The manufacturing behind Meridian
Meridian is the blanks division of FTS Global — wholly owned factories, an accredited laboratory, and design and development teams sitting in nineteen cities. This is what stands behind every order.
Who we are
Meridian Blanks is the premium blanks and private-label arm of FTS Global — a design, sourcing and manufacturing group operating since 1987, with wholly owned factories in India and a partner network across fifteen countries.
We do not publish a catalogue. Every program is developed to your specification: your fabric weight, your fit block, your trims, your labelling. You get a single point of contact and a supply chain that already produces for luxury houses, high-street retailers and international catalogue brands.
What we do
Take one part or the whole chain. Most partners start with blanks and grow into full package.
Purpose-built blanks made to your block, not adapted from someone else's. Automated cutting, advanced stitching and finishing across wholly owned and partner facilities, with MOQ bands that scale from first run to national program.
Design studios in Los Angeles, London, Barcelona, Delhi, Istanbul, Semarang and Hangzhou. AI-assisted design and 3D virtual sampling compress the development cycle and cut material waste before a single yard is cut.
Your brand end to end — woven labels, custom trims, care and content compliance, retail-ready packaging and barcoding. Full traceability from raw fibre to finished carton.
Direct-to-garment and direct-to-fabric digital printing through our dedicated printing facility, plus embroidery, sequin and screen. Low-MOQ and print-on-demand programs that let you test a range before committing to bulk.
Trend forecasting, consumer insight and range architecture from teams who build commercial collections for a living — for brands that want a partner in the product, not just a factory.
Capabilities
Categories, not a catalogue. Every program is developed to your specification — your fabric weight, your fit block, your trims.
Tees, hoodies, crews, sweats, polos and tanks. Cotton jersey, interlock, pique, French terry and fleece, garment-dyed or piece-dyed.
Voiles, dobbies, gauzes and poplins. Yarn-dyed checks, rayon and linen bases for shirting, tops and dresses.
Denim and twill across weights, plus chinos, shorts and woven bottoms. Full wash and finish development.
Structured wovens, quilted and padded outerwear, jackets, coats and suiting bases.
Sweaters, cardigans and fine gauge. Wool, cotton, cashmere and blended yarns, including hand-finished artisan work.
Polyester and spandex bases, seamless, technical blends and performance finishes.
Soft-hand jersey, brushed knits and woven sleep sets for adult and children's programs.
Caps, socks, scarves, gloves, bags and totes to round out a range under one supply chain.
Decoration & on-demand
Our group operates a dedicated digital printing facility built for direct-to-fabric and direct-to-garment work. Because the print step is digital, we can hold lower minimums, sample faster and run repeat colourways without new screens — and we use significantly less water doing it.
Full-colour prints on finished blanks. No screens, no setup charge, viable from a single unit.
Printing at the roll before cutting, for all-over patterns, engineered placements and panel prints.
Computerised embroidery and sequin machines in our own facilities, including appliqué and multi-head work.
Traditional screen for high-volume graphic programs where unit cost matters most.
Produce against actual orders instead of forecasts. Test a range, keep working styles, drop the rest.
Woven labels, heat transfers, hangtags, care and content compliance, retail-ready packing and barcoding.
Track record
Meridian draws on the FTS Global supply chain — the same facilities and teams that produce for these brands.
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Global network
We place each program where it is genuinely made best — not where it happens to be convenient. Design and business development sit close to our clients in Los Angeles, London and Barcelona; product development and manufacturing sit close to the fibre.
Hover or tap a marker for office detail. Pulsing markers are regional headquarters.
Los Angeles
Design Studio · Business Development
London
Design Studio · Business Development
Barcelona
Design Studio · Business Development
Casablanca
Product Development · Manufacturing
Tangier
Product Development · Manufacturing
Cairo
Product Development · Manufacturing
Alexandria
Product Development · Manufacturing
Istanbul
Design Studio · Product Development · Account Management · Manufacturing
Dubai
Finance · Logistics
Delhi
Design Studio · Product Development · Account Management · Manufacturing
Tirupur
Product Development · Manufacturing
Kathmandu
Product Development · Manufacturing
Dhaka
Product Development · Manufacturing
Bangkok
Product Development · Manufacturing
Phnom Penh
Product Development · Manufacturing
Semarang
Design Studio · Product Development · Account Management · Manufacturing
Hanoi
Product Development · Manufacturing
Hong Kong
Finance · Logistics
Hangzhou
Design Studio · Product Development · Account Management · Manufacturing
Sourcing index
Every region is good at something different. This is the map we use internally to place a program — strengths, base fabrics, realistic minimums and honest lead times.
