor partners in the success of a company is a rare sight and though we have seen buyers award the manufacturers for their performances, it is not a common practice to award accessory and trim suppliers. Giving great pride to Staflex Interlinings, TAL Group – innovative garment manufacturer of 100% cotton wrinkle free non-iron clothing, honoured NC Staflex Co. Pte. Ltd. for their contribution in supporting TAL for its quality reputation for over 40 years. “We can always work towards nominations to increase business, but when companies like TAL endorse us purely on performance at a global platform, it is a great motivation,” says Ernest V Raj, Managing Director, NC Staflex Co. Pte. Ltd., a Japanese company with its manufacturing setup in Singapore, who are pioneers in cotton fusible and non-fusible interlinings in the global market since 1973.
Headquartered in Hong Kong, TAL Apparel Ltd., is the world leader in the production of dress shirts and currently 1 out of 6 dress shirts sold in the US are manufactured by the company. With strict quality monitors and systems in place, TAL works with only those companies which can match their sensibility in consistent quality and deliveries. Staflex is their chosen partner for interlinings and at a grand function held at the Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong recently, where usually fabric and machine manufacturers may also be invited, for the first time trim suppliers too were invited, including Staflex. It was on this platform that the TAL’s management called, appreciated and awarded Staflex in front of their guests and buyers and declared that they would nominate Staflex over other interlining suppliers.
“This award presentation was done by TAL to also highlight before the buyers that they would be the first ones to be using the advanced quality interlinings of Staflex in the coming months,” says Raj while explaining on the advanced technology that Staflex has incorporated recently by investing about US $ 1.4 million on a new dyeing and finishing machine, as the old machine wasn’t able to meet the new standards set for formalwear. With this investment, which should be up and running by July, the company would be able to supply better interlining like lower formaldehyde content which is highly demanded by most of the European labels (below 30 ppm as against the present 75 ppm level benchmark) and better shrinkage, without affecting their prices.