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Custom Sweatshirt Manufacturer OEM ODM - Stable Fleece Weight & Low-Pilling Bulk Production

JaceApparel manufactures custom sweatshirts — fleece cut and sewn in-house, from 100 pieces per colour. Avoid inconsistent fleece weight, pilling and post-wash shrinkage across your sweatshirt bulk runs. Our in-house cut-and-sew team locks the fabric specs and runs a pre-production lab-dip, so the bulk matches the sample.

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Pre-Production Fabric Lab-DipMid-Batch Fleece QC

The style range

Nine Sweatshirt Styles, from a Blank to Your Finish

Nine sweatshirt shapes, cut to your spec — the weight, branding and hardware follow your tech pack, not a fixed range.

Flat-lay of two stacked crewneck sweatshirts in blue and yellow
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Pullover Sweatshirts

Flat-lay of a navy full-zip hooded sweatshirt with a chest number print and a round logo badge
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Zip-Up Sweatshirts

Flat-lay of a grey crewneck sweatshirt with a blank logo panel on the chest
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Crewneck Sweatshirts

Flat-lay of a red pullover hoodie shown front and back with a brush-stroke chest print
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Hooded Sweatshirts

Flat-lay of a plain blue hooded sweatshirt with a blank chest
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Athletic Sweatshirts

Flat-lay of a pink crewneck sweatshirt with a circular chest print
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Graphic Sweatshirts

Flat-lay of a green crewneck sweatshirt with a team crest print
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Fleece Sweatshirts

Flat-lay of two hooded sweatshirts — a grey raglan style and a black pullover
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Performance Sweatshirts

Flat-lay of a black cropped crewneck sweatshirt with a varsity-style chest print
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Cropped Sweatshirts

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Any style · 100 pcs per colour

Fabric & custom capabilities

Fleece Weights and Finishes, at a Glance

Pick a cloth and the panel switches — its weight band, hand-feel, finishes and what can be applied to it.

Close-up of cream loop-back French terry, folded to show the soft loops on the reverse

Selected cloth

French Terry

280–360GSM

Hand-feel
Light-to-medium weight, breathable loop-back knit. Smooth outer face, exposed soft loops inside.
Best for
Year-round staple crewnecks, cropped silhouettes, everyday basic collections.
Available finishes
Raw, garment wash, vintage soft wash
Custom options
Embroidery, screen print, puff print
Key specs
Shrinkage controlled under 3%; anti-pilling certification optional
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Decoration & branding

Print & Embroidery for Sweatshirt Fleece

The decoration methods we run on fleece-heavy sweatshirts — pick by hand-feel and relief, and by where the logo has to sit.

  • A printer pulling a squeegee across a screen of neon green ink on a screen-printing pressOpaque

    01

    Screen print

    Spot colours printed on the cloth and proofed before the run — priced per colour you actually use.

    Best on

    • Crewneck
    • Graphic
    • Hooded
  • A soft red water-based print of a feather logo on grey melange knitSoft hand

    02

    Water-based print

    Soft, breathable, near-printless hand feel.

    Best on

    • Crewneck
    • Graphic
    • Performance
  • Raised white puff-print lettering on a black garment, shot at a low angleRaised

    03

    Puff print

    Raised dimensional texture for bold statements.

    Best on

    • Graphic
    • Hooded
  • Multicoloured satin-stitch embroidery on lilac fabricStitched

    04

    Flat & 3D embroidery

    From fine logos to heavy dimensional detailing.

    Best on

    • Pullover
    • Hooded
    • Zip-Up
  • A green chenille letter patch with an orange stitched edge on a chunky knitPlush

    05

    Chenille patch

    Plush, textured patch for streetwear character.

    Best on

    • Hooded
    • Graphic
    • Athletic
  • A close-up of a silver reflective transfer print on navy fabricMetallic

    06

    Reflective / heat transfer

    Functional or fine-detail branding, applied as a transfer.

    Best on

    • Performance
    • Athletic
    • Zip-Up

What goes wrong

Four Things That Go Wrong on a Sweatshirt Run, and Who Here Fixes Them

None of these are solved by a better quote. They are solved by owning the fabric, the sampling and the QC — so each stop names the department that handles it.

  1. Folded sweatshirt fabrics stacked in blue, orange, cream, sage and pink

    Fabric & colour lab

    The problemFleece weight drifts between the pre-production sample and the bulk orders, creating inconsistent retail stock.

    Our fixFleece GSM and shrinkage tolerance are locked in the tech pack and held for the full run — not re-set at the cutting table.

    Weight held within ±5 GSM
  2. Close-up of a sewing-machine needle stitching a blue hem

    QC bench

    The problemPoor anti-pilling performance only shows up after a few washes, and drives product returns for your brand.

    Our fixEvery fabric batch passes a pre-production lab-dip and a physical anti-pilling test in our own lab before a single panel is cut.

    Fewer fabric-related returns
  3. A worker trimming a fabric panel with shears at a sewing machine

    Production floor

    The problemShrinkage out of spec ruins the fit once the customer washes the garment.

    Our fixMid-batch random QC checks verify fleece texture and dimensional stability on the line, so variance is caught before it becomes re-work.

    Shrinkage under 3%
  4. Hands comparing fabric swatches beside a tablet showing a design board

    Sample workshop

    The problemSlow sampling delays the seasonal collection launch timeline.

    Our fixSeasonal orders run to a dated milestone plan agreed before sampling starts, so a slipped stage is visible early.

    Launch dates protected

All four stages run at our own plant · Huopai, Xiangyang

A flat lay of folded fabric swatches arranged by colour on a wooden table, with scissors, thread spools, buttons and a tape measure

Fabric sample kit

Feel the Fleece before You Commit to a Run

French terry, brushed fleece and cotton-poly in the weights that fit your range — a swatch kit posted to your desk, so the hand-feel and shade are confirmed before sampling starts.

