C.B.S. Readytex, your trusted partner for your ecological garment
We are a small family owned business in northern Greece. From father to son to son down to daughter today, we have being producing fabrics and clothes since the 1930s. The last 20 years our company has been involved in producing sustainable products for the environmentally conscious customers and retailers all over the world.
Consumers are increasingly interested in protecting the environment, not wasting goods and safe manufacturing. These being our core values we produce sustainable fashion of high quality that has been produced in an ecological way and under fair conditions.
We operate from our self owned production and export unit named C.B.S. S.A.
Being a small company we can, and want to be, involved in the entire step wise textile supply chain from growing the raw material (organic cotton) to the fiber made, to manufacturing the fabric, to dyeing/printing, to sewing the garment and finally shipping it to you. We strive for sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and ethics while producing an eco-friendly and safe product that is pesticide free and toxin free.
We abide by international quality assurance system guidelines (the Global Organic Textile Standard GOTS and Standard 100 by Oeko-Tex) so we can attest to provide you with a final product that is of the highest standards.
C.B.S. S.A. is continually seeking ways to be a more green and sustainable business. To assure that what you are getting is a truly eco-friendly garment, we are certified under the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), standard proving that all the necessary ecological procedures have been maintained.
The Standard 100 by Oeko-Tex aims at making it obvious to consumers that the labeled textile products have undergone laboratory testing for a wide range of harmful substances, and that the content of those substances remains below the limit values established by the Oeko-Tex Association.
Founding the Legacy
Great Grandfather Dimitrios Litsas was an early 1900 trader and manufacturer of maypole ribbons used for dancing during festivals, with exports mainly to Egypt and Romania. He was based in Izmir, Asia minor in Turkey.
Expanding Horizons
Grand Father Konstantinos Litsas in 1922 owned a knitting garment unit and a shop for essential home fabrics called ELLINIS in Thessaloniki Greece
Modernization and Sustainability
Father Dimitrios Litsas in 1974 founded the export company “Readytex” ready to wear clothes and a buying agency. He manufactured garments from circular knitting machines. With sales all over Europe.
Diversification Era
1994 transferred to self owned facilities 2585m3 State of the art production and export unit with a capacity in the range of 20,000-30,000pcs per month. Administration, Design, Sewing, Cutting, Ironing, Labeling, Packing, Storage all done in house.
Sustainability
2009 one of the first companies in Greece to get GOTS certified. Dimitrios Litsas a visionary that started in a niche market as he just knew that environmentally friendly, organic, recyclable, clothes and sustainability would become a requirement to modern consumers.
Fresh Ideas
Daughter Despina Litsa becomes full time CEO in 2017 which is now called “C.B.S” Clothing Business Services. Fresh ideas, a background in Molecular biology promoting environmental preservation, supported by social responsibility and a commitment to ethical working conditions.
Future Innovation
Future Innovation and reliability in the fashion industry. Strategic alliances /short-time delivery and maintenance of the highest quality standards. Enhancing, modernizing and improving our equipment and production processes and implementing new business models that transform the traditional linear structure to new sustainable and circular methods.
QUALITY GUARANTEE
C.B.S Readytex has been in cooperation with the Association for the Assessment of Environmentally Friendly Textiles (Oeko-Tex International) and uses the Oeko-Tex 100 Standard to evaluate and screen for any harmful substances present within processed textiles.
APPROVED
We as a brand commit never to conduct, commission, pay for, or allow tests on animals at any phase of development, for both ingredients and final products.Ask us for more information.
GOTS
Running a business is simple enough in our opinion if you exceed customer expectations, build deep relationships with your co-workers, have room for innovation while serving your community and being transparent.
Our decades long experience and growth in the export industry attests to the fact we are as a company committed to a very high degree of predictability and consistent reliability (not just reliability). We believe in “meaning what we say” and “saying what we mean” regarding our work. Punctuality, timeliness and sticking to commitments ‘no hidden surprises’ in our deliveries.
ABOUT US
We give our customers an opportunity to wear fashionable clothes with the same look, feel and performance as non-ecological friendly clothes.
