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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.
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QualityCookson & 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
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TechnologyWhilst we remain proud of our long history and experience we greet the 21st century at the
forefront of business technology.
Cookson and Clegg predominantly use Brother, Lectra and Xetal to keep ahead of the game.
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CAD From Lectra UKComputer Aided Design (CAD) from Lectra UK ensures fine design and technically correct
patterns for accurate and repeatable cutting and production.
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Industry Specific SoftwareSewing 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.
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Designing and Special MeasuresA whole department is dedicated to Special Measures, Product Development and Design
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Cutting RoomFour cutting rooms provide a steady flow of work, including specialised equipment for Vac
Cutting of quilted fabrics.
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ProductionThe 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.
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Sewing MachinerySewing Machinery from Brother UK fills both the UK and Romanian factories.
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SewingState of the art electronic sewing machines are just a few of the technically advanced
machinery investments in latest plant and machinery.
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SewingPocket setting, electronic buttonholing and eyeleting are just a few of the technically
advanced machinery investments in latest plant and machinery.
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SewingPocket welt machines and automated sewing machines enhance quality of production and
are just a few of the technically advanced machinery investments in our factories.
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New Product Development - MVPCookson & Clegg use Ardmel Technology for Tape Seam Garments. This ensures a high
degree of quality, consistency and control.
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New Product Development - WebbingCookson & Clegg (Bucharest) supply the Italian MOD with webbing and are developing their
offer to DCIPT.
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Commercial ProductionWe manufacture garments for a number of other people. These include BAE, Ted Baker,
KooGa, Cotton Traders, Fire and Ambulance services and many others
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Delivery And CollectionUp to 20,000 MOD garments, packed, labelled & 640’d every week.
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Weekly Truck From RomaniaBlackburn handling receives, sorts & inspects around 20,000 garments each truck.
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Truck Loading For The MODAll despatches to the MOD are packed in strong specially sized cartons, palletised, shrink
wrapped and labelled for easy Bicester receipt.