Taiwan’s textile industry makes its case at London’s premier sourcing show with performance fabrics, eco solutions and proven expertise.
Backed by one of the world’s most advanced textile ecosystems, nine leading members of the Taiwan Textile Federation (TTF) are bringing their latest fabric innovations to the London Textile Fair (TLTF) 2026 this July.
As the UK’s largest textile show and one of Europe’s most influential sourcing platforms, TLTF offers an ideal stage for Taiwanese mills and manufacturers to connect with designers, brands and sourcing teams looking for high performance, future ready materials.
Taiwan’s textile industry is recognised globally for combining cutting edge technology with deep manufacturing know how and a fast, flexible supply chain. Today, that strength is increasingly channelled into innovation that supports lower impact fashion: from advanced circular knits and functional performance fabrics to eco dyeing, recycled fibres and solutions aligned with leading environmental and chemical management standards.
Under the TTF’s umbrella, suppliers are collaborating closely with international brands to translate regulatory, ESG and circularity goals into practical fabric and
garment solutions.
At TLTF 2026’s July edition – rescheduled to better match global buying calendars – the Taiwan pavilion showcases this ‘innovation × design × sustainability’ approach in action.
The nine participating companies each bring their own specialism, spanning base layers and mid layers, performance socks, intimate and active knits, large scale circular knitting, and vertically integrated programmes that run from yarn to finished product.
Grandetex Development Co Ltd
2F 1, No. 239, Sec. 1, Datong Rd., Xizhi Dist., New Taipei City 221006, Taiwan
www.grandetex.com.tw
Grandetex Development Co Ltd is a textile solution provider specialising in high quality woven and knitted functional fabrics for indoor, outdoor, sportswear, activewear and workwear applications. From its base in New Taipei City, the company offers a portfolio of engineered textiles, including textured knits and advanced wovens enhanced with performance driven finishes such as moisture management, durability, stretch recovery and weather resistance.
Among its key innovations are proprietary fabric platforms marketed under the SECAO® and RICH Y® names. SECAO® features yarns derived from agricultural waste – notably cocoa shells – while RICH Y® focuses on high performance synthetic functional yarns that combine technical performance with comfort, versatility and modern aesthetic appeal.
Recent developments include fabrics made with recycled yarns from post industrial waste, high stretch constructions engineered without elastane, ultra durable Oxford fabrics for abrasion intensive uses, advanced water repellent yarn technologies designed to maintain performance over time, and highly breathable membrane solutions for next generation outdoor and active applications.
With an export footprint spanning Europe, the USA and Asia, Grandetex works closely with international brands to support seasonal developments from concept to commercialisation. The company is experienced in aligning material innovation with brand positioning, price architecture and supply chain requirements, ensuring both creativity and feasibility throughout the development process.
Li and Jen International Company Limited
4F., No. 13, Xinsheng Rd., Dayuan Vil., Dayuan Dist., Taoyuan City 337018, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
www.instagram.com/li.and.jen
‘Li and Jen’ is a Taiwan based textile and apparel manufacturer with more than 30 years’ experience in the global garment industry. From its headquarters in Taoyuan, the company operates manufacturing teams in Taiwan and Southeast Asian countries, offering full package services that span material sourcing, product development, garment manufacturing and logistics. Its core specialism is high quality base layers and mid layers for trekking and activewear – categories where consistent performance, reliable construction and competitive pricing are all critical to brand success.
The company places strong emphasis on agility throughout the development and production process, responding quickly to customer enquiries, building samples to precise brand specifications and scaling efficiently into cost competitive bulk production. This responsiveness, combined with its multi country manufacturing footprint, gives Li and Jen the flexibility to support brands across different price points and lead time requirements.
For buyers seeking a single, experienced partner to consolidate performance base and mid layer sourcing across Asia, Li and Jen offers an integrated platform capable of supporting both the functional requirements of technical apparel and the evolving compliance and traceability expectations of today’s responsible sourcing programmes. The company will be presenting its capabilities at the London Textile Fair in July 2026.
Main Chief Knitting Co Ltd
8F., No. 86, Lane 379, Zhonghua Rd., Shulin Dist., New Taipei City 23858,
www.mainchief.com
Main Chief Knitting Co Ltd is a knitting fabric manufacturer and supplier established in 1994. The company produces a wide array of circular and warp knit fabrics, including yarn dyed stripes, jacquards, ribs, bonded fabrics, mesh, pique, polar fleece, fleece, jersey, interlock and tricot, alongside staple and synthetic polo shirt fabrics and yoko rib structures. Its fabrics are supplied to garment clients across Southeast and South Asia, ultimately serving brand customers mainly in Europe and the United States, and additionally in Japan and Korea.
