Introduction
Roopa Knitting Mills is a circular
knit fabric manufacturer located in the suburbs of
History & Overview
This family-run business was
founded in 1991 by Nat Thakkar, who with over 30 years of experience in the
knitting and dyeing industry, began as a converter and evolved Roopa into a
full service knitting mill in 2000.
At that time, his son Amit joined the
team on a full-time basis and now also brings almost 10 years of experience
with him. Together, along with their
in-house associates they run the day-to-day operations and handle the technical
development of new product construction.
Because Roopa Knitting Mills is an
owner-operated company, there is no ‘red-tape’ to navigate making
issues such as new product development, price quotations and delivery issues
easier and faster to address.
At present, their modern 24,000
square foot production facility houses 15 new state-of-the-art machines capable
of knitting up to 200,000 pounds of fabric per month.
Products
Roopa produces a wide range of
basic fabrics such as jersey, rib, piqué/lacoste, interlock, fleece (3-end
fleece, ‘French’ fleece, pre-shrunk fleece and sueded fleece) and
polyester knits for sportswear.
Our dedication to innovation, research and development keeps us at the
forefront of the textile world. Fabrics today are much more technologically
enhanced than they used to be and Roopa Knitting Mills helps you in bringing
these advancements to you via our fabrics.
On this end, they are authorized
manufacturers of innovative performance fabrics for the growing technical
market: stretch fabrics with Lycra® or spandex, Coolmax®,
Coolmax® FreshFX, Supplex®, Tactel® and Meryl®.
Update: Roopa
is now developing a line of bamboo fabrics.
Stay tuned!
Customers
Over the years, Roopa has supplied
fabrics directly and indirectly to customers such as Adidas, Nike, Arcteryx and
Puma in the activewear market as well as to many manufacturers in the
men’s and women’s contemporary market. They have also supplied products for the
Canadian and
Service
In the global market place, Roopa
Knitting Mills is considered a “niche market” supplier. With their flexible minimums, as low as 260 yards
per color way and their quick turnaround time in product development where lab
dips could take as little as 2 days,
Roopa Knitting has tailored its service to a demanding clientele. Roopa Knitting understands the ever-changing
marketplace of the industry and the need for “just-in-time”
delivery. The low minimums allow the
customer to work with lower investment and lower inventory, while quick
turn-around-time -- minimum 10 to 15 working days, allow the customer to
capitalize on market trends. Above all,
Roopa Knitting is passionate about the quality of their products and keeps an
eye towards always improving what they do.
On the Web…
On this site, you can see how
Roopa Knitting Mills has a numerous count of fabric styles for multiple end
uses. Roopa Knitting Mills is well known for its ability to manufacture the
latest knitted fabric that the market demands with whatever new component is
involved. Style, colour, fiber and strong infrastructure help bring out new
products with perfection and ease. In time, this site will become interactive
and you will be able to place and track your orders online.