Established in 2005, Richfield Tang Knits Ltd (RT Knits) - a merger of Richfield Textiles Ltd (est. 1994) and Tang Knitwear Ltd (est. 1970) - is a leading supplier of fine cut and sewn knit garments to fashion retailers around the world.

From our base on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, we supply retailers in Europe, South Africa and the US with a wide range of knitted garments. We produce clothing for the ladieswear, menswear and childrenswear markets – ranging from basic t-shirts to high value-added designer wear and sportswear.

We pride ourselves on the flexibility and speed of our responses to customers’ needs. With a dedicated team of designers, product developers and merchandisers working with each of our customers, we can offer as much design input as the customer needs, and combine that with the fastest possible product development cycles and lead times. We believe in the importance of having the shortest speed to market time.

OUR OBJECTIVES

We are investing substantially over the next three years to develop our new production site at La Tour Koenig. This will incorporate all of the combined learning of RT Knits to maximize the use of renewable energy and minimize the use and wastage of raw materials, process chemicals, energy and heat. We target to reduce our carbon emission per unit of textile produced by 30%.

We will bring updates as we progress, of the many ways in which our new site at La Tour Koenig will be the most eco-friendly production site in Mauritius.

This focus on reducing the environmental costs of production has also had a dramatic effect on the financial costs of production. In many cases, the investment we are making now to save energy and waste will also allow us to be more competitive on price in the long term.

We believe that, over time, the important ethical consumer niches of fair-trade and environmental responsibility will become mainstream ethical requirements for all garment manufacturing.

In the meantime, our own pioneering investment in this field allow us to deliver garments that are truly class-leading in their ethical credentials whilst still priced to compete with other textile factories.