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6 resources in Europe & Mediterranean

  1. 01
    ProductionSource productionReferenceOpen access

    UKFT: Working With a Manufacturer

    UK Fashion and Textile Association guidance for preparing, approaching, and working with UK manufacturers.

    For
    Apparel brands
    Location
    United Kingdom · Europe & Mediterranean
    Source
    Industry organization
    Checked
    Jul 16, 2026
    Best for

    Preparing for UK production conversations

    Know before using

    General UK guidance; it does not select, audit, or contract a manufacturer for the user.

  2. 02
    ProductionSource productionDirectoryOpen access

    EURATEX Member Associations Gateway

    A European textile and clothing gateway to national industry associations, branch associations, corresponding organizations, research networks, and selected company members.

    For
    Apparel brands
    Location
    Europe & Mediterranean
    Source
    Industry organization
    Checked
    Jul 15, 2026
    Best for

    Finding the responsible national or specialist textile-industry association before searching for country-specific companies and capabilities

    Know before using

    This is primarily an association map rather than a supplier database, and coverage follows membership; an onward association or company listing does not establish a specific service, facility, minimum, certification, product claim, quality, labor condition, price, capacity, or delivery.

  3. 03
    ProductionSource productionDirectoryOpen access

    TGSD Türkiye Clothing Members

    The Turkish Clothing Manufacturers Association's searchable member table for apparel, textile, trim, thread, testing, trading, brand, and related company leads.

    For
    Apparel brands
    Location
    Türkiye · Europe & Mediterranean
    Source
    Industry organization
    Checked
    Jul 16, 2026
    Best for

    Building a Türkiye apparel-industry lead set, then separating manufacturers, materials, components, services, traders, and brands before supplier screening

    Know before using

    The list is role-mixed and keyed partly to member representatives, so a result must not be assumed to be a factory. Membership does not prove current services, legal identity, facility control, capacity, minimums, price, workmanship, certification, labor conditions, contact accuracy, or project fit. The interface is Turkish.

  4. 04
    ProductionSource productionDirectoryOpen access

    Business Norway Fashion Companies

    Innovation Norway's official, narrow Fashion company route, with current profiles spanning textile materials, recycling, knitwear, clothing, and adjacent product businesses.

    For
    Apparel brands
    Location
    Norway · Europe & Mediterranean
    Source
    Government directory
    Checked
    Jul 16, 2026
    Best for

    Finding a small official population of Norway-based fashion and textile-related company profiles before checking what each company makes, where production occurs, and whether outside work is available

    Know before using

    This is a small promotional category, not a Norwegian textile-industry census, full TEKO member list, factory register, or approved-supplier population. It includes adjacent fashion businesses, and a Norway-based brand may manufacture through partners elsewhere. The checked ordinary browser encountered a Cloudflare human-verification step, so access can require completing that check. Profile and certification claims do not establish available capacity, minimums, price, workmanship, current certificate scope, labor conditions, delivery, or project fit. Confirm every facility and commercial claim directly.

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    Bosnia & Herzegovina Chamber Exporter Directory

    The Foreign Trade Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina's live exporter directory, with company, activity, export-product, market, certificate, and tariff controls plus company contact fields.

    For
    Apparel brands
    Location
    Bosnia and Herzegovina · Europe & Mediterranean
    Source
    Industry organization
    Checked
    Jul 16, 2026
    Best for

    Searching Bosnia and Herzegovina exporter records by textile terms or tariff groups and reaching named clothing, knitwear, home-textile, footwear, and related company leads

    Know before using

    This voluntary, company-supplied exporter population is incomplete and not a factory census or approval system. Search terms can return traders or adjacent businesses, records do not show individual review dates, and website or certificate fields can be missing or stale. Exporter presence does not prove factory ownership, current operation, available capacity, minimums, price, workmanship, certification validity, labor conditions, delivery, or project fit. Recheck every candidate directly.

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    ProductionSource productionDirectoryOpen access

    Serbia Business Register Company Open Data

    The Serbian Business Registers Agency's official company open-data route, with a current JSON snapshot that can be filtered by registered activity and status.

    For
    Apparel brands
    Location
    Serbia · Europe & Mediterranean
    Source
    Official registry
    Checked
    Jul 16, 2026
    Best for

    Building a current Serbian legal-entity discovery population by filtering registered activity codes 13, 14, and 15 for textiles, wearing apparel, and leather-related manufacturing before facility qualification

    Know before using

    This is a large technical company-register download, not a supplier interface, manufacturer directory, facility register, or approval system. It includes liquidation, forced-liquidation, and bankruptcy statuses unless filtered, and the registered predominant activity does not prove factory ownership, operating facility, every performed process, or willingness to accept outside work. The company dataset can omit sole proprietors represented in separate registry populations. It provides no capability, capacity, minimum, price, workmanship, certificate, labor-condition, delivery, or project-fit evidence. Filter status and activity, then confirm each legal entity, site, process, and commercial claim directly.

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