Seamless knitwear knitted in a single piece on Shima Seiki — no side seams, exceptional comfort, near zero-waste. Run in-house in Turkey, OEM — a premium China+1 seamless knit for brands building a name across the EAC and SADC.
WHOLEGARMENT is Shima Seiki's seamless knitting technology: the whole garment — body, sleeves and all — is knitted as one continuous piece, with no panels to cut and no seams to sew. It's widely regarded as the pinnacle of knit construction, and we run it in-house.
New to the technique? Our explainer covers what WHOLEGARMENT is in plain terms. This page is about producing it with us — OEM, under your label.
There is no Türkiye–Tanzania free-trade agreement, so finished knitwear enters at the EAC common external tariff (25% on most apparel). China has no FTA either, so we carry no customs advantage over Chinese goods — we compete on quality, not duty. Confirm the specific HS-61 line with TRA at import.
Country-of-origin labelling, fibre content and care labelling prepared for Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) conformity and TRA customs clearance — applied in-house so your goods clear cleanly.
A genuine China+1 partner: in-house Shima Seiki WHOLEGARMENT, founder-direct contact and enforceable NDAs — clean single-site Gaziantep sourcing, with English the working language end to end.
Sea freight from Mersin to Dar es Salaam in ~20–28 days (typically transshipping via a hub port). A longer route we offset with planning and lead-time reliability — FOB or DDP, priced in USD with LC terms available.
Nothing to rub or chafe; a cleaner line and better drape. Ideal for soft luxury and next-to-skin wear.
Knit-to-shape in one piece means almost no offcuts and no linking waste — a genuine, explainable sustainability gain.
“Seamless / WHOLEGARMENT” is a recognised mark of quality that differentiates a collection on the rail.
The garment moves as one piece — superior comfort, shape retention and a refined finish.
Sweaters, fine-gauge layers, knit dresses and next-to-skin pieces — in merino, cashmere, cotton and blends, at gauges up to 14gg. Seamless construction suits clean, modern silhouettes and elevated basics especially well. For colourwork and heavily structured pieces, fully-fashioned may be the better route — we'll advise honestly per style.
We confirm whether your style suits seamless construction and propose yarn and gauge — within 48h.
Your design programmed and knitted on Shima Seiki WHOLEGARMENT, refined to an approved pre-production sample.
Production in 45–60 days with in-house QC, then labelled and shipped worldwide under your brand.
Many factories quote WHOLEGARMENT but broker it elsewhere. We run Shima Seiki WHOLEGARMENT in-house — so the craft, quality and timeline are ours to control, founder-direct, at a 250 MOQ. It's a genuine, under-used advantage we put front and centre. Sampling is 10–14 days; bulk 45–60 days; pricing itemised on FOB or DDP.
WHOLEGARMENT is Shima Seiki's seamless knitting technology — the entire garment is knitted in one piece on the machine, with no side or shoulder seams to sew.
Yes — we operate Shima Seiki WHOLEGARMENT machines in-house, alongside Stoll flat-knit. It's a core capability, not brokered out.
It's a premium technique, but it eliminates linking labour and produces almost no cutting waste, which offsets some cost. Whether it's dearer than conventional knit depends on the style and yarn.
Sweaters, fine-gauge layers, dresses and next-to-skin pieces where a seamless, clean line and comfort matter most.
250 pieces per colour/size — the same accessible minimum as our other flat-knit production.
Send a tech pack, a reference garment or a brief. We respond within one business day with a capacity check, indicative pricing and a sample timeline.