Contract Manufacturing for Sports and Performance Apparel
ITH Sport manufactures technical garments for sportswear brands and professional B2B customers.
- Established sportswear production
- Customer specifications
- European manufacturing
Sportswear Manufacturing for B2B Partners
ITH Sport represents the longest-established sector-specific manufacturing experience within ITH Group. That background is built on nearly two decades of production for premium Italian sportswear brands.
We work with sportswear brands, distributors and private-label partners in cycling, running, teamwear and outdoor apparel. Emerging brands need production-ready technical documentation.
Our role is contract manufacturing. Products are manufactured according to customer-approved technical information rather than developed as ITH-owned collections. We do not manufacture unauthorised third-party branded products. The customer must hold the necessary rights and approvals for all supplied brand names, logos and artwork.
Technical and Performance Garments
Projects are evaluated according to their construction, materials, documentation, quantity and required production technologies.
Cycling and Endurance Apparel
- Cycling jerseys
- Bib shorts and bib tights
- Cycling jackets and vests
- Warmers and selected accessories
- Running tops and performance garments
- Other technically defined endurance-sport products
Team and Training Apparel
- Football and team jerseys
- Training tops
- Tracksuits
- Warm-up garments
- Polo shirts
- Selected club and team products
Outdoor and Performance Garments
- Technical tops
- Lightweight jackets
- Stretch garments
- Layered performance products
- Selected outdoor apparel based on approved specifications
Custom Production
Other sewn sports and performance garments may be evaluated where the customer provides sufficient production-ready information and the required construction is compatible with available capabilities.
Managing Garment Variants Within Repeat Production
We assess recurring seasonal programmes, repeat orders and outsourced production, including private-label work from customer-owned documentation. Programmes may cover multiple models, size-set and pre-production approvals followed by serial production, or commercially suitable team and event batches. Every programme is reviewed according to technical readiness, quantities, preparation requirements, schedule and repeat potential.
Depending on the product and approved specification, Sport projects may involve:
- Size-range and size-ratio management
- Multiple colourways
- Multiple artwork or sponsor versions
- Model and style identification
- Customer-specific labels
- Names, numbers or other approved variable branding
- Product and size-based packing
- Recurring production of approved styles
- Batch and delivery-phase organisation
- Agreed quality documentation
Only capabilities confirmed as suitable for the individual garment construction and production programme are included in the accepted scope.
Information Needed to Review a Sport Project
How quickly a sportswear enquiry can be assessed depends mainly on the technical readiness of the garment. The information below helps us assess the project; for a first enquiry it is enough to send what you already have:
- Product type
- Estimated quantities
- Expected size range and size ratios
- Technical pack or complete specification
- Approved pattern or physical sample
- Construction and sewing details
- Selected fabrics and components
- Colourways
- Logos, artwork and branding requirements
- Labelling and packing instructions
- Target delivery date
- Information on possible recurring orders
ITH Sport manufactures from a technical basis the customer has approved. Product design and standalone pattern development are not part of the manufacturing offer. Confirming production needs a sufficient technical basis; where that is not there yet, we clarify it at the start of the conversation.
Customer-Supplied Materials and Agreed Sourcing Support
Customer-supplied fabrics, trims and components are welcome and are often the clearest production model, particularly where colour has to stay consistent across repeat runs of an approved style.
This allows the customer to retain control over:
- Material specification and quality
- Colour consistency
- Supplier selection
- Continuity between production runs
- Replacement availability
- Commercial responsibility for supplied inputs
How materials and components are supplied, and who is responsible for them, is agreed project by project. Where appropriate, sourcing support may be discussed through established partners for selected fabrics, zippers, elastic, labels, threads or other components.
Availability, samples, approvals, timing, cost and continuity must be agreed before production.
ITH Sport does not manufacture the underlying fabric and cannot guarantee that every requested material or component can be sourced through its supplier network.
Common Questions About Sport Manufacturing
Does Your Project Extend Beyond Apparel?
An apparel programme sometimes sits inside a wider project — an activation that also needs branded event products, or a venue that also needs guest and staff textiles.
Looking for a European Sportswear Manufacturing Partner?
Tell us briefly what sportswear product you want manufactured and roughly in what quantity. Full technical documentation is not required for a first conversation.