| Region | Key strengths | Key fabrics & yarns | Key categories | MOQ | Lead time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North India | Artisan craft, surface work, embroidery excellence | Voiles, dobbies, gauzes & poplins; yarn-dyed checks; crochet yarns; rayon & linen | Soft wovens, embroidered tops & dresses, lightweight outerwear | Low–Mid | 60–90 days |
| South India | Jerseywear, garment dyeing, madras checks | Cotton jersey, yarn-dyed checks, garment-dyed twills | Knits, loungewear, denim, casualwear, men's shirts | Mid | 60–90 days |
| China | Technical precision, wide fabric range, high scalability | Silks & satins, poplins, tech fabrics, fine knit yarns | Soft wovens, denim, outerwear, lingerie, knits, sportswear | Flexible | 60–80 days |
| Bangladesh | Cost-effective volume production, denim excellence | Denim & twill, jersey, poly blends, viscose | T-shirts, denim, outerwear, sweaters, kidswear | Mid–High | 75–100 days |
| Turkey | Nearshore speed, premium tailoring, design interpretation, fabric sourcing | Cotton, modal, viscose & blends; linen; wool, bouclé & tweed | Premium wovens & denim, tailoring, knitwear, activewear | Mid | 45–60 days |
| Vietnam | Technical garments, performancewear, suiting | Polyester & spandex, denim, tech fabrics | Outerwear, activewear, denim, structured garments | Mid–High | 60–90 days |
| Cambodia | Low cost, basic garment production | Cotton jersey, poly blends, twills, poplins | Knit basics, wovens, sleepwear, childrenswear | Mid–High | 70–95 days |
| Nepal | Artisan handwork | Cotton, wool blends | Knitwear, hand-embroidered apparel | Low | 75–105 days |
| Egypt | Premium cotton, strong woven bases | Egyptian cotton, poplins | Woven shirts & dresses, jersey basics | Mid | 60–75 days |
| Thailand | Strong knits, silk heritage, boutique-scale fashion | Thai silk, cotton blends, rayons, handloom textiles | Fashion tops & dresses, knitwear | Low–Mid | 60–80 days |
| Sri Lanka | High-quality manufacturing, ethical compliance, lingerie, performance | Stretch lace, nylon spandex, technical blends | Lingerie, activewear, swimwear | Mid–High | 60–80 days |
| Laos | Ethical manufacturing, low labour costs, easy fabric and logistics access | Cotton knits and wovens, cotton-viscose, rayon | Knit basics, simple dresses, sleepwear, childrenswear | Low–Mid | 60–90 days |
| Morocco | Nearshore speed, FTA access, skilled workforce | Cotton, Tencel & viscose; denim & twill; interlock & pique; poplins & crepe | Casualwear & denim, woven bottoms, shirting, tailoring, dresses & blouses | Low–Mid | 45–60 days |
Scroll the table sideways to see minimums and lead times.
Lead times run from confirmed order to ex-factory and assume approved bulk fabric. The bands below describe how regions compare against each other; cut-and-sew starts at 300 units per style, and stock blanks at 100.
Quality & compliance
Quality control starts at development and runs to final shipment. Our group operates a dedicated quality assurance laboratory in Delhi conducting comprehensive chemical and physical testing, alongside in-process and final product inspections.
Laboratory accreditations
Line inspection during production, not just a final AQL check when it is too late to correct.
Colourfastness, shrinkage, tensile and restricted-substance testing against international standards.
Care and content labelling, country-of-origin and market-specific compliance packs prepared with the shipment.
Group facilities
Manufacturing
Our wholly owned manufacturing base in India, running automated cutting, digital printing, advanced stitching and computerised embroidery and sequin machinery.
Digital printing
A dedicated direct-to-fabric digital printing facility. Fast, high-quality sampling and bulk with significantly reduced water use — and the reason we can support lower minimums.
Quality assurance
Our Delhi laboratory, accredited by NABL, UKAS, CPSC and ILAC, carrying out physical and chemical testing and product inspection.
Home & soft goods
The group's hub for home textiles and soft furnishings, with its own product development, quality assurance and compliance teams.
Sustainability
We embed traceability into every stage of the supply chain — sourcing regenerative and organic cotton, prioritising water-efficient and low-impact dyeing and printing, and maintaining the documentation that lets you substantiate the claim on your label.
Fibre & product certifications
Social compliance & security
How it works
A single point of contact from the first conversation to the final carton.
You share the spec — category, fabric, fit, volume band and target landed cost. We map it to the right region and facility.
3D virtual sampling first, then physical protos. Fabric development, wash and print trials, fit sessions until the block is right.
Bulk runs against a confirmed critical path, tracked through our order management and PLM platform with live status.
In-process and final inspection, plus chemical and physical testing in our own accredited laboratory.
Multi-modal shipping by air, sea, rail and road, retail-ready and compliant with store and e-commerce requirements.
Send us the brief. We will tell you where it should be made, what it will take, and how long it will run.