Inside our uniform factory in Sialkot

Who runs the floor

Muhammed Hamza founded Mataf Industries in Sialkot in 2016 on a simple rule: the people who quote a uniform, cut it, print it and sew it should work in the same building. We never hand an order to an outside workshop. Because the sales team sits on the same floor as production, a specification changed on Tuesday can be cut on Wednesday, and the person answering your email works a few steps from the run being quoted, which is why the answers are specific.

How each stage runs

Brief and pattern. Work starts from a tech pack, a sketch or a garment you mail to us to copy. The pattern is graded from your own size chart if you send one, or from our standard blocks, with youth and women's sizes on patterns of their own rather than a scaled adult block. If the fabric has to be knitted or dyed to your shade, that adds about two weeks to sampling.

Sample and seal. The sample is cut, printed and sewn in the exact fabric your order will use, about ten days from artwork approval, and arrives with a Pantone check and fit notes. Two rounds of changes cost nothing. Once you sign it off, the sample is sealed and goes to the floor as the reference every piece is checked against.

Print, cut and sew. For sublimated garments, panels are printed before they are cut, so a graphic can run across the seams. Embroidery logos are digitized in house and screens are made here, which adds one to two days for a new screen print design. Bulk cut and sew takes 15 to 25 working days after approval, and you receive progress photos from the floor rather than a status email.

Pack and ship. Orders are packed to your spec, with each player's garments bagged and labeled from your roster so they are ready to hand out. Tracked express to over 50 countries takes four to seven business days, and every order ships duty paid.

Quality control at every stage

Checking happens throughout production, not only at the finish. Incoming fabric is inspected for shade, weight and knitting defects, and any roll that fails is turned back before it reaches cutting, since a defect discovered after cutting has already cost a garment. Cut panels are tallied against the marker so a short bundle is spotted before sewing begins.

While sewing is under way, a line inspector pulls pieces at set intervals and compares them with the sealed sample: seam allowance, stitch density, label placement and, on sublimated garments, whether the print aligns across the side seam. Any fault is returned to the operator while that run is still on the machine.

Ahead of packing, each garment is inspected on its own for measurements against the graded spec, loose threads, needle damage and the right size label. A final audit then samples packed cartons to confirm the size breakdown matches your order sheet. Every name and number is checked against your roster, garment by garment, because a misspelled name is the most frequent reason a team order gets remade.

Before shipping, we send you photos of the packed order. When a mistake is ours, we remake the item at our expense and express the replacement to you. Read our full shipping terms and payment stages.

Visiting the factory

Buyers are invited onto the floor, and we schedule the visit around your travel plans instead of a fixed tour. If travel is not possible, we can walk you through on a live video call at a time that suits your time zone, or record a tour for you, showing the exact machines your order will run on. Book a visit or a video walkthrough, or read the story of the factory and the people running it.