OEM/ODM technical knitwear category
We manufacture custom Merino wool clothing for base-layer tops and bottoms, underwear, T-shirts, hoodies, mid-layers, balaclavas, neck warmers, and other performance programs. Each project is developed around the buyer's composition, micron, yarn, GSM, knit structure, fit, construction, and testing requirements.
Program fit
Athletik is a China-based OEM/ODM manufacturer for Merino wool apparel, with production in Zhangjiagang. Its program is best suited to established and mid-sized apparel and outdoor brands, wholesalers, and importers developing specification-led base layers, underwear, mid-layers, or accessories with defined composition, micron, GSM, knit structure, fit, construction, care, and testing requirements.
Product examples
Representative garment and accessory formats from Merino wool development programs.
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Product range
Base-layer tops and bottoms, thermal underwear, and other next-to-skin styles can be developed in 100% Merino wool or buyer-specified blends. Composition, micron, GSM, fit, seam placement, and care requirements are set for the intended activity and climate.
Lightweight T-shirts through warmer hooded and mid-layer styles can be developed for outdoor, training, travel, and everyday programs. The fabric and garment are balanced for the required warmth, hand feel, stretch, recovery, and durability.
Programs can include knitted-in jacquard patterns, all-over or placement prints, balaclavas, neck warmers, and related performance accessories. A jacquard pattern is built into the fabric rather than applied as a surface print, so there is no print layer to crack or peel.
Buyers can specify composition, micron, yarn count, GSM, and structures such as single jersey, interlock, rib, and jacquard. Finer Merino wool below about 19.5 microns is a common starting point for next-to-skin products, but the final specification is selected for the required hand feel, warmth, durability, stretch, and care performance.
Development inputs
Send the product type, intended activity and climate, target market, composition, micron, yarn count, GSM, knit structure, stretch and recovery targets, fit, seam map, artwork, branding, care requirements, test methods and acceptance criteria, order quantity, and tech pack or reference sample. We can develop 100% Merino wool and blended programs in single jersey, interlock, rib, jacquard, and other project-specific structures, with FLATLOCK or ACTIVESEAM where appropriate. Colorfastness, shrinkage, pilling, GSM, fiber composition, and stretch/recovery can be checked in-house; customer-specified third-party testing can be arranged when required. Final development and testing terms are confirmed for the project.
Program execution
Material, garment, and test requirements are recorded in the current specification and approved sample so development and bulk production can be reviewed against the same criteria.
Merino wool clothing programs are developed around the buyer's end use, target climate, fit, care requirements, and approved specification.
The quality plan is set against the approved material and garment specification, sample, test method, and buyer acceptance criteria.
Buyer questions
Yes. Athletik manufactures Merino wool base-layer tops and bottoms on an OEM/ODM basis and operates more than 30 Yamato FLATLOCK machines for four-needle, six-thread stitch type 607 construction. FLATLOCK is assigned by seam location, fabric, stretch requirements, and the approved sample rather than applied automatically to every seam. The public garment MOQ is 500 pieces per style; material, color, size allocation, sampling, testing, and final production terms are confirmed in the project quotation.
Provide the garment type, intended activity and climate, target market, composition, micron, yarn count, GSM, knit structure, fit and seam requirements, artwork and branding, care requirements, testing criteria, estimated quantity, and tech pack or reference sample.
Finer Merino wool below about 19.5 microns is commonly used for next-to-skin base layers and underwear, but there is no single micron or GSM for every program. The final specification should balance hand feel, warmth, durability, stretch, target climate, and care requirements.
Colorfastness, shrinkage, pilling, GSM, fiber composition, and stretch/recovery can be checked in-house against the agreed method and acceptance criteria. Customer-specified third-party testing can be arranged when required.
Four-step workflow
Each program moves through defined review and approval points. Exact timing, testing scope, commercial terms, and delivery responsibilities are confirmed in the project quotation.
Share the product type, target use, material specification, fit, artwork, testing needs, quantity, timing, and delivery destination. We review feasibility, missing inputs, and quotation variables.
Material, color, knit structure, construction, trims, and the sample route are developed against the brief. Material, fit, measurements, test criteria, and packaging are approved before final order terms are confirmed. Typical sampling is 1-2 weeks after the required inputs are aligned, depending on style and material complexity.
Bulk production follows the approved sample and current specification. Incoming material, in-line and final garment checks, together with agreed testing, are reviewed before shipment release.
Packing instructions, standard export documents, freight booking information, and delivery scope are aligned before dispatch. FOB and DDP terms are available by project.
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Athletik Clothing
Technical knitwear OEM/ODM manufacturer.
