New Vest Fusing Improvements
Our Chinese partners have joined forces with a French fusing company in order to make even better formal vests. For two years, China has done a wonderful job creating vests for CARDI International. Sizing scales are right on point; color consistency has been proven through dozens of cuttings; styling has been consistent. In our opinion, the only spec that needed to be improved was the “fusing sourcing.” Our Chinese partners have initially been getting their fusing from a smaller province in China. Although most of the cuttings would come in fine, every once in a while we would receive a cutting where the fusing did not bond as well as we would have liked; this was due to the result of inconsistency in the fusing itself. After careful analysis of the product, we realized that the issue was not with our Chinese partners, but with the Chinese fusing company that was providing our partners with fusing.
Once our Chinese partners began sourcing upgraded fusing from the French company, we noticed a substantial improvement in the bonding process . All subsequent orders now use the higher grade French fusing. (NOTE: even though our costs have recently risen since upgrading to the French fusing, we have not increased the wholesale prices to all our valued accounts).
Most customers will not even notice that we did an upgrade since it is the inner parts of the vest being upgraded. However, we like keeping our customers in the loop and letting them know of any new updates, improvements, or product releases.