The textile chain: who does what

Between a fiber and a finished uniform, cloth usually passes through several separate businesses. A fiber producer grows or makes the fiber, a spinner turns it into yarn, often sold on by a yarn trader. A weaver makes greige (unfinished cloth off the loom), which may pass through a greige trader to a process house that dyes and finishes it. Finished fabric then reaches a wholesaler or converter, then a garment maker, and finally the brand or institution that wears it. Each hand-off adds a margin and some waiting time. Benny Cotts sits at the weaving stage: we weave in-house at Village Atoon in Bhilwara, work with partnered Bhilwara process houses for dyeing, finishing and testing, and supply finished fabric directly to buyers.