Corporate Brochure CIJ - Dec 2022

300.000 sq.ft FACILITY

Located in Antioquia, Colombia

We are C.I. Jeans

A community of more than 1.700 people working every day with passion, turning denim into art.

Since 1993 we’ve dedicated ourselves to make the best jeans for the best brands. We know possibilities are endless, we create opportunities and make things happen; always in the best possible way, co-creating with our partners & our clients , and genuinely caring for our people and our planet.

What we do

We facilitate the product development and production of sustainable denim clothing. We can customize the product according to each brands’ needs, budget, sustainability goals and priorities.

Capacity: 11.000 units per day

Solar power system at our headquarters

Mill

Agility: · Completely vertical company, 70% of the yarn consumed is made inside the mill

· 5 weeks / Counter source global fabrics and new developments according to customer requirements

· VMI / Fabrics to support core programs and chases

Pricing: Consistency based on commitments

Sustainability: WATER

· La García Dam located in Bello, 300 hectares natural conservation reserve

· 1.5 million m3 recirculated in 2021 and used in processes

· Dyeing processes in denim with 90% less water consumption and zero water discharges (Zero Waste Water)

ENERGY AIR

· 94% of the energy used in 2021 was self generated and 49% comes from renewable sources

· More than 21.000 ton of CO2 reduced in 2021.

Innovation: · Cadira Dye / TT 365 / Hemp / Zero Waste Water / Light Sensitive Fabric / Ozone (Jeanologia) / Recycled cotton & Polyester pos/pre-consumer fibers with mechanical technology.

· Capacity to make fabrics with di erent special finishes

Vendor

Agility: · 42 days from issuance to x-fact

· Di erent supply models: VMI (5 days leadtime) / Quick Response / Test & React

· Speed up development cycle - 72 hours

Pricing: · Consistency based on commitments

· Duty free for USA & 60 more countries

AMERICAS (Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Perú, Bolivia, Honduras) + EUROPEAN UNION

Sustainability: Our journey on sustainability continues; working for a better world. We focus on improving our processes in order to reduce our impact: mainly over chemicals, water and energy consumption. Expertise on technologies to achieve low impact finishes : Ozone, Smartex, E-flow, Nanotech, among others.

Innovation:

· Digital co-creation - 3DClo / MYR / eDesigner / Trendrops / Virtual workshops

· Looking for aesthetics alligned with originality, longevity and natural worn look; we called this project Just Wear It

Our clients Our partners

* We are open to work with other suppliers that share our values, upon request and negotiation.

Our supply models

We have developed agility strategies in order to help our clients with the new challenges in today’s supply chain and inventory management .

These models are focused on lead time reduction for core products, using less on-hand inventory and reducing extra costs associated to urgent shipments, excessive inventory carrying and stockouts.

· VMI

· TEST & REACT

· QUICK RESPONSE

· FAST TRACK

Our research sources

We are always on the search for new information, inspiration and global trends. In addition to this, we work side by side with our partners and suppliers in order to o er integral solutions to our clients’ needs.

· WGSN

· Denim fairs: Kingpins, Denim-by Premiere Vision

· Co-creation with our partners

Jeanologia, Fabricato, Kingpins

· Just Wear It Project

Just Wear It Project

We’ve been creating our own vintage and authentic garments library since 2005. This project grew from an idea to let jeans tell us their own stories, so we can understand how a worn garment looks after several years of use. These garments are an excellent inspiration tool, they help us to develop new whiskers, chevrons and hand sand patterns, destruction shapes, patch and repair details, among others.

At all times C.I. Jeans is searching for new information to get authentic vintage garments and the best product always.

Just Wear It Video

Every jean is a different world and only through time you get to see the whole story.

Our inspiration tools

We have these tools to inspire our clients and facilitate the development of a wide range of products, according to each brand needs.

CIJ Collections

Each year we develop two collections with new trends, fabric developments, fits and products. To inspire our partners and show them the newest trends according to our services and product capacities.

