Production services

Choosing Protex Balti as your partner, you receive everything you need from one convenient source.

We offer a complete development and production service for a wide range of textile products from smart and technical textiles, furniture covers and sportswear to fashion apparel, workwear and uniforms.

Read more about our services here: 


Development

We offer a full development process from start to finish, but there is also a possibility to choose separately between our services.  

Product development services include:  

Pattern construction
Creating patterns to customer’s specific requirements based on sketches, technical drawings or sample products utilizing advanced CAD software such as Lectra and Gerber, to ensure accuracy and efficiency. 

Digitalization
Creating a precise copy of paper patterns to a digital form. 

Grading
Offering multi-size grading based on measurements charts provided by the customer or by our team. 

Prototyping
Creating prototypes to test and refine designs before final production. 

Marker making
Using Lectra’s enhanced marker making program to make sure fabrics are used as efficiently as possible and to provide customer the possibility to keep control of fabric cost as fabric consumption is calculated and given to the customer in the making of first prototypes.


Advanced Research and Development

Besides our activities in traditional textile manufacturing, we have successfully positioned ourselves as an innovation driver and partner in the development of tomorrow’s smart textile solutions.  

Since 2012, Protex has been one of the few companies in Northern Europe that can provide development services and mass production within smart textiles.  

Our Research and Development services include:  

Custom product development
From initial concept to final prototype, we guide you through the entire product development process. 

Advanced material search
Explore new materials and their applications to enhance product performance and sustainability. 

Process innovation
Develop new manufacturing processes and optimize existing ones to improve efficiency and reduce costs. 

Testing and feasibility studies
Conduct testing and validation in house and if needed, outsource testing from Tallinn University of Technology, to ensure your products meet all required standards and expectations.  

Protex has taken part of Horizon Europe projects and is a proud cooperation partner to Aalto University in Finland and Sintef, the largest independent research institution in Scandinavia. 


Purchasing

Through our extensive supplier network, we assist our partners to find the right fabrics and accessories for their products. The objective is to ensure that our customers have access to suppliers whose products and services fit best with their business area and sustainability standards, quality requirements and delivery terms.   

Our portfolio includes reliable suppliers of:  

Fabrics
Technical textile, workwear, sportwear, smart textile, fashion garments. 

Accessories
Zippers, buttons, threads, reflectors, magnets, buckles, interlining, ribbons, cords, velcros, care/size labels, hangtags, packaging material etc.  

Services
Washing, pleating, garment dying etc. 


Cutting

We offer cutting services that meet the highest standards of precision and quality. 

Our cutting services include:  

Advanced cutting technology
Utilizing Lectra automated cutting machines, laser cutter and die cutter. 

Wide range of materials
Possibilities to cut various materials including fabrics, leather, plastics and composites. 

Custom cutting solutions
Tailored cutting services to meet specific design and production requirements.  

Quality assurance
Thorough quality checks by our skilled operators to ensure the highest quality of cut out details. 

Waste reduction
Optimized cutting layouts to maximize material usage and minimize waste.  

Our cutting department also includes a pneumatic heat press which makes it possible to offer the transferring of logos, washing instructions etc. 


Sewing

The production in our sewing departments is divided into two main areas: 

ProtexWear and ProtexTech
ProtexWear focuses on functional workwear/uniforms, sportswear and fashion apparel, ProtexTech on technical, smart textiles and furniture.  

Our most common technologies are flatlock, overlock, single and double needle machines, but there are also button and buttonhole sewing machines, 4 head 12 colours embroidery machine, etc. in our sites. ProtexTech uses special machinery such as ultrasonic and hot welding machines, special machines that sew in plastic, taping machines, etc. For a full overview of available machines please contact Protex Balti’s sales department here.

The sewing process is monitored by experienced technologists, line managers and controllers who make sure that sewing quality is at the top level and orders are finalized in time. 


Warehouse and Logistical solutions

We are always focused on helping our partners optimize lead time and reduce costs. Therefore, with our warehousing services, we provide the possibility to purchase bigger amounts of materials and store these securely in our warehouse, close to the production. To ensure accurate stock levels of the materials at all times, we are using an advanced inventory tracking system.   

Through our strategic partnerships and agreements with reliable logistics providers such as DPD, DHL and DSV, we ensure timely deliveries of all our partners’ products.