ABOUT US

We are hoping to spread happiness to the world through our cordial textiles.

We are hoping to spread happiness to the world through our cordial textiles.

MESSAGE

We hope our fine textiles can make people in the world happy.

Out textile company was established in 1907 (During Meiji era) in Wakayama prefecture, Japan. We have been producing and selling original circular knit textiles of high quality for Japanese apparel industries and foreign high fashion brands for a long time.We have been in operation with the desire to make people in the world happy through our fine textiles.
We, MORISHITA, hope we can send massages from our local factory to the world.

MORISHITA KNITTING FACTORY CO.,LTD
4th President NOBUYUKI MORISHITA

since.1907

HISTORY
We are the textile company established in 1907 which have been constant in our devotion to circular knit.


Sentaro, the founder visited San Francisco and saw how amazing America had accomplished. After he came back to Japan, he started the knit fabric industry with just 5 French loop wheel knitting machines. The company started producing cuffs called “teguchi” and son of the founder Shigeru, who just came back from the war re-started the knit fabric industry. After that, he brushed his skills through processing work and established its office in Tokyo in 2009, selling products directly to apparel companies that empathize with his ideas. Since Premiere Vision, we have been continuing to make efforts to be able to supply more foreign fashion brands with our textiles.

1907
Establishment

The founder Sentaro Morishita started Japan’s oldest knit fabric industry in Takashocho, Wakayama prefecture with just 5 French loop wheel knitting machines impoted from Switzerland.

1930-1940
The impact of the controlled economy

The company had no choice but to sell all the facilities because of the controlled economy and the war.

1945
Loss of main factory

The main factory was destroyed by Great Wakayama Air Raids.

1947
Revival of the knit fabric industry

Shigeru, son of the founder re-started the knit fabric industry with rubber knitting and komaru knitting

1951
Establishment of Morishita knitting factory

Established Morishita knitting factory and converted to a joint-stock corporation.

1970
Establishment of Kishikawa factory

Built the main factory in Kishikawa. Double factory system with the one in Takashocho. Full operation with the trend of pile fabric and fleece lining. Began skill system for circular knitting (level 1 and 2) under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Labor and became the judge.

1975
Invented the pile knitted fabric

Invented the pile knitted fabric with the jersey stitch machine and started inventing the pile knitted fabric for babies. Also, the first high-speed fleece knitting machine was introduced from Precision Fukuhara Works, Ltd.

1982
Rise of the Jersey fabric

Produced fleece along with the sweatshirt trend. Okayama prefecture corners 50% of the fleece market in Japan.

1997
Noriyuki Morishita joined the company

Noriyuki Morishita, the present president of the company joined the company.

1999
Katsuhiro Morishita was inaugurated as the president of the company

Katsuhiro Morishita was inaugurated as the 3rd president of the company

2008
Establishment of the main office in Tokyo

Established the main office in Tokyo (Higashi-Nihombashi).

2011
Noriyuki Morishita was inaugurated as the president of the company

Noriyuki Morishita was inaugurated as the 4th president of the company

2012
Participated in the Premiere Vision for the first time

Joined at the Wakayama knitting matchmaking conference in NY and exhibited on the Premiere Vision for the first time. Started to develop its own foreign marketing channel. Continuously participated in the Premiere Vision.

2015
Acquired J QUALITYU certification

Acquired J QUALITYU certification.

2019
Participated in Milano Unica.

FACILITY


Our job is to develop knitting technology using from vintage machines to the newest machines in response to a wide range of opinions.

We have been focusing only on circular knit.We own more than 200 various kinds of machines such as old loop wheel machine, vintage knitting machine and computer knitting machine. We are always ready to operate any machines since we have been maintaining machines all the time. We will select the best machine for the demand in response to a wide range of opinions from Japanese apparel industries and foreign high fashion brands.