Chargeurs Interlining
One of the world’s top two garment interlining manufacturers, with a highly globalized organization, Chargeurs Interlining is proficient in every aspect of this technical product, which is inserted between the fabric and the lining to keep garments flexible and help them to retain their shape.
Heavier or lightweight fabrics, structured clothing or more supple garments, interlinings must fit with the specifications of the apparel for which they are used.
Leveraging its proficiency in the latest coating processes and its increased R&D team, Chargeurs Interlining has developed a range of very thin interlinings in response to the growing trend in both women’s apparel and menswear.
A mixed 2011 year
Business was very strong in 2011, notably in Latin America and Europe, up until the month of September, when demand suddenly dropped in Asia and Europe due to the European economic crisis’ negative impact on apparel purchases. This trend was accentuated by the apparel industry’s tendency to keep inventories to a bare minimum and favor just-in-time production. Chargeurs Interlining played to its strengths in the midst of this turbulence. Thanks to its global base and reliability, the business was able to follow its garmentmanufacturing customers when a number of them left China for other lower-cost Asian countries, or for Mediterranean countries and Eastern Europe. The sharp rise in raw material costs that began in 2010 continued in early 2011. Chargeurs Interlining pursued its policy of passing higher costs on to selling prices. This was done in full in 2011 with no reduction in market share. At the same time, the business strongly pared down its product portfolio to concentrate on high-end items, notably from its European sites, and maintained its research and development commitment. The business moved even more swiftly towards a production method designed to optimize inventories while preserving market responsiveness. Leveraging its proficiency in coating processes, Chargeurs Interlining continued to achieve notable wins thanks to the development of innovative technical products related to interlining technologies.
In 2012, Chargeurs Interlining will continue to focus sharply on value generation by making the most of its ability to offer the best interlining solutions, backed by recognized service quality, to garment manufacturers around the world.
Consult the websites
www.chargeurs-interlining.com
www.lainieredepicardie.com
www.dhj-international.com
www.intissel.com
www.chargeurs-interfodere.com
www.dhjindustries.it
www.bertero.com