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We are the world market leader in coated technical textiles and technical apparel, protecting people and their belongings.
Sioen produces technical apparel for many different markets where people work in circumstances where safety, comfort and protection are major issues. Examples are: firefighters clothing, chainsaw protection, floatation suits, bullet proof vests, protection against electrical flash overs, …
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Clothing solution provider
Sioen has built up a strong constituency in the various parts of the protective apparel (firefighting, rescue services, police, forestry, marine, …), develops professional clothing (all weather, high visibility, multinorm and food & cold storage) and leisure clothing.
Always and everywhere
More than 2 800 people are working around the clock to secure your safety. 8 plants all over the world and central headquarters in Belgium, make us an excellent partner to customers worldwide.
Because our products are so technical, we have extensive testing equipment in our laboratories. R&D is directed from the research and development center at our main office. Our production plants are state-of-the-art and the people who work there have many years of experience.
Part of the Sioen Industries Group
Sioen Apparel is one of the three divisions of Sioen Industries (founded in 1960). Apart from Sioen Apparel, there are two other divisions: Sioen Coating, world leader in coated technical textiles and Sioen Chemicals, specialised in fine chemicals.
Always the garments you need
Our dedicated team is always at your service to find the garments that fit your particular needs. No matter for which working condition or which industry or service you are in.
Select the type of protection you need:
Professional protective clothing — all weather, high visibility, multi norm, food and cold storage
SIP Protection — Forestry clothing
Vidal Protection — Firefighters clothing
Mullion — Floatation suits and life jackets
SAT — Stab, slash and bullet proof garments
Baleno — Outdoor leisure wear, hunting and fishing garments
SIOEN NV Fabriekstraat 23 Ardooie 8850 Belgium
ESG
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About European Spinning Group
Our business
European Spinning Group is a family-owned textile group with over 100 employees, located in Flanders, Belgium.
The yarns and services from our textile group have been synonymous with absolute quality for many years. A high level of internal specialization, a flexible approach towards customers, tight in-house quality control and an organization built on strong values have enabled us to conquer a vast market covering Europe, North and South America, Africa and extending to Asia and Australia.
Our values
Our guarantee of quality
We observe very strict quality standards. Over one hundred qualified employees with excellent technical training are engaged daily in the development and production of our yarns. A specialized team constantly ensures its quality in our modern laboratory.
Solutions tailor-made for the customer
Creativity in the textile industry stimulates development and innovation. Our R&D team continuously monitors new developments and researches new markets that match our existing strategy and know-how.
The result is a large range of products that are able to meet the individual requirements of the customer. Whether it is for upholstery fabrics, curtains, decorative fabrics, carpets, mattress ticking, narrow fabric, trimmings, denim and apparel, household and bath-linen or technical textiles (woven or knitted).
Total partnership
Our aim is to provide constant and maximum service. Short delivery times and flexibility evidence this. We seek to find the best solution in consultation with our customer. If a solution cannot be found within our own production, we call upon our specialized external partners.
Sustainability
As we believe we need to act now to create a better world, we are continuously integrating sustainability in our daily processes, raw materials purchases and partner selection.
Continuously investing in modern machinery, gives us the possibility to produce in an ecological, energy-efficient way with integrated waste management systems.
We also have our own Solar Energy production both in our spinning units as in our warehousing and distribution unit.
By using dope-dyed fibers in our spinning mill, we avoid conventional dyeing with all its ecological disadvantages.
This way, we save millions of liters of water.
European Spinning Group is Oeko-Tex® certified.
Family values
Our textile group is a third generation family business with its roots in the Belgian flax industry.
The importance of family values such as trust, respect and integrity is reflected throughout our daily operations. Focus on long term commitment and partnership with all stakeholders is the drive behind our organization and our competitive advantage.
