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Case Study — Branded Blank Tee Program
The brand: A $20 million brand, an existing MTAR partner with a live, in production relationship and an established order tracker already in use by their team.
The challenge: The brand wanted to expand into a new short sleeve crew branded blank program, without adding an unproven vendor to their supply chain, and without absorbing new tariff exposure on a category where margin matters.
The MTAR program: As the relationship already existed, this was not a vendor RFQ, it was an extension of a program the brand’s team already trusted. MTAR built the branded blank program on tri-blend and 50/50, 145 GSM, 30/1 tees delivered DDP and palletized straight to the client’s warehouse, with their own woven label at back neck and hem, shoulder-to-shoulder taping, and AQL 2.5 quality standard, all produced in MTAR's owned Guatemala facility under CAFTA-DR.
The result: 0% duty on a category where every competing bid still carries trans-Pacific tariff exposure. Four-day transit that keeps weeks of inventory off the brand’s balance sheet instead of on a boat. And a program that launched on the same tracker and their team had already trusted, which is what actually closed the CEO conversation, not a new sales pitch.
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MTAR's Guatemala and Pakistan facilities have passed compliance and social audits from leading US retailers, the kind of licensor level scrutiny most factories never clear. That bar exists because licensed apparel carries brand risk beyond the garment itself, and it is a bar MTAR facilities already clear before a new partner ever asks. References available on request.
Representative Programs
From Asia to Nearshore: A Tariff Conversion
The situation: A performance apparel brand sourcing knit tees and fleece out of Vietnam was facing stacking Section 301 and MFN duties pushing effective landed cost close to 30% with no clear end to the volatility. The move: Initial style groups transitioned to MTAR's owned Guatemala facility, qualifying for duty free entry under CAFTA-DR's yarn forward rule. The result: A landed cost structure the brand could plan around instead of hedge against, four day transit instead of trans Pacific freight timelines, and a nearshore supply chain built for the next tariff headline instead of exposed to it.
Speed to Market: Owned Capacity, Not Brokered
The situation: A growing brand needed a manufacturing partner that could move as fast as their design calendar without the quality drift that comes with a broker sitting between the brand and the factory floor. The move: Full package production on MTAR's owned Guatemala facility, from tech pack through finished, decorated, retail ready product delivered to the brand's warehouse door. The result: A single accountable partner instead of a chain of vendors, AQL 2.5 quality held consistently across reorders, and a production calendar the brand's own go to market plan could actually depend on.