{"id":320,"date":"2026-04-06T17:45:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.manufacturer.com\/news\/?p=320"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:45:22","slug":"news-partner-spotlight-salted-basics-rayontex-apparel-manufacturer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturer.com\/news\/news-partner-spotlight-salted-basics-rayontex-apparel-manufacturer\/","title":{"rendered":"Partner Spotlight: Salted Basics \u2014 Full-Service Apparel Manufacturing, From Ohio to Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"

For brands and buyers looking for an overseas manufacturing partner, the promise of “full service” is one of the most overused phrases in the industry. Most companies offer pieces of the process. Very few deliver the whole thing \u2014 from initial concept through production, quality control, and delivery.<\/p>\n

Salted Basics, based in Westerville, Ohio, is one of the companies that actually does. With over 20 years of apparel manufacturing experience, access to 85+ factories and 100+ fabric mills, and a dedicated production team on the ground in Bangladesh through their sister operation Rayontex, they’ve built the kind of infrastructure that growing brands need but rarely find in a single partner.<\/p>\n

How the Salted Basics<\/a> Model Works<\/strong><\/p>\n

The structure is straightforward and genuinely useful. Salted Basics<\/a> operates a U.S.-based team of merchandising and production professionals in Ohio who work directly with clients on strategy, product development, and the commercial side of the relationship. Their Bangladesh operation \u2014 Rayontex<\/a> \u2014 handles manufacturing, quality follow-up, and logistics on the ground.<\/p>\n

That dual-location setup solves one of the most common pain points in overseas apparel manufacturing: the gap between what a client needs and what actually gets communicated to the factory floor. With a U.S. team managing the client relationship and a Bangladesh team managing production, Salted Basics bridges that gap more consistently than most.<\/p>\n

Their in-house sample section can produce up to 3,000 samples per month \u2014 a meaningful number for brands in active development cycles or managing multiple seasonal collections simultaneously.<\/p>\n

What They Specialize In<\/strong><\/p>\n

While Salted Basics covers a broad range of apparel categories, their core strength is in knits, fleece, and sweaters. These are categories where fabric selection, construction quality, and factory expertise make a significant difference in the finished product \u2014 and where the wrong manufacturing partner creates costly problems at the sample stage or, worse, after production.<\/p>\n

Their production capabilities include:<\/p>\n