EN Get in Touch Take a look at our capabilities as a business… YARN PROCESSING WEAVING KNITTING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FINISHING Yarn Processing Heathcoat Fabrics’ renowned X-Tex yarn texturising unit develops and produces high-stretch yarns to enable textiles to be engineered with specific properties such as elongation at a set load, weight and fabric porosity according to customer requirements. Weaving Heathcoat Fabrics’ unique weaving capability plays a valuable role in the creation of a diverse and expansive range of products. Our weaving facility is equipped with the latest generation section warping capability. Heathcoat’s weaving facility has embraced lean manufacturing ensuring it is a hub for continuous improvement both in process and creation of new and existing products. An extensive range of high-performance fibres including spun, multi-filament, mono filament; high and low modulus fibres and high tenacity yarns can be woven to meet individual customer specifications; with the choice of machines that range from flexible, rigid rapiers to air jet and double beam looms. Knitting With over 50 years of warp-knitting experience, we have a warp-knitting production facility supported by in-house mill and direct warping. Research and Development The skills of our research and development team has driven Heathcoat Fabrics to engineer world-class products. Heathcoat Fabrics’ team of researchers, technicians and engineers excel in formulating chemical finishes and developing physical traits to ensure we produce fabrics specific to our customer requirements. Throughout development stages, we characterise materials and establish the benchmark for future applications. Our research and development processes include the ability to accurately simulate the production process to generate fabric samples for systemic testing in our laboratories; assess performance of finishes on a small scale and subsequently analyse and interpret results. Finishing Our colouration, impregnation and finishing technology have seen sustained investment, leading to versatile treatments for woven and knitted textiles. From pre-treatment, dyeing, drying and multifunctional finishing ranges, we incorporate low liquor, energy saving initiatives and the highest level of sustainability in our operations. Heathcoat Fabrics Limited, Westexe, TIVERTON, EX16 5LL United Kingdom +44 (0)1884 254 949 info@heathcoat.co.uk Copyright 2021 Heathcoat Fabrics Limited Privacy Policy Privacy Policy for Job Applicants Environmental Policy Modern Slavery Statement Gender Pay Gap Report JHPS – Chair’s Statement 2021 JHPS – Statement of Investment Principles 2021 JHPS – Implementation Statement 2021 Site Map Web Design Devon | Studio Illicit