People Salsa Jeans

Supply chain

Our partners are fundamental to our strategy. We work behind the scenes to bring customers a product that’s unique, exclusive and special.

We have a strong sense of commitment to our suppliers and build lasting relationships with them. We work together to achieve the goals of both parties, which go from the perfect fit to social and environmental responsibility policies, allowing us to deliver the best product with pride and confidence, rejecting any kind of child labour or forced labour, ensuring respect for the rights of workers, their working conditions and the right to free association.

In order to be present throughout the production process, assuring all requirements are met, we have representatives in the most important locations who maintain a daily relationship with our partners. Also, our internal development teams regularly visit our partners.

DISTRIBUTION OF SALSA JEANS SOURCES:

OUR JEANS SUPPLY CHAIN

We want to tell you about our suppliers in the jeans chain, our core product. One of the main product development processes involves our industrial laundry. We finish around 70% of the denim we sell on our own facilities.

In fact, it was in the laundry that the Salsa story began more than 35 years ago, and it was there that our founders started their journey in the denim sector (leading them to set up Salsa Jeans in 1994). Recognised for its know-how, the Salsa industrial laundry (IVN, S.A.) consists of three business areas (laundry, dyeing and special finishes). Salsa has a diversified technological complex that makes it possible to present integrated solutions, from the product R&D phase to testing and sampling and finally mass production. Its differentiating and innovative DNA arises from the work of the R&D and laboratory departments, where new techniques and processes are studied and developed every day. This makes it possible for disruptive products and solutions to be continuously launched on the market. These two departments, working closely with the special finishes, laundry and dyeing areas, ensure the incorporation of knowledge and technical product development into the downstream production processes of the value chain.

Apart from our laundry, we also want to introduce you to our most relevant partners, partners we have worked with every day for many years and who account for about 75% of our jeans procurement.

crafil

Name: Crafil
Location: Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
Products and services: Supplier of thread
Number of employees: 15
Working hours: 8 hours a day (3 shifts)
Visit: Twice a year

Crafil is a company that supplies industrial sewing thread. It began operating in 2004, in Riba de Ave, Braga District. From the early days of the company, denim was its main focus and Salsa was its first partner.

In order to explore all the specificities of denim and to find creative solutions in this area, the company actively invests in knowledge sharing and training in this area, particularly at the “House of Denim” in Amsterdam.

Its commitment to sustainability is also one of the innovation factors: 99% of the products that Crafil sells are recycled; 100% of the spools used are made of recycled plastic and production leftovers are kept for later use or donation, thus avoiding waste.

cardoso

Name: Cardoso & Arantes Lda
Location: Barcelos, Portugal
Products and services: Jeans manufacturer
Number of employees: 60
Working hours: 8 hours a day
Visit: Once a week

Founded in Barcelos Municipality in 1979, Cardoso & Arantes is a company that produces casual clothing for men, women and children. Over the years, it has been significantly reinforcing its production capacity, focusing on improving its infrastructure, the acquisition of modern equipment and training its staff, with the aim of keeping up with market needs and exceeding the expectations of its customers. It is a company that has grown steadily, adapting to a market without borders, one that is increasingly more demanding and diverse. At the moment, Salsa accounts for practically all of the company’s sales, making it one of our largest national suppliers.

Name: Passamar
Location: Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
Products and services: Labels
Number of employees: 170
Working hours: 8 hours a day (3 shifts)
Visit: Twice a year

Passamar was founded in Vilarinho das Cambas, Vila Nova de Famalicão, in 1990, and specialises in the production of labels. The company started out with only one loom for the production of woven labels. It now has all the machinery necessary for supplying the full pack of labels (composition, hang tag, inside). They have been Salsa suppliers from the outset, and this relationship has helped the development of both companies.