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Kits post worldwide · swatches from your target GSM

Why work with us

What a Sweatshirt Order Gives You

The four that decide a fleece run — the QC on the cloth, the sampling, the bulk control and the logistics.

A hand checking the edge of a navy sweatshirt fabric panel

In-house fabric pre-testing

Testing sits in the same building as the cutting table, so results come back in days rather than weeks — and a batch that fails never reaches the line.

Fabric & colour lab

Pink sweatshirts on the bed of a heat press on the production floor

Priority sampling workflow

A sample team that works on samples only — never pulled onto the bulk lines — so your project is not queued behind someone else’s production.

Sample workshop

A worker measuring a black garment with a tape measure at an inspection table

Mid-batch random QC

Checks happen while the run is still on the machines — the last point at which variance can still be corrected cheaply.

QC bench

Containers being loaded onto a truck at a freight terminal

Global logistics support

Export paperwork is prepared in-house, so your procurement team is not left chasing certificates of origin or customs forms.

Packing line

Project showcase

Two Long-Term Clients, and What Our Floor Delivers for Them

No invented client logos. These are real recurring project briefs from long-term overseas clients, with the production data and sample windows for each category.

SW-01

DTC Streetwear Brand

Canada

Client

North Loop Apparel

Toronto-based DTC streetwear brand

Client name

Zoe Morrison, Product Manager at North Loop Apparel

Zoe Morrison, Product Manager

Pain point

Seasonal sweatshirt drops of 4,000–6,000 pcs annually. Fleece GSM drift and pilling issues from a previous supplier triggered retail returns. Hard deadlines for quarterly collection launches.

Solution

Pre-production fabric anti-pilling testing; GSM and shrinkage tolerance locked in the tech pack; priority sampling scheduling.

Benefit

Fabric weight ±5 GSM tolerance; shrinkage kept under 3%; the retail return rate related to fabric fell by 42%; 97% on-time delivery across 7 seasonal drops.

Client review

“Fleece consistency solved our main return headache. Sampling and bulk delivery keep our quarterly streetwear releases on track.”

Zoe Morrison, Product Manager, North Loop Apparel
SW-02

Boutique Wholesale

United Kingdom

Client

Haven Threads

UK independent boutique wholesaler

Client name

Jake Owen, Founder of Haven Threads

Jake Owen, Founder

Pain point

Small-to-mid batch custom fleece orders across mixed styles (crewneck / cropped). They struggled with long sample turnaround and unstable dye-lot shade.

Solution

Lab-dip approval before mass production; unified QC standard across mixed-style batches.

Benefit

Sample turnaround within 7–10 working days; zero dye-lot complaints for 5 consecutive capsule runs.

Client review

“We can reliably launch mixed-style sweatshirt capsules without worrying about shade inconsistency.”

Jake Owen, Founder, Haven Threads

Your own project will not look exactly like any of these — send the brief and we will tell you what it takes and what it costs, before you commit to a sample.

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Layered up

Sweatshirts Worn, Cuffed and Layered

A customer taking a mirror selfie in a brown half-zip sweatshirt and jeans
A customer in an oversized green and navy striped sweatshirt and wide jeans, carrying a yellow tote
A customer in a grey graphic sweatshirt, jeans and sunglasses, standing in a back garden
A customer in a grey crewneck sweatshirt and khaki cargo trousers, wearing a cap and carrying a tote, against a yellow wall
A customer in a grey crewneck sweatshirt standing with arms crossed beside white panelled doors
A customer in a plain black crewneck sweatshirt and distressed jeans, wearing sunglasses against a brick wall

Questions

Frequently Asked Questions About Custom Sweatshirt Manufacturer

01What is your MOQ for custom sweatshirts?

The minimum is 100 pcs per colour. A colour is the unit the minimum counts in, so three colourways of the same style open at 300 pieces total rather than three separate orders.

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02How long does sweatshirt sampling take?

Allow 7–10 working days from tech pack lock to the first sewn piece, with 3–5 fit revisions. Bulk production takes a further 7–15 working days, then 30–45 days by sea or 5–7 by air. The quote carries a date against each stage.

Ask about lead times
03Can you work from our tech-pack, sketches or mood-boards?

Yes. A finished tech pack, a sketch, a mood board or a reference sweatshirt all work as a starting point — we grade the block against your size chart and prove it on a sample ahead of bulk.

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04What fleece GSM ranges can you produce?

Weight runs from 280 to 420 GSM across the range — the band for every cloth is listed in the fabric section above. The exact weight is confirmed in the tech pack before sampling starts, so the bulk matches the approved sample.

Ask about fabric weights
05Do you offer DDP shipping for international bulk orders?

Yes — DDP, DAP or DPU to most countries. DDP means we clear the duty and deliver to your door; DAP and DPU leave the duty and taxes on your side. Freight is broken out on the quote, not bundled into the unit price.

Ask about freight terms
06What quality tests are completed for fleece sweatshirt bulk?

Every fabric batch is lab-dipped and anti-pilling tested before cutting, a mid-batch check runs on the line, and the finished order is inspected to AQL 2.5 before dispatch. Test reports and certificate copies go out with the quote on request.

Ask about QC
07What printing & embroidery techniques are supported?

Puff printing, screen printing, sublimation, chenille patches and 3D embroidery — plus woven labels, size tags and custom hardware. The method is matched to your artwork and fabric at sampling.

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Next step

Start Your Custom Sweatshirt Bulk Project

Send over your tech-pack, sketches or mood-board, get a formal quotation and sample timeline.

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