Tantra Tex

Company Profile

The household side is as developed as the garment side: bath and beach linen, bed linen, table linen, kitchen linen, home furnishing fabric, place mats and pot holders. A cotton-only fibre policy simplifies the offer — everything is natural-fibre, aimed at buyers whose ranges are built on cotton. Width is stated at 30 inches for the knitted fabric, the tubular width typical of garment knitting for the Indian export trade of the period. The Colaba address places the office at Mumbai's southern tip, in the city's old trading quarter.

Knitted fabrics — the family Tantra Tex works in — are built from interlocking loops rather than interlaced yarns, which is why they stretch, recover and feel soft against the skin. Buyers comparing knitters should look past the headline fabric name to the machine gauge, the yarn count and the finishing route, because two fabrics both sold as '100% cotton knitted fabrics, garments and household textiles —' can differ in all three. A well-run knit program also fixes how fabric is measured and paid for — by weight or by length — at the very first order, since knitted cloth relaxes, grows and shrinks in ways woven cloth does not, and most disputes in this trade are measurement disputes wearing a quality costume.

Sourcing and Working With Tantra Tex

Use the stated weight bands to frame the enquiry: name the garment, the fabric (jersey or pique) and the GSM within the listed range. For household textiles, add finished sizes and hemming requirements. The record's contact is Mr. G.S. Raj, marketing manager, in Colaba, Mumbai, with email tantra@bom8.vsnl.net.in; confirm current minimums and which lines run year-round when you write.

Sampling discipline decides how smoothly a program with Tantra Tex will run. Keep a signed standard sample of the approved quality, file the lab results that go with it, and refer to both in every repeat order rather than re-describing the fabric from memory. Reorder prices should state the yarn or fibre basis they rest on, so a later price move can be discussed as a materials question instead of a negotiation. Finally, confirm the lead time from a clear starting point — lab-dip approval, order confirmation or deposit — since each mill counts from a different event.

Understanding the Range

Finishing is the second half of any knitted range. The same greige cloth can leave a mill like Tantra Tex as a soft fashion fabric, a brushed fleece, a printed base or a performance knit depending on the finishing route, which is why ranges are often quoted as families rather than single articles. Buyers should ask which finishes are applied in-house and which are bought in, what each finish does to weight and width, and whether the finish is durable to washing or a surface effect that fades — questions that cost nothing at sampling and a great deal after bulk delivery.

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