Tegra, a new regional apparel supplier working with companies like Nike to build a responsive vertical supply chain in the Western hemisphere, has acquired Latitudes, an Oregon-based provider of screen-printing, development, and embellishment services to leading global apparel brands.
The acquisition will expand Tegra’s quick response embellishment and distribution offerings, while providing regional capacity to better serve the Western United States.
“Adding Latitudes brings us another step closer to achieving our goal of building an industry-leading, vertically-integrated, quick response, apparel manufacturer with unrivaled supply chain capabilities,” explains CEO Steve Cochran. “We welcome the Latitudes operation and its highly skilled team to Tegra.”
The addition of Latitudes adds enhanced art, product development and innovation capabilities to Tegra’s existing operations, and will allow the company to leverage these capabilities to optimise the value it delivers to its evolving retail and consumer channels across North America, it says.
“Latitudes is pleased to join Tegra,” adds Larie Thomas, co-founder of Latitudes. “Our talented and innovative team eagerly anticipates the opportunities provided by partnership with this powerful broad-based apparel group.”
Last month, Tegra announced a wave of appointments as it expands and develops its manufacturing platforms.
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Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Tegra is focused on the sports, team, licensed and activewear markets, serving leading brands and retailers via combined operations in the Western hemisphere.
Its capabilities include product development and design, cutting and sewing, embellishment, distribution and logistics, and programme management via five locations in Central America (Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) combined with five quick response locations strategically located throughout the US.
The company has been working with Nike to create a vertically integrated and more responsive onshore and nearshore network to service North America apparel with closer-to-market manufacturing and embellishment.
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