Cookson & Clegg is a clothing manufacturer based in Blackburn, England since 1860 that supplies the British Ministry of Defence and other defense organizations. They hold two ISO 9002 accreditations and use advanced technology like CAD and industry-specific software. The company manufactures around 1 million garments annually between their UK and Romanian factories using state-of-the-art sewing machinery. They provide commercial production of garments for various customers and deliver up to 20,000 MOD garments per week.

1. Welcome to Cookson & Clegg Cookson & Clegg have been based in Blackburn, England since 1860. As clothing manufacturers, we have supplied the British Ministry of Defence and other defence organisations for decades.

2. Quality Cookson & Clegg hold two ISO 9002 accreditations, one for our Blackburn factory and one for our Romanian factory. Work is in progress for ISO 9002. 2000 for December 2003

3. Technology Whilst we remain proud of our long history and experience we greet the 21 st century at the forefront of business technology. Cookson and Clegg predominantly use Brother, Lectra and Xetal to keep ahead of the game.

4. CAD From Lectra UK Computer Aided Design (CAD) from Lectra UK ensures fine design and technically correct patterns for accurate and repeatable cutting and production.

5. Industry Specific Software Sewing industry specific Xetal software from XEBusiness Ltd manages all contracts from their receipt, throughout production, to despatch, together with all the details of purchasing and planning production runs.

6. Designing and Special Measures A whole department is dedicated to Special Measures, Product Development and Design

7. Cutting Room Four cutting rooms provide a steady flow of work, including specialised equipment for Vac Cutting of quilted fabrics.

8. Production The modern clothing industry requires high quality and volume production. We met the challenge with the establishment of our Romanian factory in 1994, whilst maintaining some production at our Lancashire base. We currently manufacture around 1,000,000 garments each year.

9. Sewing Machinery Sewing Machinery from Brother UK fills both the UK and Romanian factories.

10. Sewing State of the art electronic sewing machines are just a few of the technically advanced machinery investments in latest plant and machinery.

11. Sewing Pocket setting , electronic buttonholing and eyeleting are just a few of the technically advanced machinery investments in latest plant and machinery.

12. Sewing Pocket welt machines and automated sewing machines enhance quality of production and are just a few of the technically advanced machinery investments in our factories.

13. New Product Development - MVP Cookson & Clegg use Ardmel Technology for Tape Seam Garments. This ensures a high degree of quality, consistency and control .

14. New Product Development - Webbing Cookson & Clegg (Bucharest) supply the Italian MOD with webbing and are developing their offer to DCIPT .

15. Commercial Production We manufacture garments for a number of other people. These include BAE, Ted Baker, KooGa, Cotton Traders, Fire and Ambulance services and many others

16. Delivery And Collection Up to 20,000 MOD garments, packed, labelled & 640’d every week.

17. Weekly Truck From Romania Blackburn handling receives, sorts & inspects around 20,000 garments each truck .

18. Truck Loading For The MOD All despatches to the MOD are packed in strong specially sized cartons, palletised, shrink wrapped and labelled for easy Bicester receipt.

19. Website Information Website : www.cooksonclegg.com Email : [email_address]