Cal Cru
Manufacturing USA Knitwear Since 1968.
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Granite Knitwear which is entering its third generation as a family owned business was established in 1968 by Frank & Mary Jones. For the first 6 years, the company concentrated on building up its wholesale customer base and expanding its knit products. By 1974 the demand for T-shirts as outerwear was increasing dramatically. To enter this retail market Cal Cru company was created, a label was designed and a sales force was formed. (For your information Cal Cru is short for California Crew which was a take off of the Hi-Crew brand that Stedman(now a part of Hanes) had made popular.) Since then the company grew steadily and was well known in the imprintables market as a small but innovative supplier to that market. We were the first to introduce women’s colors like pink and lilac in basic t-shirts and almost always had some sort of unique style that others emulated. Currently, a significant percentage of our production is sold to companies who further process our products by garment dyeing them. Having product manufactured domestically is important to them as fabric consistency and quality workmanship is a crucial factor in achieving this rich but weathered look. With imports, fabric consistency is suspect.
- Founded
- 1968
- Team
- 2
- Industry
- Apparel & Accessories
- Based in
- Granite Quarry, NC, United States
What they can do
The stages of production this manufacturer takes on.
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Pattern-Making
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Sample-Making
What they make
8- Active Wear
- Children's Wear
- Embroidery
- Fabrics
- Silkscreeners
- Sweaters / Knitwear
- T-Shirts / SweatShirts
- Textile Printers
- Equipment 1
- Screen Printer
- Specialities 8
- coolmax · cutting · dri-realease · embroidery · Knit. · patternmaking
Specialities
- coolmax
- cutting
- dri-realease
- embroidery
- Knit.
- patternmaking
- screen-printing
- sewing
Granite Quarry
NC, United States
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