Our history
Jérome Lietaer started in the flax and linen business in 1924, when the industry flourished in Flanders. In 1948, his son André joined the family business.As of 1963, André shifted the focus from flax linen to yarns and established Symaco in 1972, the foundation of our textile group. Driven by his passion for textiles and for pigeons, André explored the world to find the best raw material for the European textile industry.In 1979, the second generation, headed by André’s son Alain, expanded the textile activities with production facilities in Belgium by founding the Avelgemse Spinnerij (AVS).In 1991, AVS moved from Avelgem to a greenfield site in Spiere-Helkijn and was baptized AVS Spinning. The spinning facilities included a revolutionary open-end coloured yarn production technique and raw white synthetic yarn production lines. In 1997, the spinning mill was further expanded with the launch of Sigma Spinning, an open-end cotton spinning mill.Further external growth and synergies were realized in 2008 through a joint-venture with the UCO Yarns division from the Vlerick Group, which was in 2012 fully integrated within European Spinning Group. In order to expand the yarn service activities further, the group acquired Demtex, a beaming facility in Kruishoutem, in 2012.Currently, the third generation is active in the textile group, ready to continue the story of the family business with a passion for textiles and entrepreneurship all around the world. All activities are being rebranded under the commercial name ‘European Spinning Group’, in order to outline the strong foundations as a diversified European yarn production group.
Trading & Distribution Transportcentrum Lar 50 Kortrijk 8511 Belgium
Open End Spinning IJzeren Bareel 42 Spiere-Helkijn 8587 Belgium
Beaming Industriezone 8 Kruishoutem 9770 Belgium
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Our products
NOOSA® offers a wide range of textile products made from NOOSA® PLA: staple fibers, multifilament, spun yarns, fabrics and end-products. Our recyclable fibers can be used for different applications thanks to their innovative properties.
Allée de la Recherche 4 Brussels 1070 Belgium
Ter Molst
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Our Company
Vertically-integrated weaving mill Ter Molst is specialized in designing, manufacturing and distributing interior textiles for upholstery and curtains. By housing design, yarn production, fabric production and finishing under the same roof, Ter Molst offers fabrics that have been tested on premium quality from the start.
Being global is one of the core values at Ter Molst. Our Belgian headquarters and divisions in North Carolina, USA and Coimbatore, India are fully equipped to meet the latest local market trends, while also radiating a universal character.
Together with our sales offices in China (GTA Hangzhou) and Poland (GTA Polska), and our worldwide network of agents and sales representatives, we aim to be at your service – anytime, anywhere.
Hand-drawn designs with a signature mark
Home interiors are trend-sensitive, and the fabrics used for upholstery and curtains play a big role in these trends. Outstanding design is one of our main assets. Our in-house design teams in Belgium, the USA and India breathe creativity and spark their imagination by visiting trend shows and browsing the web and interior magazines. They infuse this dynamic inspiration into all Ter Molst collections, both commercial and residential.
Our designers have accumulated years of experience in their field and specialize in creating designs and compositions for textural solids and jacquards. Our teams work closely together to add a signature touch to all our fabrics, creating the unique Ter Molst look and feel for the several collections we launch each year.
Custom-made designs are welcome endeavors at Ter Molst, as we highly value collaboration and flexibility. We create personalized fabrics by cultivating close partnerships between sales and R&D teams, and our clients.
Good for you, safe for our planet
Sustainability, high quality and an excellent performance are key when producing our upholstery and drapery fabrics. Our dedicated QA & QC departments rigorously test all Ter Molst fabrics, to guarantee that we meet and exceed the following international standards:
Color fastness
Martindale Abrasion
Wyzenbeek Abrasion (USA only)
Pilling
Brush Pill (USA only)
Tensile strength
Seam slippage
Tear strength
Fire retardancy
Call117 FR (USA only)
Independent accredited laboratories test all new developments once a year. Our high standards translate in the certificates we carry. At Ter Molst, we certify that all fabrics are completely free from harmful substances, verified by our Oeko-Tex, Class II accreditation. Our fabrics are skin friendly and harmless to humans, animals, and the environment.
Oeko-Tex Label Belgium – Oeko-Tex Label USA – Oeko-Tex Label India
History
From farm to world in 67 years
1953: Foundation Ter Molst
Belgian weaving mill Ter Molst, Old Flemish for ‘on the farm’, was established in 1953 in an old flax farm in Oostrozebeke.
Founder Remi Vanacker set up his first weaving loom in one of the farm’s former flax sheds and called upon his three daughters to start production. From 1953 until 1962, Ter Molst only produced drapery fabrics, just for the Belgian market.