Main Chief controls quality from yarn through to finished fabric and is a member of the Better Cotton Initiative, supporting more responsible cotton sourcing. The company is also using AI powered digital solutions from Taiwan provider Frontier.cool to integrate physical and digital materials, enabling AI driven fabric search and providing ESG application tools, including environmental impact data. Main Chief reports the use of eco friendly materials such as pineapple fibre, post consumer recycled denim fibre and post consumer recycled cotton to reduce carbon footprint, pollution and waste, and to promote resource recycling. Its mills hold Global Recycled Standard (GRS) and Oeko Tex® certification, reinforcing material traceability and chemical safety. As a small and medium sized enterprise with mills located in a textile industrial town in northern Taiwan, Main Chief highlights fast response, efficient fabric development and stable delivery, underpinned by a mission to keep promoting Taiwan textiles, investing in ESG and maintaining core policies while adapting to industry change.
Aesthetictex Inc.
10F, No. 200, Xingfu Road, Taoyuan City 330, Taiwan
www.aesthetictex.com
Aesthetictex Inc is a functional textile supplier specialising in fabrics for lifestyle, athleisure, outdoor, sports and active applications. It positions itself as a boutique textile innovation hub rather than a conventional mass supplier. Specialising in high performance knits for the premium athleisure and activewear markets, the company bridges the gap between advanced textile engineering and refined aesthetic design, combining high fabric performance with a clear sustainability focus. Aesthetictex uses recycled materials and eco friendly production methods, and its fabrics are rigorously tested for long lasting performance to support both environmental and commercial goals.
The company works with customers from material selection through to design customisation, acting as a collaborative partner rather than a transactional supplier. It targets brands looking to align durability, hand feel and technical function with reduced environmental impact, and it notes GRS certification with transaction certificates available on request, while subcontracted mills carry Oeko Tex®, ZDHC and bluesign® certifications, reinforcing responsible chemical management and broader ESG compliance across its supply base.
A highlight of Aesthetictex’s current collection is the PhilQul Hyper Comfort fabric, a dual layer construction combining a cellulose outer layer with a cooling fibre inner layer. For brands developing next to skin performance and athleisure products, PhilQul represents a technically credible and comfort led proposition worth exploring at TLTF this July.
Danken Enterprise Co Ltd
5th Fl., 222, Sec. 4, Cheng De Rd., Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.
www.danken.com.tw
Danken Enterprise Co Ltd is a Taiwan based functional knitted textile manufacturer and trader specialising in socks and related accessories. Its portfolio includes sports socks, healthcare compression socks and fashion forward styles, together with gloves, beanies, arm sleeves and healthcare support products for markets in Europe, the United States and Japan. The company oversees product development, knitting and bulk production with a medium sized team, offering end to end capability from concept to finished goods.
Danken’s sustainability strategy centres on material choices, efficiency and certification. It states that it uses sustainable yarns and raw materials, improves knitting efficiency and production to reduce waste and enhance durability, and explores eco friendly materials to support more sustainable practices in the textile industry.
Raw materials are Oeko Tex® certified to ensure textile safety and environmental responsibility, and the company is audited by Sedex to support ethical operations and a more transparent supply chain. This builds on its existing strengths of over
40 years of knitting expertise, strong custom design capability, a wide range of structures,
yarns and colours, and careful selection of yarns that meet international environmental and compliance standards.
Danken plans to continue expanding product diversity, invest in advanced knitting technologies and collaborate with global brands on more sustainable and innovative solutions.
Ton Link Textile International Co Ltd
9F 3, No. 9, Sec. 2, Nankan Rd., Luzhu Dist., Taoyuan City 338207, Taiwan
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Ton Link Textile International Co Ltd specialises in high quality knitted fabrics and draws on more than 20 years of sector expertise. Its product range includes jersey, interlock, fleece, jacquard and other functional knit constructions, supporting end uses from everyday essentials through to performance garments for active and outdoor markets. Operating as a fabric merchant with integrated services, Ton Link covers fabric analysis, innovative development and stable production across facilities in Taiwan, Vietnam and China.
Quality assurance is underpinned by an in house laboratory and established testing partnerships with Intertek and SGS, ensuring fabrics meet buyer specifications and key regulatory requirements before shipment. On sustainability, Ton Link provides brands with access to Global Recycled Standard and Better Cotton Initiative certified fabrics to support more responsible sourcing programmes. The company positions itself as a responsive, cost effective partner to designers and brand teams, with fast turnaround on enquiries and a broad material offer across price points. As demand for certified and traceable fabrics continues to grow, Ton Link is expanding the share of responsibly sourced options within its portfolio.
