# Manufacturing Capabilities — Govardhan Overseas > Vertically-integrated weaving of linen, hemp, cotton, viscose, lyocell, silk, and certified blends. Standard and wide-width constructions. Wet-spun and dry-spun yarn handling. GOTS, OCS, GRS, OEKO-TEX certified. *Canonical HTML: https://govardhan.net/capabilities/* --- 02 Manufacturing capabilities # Three decades of weaving natural-fibre cloth. *Under our own roof.* Govardhan Overseas operates a vertically-integrated weaving operation: yarn receipt through dispatch under a single chain of custody and certification scope. The fibres span linen, hemp, cotton, viscose, lyocell, micro modal, polyester, and silk. The constructions span fine shirting through to wide-width drapery. 01 Our process — seven stages Every stage of what we do, in the order it happens. - 01 ### Yarn sourcing Long-staple natural-fibre yarns sourced through three decades of mill relationships. Linen (wet-spun and dry-spun), hemp, cotton, viscose, lyocell, micro modal, polyester, and silk — across the count and grade range needed for everything from fine apparel shirting to wide-width drapery. - 02 ### Yarn receipt & quality check Every yarn lot is logged with a goods receipt note, quality-tested for count, strength, uniformity, and visual defects, and stocked in humidity-controlled conditions. Lot numbers are preserved through to finished fabric dispatch for full traceability. - 03 ### Yarn dyeing Greige yarn is dyed to shade specification through certified subcontracted facilities under our GOTS / OCS scope. Full job-work documentation preserves chain of custody — yarn returns to our plant with the same lot number it left under. - 04 ### Warping & drawing-in Sectional warping for warps requiring section-by-section tension control. Drawing-in to construction specification by our own craftspeople — the unglamorous but critical step where the warp ends are placed through drop wires, heddles, and reed. - 05 ### Weaving Our own modern rapier looms run multiple shifts a day, including dobby and jacquard looms for structured and figured constructions. Standard widths for apparel and shirting through to wide-width constructions for home textiles and drapery. - 06 ### Greige inspection Off-loom fabric is inspected on our in-house inspection line. Piece-by-piece defect logging. Reconciled against the production programme. Approved pieces move to finishing or dispatch; rejects are reworked or written off. - 07 ### Finishing & dispatch Finishing is handled through certified facilities under our scope. Greige leaves with a job challan and returns with a matching return document. Finished fabric is re-inspected before packing and dispatch, with Transaction Certificates issued for certified-scope orders. 02 Fibres we work with ## Linen-led, but not linen-only. Linen has been our specialism since 1995 and remains our largest category. Over three decades we've added the natural fibres that work alongside it — hemp, cotton, viscose, lyocell, micro modal, polyester, and silk — and the blended constructions our customers actually want. Every fibre below is handled in our own production programmes and covered by our certification scope where applicable. ### Linen Our flagship fibre. We work with both wet-spun long-line linen (the premium grade — fine, smooth, shiny, used for apparel and fine home textiles) and dry-spun tow linen (more textured, used for upholstery and rustic constructions). Counts from coarse industrial weights through to fine 60-LEA shirting. ### Hemp A growing category. Naturally strong, low-input, and a good rotation crop. We work with hemp on its own and in blends with linen, cotton, and viscose for buyers wanting a more rustic hand than fine linen offers. ### Cotton Used both on its own and as a blending partner for linen. Linen-cotton in 55/45 and 70/30 ratios is one of our largest categories — softens the hand of linen and improves wrinkle recovery without losing the cool drape. ### Bamboo Bamboo viscose (the chemically-processed cellulosic) blended with linen for buyers wanting a soft, fluid drape on a natural-fibre base. Available under our OEKO-TEX scope. ### Silk Linen-silk blends (notably linen-silk jacquards) sit at the premium end of our range. Silk brings sheen and drape; linen brings structure. The combination is especially used in heritage home textiles and high-end apparel. ### Cellulosics Lyocell (Tencel), micro modal, and viscose blending partners for linen and cotton. Sustainable, soft-handed, and well-suited to dress fabric and home-textile constructions. 03 What we weave ## Standard width to wide width. Solids to jacquards. Our looms cover the construction range buyers actually need: #### Standard widths Narrow apparel and lining widths through to standard home-textile widths. Used for shirting, dress fabric, light home textiles, and the bulk of apparel work. #### Wide-width For home textiles and drapery work that needs to be sewn without pieceing — duvet covers, curtains, wide upholstery panels. #### Solids Plain, twill, and satin weaves across the fibre and count range. Raw bleached, raw natural, and dyed states. #### Yarn-dyed stripes & checks Woven with pre-dyed yarn so the colour is locked into the construction rather than applied to the surface. Doesn't fade the way piece-dyed goods do. #### Dobby constructions Structured weaves — herringbones, chevrons, diamonds, geometric figures — produced on our dobby-equipped looms. #### Jacquard constructions Figured fabrics with large repeat sizes for home textiles, drapery, and high-end apparel. Jacquards require programme development time — we'll work with you on design and sampling. Audits welcome ## Bring your compliance team. The plant is set up to host buyer audits at short notice. We host annual audits for our GOTS, OCS, GRS, and OEKO-TEX certifications, and we can accommodate retailer-specific compliance audits (worker welfare, traceability, child labour, manufacturing restrictions) on request. Documentation is current and available on a buyer-by-buyer basis under NDA. [Schedule a plant visit →](https://govardhan.net/contact?type=visit)