Apparel Search world clothing industry directory — apparel, fashion and textile resources for El Salvador.
Time to learn about the fashion industry in El Salvador. If you know of other clothing factories from El Salvador that are not listed on this page, please let us know — we would like to add them to this page.
El Salvador is a country in Central America whose capital is San Salvador. The six listings on this page cover the main services a buyer or brand would look for in Salvadoran apparel production: a cutting center serving El Salvador and Central America, a specialist manufacturer of girls woven dresses in San Salvador, an investment promotion organization, a sourcing and manufacturing service working from a free zone, a large contract apparel group, and a dress shirt manufacturer. Two of the manufacturers — Rives Apparel International LLC and Valley Manufacturing Inc. — are in the Export Salva Free Zone at Km. 24 on the road to Santa Ana, and both also keep offices in the United States, Rives in High Point, North Carolina and Valley in Miami, Florida. Vexsal S.A. de C.V is in San Martin, on the Pan-American highway.
Read the listings by the job each entry does. Central American Cutting Center S.A de C.V. is the service entry at the start of production: it provides cutting services, and patterns can be received electronically and printed at the facility. INTEMAQ is the product specialist: girls woven dresses — party, holiday and hand smocked dresses, in flock, organza, chiffon, cotton, polyester and rayon — plus baby woven sets, made with over 300 operators at a capacity of approximately 10,000 dozen per month. Proesa is the investment entry, promoting investment in El Salvador. Rives Apparel International LLC and Valley Manufacturing Inc. are the contract production entries, offering CMT and full-package work, and Vexsal S.A. de C.V, a joint venture with Capital-Mercury Shirt Corporation, provides full package manufacturing of dress shirts.

Listings are given with the descriptions supplied for each business.
(member or Argus International Group): they provide cutting services for El Salvador and Central America. Patterns can be received electroinically and printed at the facility. Phone # 503 361 0222 Fax # 503 361 0333 Contact: Mark Moon E-mail: mmoon@navegante.com.sv
Specializes in manufacturing of Girls woven dresses including party, holiday, hand smocked dresses made from flock, organza, chiffon, cotton, polyester, rayon....Any design or type of girls woven dress. They have over 300 operators with a Manufacturing volume capacity of approximately 10,000 dozen per month. The manufacturing plant has been approved by many US retailers evaluations. Address: Blvd. Merliot San Salvador El Salvador Email: aoriggi@yahoo.com Contact: Alessandra de Castellanos - Sales manager. Manufacturer items: girls woven dresses; girls party dresses; baby woven sets; hand smocked dresses.
(Promoting Investment in El Salvador)
They provide sourcing and manufacturing services for the apparel industry. They offer CMT and full-package apparel production utilizing piece goods from teh USA, El Salvador and Asia. They produce casual pants, shorts, cargo pants, hunting pants, fatigues, overalls, shirts, skirts, and children's sleepwear. Address: Export Salva Free Zone Edificio # 7 Km. 24 Carretera a Santa Ana Lourdes, Colon, La Libertad, El Salvador, C.A. Phone # 503 366 5300 Fax # 503 366 5327 USA Office: 1022 Hutton Lane, Suite 108 High Point, NC 27262 Phone # 336 688 4500 Fax 336 887 4515 Contact: Jeff Rives E-mail: jrives@rivesapparel.com
Valley manufacturing is the apparel group of Hilasal Co., which operates five plants and employs appox. 2000 workers. They do contract services such as 807, CMT and full package. Hilasal Co. is the 4th largest towel company in North America. Address: Export Salva Free Zone Km. 24 Carretera Anta Ana El Salvador Phone # 503 319 2222 Fax # 305 338 6321 Contact: Salvador Llort E-mail: sal@valley.com.sv USA Office: 1501 N.W. 82 Ave. Miami, FL 33126-1899 Contact: Ricardo Sagrera e-mail: ricardosagrera@hilasal.com.sv Phone # 305 591 1844 Fax # 305 593 0498
They are a joint venture with Capital-Mercury Shirt Corporation. They provide full package manufacturing of dress shirts. Address: Km. 15 Carreter Panamericana Ote. San Martin, El Salvador Phone # 503 258 0808 Fax # 503 258 0837 Contact: Roberto Bonilla e-mail: robertob@vexsal.com
Full-package and CMT are the recurring terms in this directory, and the listings show what they mean in practice. CMT is cut, make and trim work carried out to a buyer's patterns and materials, while full-package production takes on sourcing of piece goods as well — Rives Apparel International LLC, for example, utilizes piece goods from the USA, El Salvador and Asia to produce casual pants, shorts, cargo pants, hunting pants, fatigues, overalls, shirts, skirts and children's sleepwear. Valley Manufacturing Inc. adds the 807 contract route alongside CMT and full package, as the apparel group of Hilasal Co., operating five plants and employing approximately 2000 workers. At the specialist end of the trade, the cutting center's electronic pattern service and INTEMAQ's hand smocked dresses show how Salvadoran factories combine production capacity with detailed hand work. For investment questions, Proesa — Promoting Investment in El Salvador — is the listed starting point.
The directory lists six entries: a cutting service for El Salvador and Central America (Central American Cutting Center S.A de C.V.), a manufacturer of girls woven dresses (INTEMAQ), an investment promotion organization (Proesa, Promoting Investment in El Salvador), a sourcing and manufacturing service (Rives Apparel International LLC), a contract apparel group with five plants (Valley Manufacturing Inc.) and a full package dress shirt manufacturer (Vexsal S.A. de C.V).
Rives Apparel International LLC offers CMT and full-package apparel production utilizing piece goods from the USA, El Salvador and Asia. Valley Manufacturing Inc. does contract services such as 807, CMT and full package. Vexsal S.A. de C.V provides full package manufacturing of dress shirts.
INTEMAQ specializes in manufacturing of girls woven dresses including party, holiday and hand smocked dresses made from flock, organza, chiffon, cotton, polyester and rayon, and also makes baby woven sets. INTEMAQ has over 300 operators with a manufacturing volume capacity of approximately 10,000 dozen per month, and its plant has been approved by many US retailers evaluations.