Nominated Trim Suppliers: All Fashion Document No.

FLS-002
Product Version number 2.1
Author / Owner Gabriel Muller-Ebeid Approved by Rob Falk
Date of issue 25/02/2020 Due for Revision date: 25/08/2021
For all John Lewis garment and Accessories Manufacturers; Menswear, Womenswear,
Scope
Childrenswear

John Lewis & Partners’s reputation for quality and value is known and trusted by our customers. Our
quality standards require the goods we sell to be fit for purpose and safe; it is the suppliers’
responsibility to make sure all componentry is suitable for end use. We recognise and act on social and
economic pressures as environmental impacts become more severe. Our ambitious efforts to implement
policies and incentives that will support the process are intended to address all aspects of the product. It
is therefore mandatory to use the more sustainable option of trim where the cost neutral and there is
no impact on the critical path. Where there is no option to use a sustainable trim, please contact your
Product Technologist to discuss options.

Below is a list of our nominated suppliers and general guidelines for most common trims these cover. All
trim suppliers have global outlets and will be able to support in more detail. Liaise with the main contact
and get regional details on request.

1. Zips - Childrenswear, Menswear and Womenswear

SUPPLIER: YKK Opti/Coats PLC Slik
AGENT: Tarik Siddiqi Gordon Dowie Martin Glass

TELEPHONE NO: +44 (0) 20 7448 1333 +44 (0) 7860 188970 +44 (0)161 955 4225

EMAIL: tarik_siddiqui@[Link] [Link]@[Link] info@[Link]

WEB ADDRESS: [Link] [Link] [Link]

OFFICE ADDRESS: YKK Europe Limited Opti/Coats PLC Slik Zips

7th Floor, Longbow House 4 Longwalk Manchester Adamson House
14 - 20 Chiswell Street Stockley Park Towers Business Park
London Uxbridge Wilmslow Road
EC1Y 4TW Middlesex Didsbury
UB11 1FE Manchester
United Kingdom M20 2YY
United Kingdom

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 2. Zips - Menswear and Womenswear only (not to be used for Childrenswear)
SUPPLIER: Albert Salmi YBS
AGENT: Pargon malhi Nathalie Prin / Laetitia Auriault Helen-Fan

TELEPHONE NO: +447852251456 +33 6 82 05 21 98 86 769 83217100, 86 0769

83329415
EMAIL: pargon@[Link] [Link]@[Link],
salmisales@[Link]

WEB ADDRESS: [Link] [Link]

OFFICE ADDRESS: Albert Zips (UK) Limited Salmi France YBS ZIPPER(Dong Guan)CO.,LTD
8 Kelmscott road Parc d’Entreprises Val d’Europe XIXI INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
Harborne, 4, bd Michael Faraday – Serris LIAOBU TOWN Dongguan
Birmingham 77716 Marne la Vallée cedex 4 Guangdong 523400
B17 8QN France China

SUPPLIER: Klestro Talon International Tex Corp Ltd

AGENT: Erol Hassan, Terry Costas, Paul Coussins, Mark Neck Mudit Tandon
Stelios Costas

TELEPHONE NO: +44 (020) 8806 6880 +44 207 9932962 +919899804719

EMAIL: sales@[Link] paulc@[Link]. [Link]@[Link]

markn@[Link] brandsupport@[Link]

WEB ADDRESS: [Link] [Link]

OFFICE ADDRESS: Klestro Talon (UK) Tex Corp Limited,

Klestro Building Hollands Farm Khandsa Road,
36a Windus Road Penfold Lane Gurgaon,
London Little Missenden Bucks Haryana 122001
N16 6UP HP15 6XS India
United Kingdom United Kingdom

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 3. Metal Attachments (Snap Fasteners, Stud Buttons & Eyelets)
SUPPLIER: Prym Fashion YKK EUROPE LTD

AGENT: Kevin Watkins (Customer Christine Zhang (S&B Global

Service and Sales), Account Manager)
Elizabeth Mullins (UK Sales
Manager)

TELEPHONE NO: +44 (0) 1594 562631 +44 (0) 2074481354

EMAIL: [Link]@prymfashio Christine Zhang

[Link]
LOCAL CONTACTS: PORTUGAL: Ricardo Samagio
(ricardo_samagaio@[Link])

TURKEY: Cihan Uygur

(cuygur@[Link])

INDIA: Sandeep Panda

([Link]@[Link]
)

HONG KONG: Agnes lai chu Li

(agnes_li@[Link])

SRI LANKA: Saminda Fernando

(saminda@[Link])

VIETNAM: Hoang Minh Hien

(minhhien@[Link])

WEB ADDRESS: [Link] [Link]

OFFICE ADDRESS: Prym Fashion UK YKK Europe Ltd

White Croft Global Marketing Group

Lydney 154 Commercial Street
Gloucestershire London
GL15 4QG E1 6NU
United Kingdom United Kingdom