Passamar aims to renew its focus on sustained business development, the welfare of its staff and social and environmental responsibility, combining this with the constant modernisation of its structures and equipment to research and develop new image support solutions. In addition, they believe that the design and innovation of their products and services are the key to meeting and exceeding the expectations of their customers.

rda

Name: RDA Confecções Unipessoal LDA
Location: Vila Verde, Portugal
Products and services: Cutting and manufacturing jeans for women
Number of employees: 43
Working hours: 40 hours a week
Visit: Twice a year

Set up in Vila de Prado in Braga district in 1996, RDA Confeções is a company specialising in shaping, cutting and manufacturing clothes and it is known for the production of high-quality clothing and the provision of efficient services.

Its relationship with Salsa began in 2000 and it was one of the first suppliers to produce our iconic Push Up Wonder fit. As a result of this close connection to Salsa, the company changed its business vision in 2006 and specialised in the production of jeans, investing in specific machinery for optimising the Wonder model.

At the moment, RDA works 100% for Salsa and it is a growing company, with a vision of the future that is focused on the use of increasingly more sustainable energy resources and on the constant development of the skills of its employees.

Nome: SWEATROFA – Serviços de Acabamentos Têxteis Lda
Location: Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
Products and services: Finishing/Packing
Number of employees: 86
Working hours: 8 hours a day
Visit: Every day

SWEATROFA - Serviços de Acabamentos Têxteis Lda. was opened in Ribeirão, Vila Nova de Famalicão, in 1998 as a garment finishing company. It has a team of 86 employees. They have been part of the Salsa jeans supply chain for 17 years and have been growing with the brand since then. This symbiotic relationship between the two companies has been driven by a sense of commitment, trust and responsibility.

Name: Aryans
Location: Casablanca, Morocco
Products and services: Manufacturer of trousers, shorts and coats and jackets
Number of employees: 480
Working hours: 9 hours a day
Visit: Once a year

Aryans was founded in 1983 and is based in Casablanca, Morocco. It produces high quality clothing for men, women and children. Using cutting-edge technology and with strict quality control, the company assures all of the phases of the manufacturing process internally, from the production of samples and cutting to sewing, washing and finishing.

The clothes it produces have high added value in terms of the jeans washing and drying processes, given that these processes significantly reduce the use of water, such as Laser, the Ozone technique and E-flow technology.

bossa-denim

Nome: Bossa
Location: Adana, Turkey
Products and services: Supplier of raw material - denim
Number of employees: 1455
Working hours: 8 hours a day (3 shifts)
Visit: every 3 years

Bossa was founded in Adana, Turkey, in 1951 and it is one of the largest integrated textile companies in the country, producing a wide range of high-quality denim fabrics, with high production capacity in dyeing and finishing. It is the leader in its sector with a line of high quality, innovative and differentiated product lines, with products and services aimed at the customer and adapted to their specific needs, which has resulted in a partnership of 15 years.

It has been involved in the protection and preservation of the environment, human health and social conditions since starting operations, implementing a wide range of projects and initiatives, such as energy saving and recycling, conversion to natural gas, recycling all solid waste and eco-friendly choices in terms of raw materials, dyes and processing substances.

calik

Name: Çalik Denim
Location: Istambul, Turkey
Products and services: Supplier of raw material - denim
Number of employees: 2453
Working hours: 8 hours a day (3 shifts)
Visit: every 3 years

Çalik Denim is one of the best-known denim production companies in the world and is one of the 200 largest exporters in Turkey. Currently based in Istanbul, the company was set up in Malatya in 1987 and has worked with Salsa for around 20 years.

Its success is the result of more than three decades of dedication, growth and focusing on innovation. Driven by “Passion for Denim, Passion for Life”, the mission of Çalik Denim is to deliver high quality products paying attention to detail, but its main goal is to create a positive impact on the industry and in the quality of life of people.

It has set up, for this purpose, a range of sustainable development goals in four main categories, to be achieved by 2025: environmental sustainability, sustainable acquisition of raw materials, innovation and leadership in thinking and stakeholder rights.

dnm

Name: DNM Denim
Location: Head office – Istanbul, Turkey. Factory – Damietta, Egypt
Products and services: Supplier of raw material - denim
Number of employees: 1348
Working hours: 8 hours a day (3 shifts)
Visit: every 3 years

DNM was founded in Damietta, Egypt, in 2011, where it currently operates. With its team of experienced professional staff, an ecologically correct production approach and a young and dynamic organisational structure, DNM quickly became known worldwide as one of the main denim producers in the world. DNM has developed a unique reputation for the high quality of its denim collections, offering a wide variety of colours, constructions and special textures.

