Merino Wool Manufacturer For US And Canadian Brands
An offshore merino partner set up around how North American brands actually buy — US-hours communication, documentation handled end to end, and fabric engineered in the same building as the garment.
Most North American merino brands are not looking for another trading office. They want a factory that knits its own fabric, answers technical questions the same day, and ships paperwork clean enough that customs never becomes a conversation. Apex Apparels knits, dyes, cuts, sews and finishes merino under one 60,000 sq. ft. roof in Gurugram, India, so specifications, corrections and lead times come from the people who actually run the machines.
We are already a long-standing supplier to a leading merino wool baby sleeping bag brand in the US, so the workflow North American buyers need is routine here: tech pack review, fabric development in our own lab, prototypes couriered in 4–6 weeks, annotated fit comments and video fittings instead of flights, then bulk in 8–12 weeks with AQL 1.5 inspection before packing.
Logistics and compliance are handled as part of the programme rather than left to you. Sea freight to US east and west coast ports typically runs 4–6 weeks, with air freight in 5–8 days for samples and top-ups. Shipments leave with commercial invoice, packing list, certificate of origin, fibre content and care documentation, plus Woolmark, RWS, GOTS, OEKO-TEX® and Sedex evidence for your retail partners. Garments arrive retail-ready: your labels, hangtags, polybags, barcodes and carton marking.
Why Brands Choose Apex Apparels
- Long-standing supplier to a leading US merino baby sleeping bag brand
- Scheduled calls in US Eastern and Pacific hours with the owners, not an agent
- Sea freight 4–6 weeks to US ports; air freight 5–8 days for samples and top-ups
- Export documentation, certificate of origin and certification evidence prepared per shipment
- Retail-ready finishing: care and woven labels, hangtags, barcodes, polybags, carton marking
- 16.5–19.5 micron superfine merino knitted, dyed and finished in-house
- Woolmark, RWS, OEKO-TEX®, GOTS and Sedex certified; 100% solar-powered facility
- Prototypes in 4–6 weeks, bulk in 8–12 weeks, AQL 1.5 inspection
Independently Audited At Every Step
Guaranteed fiber purity & world-class quality assurance.
Verifiable animal welfare & fully traceable ethical sourcing.
Certified free from harmful substances — for next-to-skin & infant wear.
Global Organic Textile Standard — certified organic fiber processing.
Audited social compliance, fair wages & ethical labor standards.
Affiliate Supply Chain Partner for The Zentatra Wool Company including ZQ and ZQ+ — ethically sourced, fully traceable New Zealand Merino Wool.
Low-impact processes that reduce water, energy and chemical footprint across the mill. Our Cut and Sew Production is fully Solar Powered.
Questions Buyers Ask Us
- Do you already supply brands in the United States?
- Yes. Apex Apparels is a long-standing supplier to a leading merino wool baby sleeping bag brand in the US, and we ship retail-ready merino garments to North American brands from our Gurugram facility.
- How long does shipping to the USA or Canada take?
- Sea freight from Indian ports to US east and west coast ports typically runs 4–6 weeks door to door depending on the port pair and inland leg; air freight is normally 5–8 days and is used for samples, salesman ranges and top-ups.
- Who handles export documentation and customs paperwork?
- We do. Every shipment leaves with commercial invoice, packing list, certificate of origin, fibre content and care documentation, and the certification paperwork your customs broker and retail partners ask for, including Woolmark, RWS, GOTS and OEKO-TEX® evidence.
- Can you work in US time zones?
- Yes. Bhavya Jain and Beena Sodhi run scheduled calls in US Eastern and Pacific hours, and we keep sampling and production updates on a weekly written cadence so nothing depends on overlapping working hours.
- How do you label and pack for US retail?
- We produce care labels, woven labels, hangtags, embroidery and prints to your artwork, apply US fibre-content and care-labelling requirements you specify, and pack retail-ready in polybags and cartons with your barcode and carton marking standards.
- How does sampling work from overseas?
- Send a tech pack or a reference garment and our fabric lab reverts with a knit route and costing. Prototypes are couriered in 4–6 weeks, with fit comments handled over annotated photos and video fittings before bulk runs at 8–12 weeks.