Who Makes Your Jerseys

About Our Hockey Apparel Factory A hockey jersey manufacturer built around team orders — OEM, private label and wholesale

We develop and manufacture custom hockey jerseys and teamwear for apparel brands, clubs, schools, distributors and teamwear programs. The range covers game, practice and goalie jerseys, hockey socks, pant shells and warm-up apparel, made to your artwork or developed with you from a brief. Brands work with us on OEM and ODM production and private label; clubs and programs on complete kits; distributors and decoration shops on wholesale and blank stock.

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Factory team holding a set of finished custom hockey jerseys in a fictional club colorway, photographed in the finishing area
  • 2010Company founded
  • 30,000pcs per month
  • 24hreply on working days
  • 6production lines
Who We Are

Who We Are

RunHockey Apparel is a sportswear factory with hockey apparel as the focus of its lines. The move into hockey came from the orders themselves: team buyers kept arriving with the same set of problems — mixed size runs, a roster of names and numbers, a goalie who needs a different pattern from the skaters, and a season date that does not move. Those problems suit a factory that keeps development, printing, sewing and inspection under one roof, so hockey became the specialty rather than one line among many.

The clients we serve fall into a few groups: hockey apparel brands that need OEM hockey apparel produced under their own label, clubs, schools and youth programs ordering complete kits, and distributors, teamwear agents and decoration shops that buy decorated or blank stock for resale. The main markets are North America and Europe, with team buyers across the other hockey-playing regions.

  • OEM — production to your tech pack and artwork.
  • ODM — development from a brief: pattern, fabric, decoration, sample.
  • Private label — your main label, hangtags and packaging.
  • Wholesale — decorated or blank stock programs for resale.

The factory operates in China; production, inspection and export documentation are handled from one site, and contact details are in the footer.

Entrance of the hockey apparel factory with the office and sample room behind the reception
The office and sample room sit beside the production floor.
The Range

What We Manufacture

Eight product lines, all made on the same floor and shipped under one order file. Each card links to the page that holds the specifications.

Game hockey jersey in a fictional club design, front view on a hanger

Game Hockey Jerseys

Player-cut jerseys in sublimated or cut-and-sew construction, decorated to your artwork.

Custom hockey jerseys
 Single-color practice hockey jersey folded on the finishing table

Practice Hockey Jerseys

Single-color and reversible practice jerseys built for daily use.

Practice jerseys
 Goalie hockey jersey with the wider body and sleeve pattern laid flat

Goalie Hockey Jerseys

A separate pattern set built for goalie padding and movement.

Goalie jerseys
 Black and white striped referee hockey jersey on a hanger

Referee Hockey Jerseys

Striped officials' jerseys, made to order alongside team programs.

Made as custom jerseys
 Pair of hockey socks in the jersey colorway with striped cuffs

Hockey Socks

Knit and sublimated socks made in the jersey colorway.

Hockey socks
 Hockey pant shell matched to the jersey design, front view

Pant Shells

Shell pants matched to the jersey design and stripe layout.

Pant shells
 Team warm-up jacket and pants in club colors on a rail

Warm-Up Jackets and Pants

Off-ice apparel for travel, bench and training days.

Hoodies and warm-ups
 Complete hockey team kit laid out: jerseys, socks, pant shell and warm-up jacket

Complete Hockey Team Kits

Game, practice and off-ice apparel coordinated from one roster.

Team kit program
Team Structure

The People Behind Every Order

Six functional teams take an order from the first message to the sealed carton. Each one owns a stage of the order, and the handover between them is written into the order file rather than passed along by memory.

Group photo of the factory's coordination, development, production and quality staff in front of the sewing floor
The six teams work on one site, so a question about an order is answered by walking to the next room.

Sales and Project Coordination

Stages 1–2 · Brief and review

Reads the brief, names what is missing, and keeps one written order file from quote to shipment. Your contact stays the same person for the life of the program.

Artwork and Product Development

Stages 2–3 · Files and construction

Turns artwork into print-ready files and a brief into a tech pack: color separation, logo placement, name and number layouts, and the construction choice for each garment.

Pattern and Sampling

Stage 4 · Sample

Grades player and goalie patterns across the size run, builds the sample, and records the measurements you approve as the reference for bulk.

Production Management

Stage 5 · Bulk

Schedules the order onto the lines, tracks fabric, printing, cutting and sewing against your date, and sends production updates while the order is running.

Quality Control

Stage 6 · Inspection

Checks incoming fabric, confirms the first piece, inspects measurements, print placement and stitching during and after sewing, and signs off the packing list.

Packing and Shipping

Stage 7 · Shipment

Sorts by player or by size, packs to your labeling instructions, and prepares the export documents that travel with the consignment.

Order Workflow

From Brief to Shipment

The eight stages every order passes through. This is the map; the detail of each production stage lives on the manufacturing page.

  1. Project Brief

    Garment types, quantities, artwork stage, roster and in-hand date.

  2. Artwork and Tech Pack Review

    Files checked, missing items named, construction confirmed in writing.

  3. Fabric and Construction Selection

    Fabric weight, mesh placement, sublimation or cut-and-sew, decoration method.

  4. Sampling

    One garment made, measured and sent for your approval.

  5. Bulk Production

    Printing, cutting, sewing and decoration against the approved sample.

