OEM & ODM Knitwear & Private Label Manufacturer
Three ways to work with a knitwear factory, from our own floor in Dalang, Dongguan. Bring a finished tech pack and we manufacture to it exactly (OEM). Bring a sketch and our design team builds the knit for you (ODM). Either way it can arrive as your brand — your woven label, tags and packaging (private label). Knitwear MOQ is 100 pieces per design, samples in 72 hours, DDP to the USA and EU.
OEM, ODM and private label — what each one actually means
The three terms get used interchangeably on supplier websites, which is why buyers waste weeks. Here is the difference in plain terms.
OEM — you send the spec, we make it exactly
Brands with a designer, a factory, or an existing garment to match.
You bring the tech pack, the Pantone codes, the measurements and the artwork. We turn it into a knit chart and a machine program, send the chart back for approval, then knit it. Nothing changes unless you approve the change.
- — Knitted to your measurements, gauge and stitch structure
- — Colour matched to Pantone, on your named yarn where you have one
- — Your labels, your hang tag, your packaging — no Bente branding anywhere
ODM — you bring the idea, we design the knit
Founders and small brands who know the look but not the knit structure.
A sketch, a photo, a mood board or a sample you already own is enough to start. Our in-house design team turns it into a knit-ready pattern, proposes yarn and colourways and charts it for the machine. You approve the design, then it goes to sample and bulk.
- — Pattern and colourway development is part of the job, not a billed extra
- — The design is yours once the order is placed
- — Same floor and same machines as our OEM work — not a subcontracted line
Private label — our make, your brand
Retailers, distributors and promo agencies building a range under their own name.
The garment is made to your design and arrives as yours: your woven neck label, your care label, your hang tag, your polybag or box. Nothing on the piece or the packaging says Bente.
- — Woven main label, care label, size label and hang tag
- — Custom size chart and barcode if you sell through retail
- — GRS-certified recycled yarn where your buyers ask for it
From brief to bulk, on one floor
Tech pack, artwork, or a photo and a rough quantity — any of the three is enough to start.
We return a knit chart and a costed quote against your spec, usually within one business day.
A physical sample in 72 hours. You wear it, wash it, photograph it.
Nothing runs until you sign off the sample. Changes at this stage are free of machine cost.
2–3 weeks after approval, with inline QC and photos before dispatch.
DDP to the USA and EU with duties included, or FOB / EXW if you have your own forwarder.
How We Protect Your Order
Your money and quality are covered at every step. We welcome third-party inspection (SGS, QIMA, BV) before you pay the balance.
30% deposit, 70% on delivery
Never 100% upfront — pay the balance only before shipping.
Letter of credit (L/C)
We accept L/C — the strongest buyer protection available.
Photo approval before dispatch
Photos and video at every stage, approved by you.
Factory visits welcome
Come see your order being made on our Dalang floor.
OEM, ODM and private label questions, answered
A made-to-order product has no single list price, but there is a published starting point: 100% acrylic with a three-colour jacquard, DDP to the USA. Everything above that is built from your yarn and material, your size range, the knitting structure and colour count, the wastage the design produces, your quantity, and the trims and packaging you choose. Change any one of those and the price changes. The current figure, the eight variables that move it and the terms behind it are in our cost guide: https://bentepromo.com/blog/bulk-personalized-christmas-sweaters-cost-per-unit. Send your design, size range, quantity and delivery destination and we return a costed quote against the actual product you are buying, usually within one business day.
OEM means you provide the design and we manufacture to it exactly — your tech pack, your measurements, your artwork. ODM means we develop the design for you from a sketch, a photo or a reference garment, and you approve it before production. Most first orders with us are ODM; most repeat orders become OEM.
People use them interchangeably, and we treat them that way. The garment is made to your design and carries only your branding — woven label, care label, hang tag, packaging. There is no Bente label on it and no stock product you are buying off a shelf; every run is knitted to order.
100 pieces per design for knitwear, 200 pairs for socks and 300 pieces for beanies and knit caps — always counted per design, not per colour or per size, so one run splits freely across sizes and colourways.
Yes. Send the garment or a detailed measurement sheet and we reverse-engineer the gauge, stitch structure and yarn, then knit a sample for you to compare side by side before you commit to a run.
Yes, on request and before you send anything sensitive. Your artwork, tech pack and patterns are never shared, reused or sold to another buyer.
Where to go next
Own-factory sweater manufacturing, jacquard and intarsia.
The full knit capability — gauges, yarns, structures.
Your brand on every label, tag and box.
Your brand on the knit, the label and the packaging.
13 colours per chart, knitted not printed.
High-density embroidery on stretch knit.