Are you looking for a high-quality and reasonably priced underwear supplier? Do you want to cooperate with manufacturers with advanced production technology and innovation capabilities? China's underwear industry belt, with its complete industrial chain and innovation capabilities, is becoming the first choice for global buyers.
From Shantou and Dongguan in Guangdong to Yiwu and Wenzhou in the Yangtze River Delta, our underwear industry cluster not only has abundant output, but also shows strong competitiveness in intelligent production, environmentally friendly material application, and personalized customization services. Here, you can find underwear customized with the latest 3D printing technology, and you can also meet innovative products that combine traditional craftsmanship with modern design.
Raw material types, prices and characteristics of underwear
The choice of underwear raw materials has a significant impact on the comfort, functionality, durability and cost of the product. Here are some common types of lingerie ingredients, their price ranges, and their respective characteristics:
Cotton:
Price: The price of cotton is relatively stable and may fluctuate due to market supply and demand.
Features: Natural fiber, good skin-friendly, strong hygroscopicity, suitable for sensitive skin, but poor elasticity and insufficient support.
Polyester:
Price: As a synthetic fiber, polyester is generally less expensive than natural fibers.
Features: high strength, wear-resistant, quick-drying, and good shape retention. However, it has poor hygroscopicity and is not as breathable as natural fibers.
Nylon:
Price: Nylon is usually slightly more expensive than polyester due to its superior properties.
Features: Lightweight, soft, wear-resistant, with good elasticity and resilience, often used in bra straps and tight underwear.
Spandex/Elastic Fiber:
Price: The price of spandex is higher, but due to the small amount used, the impact on costs is limited.
Features: It has excellent elasticity and can provide good stretch and recovery. It is often used on the edges of underwear and parts that require elasticity.
Modal:
Price: Modal is a higher-end cellulose fiber with a higher price.
Features: soft, smooth, with silky luster, better hygroscopicity than ordinary cotton, often used in high-end underwear.
Silk:
Price: Silk is a natural luxury fiber that is expensive.
Features: Light, glossy, soft, providing excellent comfort and moisturizing properties, suitable for high-end underwear products.
Bamboo Fiber:
Price: Bamboo fiber is moderately priced and is an emerging environmentally friendly fiber.
Features: Good antibacterial, hygroscopic and breathable, soft and durable, a sustainable fiber choice.
Viscose:
Price: Viscose is a man-made cellulose fiber that is less expensive.
Features: Soft, glossy, silk-like feel, but not as strong and wear-resistant as cotton. It is often used in underwear.
Lycra:
Price: Lycra is a brand spandex that is more expensive.
Features: Provides excellent elasticity and comfort, often used in underwear to increase the fit and durability of clothing.
Polyamide:
Price: Cotton fiber is moderately priced and is a synthetic fiber.
Features: high strength, good wear resistance, better hygroscopicity than polyester, often used in functional parts of underwear.
Latex:
Price: Latex is more expensive and is a natural material.
Features: Good elasticity, softness, antibacterial, strong support, often used in molded cup bras.
Lace:
Price: Lace is a decorative material and prices vary greatly depending on complexity and material.
Features: beautiful, breathable, adding sexy and fashionable underwear.
Net Mesh:
Price: Mesh is affordable and is a lightweight, synthetic material.
Features: Thin, breathable, increasing the see-through effect and beauty of underwear.
Production process types, prices and characteristics of underwear
There are various types of production processes for knitted garments, and different production processes affect the price and characteristics of garments. Here are some of the main types of knitted garment production processes, their price ranges, and their respective characteristics:
Weft Knitting:
Price: Weft knitting is relatively inexpensive and suitable for mass production.
Features: Weft knitted garments have good elasticity and extensibility, are soft and wrinkle-resistant. Common fabrics include Jersey, Pique, Lacoste, etc.
Warp Knitting:
Price: Warp knitting is more expensive and is often used to make knitwear with more complex structures.
Features: Warp knitted garments have better dimensional stability and stiffness, but their lateral elasticity and softness are not as good as weft knitted fabrics. Common fabrics include polyester warp knitted fabrics, warp knitted fleece fabrics, etc.
Fully Fashioned Knitting:
Price: Fully Fashioned Knitting is more expensive and is often used in custom or high-end markets.
Features: Forming knitting garments directly form the shape of the garment during the production process, without cutting, reducing material waste, but the equipment and process requirements are high.
Wool Knitting:
Price: The cost of wool knitting varies depending on the raw materials, and the quality of wool yarn directly affects the cost.
Features: Wool knitting garments are soft and comfortable, with good warmth retention, but may require special treatment to resist shrinkage and insect pests.
Single Jersey Knitting:
Price: The cost of single knitting process is moderate.
Features: Single knitting garments have good breathability and moisture absorption, and are commonly used in T-shirts and sportswear.
Double Knitting:
Price: The cost of double knitting process is higher because of its complex structure.
Features: Double knitting garments have better warmth retention and thick feeling, and are often used in autumn and winter clothing.
Rib Knitting:
Price: The cost of rib knitting process is moderate. Features: Rib knitted garments are often used in areas that require elasticity, such as cuffs and collars, because of their good elasticity.
Spandex Fabric:
Price: Spandex fabrics are more expensive because spandex is a stretch fiber.
Features: Spandex fabrics have extremely high elasticity and are often used in tights, sportswear, and other garments that require good elasticity.
Colored Knitting:
Price: The cost of the yarn-dyed knitting process is relatively high because it requires a special dyeing process.
Features: Yarn-dyed knitted garments are brightly colored and have a variety of patterns, and are often used in fashion clothing.
Terry Knitting:
Price: The cost of the terry knitting process is moderate.
Features: Terry knitted garments have a thick terry structure and strong water absorption, and are often used in towels and sportswear.
The production process of knitted garments not only determines the performance and appearance of the garments, but also affects their production costs and market positioning. When choosing a production process, manufacturers consider factors such as product use, consumer demand, cost-effectiveness, and production efficiency.
Which production processes will lead to higher procurement costs?
In the underwear production process, some specific technologies and processes will increase costs due to their complexity, equipment used, material costs, R&D investment and other factors. The following are some technologies that may increase the cost of underwear production:
Intelligent underwear products: underwear with built-in smart chips, such as underwear, requires integrated electronic components and software, which increases technical difficulty and cost.
Environmentally friendly and sustainable materials: environmentally friendly materials such as PLA fiber (polylactic acid fiber) may lead to higher costs due to high production technology requirements and market demand.
3D printing technology: used for customized underwear production, although it improves the fit, the cost of 3D printing equipment and materials is high.
Adhesion technology: using hot melt glue or special glue instead of traditional sewing, although it provides better comfort, the cost of adhesives and related equipment may be high.
Seamless underwear production process: such as ultrasonic cutting and stitching technology, requires professional equipment and high technical requirements, which may increase production costs.
Personalized customization service: To meet the personalized needs of consumers, providing customized services will increase the cost of design, proofing and production.
Environmental certification and standards: Obtaining certification such as CQC China Environmental Protection Product Certification requires time and resources to establish and certify the environmental protection system.
Complex crafts: such as lace making, embroidery, hand sewing and other complex crafts, due to the high manual content and complex craftsmanship, the cost is relatively high.
Functional underwear: such as sports underwear, body shaping underwear, etc., require special structural design and functional materials, and the cost is relatively high.
Environmentally friendly printing and dyeing technology: Compared with traditional printing and dyeing, environmentally friendly technology may be more expensive, but it is more in line with sustainable development and health requirements.
Introduction to the underwear industry belt
China's underwear industry belts are widely distributed and have formed multiple industrial clusters with regional characteristics. The following is an introduction to some major underwear industry belts:
Shantou City, Guangdong Province:
Shantou City is a famous underwear town in China. The underwear industry accounts for more than 60% of the local GDP and has formed a large-scale industrial cluster. Shantou has a complete underwear industry chain, and all aspects from raw materials to production and processing can be completed locally.
Dongguan City, Guangdong Province:
Dongguan is one of the important underwear production bases in China. It has a large number of underwear manufacturing companies and is famous for producing high-quality underwear.
Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province:
As a city at the forefront of reform and opening up, Shenzhen has an equally developed underwear industry, especially in underwear design and brand building.
Yangtze River Delta region:
Including Yiwu and Wenzhou in Zhejiang, Suzhou, Changzhou, Wuxi in Jiangsu, etc., these areas produce a variety of "pan-underwear" products and extend to the sports and leisure field.
Fujian Province:
Fujian Province, especially Jinjiang, is famous for the production of underwear accessories and intimate underwear, and the industrial cluster has strong advantages in specialized division of labor.
Jiangsu Province:
Jiangsu Province has a long history in the field of traditional textiles, especially in the production of underwear fabrics.
