andersen & stender UK brandbook

let’s make it easy for you being creative

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textile partner since 1939

your design our accessories You can focus on being creative. Let’s take care of the practical matters.

That is how it has been since 1939, when we first started delivering wholesale sewing accessories to the Danish textile industry.

Your design idea may be dependent on interlinings, press fasteners, sewing thread, zip fasteners, labels, hang tags‌ or maybe a little of everything.

No matter what kind of sewing accessories you need we can supply it.

Either as a standard item or as an item developed for your specific needs.

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conscious choices and sustainable balance Shared challenges call for shared action.

We vigorously challenge and guide you towards environmentally, economically, socially and ethically sustainable solutions.

Certified according to international standards.

Naturally.

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textile partner since 1939

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your ideas are our passion Aside from your own brand and your products, a strong business partner is by far your best basis for success.

A business partner must know you well and bring their best products, business partners and employees into play to help you.

That’s the kind of business partner we are.

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community, business acumen and partnership If you partner with us you get:

Non stock shopping with our sourcing solution that gives you supplier management, product knowledge and years of experience gathered in one place.

Increased earnings: You save valuable time on searching for suppliers and training. The saved ressources can then be spent on what creates the most value for you.

Our strong logistics solution which makes it possible for you to shop in only one place without any hassle, uncertainty or risk: You will get access to our concepts, deals and systems, and we will handle training and instruction.

Local delivery in your producer countries via us and our local business partners whom we know and can vouch for.

Security because we know and can guarantee quality and reliability of delivery. And because we know you, and you know us.

Counselling and guidance across products and manufacturers whom we know and with whom we have collaborated for many years.

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Inspiration and new knowledge about trends, functionality and possibilities. Because we know the market and stay up-to-date.

Easy shopping via e-commerce. Through our web shop, you and your suppliers gain access to your product range and your arrangements specifically.

Low risk and high reliability of delivery with warehousing agreements: We keep your items in stock for you and deliver them day-to-day.

Transparency: Join us for a visit with our suppliers, see the production and learn about our visions.

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Custom made if you need something specific and out of the ordinary.

Fast development of new designs.

quality products and optimal solutions Gather the best accessory items from the strongest manufacturers.

Combine them with our specialist knowledge, competent counselling and years of experience in the industry.

Add your designs, wishes and demands.

The result? The perfect solution for you and your customers’ needs.

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Interlinings

Waddings

Metal trimmings

Labels and hang tags

Sewing threads

Buttons

Plastic buckles and cord locks

Zip fasteners

Reflective trimmings

Tapes and webbings

Hook and loop fasteners

Hooks and eyes

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Freudenberg is the world’s largest manufacturer of interlinings, which among other things are made from re-purposed plastic bottles.

Vlieseline is synonymous with interlinings for all sorts of applications, hems, edges, decorations, quilt etc.

Helsa produces shoulder pads, sleeve head rolls, and facing silk for the fashionand textile industry and is the world’s largest in the field.

Prym Fashion produces press fasteners as well as eyelets, rivets, jeans accessories and other metal trimmings of high quality.

Jointak is a number one within the field of printed and woven labels, hang tags, leather badges, embroidery, rubber patches, care labels etc.

Cash’s is a Jointak subbrand, which is based in Great Britain.

Butonia delivers highquality buttons.

Alterfil manufactures quality polyester sewing thread for all purposes.

ITW Nexus is the leading manufacturer of plastic buckles, cord locks and other closing mechanisms.

Regine IQ trim is an expert on high quality reflective trimmings, elastic trimmings, prints and pipings etc.

Pfeiffer has manufactured elastics, webbings and belts for more than 50 years for the textile industry as well as others.

Güth & Wolf produces more than a million meters of webbings in a wide range of materials and for many different purposes each day.

VELCRO® Brand creates closing mechanisms, which are used every day all over the world. The hook and loop fasteners are known for their familiar and reassuring fastening sound.

Throughout the past 65 years, Gutos has specialized in hook & eye solutions for the fashion and textile industry – children’s and men’s clothing in particular.

Frieba delivers pipings, cords, edge bindings, fringes, elastic bands and much more in the materials of polyester, cotton, viscose, wool and linen.

GOSTI is our own brand.

You will find the name on e.g. buttons, elastics, pattern paper, cord locks, bands and much more.

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local global experts

High quality, flexibility, sustainable solutions and the newest technological and design-related possibilities.

Our close, year-long partnerships with the world’s leading suppliers of sewing accessories guarantee your access to the newest and best products as well as the best conditions.

Regardless of what you are in need of, and where you would like it delivered to.

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our experience is your advantage

1939 Andersen & Stender is founded in the street of Classensgade in Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark by wholesalers Ib Andersen and Hugo Stender, who sell buttons for men’s ready-made clothing.

1956 Andersen & Stender buys the company ‘Johan Lavendt’ in Herning, Denmark, whereby the product range is now extended to also including other kinds of sewing accessories for the fashion and textile industry.

1969 The textile industry powers ahead in the areas around the cities of Herning and Ikast in the 1960s. That taken into consideration, the owners decide to merge the two businesses in a newly-built headquarters building in the street of Birkegårdsvej 5, Herning in 1969.

The address of Andersen & Stender still remains the same.

1978 Anker Jensen, an employee who relocated from Copenhagen, buys the company.

2005 Jacob Ryssel, the son of Anker Jensen, takes over Andersen & Stender along with long-serving employee Keld Larsen.

2009 Andersen & Stender takes over all activities of Freudenberg Danmark A/S in Risskov, by which interlinings are added to the range of products.

2015 Jacob Ryssel takes over the company (100 %).

Today, Andersen & Stender helps their customers all over the world.

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let’s have coffee Come visit us in Herning.

We are eager to learn what is important to you and how we can support your business.

Expect a lot from us and from our partners.

We are looking forward to making a difference.

Andersen & Stender A/S • Birkegårdsvej 5 • DK — 7400 Herning • T +45 97 11 67 11 • mail@andersen-stender.dk www.andersen-stender.dk