Madeira from the early beginning on was concentrating on producing high quality products – starting with the selection of the right raw material, a strictly controlled production process e.g. in terms of colour consistency while dyeing, up to a customer-orientated service when it comes to the availability of our products in the various production markets worldwide. Last but not least Madeira was and is always looking for new, interesting threads or accessories for the embroidery industry. Some special embroidery threads have been developed by Madeira and are now on sale exclusively through the Madeira supply channels. Offering the widest range of products in the embroidery thread field, we proudly can say Madeira is the market leader when it comes to what we offer to the choice of textile designers world wide.

Basically, the threads produced by Madeira are thought for the use on the fast-running multihead (computerized) embroidery machines. Since many years however, some of our – even standard – threads are being used on Schiffli machines because they offer a unique look. On the other hand, Madeira has introduced 4 metallised threads which are dedicated to the sewing industry. Two of them can even be used in the production of Denim garments, because they resist to a stone-wash treatment or other chemical treatments of the finished garments.

Furthermore, all our embroidery threads can be used for decorative stitching on any kind of textile – from garments to home textiles. Ask for details – we have available some scanned samples which show completely new looks, designers will immediately see what different embellishing can be done with Madeira products.

A difficult question, which actually cannot be answered! There are too many embroidery companies working in the domestic, mostly low to medium level market only. Madeira however is concentrating on the upper segment of the textile industry, where we are the first choice of the market leaders. Why? Madeira guarantees a high quality standard in terms of colour fastness, colour consistency and our products meet high ecological standards. This way, all quality control processes which come after the embroidery has been done (such as washing tests etc.), can be eliminated and hence the producer saves time and money.

In the apparel production, strong markets currently are China, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Egypt, Brasil. Other markets like Turkey, Tunisia, just to name a few, still have got some good production capacities, but partially work in very specialized segments.