Using the most high-tech machinery available, this smaller version of Saitex's Vietnam facility makes jeans for Everlane and other brands that prioritize sustainability.
, Fair Trade, LEED and Bluesign. Its vertically-integrated facilities now spread across 22 cubic acres in Ho Chi Minh City, mass-producing denim for Everlane, Madewell, J.Crew, Silvrlake, Mara Hoffman and many more. In 2021, Saitex opened its first factory outside of Vietnam in — where else? — Los Angeles, the unofficial heart of the American denim industry.Even as most U.S. apparel manufacturing has moved overseas, there's still denim being produced in and around downtown L.A.
"Blindsided" by the pandemic and unable to bring in anyone from Vietnam due to travel restrictions, Saitex's USA President Kathy Kweon spent all of 2020 turning a "dark, dirty, tired warehouse" into a bright, modern facility using plans provided by a Vietnam-based team who "don't know anything about L.A. regulations."processThere are a few key differences between the L.A. and Vietnam factories. The biggest is size. L.A.
Both factories have in-house water recycling and use 98% recycled water, but due to differing regulations, L.A.'s water isn't quite clean enough topost-laundry. Also, due to the facility's construction, jeans can't be hung to air dry in L.A. the way they can in Vietnam.
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