Be Be Cotton Knitting Co Ltd
No. 126, Dagong Rd., Dayuan Dist., Taoyuan City, Taiwan
www.bebeknit.com.tw
Be Be Cotton Knitting Co Ltd is a long established knitted fabric specialist with more than 51 years of professional experience and investment in new technology. The company supplies knitted fabrics and has recently taken a major step by building a new dyeing mill focused solely on eco dyeing. This facility supports both the natural dyed fabrics Be Be Cotton has promoted in recent years and eco dyeing processes using Avitera SE dyestuffs from Huntsman.
Avitera SE enables dyeing and wash off at a maximum of 60°C instead of the typical 90°C, with very high dye adsorption and only around 5% or less unfixed dye to remove, compared with the usual 15–30%. This significantly reduces the number of rinsing baths required, cutting water and energy use and associated CO2 emissions.
The new dyeing mill is located in Dayuan Industrial Park in northern Taiwan, a major hub for dyeing and fixation, and draws steam and electricity from a local cogeneration power plant to maximise energy integration, while its stenter is fuelled by natural gas to lower CO2 compared with conventional fuel oil. The mill, developed with support from Taiwan’s Industrial Development Bureau, includes 30 kg, 50 kg and 200 kg dyeing machines dedicated to Be Be Cotton’s natural and eco dyed fabrics, which were granted GOTS certification in 2012.
Against a backdrop of climate change and more frequent natural disasters, the company frames these investments as part of its responsibility to contribute to environmental protection, energy conservation and carbon reduction.
Fabtex Enterprise Co Ltd
11F 1, No. 105, Sicheng Road, Banciao Dist., New Taipei City 22072, Taiwan
www.fabtex.com.tw
Fabtex Enterprise Co Ltd, established in 2002, is a professional supplier of knitted fabrics for lingerie, swimwear, activewear and period underwear. From its base in New Taipei City, it offers spacer fabrics, double knits, interlock, single jersey, jacquard mesh and other specialised constructions tailored to body close and performance applications, positioning itself as a provider of both high performance and eco sustainable textiles.
Fabtex uses materials derived from recycled waste, including post consumer plastic bottles, ocean waste, recycled biomass and food waste, and also works with biodegradable textiles designed to limit environmental impacts. These inputs are supported by processes that integrate recycled resources, low water consumption dyeing and eco friendly chemical systems to align with global sustainability goals. With GRS and Oeko Tex® certifications, Fabtex underpins its claims with recognised standards for environmental responsibility and product safety.
The company’s innovation portfolio includes UMORFIL®, a biomimetic fibre derived from recycled fish scales that offers moisture retention, deodorising properties and UV protection for intimate and activewear; SOUFFLEX, a next generation spandex free stretch yarn delivering elasticity, lightweight comfort and full recyclability; and milk protein fibre noted for its naturally soft, moisturising touch. By combining these technologies with category specific know how, Fabtex positions itself as a solution provider for brands seeking sustainable, functional and skin care oriented textiles in sensitive next to skin applications.
Textile Tech Enterprise Co Ltd
7F 2, No. 2, Sec. 4, Zhongyang Rd., Tucheng Dist., New Taipei City 236, Taiwan
www.textile-tech.com.tw
Founded in 2006, Textile Tech Enterprise Co Ltd is a Taiwan rooted supplier of premium circular knitted fabrics with an expanding global footprint. Its portfolio spans high stretch, fine gauge and jacquard fabrics through to scuba, jersey, fleece, terry, printed fabrics, meshes and yarn dyed and piece dyed qualities in nylon, polyester, cotton and other natural fibres. Operating across Taiwan and China with around 150 employees and a combined monthly production capacity of about five million kilograms, Textile Tech offers both scale and agility to international brands.
The company states that its operations comply with leading ESG standards, including ZDHC, GRS and Oeko Tex®, and it develops more than 2,000 new qualities annually to help partners stay ahead of market trends. Its management systems are underpinned by ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, and the Higg Index is used as a benchmark for environmental and social performance; alignment with ZDHC strengthens responsible chemical management and regulatory readiness.
Textile Tech carries out 100% inspection before shipment, with all development and bulk production tested in house to ensure performance and compliance. Beyond compliance, the company positions sustainability as a driver of innovation, integrating advanced material development, process optimisation and performance driven fabric engineering to help brands navigate tightening regulatory and market expectations.
It presents itself not just as a fabric supplier but as a strategic development partner, bringing together technical excellence, responsible manufacturing and long term collaboration value for brands navigating an increasingly complex regulatory and sustainability landscape.
