La Petite Manchester
Manufacturer, cutter
The Alsatian association La Petite Manchester is a Ecole-Fabrique. The school trains young and old in textile activities and raises awareness of recycling. The factory employs people in vocational transition in its integration workshop, which makes articles from re-used textile waste. It also has a R&D department for product development.
Services :
Integration workshop
Application fields :
Clothing, health, leather goods, sport, furniture, home, events
Equipment :
Main workshop: 8 flatbed stitchers, 3 overlockers (one 5-thread + two 4-thread), 3 triple drives (1 flatbed, 1 gun, 1 retractable double-needle), 1 sewing machine, 1 15-thread embroidery machine, 2 ironing stations, 2 large work tables, 1 family sewing machine. Other locations: 4 flatbed stitchers, 1 sewing-type welding machine, 3 triple drives (1 flatbed, 1 pillar, 1 double-needle), 1 5-thread overlock machine, 1 overlock machine, Gerber automatic monopli cutting machine, digitizing table, 2.00 m plotter, and CAD/CAM software, as well as 1 triple drive, 1 5-thread overlock machine, 1 flatbed stitcher, some twenty family-run machines, 1 family-run overlock machine, 1 semi-pro embroidery machine.