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 4. Threads - Childrenswear, Menswear and Womenswear
SUPPLIER: Coats plc A&E Guetermann Amann

AGENT: Gordon Dowie Derek Woodward Mike Templeton

TELEPHONE NO: +44 (0) 7860 188970 +44 (0) 783 425 9072 + 44 (0)7710 33 95 84
+44 (0) 161 339 6400
EMAIL: [Link]@[Link] [Link]@[Link] [Link]@[Link]

LOCAL CONTACTS: ITALY: Roberto Pozzi ITALY: Paolo Buricchi

([Link]@[Link]) ([Link]@[Link])

PORTUGAL: Carlos Monteiro PORTUGAL: Francisco Reiss

(carlos_monteiro@[Link]) (franciscoreis@mcs-pt-com)

TURKEY: Anil Cam TURKEY: Mustafa Denizer

([Link]@[Link]) (mdenizer@[Link])

INDIA: Gaurav Sengal INDIA: Arindam K Bhattacharjee

([Link]@[Link]) (amefird@[Link])

HONG KONG: Ivy Lam SOUTH CHINA/HONG KONG:

([Link]@[Link]) Jennie Tsang
(jenniietsang@[Link])
CHINA: Maggie Hu
([Link]@[Link]) CHINA: Mars Xu
(marsxu@[Link])
SRI LANKA: Anika Fernando
([Link]@[Link]) SRI LANKA: Indira Gunawardhena
(indiragu@[Link])
VIETNAM: Quang Vo
([Link]@[Link]) VIETNAM: Lam Truong
([Link]@[Link]) /
BANGLADESH: Zardar Rafid Anna Huynh
([Link]@[Link]) ([Link]@[Link])

BANGLADESH: Iftekhar Hussain

([Link]@[Link].b
d)

WEB ADDRESS: [Link] [Link] [Link]

OFFICE ADDRESS: Coats PLC A&E Guetermann GmbH. Amann Threads UK

1 The Square Landstr. 1 Limited
Stockley Park 79261 Gutach-Breisgau Guide Mills
Uxbridge Ashton under Lyne
Middlesex OL7 0PJ
UB11 1TD
United Kingdom Germany United Kingdom

Threads: Assessment of the product type, fabric, position on the product and product end use are
required at engineering stage together with one of our nominated suppliers:

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  100% Polyester premium Corespun thread (i.e. Coats Epic Supermax/A&E Perma Core Ultimate/Amann Saba C)
100% Polyester premium Corespun thread is specifically designed to help minimize seam puckering and wrinkle free
seaming applications. Tailored clothing including shirts, suits, neckwear, evening dresses, overcoats and sheer fabrics.
This thread has a very smooth clean surface contributing to superior stitch and seam appearance. Can be sewn with
lower tensions and finer needles.

 100% Polyester Corespun thread (i.e. Coats Epic/A&E Perma Core/ Amann Saba C)
It is stronger than spun construction which means you can use a smaller size thread without the loss of strength and
smaller needle size to reduce seam puckering on today’s fabrics. Sews well on automated – multidirectional machines.

 Polyester Filament With A Cotton Wrapper (Coats Dual Duty/A&E D/Core/Amann Rasant)
Polyester corespun with a cotton wrapper is a high performance sewing thread manufactured to sew on automated –
multidirectional machines, the cotton wrap gives a soft finish and gives a wash down look when sewing Denim in
today’s fashion markets.

 Staple Spun Polyester (Coats Astra/A&E Permaspun/Amann Universal)

100% Polyester spun sewing thread is not as strong per size as Corespun threads, will sew well on most sewing
machines, used where cost is a concern.

 Textured Polyester (Coats Gramax/A&E Wildcat/Amann SabaTEX)

A 100% polyester textured sewing thread used mainly in the looper positions on knitwear where coverage and
extension is required.

 Micro Filament Textured Polyester (Coats Seamsoft/A&E Anesoft/Amann sabaSOFT)

100% Polyester Micro Denier textured thread where seam softness is critical like swimwear, beachwear, lingerie,
sportswear or babywear.

 High Elastic Sewing Thread (Coats Eloflex/A&E Aneflex/Amann SabaFLEX)

A P.B.T. thread where elongation in the seam is required without seam cracking occurring, ideal for lockstitch
operations. Use in both the needle and bobbin.

 100% cotton thread (Coats Dymax/A&E Anecot/Amann Mercifil)

100% cotton thread is used mainly for overdyeing garments. Limited seam elongation and strength.

 Continuous Filament Polyester (Coats Gral/Coats Dabond (bonded)/A&E Filan/Amann Serafil or Serabond(bonded))
100% Polyester Continuous Filament sewing thread, also available in a bonded thread mainly used in non-apparel.

