How to Approach a Manufacturer with Your Idea
As a new start up, approaching a Contract Manufacturer can be an intimidating task. While there aren’t many reasons that a manufacturer would choose not to work with you there are a couple that might….
Manufacturing
Web Straps and Tie Downs: Applications and Good Practice
In their most basic form, you can use these straps as carrying case handles, shoulder straps, lanyards, and medical sling straps. In some cases, you can also use these straps on a MOLLE compatible case…
Bringing a New Bag to Market: What Every Soft Goods Designer Should Know
If you’ve already validated your product idea and confirmed there’s a real market need, you’re likely now deep into product development. For sewn soft goods like backpacks, carrying cases, or medical garments, bringing your product…
Kevlar Fabric: The Textile Five Times Stronger Than Steel
When it comes to durability and high strength textiles, there’s one that stands above the rest: Kevlar Fabric. If you’ve ever wondered what makes bulletproof vests bullet proof, what makes tires so tough, or what…
5 Tips to Help Keep your Sewing Contracts in the U.S.
For some production lines, it is an important to have production kept in the US, be it for a selling point, or due to any number of material or manufacturing restrictions (for example, Berry Compliance)….
Choosing Hardware for Your Bag Design
There are many steps that go into designing and producing a custom Bags and cases – material sourcing and selection, measuring, testing and trials, and one of the often forgotten elements in the process is…
Everything You Need to Know About Coated Fabrics
While developing a custom carrying case or custom sewn product, durability is almost always the number one factor for sourcing fabrics. Using textiles with high durability is especially important in the medical and military fields…
What is Industrial Sewing?
Industrial sewing is the backbone of mass-producing rugged, high-performance fabric products. If you’ve ever wondered how military-grade backpacks, emergency medical bags, or tarpaulin truck covers are produced at scale, the answer lies in industrial sewing….
Clinical Trials and Field Testing for Medical Wearable Devices
When designing a medical device for mass production and distribution, it is important to keep in mind that there is a more intensive process than the development, sourcing, and production. Before being put to use…
Artificial and Wearable Organs
While most are familiar with wearable fitness monitors, wearables in the medical field are taking off for further integrated home healthcare. New medical wearable garments file for FDA approval and patents daily, with the goal…