2016: Global production
Ter Molst brought its proven business model to the USA and India in 2016, partnering with its sister company Global Textile Alliance. Ter Molst set up state-of-the-art machinery to deliver the same high-quality fabrics as in our Belgian headquarters, maximizing the benefits of GTA’s warping departments, extrusion plants, and finishing departments.
Experienced in-house American and Indian textile design teams were employed to work closely together with the Belgian branch, resulting in several fabric collections a year.
Today: Part of Love Home Fabrics
Today, Ter Molst is a fully-integrated mill that operates and sells in more than 100 countries. Since 2017, the company has been part of the global group Love Home Fabrics.
This label joins eleven interior textile brands worldwide and employs 1.500 experienced people to ensure:
Guaranteed quality for every price range
Contemporary fabrics that can be adjusted to your liking
An easy one-stop shopping experience for all your home fabrics
Systainability
At Ter Molst, we value a sustainable and circular economy. These are not just words. We Act on them. By sourcing sustainable raw materials and implementing a green production process, Ter Molst is taking the eco-friendly route.
Act for Home Textiles
As we are a part of the Act for Home Textiles program by Love Home Fabrics, we focus on producing sustainably. We provide high-quality products that are created in environmental-friendly conditions. We do this by:
- reducing our energy use,
- having a full-circle water use and water purification stations,
- banning harmful substances,
- and waste recycling.
Besides our sustainable production process, Ter Molst invests heavily in developing fabrics made from eco-friendly yarns. We are transparent about the composition of our fabrics and do this by introducing an eco-score and eco-passport for each fabric. The eco-score and corresponding passport show what percentage of the yarns is eco-friendly and which sustainable yarns are used in the fabric.
Let us introduce you to the eco-friendly yarns we use.
Raw materials
Harmolan PP
Harmolan PP is yarn that we made in-house in Belgium. It is an upcycled yarn made from residual oil components and the most durable man-made fiber available on the market. We use this yarn in all our Vivalife fabrics. During the production process, no water or chemicals are used.
Harmolan PP is the only fiber in the world that’s lighter than water, but the feel of it remains comfortable and cozy. The yarn creates a fabric that has a high wear resistance, is easy to clean and resistant to chemicals, molds and bacteria.
Linen
Linen is a strong and natural fiber made from the flax plant. The older it gets, the stronger and more beautiful it becomes. Flax is a renewable source, one that is fast growing, requires no chemicals and has a minimal impact on the planet. Across its lifecycle, a linen shirt uses 6.4 liters of water compared to 2700 liters for a cotton shirt. Our Linen Life collection features all fabrics with natural fiber blends and brings a natural and authentic feel into your home.
Wool
Wool is a natural and renewable material that is locally sourced and harmless to the environment. The woolen yarns we use are left undyed, which makes them completely biodegradable.
BCI Cotton
Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) focuses on developing and maintaining sustainable farming practices that are beneficial to the environment, the quality and durability of cotton and the communities of cotton farmers. The goal is to help the cotton industry survive and thrive by introducing them to better soil health and water management, lowering greenhouse gas emissions and improving climate resilience. It serves as a quality label to help farmers make the cotton production process and products more sustainable and thus reducing the environmental footprint of cotton farming.
GRS polyester
GRS is an international product standard that sets requirements for third-party certification of recycled content. It indicates that the recycled polyester we use is made from post-consumer recycled PET bottles, produced in good working conditions, and that harmful environmental and chemical impacts are minimized.
Lenzing EcoVero
Because of the sustainable wood source of Lenzing EcoVero, this eco-responsible viscose yarn has a much lower environmental impact than generic viscose yarns. The water impact and CO2 emissions are also 50% lower compared to regular viscose.
Certifications
In addition, Ter Molst obtained several certificates in recent years.
By being Oeko-Tex certified, we guarantee fabrics that are skin-friendly and harmless to humans, animals and the environment. Moreover, our production facility was granted the highest score (level 3) on the STeP by Oeko-Tex certification.
STeP by Oeko-Tex is a highly valued and independent certification system for the textile industry and is rewarded after a thorough audit. Our high score guarantees we produce in an eco-friendly way, provide socially responsible working conditions and an optimum health and safety environment.
Our products also meet the REACH requirements of the European Community Regulation on safeguarding human health and the environment.