Having worked with Salsa for 12 years, DNM aims to become the company of choice in denim production, thanks to its sustainable and innovative production policy, offering high quality and distinctive, original fabrics.

demco

Name: DEMCO
Location: Moknine, Tunisia
Products and services: Jeans manufacture and laundering
Number of employees: 4000
Working hours: 48 hours a week
Visit: Twice a year

DEMCO is a company that is internationally known for its quality and success in the area of clothes production. Based in the Moknine industrial area in Tunisia, the company was founded in 1991 and has worked with Salsa since 2006.

Over the last ten years, DEMCO has invested heavily in its manufacturing and research and development processes and it is known internationally for its innovative thinking and the design and quality of the materials it uses, as well as cutting-edge technological processes. At DEMCO, its human resources are considered to be the reason for its success, so all partnerships are created with the highest levels of honesty and integrity.

In the area of sustainability, DEMCO has established goals and strategies for measuring and reducing its environmental impacts, with the requirements of ISO 14001 in mind and beyond. Their strongest points are: management of water use, about 85% of the water used is recycled and reused in the production; renewable energy, today 25% of the electricity used comes from solar power; a commitment to SBTi to reduce the GHG (Greenhouse gases) emissions by 43% by 2030 from a 2019 base year and the waste management, all Demco’s wastes are sorted and recycled.

Name: Arkadenim co., Ltd
Location: Zhongshan, China
Products and services: Manufacturer of trousers, shorts, coats and jackets, dresses, shirts and skirts
Number of employees: 300
Working hours: 8 hours a day (2 shifts)
Visit: Twice a year

Arkadenim was set up in Zhongshan in China in 2005 and soon became a real force in denim, given its years of know-how and specialisation in this area. One of the company's main concerns is sustainability and it has acquired two laser machines that allow it to reduce its consumption of water and chemical products. It has also implemented a solar energy system in order to save energy.

Working regularly with Salsa since 2016, Arkadenim focuses on the development of long-term partnerships and a close relationship with its customers.

Name: CANDIANI DENIM
Location: Milan, Italy
Products and services: Supplier of raw material - denim
Number of employees: 612
Working hours: 8 hours a day
Visit: Every 3 years

Candiani Denim is a family company that was opened in the small town of Robecchetto near Milan in Italy in 1938. In these 85 years, the company has grown to become one of the best and most sustainable denim companies in the world, creating the fabrics that gave rise to the premium denim industry.

The company is perfectly aware of the importance of Made in Italy, the critical nature of sustainability and the commitment to innovation. These three core values are deeply rooted in every product developed, giving them inimitable quality and uniqueness.

Candiani has been working with Salsa Jeans for 25 years. It is an important partner that allows us to challenge the sustainability standards of the denim industry and push those limits ever further.

Name: YKK Portugal
Location: Carregado, Lisbon
Products and services: Supplier of metal accessories
Number of employees: 115 employees
Working hours: 8 hours a day
Visit: Once a month

YKK Portugal is part of the "YKK - Fastening Products Group". It was founded in 1981 and its relationship with Salsa Jeans dates back almost 30 years. The factory in Carregado, Alenquer, produces metal, spiral and injected plastic zips in different colours and sizes, adapted to the most diverse applications.

Its Research & Development department works directly with customers, making it possible to effectively meet their expectations and the most diverse requirements. This is the case with rounded zips and lacquered buttons, which were exclusive development requests from Salsa Jeans.

The YKK Group has over 75 years of history and it is considered a reference in the fashion industry. The group is recognised as being synonymous with quality, rigour and innovation, always focused on enriching society, with a management philosophy based on the "Cycle of Goodness” concept, created by its founder.