Performance sportswear specialists

Active System is a registered AU company with offices overseas and a head office in Shanghai, China.Created out of a passion for fitness, health and peak performance. We are a rising player in the rapidly expanding global sublimated apparel and sportswear industry.

We are an experienced manufacturer of sublimation print garments. Active System is skilled in a number of print processes, ensuring that our clients receive the best value print options for their design.

Active System is as comfortable with orders of 10 pieces (regularly produced for the cycle market) up to the largest run presently of 8000 t-shirts.

All garments pass through 4 stages of quality control and are sampled prior to the production run. We regularly manufacture to specific guidelines and work with quality assurance agencies such as SGS to ensure required standards are met.

All our garments are manufactured using polyester fibers. These are woven to ensure either fast wicking and aeration or superior compression depending on the garments purpose.

Why use Polyester in the manufacture of sports garments?• Polyester has the following properties which make it an ideal material to manufacture sports performance garments.• Wrinkle resistance.• Highly durable.• High colour retention.• Low levels of water absorption.• Light weight.• Minimal shrinkage.

Polyester and the environment.• Polyester washes and dries on a low temperature.• It is recyclable and can be rewoven after recycling.• It is a natural occurring polymer and is therefore biodegradable.• There are low levels of toxicity in manufacturing the raw materials and side products.• Modern production is in a closed loop with low levels of emissions.

Active System sublimation print manufacture and the environment • Active System recycles all paper from the manufacturing process.• Active System uses water based inks in the manufacturing process.• All off cuts of material are recycled or reused for other production processes.• Administrative office printer paper is also recycled.• Garments when shipped are shipped by sea freight wherever possible.• Ink print systems are refillable.• Screens for silk printing are reused wherever possible.• The factory utilizes energy saving equipment where possible.

Active System sublimation print manufactures ethical policy.• Active System manufactures whilst upholding global labor standards.• Management is ethical and fair.• Working conditions are safe and hygienic• Healthy nutritious meals are provided to all workers by the site chef for lunch and dinner. • All pay is above the expectations of national standards and all associated benefits are paid. • Working hours comply with national laws and industry standards, that overtime is voluntary and that it is compensated at a premium rate.• We are an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate. All employees are hired on their merits.

PO BOX 246, GLENELG, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA, 5045

EMAIL: ACTIVE.SYS@OUTLOOK.COM WEB: WWW.ACTIVE-SYS.COM MOB: 0414190886

124 CHENGJIAN LU, MINHANG, SHANGHAI, CHINA, 201100.

© 2016 ACTIVE SYSTEM CO. LTD., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Why move away from cotton.

There has been a trend to move away from cotton in sports garments in recent years, roughly 70 % of garments are still manufactured in cotton however with the explosion in popularity of the fitness lifestyleusing Lycra/Polyester Sportswear and Gym Wear. Many major brands are entering this growing market. Firms that specialise in polyester garments include Under Armor, 2XU, Skins, Lulu Lemon and Lorna Jane. From an environmental viewpoint there are important reasons not to use cotton in such large quantities especially in the production of event shirts which are often not worn, these are as follows.(taken from www.waterfootprint.org and other web based sources.)

• Cotton growth accounts for 2.6 % water waste globally.• One T Shirt represents 2700 Liters water and 1/3 pound chemicals used during the raw materials growing stage.• Cotton retains 27% its weight in water, therefore drying can become costly.• Polyester wears longer, washes cooler, dries quicker.• Cotton is chemically dependant using 10 % of all agricultural chemicals globally and 25 % of all pesticides used globally.• Organic cotton is thirstier and needs more money in its growth.• A 250gram cotton T shirt can have attributed to its production 1700 grams of fossil fuel, 450 grams of waste to landfill, 4 kg of CO2 into the atmosphere.

© 2016 ACTIVE SYSTEM CO. LTD., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED