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MANTEX PROFILE
Success is all sewn
up for Mantex
Mantex Embroideries is gaining a reputation for fast and efficient
delivery of quality printwear garments. Neill Barston meets
company founder Amar Grewell to discover how the family firm’s
hard-working ethos is reaping rewards
W
ith more than two decades of industry Clearly, the firm values a stable working “We decided to start manufacturing as the lead
success to its name, Mantex Embroideries environment and Amar is proud to reveal that times are a lot less if you are based in the UK.
Ltd has plenty to celebrate as it fast Mantex Embroideries has excellent staff retention Over the last couple of years we have seen this
approaches its 25th anniversary year. levels. This fosters a positive workplace and its happening more often,” said Amar, commenting
The Wolverhampton firm has gone from strength versatile employees are capable of both producing on the production arm of the firm which is
to strength, offering a one stop shop for a wide and embroidering a broad spectrum of goods. continuing to grow.
range of garments designed for the printwear It seems they’ve got every base covered with staff Another expanding element of the company is its
market. re-labelling service, in which labels of a firm’s
From producing schoolwear and leisure clothing, choice will be re-sewn into the major brand
to embroidery commissions for major sports and garments it stocks. According to the firm, this has
corporate events, the company is committed to proved popular as customers are increasingly savvy
delivering a range of quality goods. about the need to forge their own bespoke
As anyone who attended this year’s Printwear & products.
Promotion exhibition at the NEC will have There have been many highlights for Mantex
observed, there was plenty of interest in its Embroideries to date, but what, for Amar, are
products and services which were effectively among the most significant?
showcased at the event. “We’ve been involved in some big deals including
In terms of its customers, there is a fine back- supplying the Isle of Man and Welsh teams for the
catalogue of embroidery work that spans Commonwealth Games and staff and athletes at
everything from badge work for premiership the Athens Paralympics in 2004, which were both
football clubs to major motor manufacturers’ really good for us. We still, of course, deal with
promotional goods. people wanting smaller orders as that’s our bread
Among the bluechip clientele are Del Monte, able to work with a variety of garment fabrics and butter.”
Michelin and Ford. The company has also provided including microfibres, fleeces, sweatshirts, polo Keeping up to speed with the ever-changing needs
embroidery services to Renault’s F1 team and has shirts, sports garments and tabards. of its broad customer base is of prime importance
worked for Citroen and Honda, to name just a few. Mantex Embroideries also provide a garment to Mantex Embroideries.
Company founder Amar Grewell certainly believes alteration service for everything from shortening The company appears well equipped to weather
Mantex Embroideries has made great strides since trousers, adding pockets to garments and even the recession with its ability to both provide and
its formation. He said: “We started back in 1985 adding contrast colour panels and piping to polos embroider garments. With a number of new
and we are still a family run business.” and teamshirts. projects on the horizon, the future looks bright.
After being in industry since the late Sixties, Amar “Most of our staff have been here for 15 years -
recognised the potential of printwear and his some of the younger ones for about 10 years - so For more information on Mantex Embroideries and
family’s hard-working philosophy has reaped they are very loyal. We believe that if you treat its range of products and services call 01902
rewards for the company. your staff well they look after you as they’re the 425655.
“Our first deal was from Yale locks who ordered a ones who bring you the
large number of reversible jackets. My wife was business,” said Amar.
over the moon with that and the money from that “I enjoy what I do and it’s all
bought us our first machine. It just went from about the approach you take.
there - it was a fantastic start. We want to be at the forefront
“The company is still doing well and we’ve just of the industry and not be left
signed a deal to supply staff clothing to a major behind like some in the past
supermarket for the next five years which will have done,” explains Amar,
necessitate the purchase of six more 8-head who has now installed the
embroidery machines,” he explained. younger generation of the
Key to the success is the highly skilled workforce family, Pinda and Sandeep, to
at its Midlands headquarters. Its team has a range manage much of the
of quality machinery and embroidery equipment at company’s general operations.
their disposal. “I’ve ensured that I have
This includes 180 working machine heads and passed on my knowledge that
staff can access a selection of more than 600 I’ve built up on to them and it
embroidery threads which allows for considerable is they who do the hiring of
working flexibility. They aim to turnaround staff round here now and they
commissions from three to seven days, depending also look after the production
on the scale of an order. too.
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