 Continuous Filament Nylon (Coats Aptan/ Coats Nylbond (bonded)/A&E Amifil/Amann Onyx or Stongbond
(bonded))
A Polyamide Continuous Filament sewing thread, also available in a Bonded thread mainly used in non-apparel
business.

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 5. Interlining/Interfacing - Childrenswear, Menswear and Womenswear
SUPPLIER: Kufner Wendler Vilene Freudenberg

AGENT: Darren Cooper Peter Heim Andrew Laycock

TELEPHONE NO: Phone: +44 1133451050 + 49 (0) 171 468 42 56 +44 (0)7860 452848
Mobile: +44 7836719473

EMAIL: dcooper@[Link] heim@[Link] [Link]@freudenberg-

[Link]

LOCAL ITALY: Carla Maran ITALY: Renee Bertucci

CONTACTS: (cmaran@[Link]) ([Link]@freudenberg-
[Link])
PORTUGAL: Marc Poles
(mpoles@[Link]) PORTUGAL: Ivone Fernandes
([Link]@freudenberg-
TURKEY: (kufner- [Link])
turkey@[Link])
TURKEY: Selim Evren
INDIA: MK Singh ([Link]@freudenberg-
(mksingh@[Link]) [Link])

HONG KONG: William Ning INDIA: Shiju Thankachan

(wning@[Link]) ([Link]@[Link])

CHINA: Anni Cui HONG KONG: Thomson Siek

(acui@[Link]) ([Link]@[Link])

SRI LANKA: Nishan Perera CHINA: Jackie Wai

(nishan@[Link]) ([Link]@[Link])

VIETNAM: Dinh Thai SRI LANKA: Nilesh Rodrigo

(dthai@[Link]) ([Link]@freudenberg-
[Link])
BANGLADESH: Nadith
Liyanaarachchi VIETNAM: Duyen Tran
(nadith@[Link]) ([Link]@[Link])

BANGLADESH: Nakib Zaman

([Link]@[Link])

OFFICE
ADDRESS:
Kufner Holding GmbH (UK Wendler Einlagen GmbH & Co. Freudenberg Nonwovens LP
Office) KG Vilene Interlinings
Oaktree House Oakwood Markwiesenstrasse 40 The Clock House
Lane 72770 Reutlingen Rosemount Estate
Leeds
LS8 3LG Germany Elland
HX5 0EE

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SUPPLIER: Flex Terca Interlinings PCC Interlinings
AGENT: Manel Bartrons Arun Sundriyal Steven Price

TELEPHONE NO: +34 932 681 744 +91 124 4027969 +447721303830
+34 606 337 103 +91 9873199912

EMAIL: manel@[Link] Arun- sprice@[Link]

m terca@[Link]

WEB ADDRESS: [Link] [Link] [Link]

.com/ [Link]
[Link]

FLEX INTERNACIONAL S.A. Supreme Nonwoven Industries PCC Marketing Representative – UK

Pvt Ltd

OFFICE C. Saturn, 20 99 Moulsari Avenue 22 Noirmont Way

ADDRESS:
08228 Les Fonts, Terrassa Phase III, DLF City Northfield Green
Pol. Industrial Can Parellada Gurgaon- 122002 Sunderland. SR3 2SS

BARCELONA, ESPAÑA India United Kingdom

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Approach to selecting the right interlining together with one of our nominated sources:
 Most fusible interfacing are engineered for specific applications and fuse best under certain conditions and with
certain equipment. The type of equipment the manufacturer has is a key factor in recommending fusible.
Example-for hand iron fusing, a fusible with a multiple temperature adhesive system might be recommend
because the amount of time the operator holds the iron to the fabric and the heat and pressure applied may be
inconsistent.

 Temperature, pressure and dwell times are the most important factors in fusing. It is essential that the fuse line
temperature (temperature between the shell fabric and interfacing at the adhesive) be maintained to ensure
good bond. Temperature and equipment must be checked at least twice a day using test strips or equivalent
equipment.

 There is no one fusible for every kind of shell fabric. Because fabrics vary in construction, fibre content, surface,
finish, shrinkage rate, etc., pre-production testing is essential to determine which fusible interfacing is most
compatible with the shell fabric. We will approve the correct interlining during the sealing and sample stages
where not already specified.

 To establish suitability of interlining, suppliers record bond strength after each complete dry clean or wash and
dry clean cycle, including pressing. The care instructions must be suitable for the type of interlining used for
product.

 BELT / PRESSURE - We recommend that it is of the” continuous belt feed “type with an airline pressure system
(rather than mechanical pressure), as this provides more consistent results.

 Assistance in the location, selection, checking and use of the machine, together with training of the operatives
can be given by your machinery supplier and interlining provider.

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