Created in 2003, Samatoa is an eco-responsible and Fairtrade textile company. Since the beginning, the Samatoa's founder values have remained the same: the customer satisfaction, the impeccable quality of the products combined with a sustainable, environmental and social respect. The heart of the Samatoa's expertise relies on its workshops in which the farmers, the spinners, the weavers, the tailors and the partners share daily the same ambitions.

The Spinning, a Crucial Step of the Process

The spinning is the stage which consists in transforming the lotus fiber in a thread.
After cleaning, spinners carefully cut around the stems and pull their extremities to extract the lotus fibers. Twelve layers of fiber must be superimposed and rolled with precaution and precision to produce a high quality thread.
The second trade secret is in line with what is probably the most meticulous part of the process: to put the different pieces of thread together without visible junction and without any weakness. The thread has to be very regular. Without this attention, it will break during the weaving and decrease the quality of the fabric. One meter of lotus fabric needs 3000 meters of lotus fibers.
When the thread is finished, it is wound on to a skein winder and dried.
One spinner produces 250 meters of thread per day. To produce one jacket, it needs 4 meters of fabric or 12000 meters of fiber, which means 2 months of work for a spinner.
Because of its complexity, this process must be realized exclusively by hand.

Contacts :

Awen Delaval, General Manager
Tel : +855 63 96 53 10 or +855 12 28 59 30
Mail : [email protected]
Website : www.samatoa.com
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