Roll outs // Briefs

These developments are made with fits, fabrics, target prices and aesthetics of our partners’ brands, alligned with their specific needs.

On site developments

Full immersion in our facilities. Co-create with us on real time and get inspired with all the possibilites to develop as you wish, with quick response.

Bluetopia Wisdom Denim

Our digital ecosystem

We believe in technology, it is the key to be faster; that’s why we created a digital ecosystem with multiple softwares for inspiration, design and development.

Digital developments

This allow us to be more sustainable in the design process and prototype making, by using less material resources.

Trendrops

Our digital library with all our collections and product capsules. Full of inspiration.

Virtual showroom

Access to our world with just one click. Explore our 360º showroom.

Digital co-creation workshop

Now we can design garments with you in real time, from miles away.

Scan these QR codes to find more info:

How we create a sustainable product

Any product’s sustainability begins at the designing stage . From labels to rivets, fabrics and threads, each part of the product is considered. We focus on three areas to reduce our impact on the environment:

1. Sustainable materials

2. Sustainable design

3. Ethical and responsible production

· Right front panel

· Zipper

· Belt loops

Patch Button

Rivets

Labels Tags

· Back pockets

· Yoke

· Waistband

Pocketing

· Thread

· Fly

· Facing

Coin pocket

Left front panel · Left back panel · Right back panel

1. Meet our textile partner

Sustainable materials

We have partnered with key suppliers in order to o er fabrics, threads, sundries, labels and tags with sustainable criteria in our portfolio. This way we can have several options for our clients and adapt them to their specific needs.

· Located 14 miles from C.I. Jeans

· Duty free benefits

· Ethical and responsible production

Fabrics

· BCI cotton

· Organic cotton

· Recovered cotton

· Recycled cotton

· Biodegradable pet

· Recycled polyester

· Tencel and viscose

· Light Sensitive Fabric

· Zero Waste Water

· Performance fabrics

Threads & sundries

· BCI cotton threads

· Recycled polyester threads

· Recycled polyester zippers

· Recycled / biodegradable material patches

· Recycled material buttons

· Screw tack buttons

· Replacement of rivets for bartacks

Labels & tags

· Recycled materials

· Biodegradable materials

2.

Sustainable design

To co-create e ciently with our clients we created our own digital ecosystem with multiple platforms for inspiration, design and product development . We use technologies that reduce the use of resources and developing time.

Benefits

TLESS USE OF RESOURCES MORE STYLES IN LESS TIME

LESS DEVELOPING TIME of finishing prototypes

13 DAYS DAYS 4

CUSTOMIZABLE OPTIONS

EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL LIBRARY

as fabric, sundries, water and energy wide range of washing options with thousands of garments for inspiration

Trendrops by C.I. Jeans

Trendrops is our own exclusive digital library . More than 5.000 styles can be found for inspiration to start creating. ‘Members only’ access.

Also, we’ve created a virtual 360ºshowroom . You can access our world with just one click. It is connected with our Trendrops library.

MYR is a software for denim finishing design . It allow us to make realistic prototypes and a wide range of options, using less material resources and in a shorter period of time.

We built a digital workshop to facilitate co-creation with our clients from miles away. In it we make real time garment design and modifications on MYR software with them, in order to achieve the best product according to each brand specific needs.

Ethical and responsible production 3.

Aligned with United Nations’ SDG (Sustainable Development Goals), our sustainability model considers how we generate the most impact. We focus on improving our processes through research, development and innovation.

Society

Our people inspire us : their well-being, health, personal and professional growth.

Environment

We are passionate about sustainability. We work to optimize our processes and make them more responsible.

SDG we impact

Governance

We promote ethical behavior in our collaborators’ actions to generate sustainable value and trusting relationships.

Our standards, initiatives and certifications

Fabricato’s certifications (our textile partner)