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Shawmut's global vertical integration and control of fabric formation and finishing produces a superior product to tell your story. Shawmut can add value to your textile product's story through materials testing, textile design, mechanical finishing, and color control expertise.

Our applications experience across industries has taught us how to understand the performance challenges to design and finish a material that will excel in your toughest application.

Our Shawmut Design Studio, located in the heart of the automotive and creative design communities in Southern California, brings our customers innovative thinking on how to get cutting edge design with sustainable materials and processes.

Our vertical integration from the fabric design to the warping stage, through knitting, dyeing, coating, chemical finishing, and mechanical finishing such as calendaring, Moiré, and napping ensures that our lamination process, or your cut and sew process, will go as smoothly as possible.

Shawmut's advanced control process allows for complete product traceability from polymer chip to laminated product. Our core competency in color development and color consistency is unmatched in the industry. We conduct ongoing training, document all our processes, and establish strict guidelines for quality control. Our work conforms to standards by ANSI, DOT, ASTM, ASME, FDA, ISO, MIL-SPEC, RoHS, SAE, and TS.

To learn more about our textile, dyeing and finishing capabilities, please contact us or refer to the table below.
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General Information

Materials Testing

 N/A Shawmut laboratories are equipped with a wide range of OEM and International Standards testing specifications and procedures. All our sites are equipped to handle basic CoA testing per customer request, with Special/PPAP level testing available at our Park Avenue Technical Center in Burlington, NC.

In-House Materials Testing Capabilities:
  • Physical Testing
  • Chemical Resistance Testing
  • Environmental Cycle Testing
  • Accelerated Aging Testing

Textile Design

 N/A Our Shawmut Design Studio is located in the heart of the automotive and creative design communities in Southern California. Working with a multitude of different materials and sources of inspiration, we like to cultivate a collaborative environment to keep our designs fresh and unique to better tell our customers’ stories. Producing a number of sustainable materials with premium quality and superior performance supports our belief that you shouldn’t have to compromise your desired outcome to promote sustainable living.

Shawmut Design Studio Capabilities:
  • 3D CAD and motion design
  • Small run fabric development program
  • Carbon footprint measurement of alternative designs
  • Expertise in use of color to convey a certain narrative and breathe life into any project.
Customer Collaboration Infrastructure
Ability To Design To Specific Comfort, Aesthetic, Sophistication, or Performance Targets.
Lightfastness, Water Repellency, and Flame-Retardant Performance
Extreme Temperature Cycling
Precision Color Matching
Extreme Pressure, Heat, Shear and Pull
Durable Soil Release Properties

Mechanical Finishing

 N/A Shawmu's facilities are equipped with a wide range of mechanical finishing technologies to ensure your final textile tells your story accurately.

Mechanical Finishing Capabilities:
  • Brushing, Napping, and Sueding
  • Embossing
  • Moiré Patterns
  • Calendaring

Color Control Expertise

 N/A Our rigorous advanced quality planning and validation process ensures that the color you start with in year one will be the same color we produce several years into your program. Our robust process control and lot testing digital inspection technology uses machine learning technology for advanced image processing and defect detection. This keeps a close watch on color consistency as well as fabric defects.

Color Development Capabilities:
  • A2LA Certified Color Lab
  • Machine Learning Technology
  • End-to-End Inspection Process
  • Program Management Focus

Specifications

Textile, Dyeing, and Finishing Capabilities

 N/A Converting Services Performance Treatments Coatings Concept Development and Fabric Design American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) Accredited Research and Development (R&D), Quality Assurance (QA), and Color Labs Fabric Development Warping Warp, Tricot and Circular Knitting High Tech Dye Matching for Color and Consistency Jet, Beam and Tank Dyeing Antimicrobial Flame Resistance/Retardancy Water Repellent Stain Resistance Soil Release/Repellency Ultraviolet (UV) Resistance Temperature and Heat Setting Treatments Mechanical Finishing Brushing, Sueding and Napping Moiré Finishing Calendaring

Knitting

 N/A Warp knitting 2, 3, and 4-Bar Tricot Knitting Ability to Knit to 220 in. Wide Spacer Knitting Patented Filtration Tricot Knit Elasticity, Controlled Elongation and Stretch for Supreme Moldability Sustainable Solutions and Recyclability

Color Dyeing

 N/A American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) Accredited Labs Rapid Color Formulation Custom Color Development Precision Color Matching State-of-The-Art Color Control and Consistency Over Long Program Life Jet Dyeing Beam Dyeing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Automated Optical Inspection

Finishing

 N/A Finishing Up to 220 in. Wide Dyed Fabric Is Finished To Achieve Target Properties (Width, Weight, Etc.) Pre-Tensioning and Heat Setting To Ensure Stability In Future Processing Steps Simultaneous Runs To Increase Production Flow Advanced Finishing Techniques To Improve or Impart Specific Properties Drapability For Comfort and Appearance Multiple Mechanical Finishing Technologies, Including Brushing, Napping, Sueding, Moiré, and Calendaring Durable Protective Properties Through The Rigors of Numerous Launderings and Critical End-Use Applications Artificial intelligence (AI) Automated Optical Inspection

Textile, Dyeing, and Finishing Applications

 N/A Custom Knits and Mesh Automotive Textiles Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Protection Liquid Filtration Industrial Textiles Performance Footwear Fashion Apparel

Additional Services Provided

 N/A Concept Development Concurrent Engineering Design Logistics Technical Support Value-Added Services

Production Volume

 N/A High Volume Large Run Low Volume Prototype

Lead Times

 N/A Quoted by Job

Efficiency

 N/A Department of Energy (DOE) Support Value Analysis (VA)/Value Engineering (VE) Lean Manufacturing

Additional Information

Industry Focus

 N/A Automotive Medical Device Filtration Military and Protective Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Protection Industrial and Manufacturing Footwear, Outerwear, and Performance Wear Health and Safety Technical Solutions Aerospace Chemical Marine Transportation

Industry Standards

 N/A ANSI (American National Standards Institute) ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) DOT (Department of Transportation) FDA (Food and Drug Administration) ISO 14001:2015 (International Organization for Standardization) ISO 9001:2015 (International Organization for Standardization) IATF 16949:2016 (International Automotive Task Force) Mil-Spec (Military Specifications) RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances (Compliant)) SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) TS (Technical Specifications, used with ISO (International Organization for Standardization)) A2LA (American Association for Laboratory Accreditation) ISO 17025 (International Organization for Standardization) bluesign® (Sustainable Manufacturing)

File Formats

 N/A Most known industry file formats are accepted