  6. Quality Inspection

    Measurements, print, stitching, names and numbers checked before packing.

  7. Packing and Shipment

    Sorted, labeled, documented and handed to the carrier.

  8. Repeat Orders

    Approved artwork and measurements held on file for the next run.

See full manufacturing process — sampling, bulk scheduling, inline checks and what happens when a check fails.

On the Floor

Factory in Practice

Eight production stages, photographed where they happen. Every hockey jersey, sock and shell on this site passes through these stations in this order.

Fabric and material inspection: a roll of jersey mesh checked on the inspection table for shade and defects before cutting
01Fabric and material inspection
Sublimation printing: jersey panels with team stripes coming off the heat press
02Sublimation printing
Cutting: printed hockey jersey panels cut to the graded pattern
03Cutting
Sewing: a hockey jersey body assembled on the sewing line
04Sewing
Logo and decoration: a fictional club crest applied to a jersey chest by embroidery
05Logo and decoration
Measurement inspection: a finished hockey jersey measured against the size chart on the QC table
06Measurement inspection
Name and number checking: decorated jersey backs laid out and checked against the printed roster
07Name and number checking

08Packing

Each jersey bagged with its socks and shell where the order calls for it, cartons counted against the packing list and sealed. The packing bench is in the gallery below.

One roof, one order file

All eight stations sit on one site, so a question raised at inspection is answered at the sewing line the same day, and the record of it goes into your order file.

Quality and Compliance

Quality and Compliance

Six checkpoints stand between the fabric roll and the sealed carton. Each one is a separate job from making the garment, and each leaves a record in the order file.

  1. Incoming material inspectionFabric is checked for shade, weight and defects against the approved swatch before anything is cut.
  2. First-piece confirmationThe first finished garment of the run is compared to the approved sample before the line continues.
  3. Sizing and stitching checksMeasurements are taken against the size chart tolerance; seams, hems and collar construction are inspected during and after sewing.
  4. Print placement and color confirmationLogos, stripes and panels are checked for position and color against the approved artwork and the strike-off.
  5. Player name and number verificationEvery decorated jersey is checked against the roster, piece by piece, before it is bagged.
  6. Packing list checksCarton contents are counted and matched to the packing list before sealing, and the list travels with the shipment.
Inspector checking the print placement and seams of a finished hockey jersey at the QC station
Final inspection at the QC station, against the approved sample.

Audit and test documentation

Inspection records for your order travel with the consignment. Third-party audit reports and laboratory test reports are provided where they apply to the order, under the names that appear on the documents themselves. Nothing is listed on this page that cannot be shown to you on request.

Inspection records and packing lists filed with an order before shipment
The order file: inspection records, packing list, shipping documents.
Client Types

Who We Work With

Eight kinds of buyer order from this factory. The product is often the same jersey; what differs is the label, the quantity pattern and who signs off the artwork.

Hockey Apparel Brands

OEM and ODM production under your own label, with files handled under confidentiality.

Clubs and Teams

Complete hockey uniforms from one roster: game, practice and off-ice.

Schools and Colleges

Athletic department programs that repeat season after season with the same artwork on file.

Youth Hockey Programs

Youth team jerseys in mixed size runs, with rosters that change every year.

Distributors and Wholesalers

Decorated and blank stock for resale on a standing wholesale program.

Teamwear Agents

Several end clients behind one account, each with its own artwork and delivery address.

Decoration Shops

Blank hockey jerseys built to take your own printing, embroidery or twill.

Events and Corporate Programs

Tournament, sponsor and company teams: one design, one delivery, one date.

Project coordinator reviewing a repeat order file and jersey samples with a client on a video call
A repeat order starts from the approved file, not from a blank brief.
Repeat Programs

Why Clients Continue Working With Us

Eight things a second season gets from a custom hockey apparel supplier that a first order cannot show.

  • One team from artwork to shipmentThe same coordinator, developer and QC lead follow the order through every stage.
  • Player and goalie fit developmentTwo pattern sets, graded and sampled separately, adjusted from your feedback.
  • Roster-based name and number checkingEvery decorated jersey is verified against the roster you sent, not a count.
  • Consistent approved artwork for reordersPrint files, colors and placements are locked from the approved sample and reused as sent.
  • Mixed size handlingYouth to adult sizes, player and goalie cuts, in one order and one carton plan.
  • Custom branding and packagingYour main label, hangtag, polybag and carton marks for private label hockey apparel.
  • Production updates and inspection recordsUpdates while the order runs, and the inspection record with the shipment.
  • Support for repeat-season programsArtwork, measurements and packing instructions held on file for the next run.
Start Here

Looking for a Long-Term Hockey Apparel Manufacturing Partner?

Send your project brief to the hockey teamwear OEM manufacturer behind this page. Four fields are enough to start; the first reply names what is missing and who is handling your account.

In the message, cover what you can of: customer type, product type, order quantity, customization requirements, target market and required delivery date. If you have artwork or a tech pack, say so — the reply tells you where to send it.

  • Files you send stay confidential — never shown as portfolio work without your written permission, and an NDA can be signed before anything is sent.
  • An incomplete plan is welcome — the first reply asks only for what is missing.
  • Your first reply names the person handling your account.

Customer type, product type, order quantity, customization requirements, target market, required delivery date, and whether you have artwork or a tech pack to send.

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