Grote Molstenstraat 21 Wielsbeke 8710 Belgium
Fitco
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About
FITCO is your flexibel partner in technical textiles
Fitco NV, established in 1999, continues to develop, innovate and expand its activities.
A wide range of products
At FITCO we have a specialized manufacturing division for yarns, textiles, fibres, strapping and injection moulded pieces.
In our yarn division we can accommodate special requirements such as entangling, twisting and winding during preparation.
The weaving mill produces customer designed (semi)manufactured products. We aim for vertical integration in order to offer our clients the best product at the best price. Therefore we work with state of the art machinery to produce technical woven fabrics and narrow fabrics, which can also be coated or thermo fixed.
The end products, manufactured at FITCO, are distributed and applied in a wide variety of technical markets such as the automotive, filtration, concrete, paper and packaging, telecom, geo and agro textiles,..
We continue to invest in our production lines, new processes and applications for future technologies.
At FITCO, R&D is the key word in order to fit the needs of our clients!
The management team at FITCO is recognized by its partners in the automotive, telecom and electronics industries as dynamic and flexible.
With a proven record of innovative and technical expertise, FITCO is the best fit for your company!!!
To accomodate the rapid growth of our business and partners, the owners of Fitco decided in 2006 to start a sistercompany ZARGAL. A 22,000 sqm production unit was built next to FITCO.
John Cordierlaan 10 OOSTENDE 8400 Belgium
Chemitex
ChemitexAvenue Louise 221/4 Brussels 1050 Belgium
Jos Vanneste
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A company with tradition tells the “secrets of linen”
N.V. JOS VANNESTE S.A. is located in Kortrijk neighbourhood, the historical world center of the flax industry. The family business is currently run by the 4th generation of Vanneste, Alex, who also intends to be a “linen expert”. The company’s worldwide renowned cottonised flax fibers and flax tops used for blending with other fibers, it’s intensive sourcing and trading of Long Flax fibers and the sells of 100% linen yarns are the results of its optimism, dynamism and know-how.
Jos Vanneste Nv stands for
Tradition, focused on the future.
A priviliged location in the world center of linen.
Continuous research, improvement & creativity with flax fibers.
Production, trading & distribution of Flax fibers and Linen yarn selling.
Just In Time deliveries in all parts of the world through a professional team of buyers and logistics team.
A wide network of well trained representatives in all textile centers.
Peter Pauwel Rubensstraat 3 Harelbeke 8530 Belgium
Resortecs
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Resortecs (REGENERATION BV) represents the technology, method, and commitment to achieving full circularity in the textile and fashion industries. Today, only 1% of textiles are effectively recycled. Therefore, Resortecs’ mission is clear: make recycling easy and actionable for fashion brands, recyclers and all supply chain partners through innovative design-for-disassembly technology.
Fernand Demetskaai 23 Quai Fernand Demets, Brussels 1070 Belgium
Vandewiele
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MISSION & VISION
WE IMAGINE, BUILD AND INTEGRATE INNOVATIVE TEXTILE SYSTEMS FOR FLOORING QUALITIES, HOME LINEN, FASHION FABRICS AND TECHNICAL TEXTILES.
FROM YARN TO FINISHED PRODUCT.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Machine building:
Carpet machines
(tufting – extrusion – heat setting)
Textile Machines
Bulk handling machine
Technology and components:
Aros Sweden : Drive systems
ROJ Biella Italy: Electronics and embedded systems
Protechna Munchen Germany: Vision systems
Wuxi Vandewiele China : Actuators and servo motors
Iro Ulricehamn: yarn handling and feeding
Cobble Blackburn : Gauge parts
Memminger Dornstetten Germany : knitting accessories
Vandewiele SARL : accessories
VDW Nanjijng China : diecast
Superba : Heat-Setting Solutions
Savio: Yarn Finishing
Milestones
1880 – First signs of industrial activities in Marke (Belgium). Mr. Polydor Benoot starts a small company specialized in industrial process machinery servicing.
1921 – Michel Van de Wiele, in succession to his father in law Mr. Polydor Benoot, starts with the construction of weaving looms.
1984 – Start-up of a sales and distribution unit in Greenville (South Carolina),U.S.A.
