MANUFACTURING & TREATMENT

Our knitting facilities and our fabrics stand out for their variety, versatility, high quality yarns, state-of-the-art technology and strict control.
We are able to offer our customers a wide range of possibilities thanks to our annual capacity of 1 800 000 kg.

Our investment in a wide range and a significant number of looms for seamless production, with a capacity to produce more than 3 700 000 pieces per year, makes IMPETUS the largest and most advanced Portuguese producer in the sector at the technological level and one of the best known in Europe. The know-how we have acquired over the years has made us one of the leading experts in the field of technical product development.

We have the right number of machines and the know-how needed to develop a wide range of elastics, guarantee quality and innovate constantly. The fact that this process is installed internally allows us to ensure the necessary flexibility to reach an annual capacity of 125 000 kg.

Our Dyeing Shop is equipped with 38 machines that carry loads of 5 to 1,000 kg for an annual production of 4,900,000 kg of dyed fabric.
We dye a wide variety of raw materials - cotton, linen, wool, silk, viscose, modal, lyocell, acetate, triacetate, polyamide, polyester, polypropylene, acrylics, among others.

Our dyeing to the piece is equipped with 12 cutting-edge machines capable of dying a wide variety of raw materials. As flexibility is one of our main concerns this section has been equipped with machines that can handle loads between 5 and 100 kg giving an annual production capacity of 270,000 kg.
We have a laboratory, where it is tested and stabilized the entire process on a small scale, and then applied on an industrial scale. This laboratory also allows the development of new colors, new products and new processes in a sustainable perspective as a whole.

This department is equipped with 3 rotary machines with annual capacity of 6,100,000 meters. These can print on all types of raw materials using conventional printing techniques, including reactive, discharge, pigment, dispersed, acid, burnout or devour, glitter or wet effect.

This department is equipped with 3 rotary machines with annual capacity of 6,100,000 meters. These can print on all types of raw materials using conventional printing techniques, including reactive, discharge, pigment, dispersed, acid, burnout or devour, glitter or wet effect.

Combining in a harmonious way the chemical part with the mechanical part, in the area of Finishes we guarantee the high performance of our fabrics, aesthetics, comfort and functionality. In response to the constant changes in this sector of production, as a result of new trends, it performs all kinds of functional finishes: hydrophilic, hydrophobic, temperature regulators (PCM), "COOL TOUCH", healthy finishes like "ALOE VERA", relaxing moisturizers, antimicrobial, anti-mosquito, anti-UV, fragrances, etc.