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A company is searching for a producer or supplier of customized caps, hats and tote bags.

Summary

Closed for EoI
Profile Type
  • Business request
POD Reference
BRBE20240903011
Term of Validity
3 September 2024 - 3 September 2025
Company's Country
  • Belgium
Type of partnership
  • Supplier agreement
  • Commercial agreement
Targeted Countries
  • All countries
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General information

Short Summary
A client is opening a store in Ghent in the next few months where he will sell items targeted at the modern sophisticated man. They want to establish a small product line customized to their needs with a number of limited production batches.
Full Description
A client is opening a store in Ghent in the next few months where he will sell items targeted at the modern sophisticated man. Items that will be available at the store are vintage products, curated books and decorations and a small array of clothing accessories. They want to establish a small product line customized to their needs with a number of limited production batches of (baseball) caps, fishermans hats/bob caps and linen tot bags. There are searching for a producer or supplier of these items that need to be of good quality, both in materials as in finishing.

Specifics for the caps, based on OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100:

Main material: 100% Cotton
Cotton cap
Embroidery “ WITH GAINTOIS CHARM”
Rear adjustment tab
Topstitched visor
machine washable: not necessary
initial order: 50 X 3 (3 colours). (e.g. Green, Cognac an Blue but this is still open for discussion). Repeat order scheduled after 6 months.

Specifics for the fisherman's hats/Bob caps, based on OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100

100 % cotton
Embroidery “ WITH GAINTOIS CHARM”
Stitches around the center
Reversible. I.e. both sides can be used as the outside shell. Both sides have therefore to be embroidered.
Embroidery cannot penetrate the fabric to allow for reversibility.
machine washable: not necessary
initial order: 100 (2 colours (in/out, e.g. white and blue but this is still open for discussion)
Repeat order scheduled after 6 months.

Specifics for the tote bags:

small tot bag
100 % cotton
with embroidery "with Gantois charm"
design: based upon included picture
Initial order 100 in natural colour)

medium sized tote bag
100 % linen
with embroidery "with Gantois charm"
basic design
Initial order 100 in natural colour.

A number of pictures of products available at other stores is included, but only as examples of the caps and hats themselves, not the designs.
Technical Specification or Expertise Sought
Producer or supplier of the different items
Sustainable Development Goals
  • Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Partner Sought

Expected Role of a Partner
The partner needs to deliver the different items completely finished. This can be a producer of the caps/ hats and/or bags who will also be embroidering the items. Or it can be a supplier that sources the caps in Europe (prerequisite!) and embroiders them afterwards. All products need to be 100% European made.
Type and Size of Partner
  • SME 50 - 249
  • Big company
  • SME 11-49
Type of partnership
  • Supplier agreement
  • Commercial agreement

Dissemination

Market keywords
  • 07006 - Other Consumer Related (not elsewhere classified)
  • 09004003 - Textiles (synthetic and natural)
Sector Groups Involved
  • Textiles
Targeted countries
  • All countries

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