1986 – Acquisition of Wittendal SA (France), thus enabling in-house jacquard machine manufacturing.
1987 – Establishment of Michel Van de Wiele GmbH in Viersen, Germany after acquisition of the know-how and industrial processes of major competitor in the velvet weaving machinery market : Güsken
1993 – ISO-9002 certified
1995 – ISO-9001 certified
1996 – Establishment of Michel van de Wiele Service Center in Istanbul, Turkey.
1999 – Acquisition of Bonas machine Company Ltd. (U.K). manufacturer of electronic jacquard machines for flat weaving machines.
2000 – Acquisition of all shares of IRO AB-sweden (including ROJ – Memminger-IRO), manufacturer of prewinders for weaving and knitting machines with production facilities in Sweden, Germany, Italy, USA, Taiwan and China
2002 – Establishment of IRO (Wuxi) Technology Co. Ltd. In Wuxi Jiang Su, China
2006 – Building of two new factories in China (production service 20.000 m²)
2011 – Acquisition of “Protechna” in Germany. Active in Quality assurance in textiles.
2013 – Acquisition of Cobble in UK. Tufting machine manufacturer
2013 – starting up of aluminium foundry in Nanjing China.
2014 – Acquisition of JTS Italy – manufacturer of harnesses for flat and velvet weaving machines
2014 – start up of first Van de Wiele extrusion line
2015 – Acquisition of “Superba SA” in France –manufacturer of heat-setting and space-dyeing machines
2016 – Establishment of Cobble – Van de Wiele LTD Co. Ltd. – Production of spare parts and gauges for tufting machines
2017 – Establishment of Van de Wiele (China) Textile Machinery Co. Ltd. – Production of jacquard machines for the Chinese market..
2019 – Acquiring a majority position in the Bejimac group, – manufacturer of textile finishing machines
2021: Acquisition of “SAVIO GROUP” in Italy – the world leader in the yarn finishing sector, operating in the design, manufacturing and distribution of winding machines, quality control devices and electronic boards for the textile industry. It has factories in Italy, China, India, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland.
Michel Vandewielestraat 7 Marke 8510 Belgium
Soieries Elite
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Since 1932
We are specialized in uptwisting, twisting, assembling, thermofixation, winding and making up fine and medium size synthetic and artificial filament yarns. We can sell or process on request.
Expert
We are a wholesale company.
We work with viscose, polyester, polyamide, polypropylene yarns and with metalloplastic and metal wire (stainless steel).
Tailored
Most of our yarns are made on request and are delivered exclusively.
Primary yarns come from our stock or can be delivered by the customer. We process as desired.
Yarn wholesale
Soieries Elite is a Belgian supplier of all kinds of sewing and embroidery threads, which can be used extensively as haberdashery when carrying out a hobby or profession. Soieries Elite produces, processes, improves and refines yarns. As a processor and wholesaler, we focus primarily on yarns based on twisted filament yarns, thin but certainly sufficiently strong to obtain a good result. As a wholesaler, Soieries Elite is especially known for its metalloplastic yarns, which are available in a large number of types and a wide range of colors, and of course also in different shades of gold and silver.
Online yarn wholesale
Our circular knitting bands are a new haberdashery. These are available in different widths and different materials. The range of these haberdashery goes from a uni PES color to a haberdashery in color with a shiny metalloplastic strap to give it a more festive hue. Our 100% PES sewing threads are often used as haberdashery. We offer these in different thicknesses and strengths. The majority is based on a high-quality PES wire, which we give the necessary treatments to further strengthen it and twist it together in several ends to obtain the required thickness and strength.
Soieries Elite – Yarn Supplier
To give clothing an extra decoration embroidery thread is commonly used in the hobby world. We offer different types of embroidery threads, depending on the use. As embroidery thread for manual use, we have combined a PA-based type with our well-known metalloplastic to achieve a beautiful end result. For machine embroidery, we offer a yarn based on a high-quality PES yarn that we wrap with our metalloplastic filaments in order to achieve a perfectly processable, beautifully shiny textile haberdashery. In addition to these, we naturally also offer embroidery threads in classic textile threads based on different raw materials and in different thicknesses.
Stationsstraat 54 Brakel 9660 Belgium