With sourcing teams stationed in key locations: Taipei, Shen Zhen, Ho Chi Minh, and New York, our international team is capable of sourcing any materials our clients' products need from anywhere in the world.

Sourcing is a critical step in the production cycle that helps ensure a brand has access to the best materials available to achieve its product criteria. Sourcing activities can significantly impact the quality, cost, and availability of a business's goods and services. Strategic sourcing is a decisive step to reducing the total cost of all materials while improving quality, services, and costs.

Regardless of the product development stage, our sourcing department is there to fully support our clients' needs. We can assist by sourcing all necessary materials, providing alternative suggestions, and delivering all other essential information our clients may need to make the best decision for their product, company, and brand.

Our long-term relationships with premium suppliers enable us to offer our clients a wide variety of innovative and technical fabrics and hardware, from Courdura and Dyneema to YKK, Duraflex, FidLock, Trimmers, and many other renowned vendors. We are also well connected to source Bluesign Certified recycled materials and functional items such as cooling fabrics.

In today’s manufacturing environment, sustainable sourcing has become even more critical. Sustainable sourcing is the business practice that involves choosing suppliers and products considering environmental, social, and ethical factors:

• Environmental: Choosing products or materials made with environmentally friendly materials or through sustainable processes

• Social: Ensuring fair labor practices and treating workers fairly

• Ethical: Avoiding harmful practices like deforestation or pollution

Sustainable sourcing can help businesses reduce their carbon footprint, support long-term economic growth, and enhance their brand's reputation. Our sourcing department will support our client’s commitment to corporate responsibility.

We communicate constantly with our vendors, attend international textile exhibitions, and rigorously research the markets to stay current on all trends and innovations. This allows us to provide our clients with the best selections, recommendations, lead times, and costs available.

At Kowide Outdoors, our sourcing team will ensure that our clients’ visions come to life, that material quality exceeds expectations, that production costs meet budget requirements, and that their social responsibility commitments are upheld.