OUR FACTORIES

We use a total of five subcontractors in the form of knitting factories, a woven factory and yarn factories. We work with two larger suppliers of yarn and a few smaller ones which can vary from season to season. Read more about our factories below.

Yarn Factory: Ningbo, Zhejiang

This is the yarn factory we work with. At this factory, the raw cashmere arrives after it has been washed and here it gets transformed into yarn. This factory use modern Italian machines and have a person in charge of human recourses questions. We got to talk to him about workers right, working conditions, vacation et cetera. We also got the opportunity to speak to a couple of people working in the factory who gave us the impression that they all enjoyed working at the factory. The average working hours are 8 h with 1 hour free for lunch and they work either 5 or 6 days per week. Overtime is voluntarily and payed. The factory has signed our Code of Conduct.

At this factory, we talked to Zhou Shu Yan, among others, who had been working at the factory for 6 years, which was the longest period out of all factory workers. At her free time, she told us that she like to stay at home or go to the market and shop.

Visited by the Soft Goat team: Yes.

Yarn Factory: Ordos, Inner Mongolia

This is also one of the yarn factories we work with. Here the raw cashmere arrives after it has been washed and here it gets transformed into yarn in different beautiful colors. There are around 500 people working at this factory and they produce up to 10 000 ton of cashmere per year. We have not visited this factory yet, but we look forward to doing so in the near future. The factory has signed our Code of Conduct.

Visited by the Soft Goat team: Not yet.

Knitting Factory: BaoDing, Hebei

This is one of our three knitting factories. Here the products get knitted, linked, controlled and finally packaged and transported as finished products to our warehouse in Stockholm. This specific factory mostly produces pants and sweaters. Beyond signing our Code of Conduct, this factory furthermore has certificates for quality of garments and human rights in the work space. The average working hours are 8 h with 1 hour free for lunch and they work either 5 or 6 days per week. Overtime is voluntarily and payed.

At our visit to this factory, we spoke to Shi Lei Hong who works with the linking machine which links the different parts of a sweater together. She has worked at the factory for two years and at her free time she likes to play board games.

We also spoke to Xu Chunyan who told us that many of the workers have moved to this town to start working at the factory and they live close by. At their free time, they like to meet up outside the factory to go shopping together.

Visited by the Soft Goat team: Yes.

Knitting Factory: Chifeng, Inner Mongolia

This is also one of our three knitting factories. This is the knitting factory we have been working with for the longest period. We have continuous contact with the factory through our agent in China and visited the factory in January 2016. We look forward to a second visit in the near future with possibility to ask questions regarding working conditions. The factory has signed our Code of Conduct.

Visited by the Soft Goat team: Yes.

Factory for woven products: Huhot, Inner Mongolia

This factory produces our woven products and our accessories. It is a special technique required to get a beautiful finish with high quality when it comes to woven products. The workers at this factory are extremely skilled and we always get the best possible result and quality. We look forward to visiting this factory on our next visit to China. The factory has signed our Code of Conduct.

Visited by the Soft Goat team: Not yet.

This text is being updated continuously. Last update: 2019-03-05