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Market Focused Products CONCEPT III TEXTILES INTERNATIONAL
Resource for the development, sourcing and production of fabric-based finished products.

We are an inclusive resource for the development, sourcing and production of fabric-based finished products. Headquartered in Red Bank, NJ in the U.S., we also have offices in North Yorkshire, U.K. covering the European market.

We work exclusively with top quality international textile and technology
resources:

  • Glenoit Fabrics [TT] Corporation, Inc. (US: sliver knit Microfabrics® and faux furs)
  • Rentex® (Canada: innovative technical knits)
  • Kingwhale® (Taiwan: premium quality fleeces, microblends, laminates, micro-poly)
  • Nice Gain (China: sliver knit piles)
  • Merino State® (Australia, China: 100% Merino and Merino blend knits)
  • The British Millerain, Co., Ltd. (U.K.: waxed cottons, coated and laminated natural and synthetic fabrics – U.S. only)
  • Polygiene® (Sweden: Silver salt-based odor control technology)
  • NanoGLIDE™ (U.S.: PTFE-based technology that conquers heat, moisture, friction, and abrasion)
  • Albany International (U.S.: Primaloft ® premium fiber fills – Europe only)

We take pride in our reputation as the source for a comprehensive array of products and services that support the outdoor, active sports, sportswear, outerwear and uniform markets.

With a keen understanding of global markets, extensive textile and fiber expertise, and effective mill and factory relationships, our world-wide sales force is dedicated to working with each customer to develop successful market-focused products.
David Parkes DAVID PARKES, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT
David Parkes is a skilled marketer as well as a textile expert. Part of the original marketing team that created what is now Malden Mills Polartec David Parkes is a skilled marketer as well as a textile expert. Part of the original marketing team that created what is now Malden’s Polartec®, he founded Concept III Textiles International in 1984 as a domestic textile resource for the outdoor industry. Today, totally vertical in operation, Concept III is an inclusive resource for the development, sourcing, and production of fabric-based finished products worldwide.

 

David Parkes CHRIS PARKES, PARTNER, NATIONAL SALES MANAGER
Chris Parkes Chris Parkes has been with the company since 1992. In addition to overseeing the company’s international sales strategy, he has spearheaded the development of environmentally positive methods, procedures as well as certification at Concept III’s partner mills on behalf of customers. Based in Louisville, CO, Chris and the Concept III staff, work with a ‘Who’s Who’ list of outdoor, active sports, sportswear and major retail brands helping them build textile-based products that sell.