The Montreal headquartered company will also open a new North Carolina-based facility, Catalyst II, which will also focus on domestic production and development. Both facilities will offer state of the art design centres for on-site development, as well as the latest in seamless knitting innovations.

The Trimera Group says it has worked in the last year to commercialize products for customers using both its seamless and warp knit capabilities. Product capabilities will continue to be across innerwear and activewear, with plans to launch the revolutionary technology into swimwear as well.

Co-creation and collaboration

According to Trimera, one of the foundational values of both Catalyst I and II is the concept of co-creation and collaboration between supplier and customer or brand, to reduce time to commercialize, test and launch products.

Montreal-based, Catalyst I, has been producing circular knits for over ten years; primarily under its own brands and private labels. Trimera says the recent renovations and upgrades will allow the facility to support domestic production for brands looking to deliver speed and proximity to market, reducing greatly the time to develop seamless products and allowing customers to work on-site to commercialize designs.

Through the North Carolina-based facility, Catalyst II, Trimera Group will develop and produce seamless warp knitted garments and develop a new circular knit technology, believed to be based on Santoni technology.

Warp knit seamless revolution

"Warp knit seamless will revolutionize seamless apparel and performance products by increasing the opportunities to knit with amazing intricacy and at the same time improving the performance and greatly reducing the need for sewing," Trimera said in a statement this morning.

"This technology offers the benefits of circular knitting to reduce seams, chafing points and varying levels of compression and breathability within one garment, as well as the benefits of improved stretch, recovery and durability," the company said.

Announcing the launch of the new innovation centres, Amit Tal, President of Trimera Group commented:

"Trimera Group has dedicated a lot of time, effort and made significant investments into both of these facilities to produce the best products and deliver on a local for local, speed to market strategy that we know is increasingly important to customers looking to react quicker to their customers' needs as well as reducing their own global footprint when possible."

"Co-creation and collaboration is at the heart of this project as we know that alongside our customers we can each leverage our expertise and knowledge to build the best products," Mr Tal said.

Trimera Group

Based in Montreal, Quebec, Trimera Group is a well known leading company in wholesale, retail and manufacturing across the U.S., Canada and Israel, and has a portfolio of company-owned brands with strong global performance. Its business includes:

• Multiprint Tex Manufacturing Ltd., a leading Canadian women's, men's and children's apparel importer,
• Licensed brands including Team Canada, NHL, Sean John, Affliction, Sinful and Throwdown.
• SEA (Swim Expert Alliance), a collection of owned swim brands including Captiva, Christina, Fantasizer and Body Wrap brands.
• Gottex group of owned swim brands including Gottex, Profile and Gideon Oberson
• Retail franchises in Israel, including Zara, Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti and Bershka.
• Future Fashions, specialist in women's contemporary brands and largest distributor of the Liz Claiborne brand throughout Canada