Nuno Soares

Barcelcom Têxteis, SA

Skin is often cited as the largest organ in the body and the potential to interact with this organ for health benefits remains avaluable yet largely untapped market opportunity. Barcelcom Têxteis, S.A. is a portuguese textile company from 1921, developing graduated compression products and technologies from 1997. In this inovation activities Barcelcom has the support of high scientific centers, Compression Advisory, Minho University, CENTI - Nanotechnology I nstitute in Portugal and General Hospital St. John in Oporto. The market for apparel fabrics for health and sport, has been estimated to be worth just under $250 billion dollars and it is expected to grow by over 50% in the next two years. Inovation is key in this sector. Barcelcom Textiles presents innovative products and technologies, patented, proven and enabling sustained growth in the market. We bring a unique set of abilities wich include: . Manufacturing of sport grade garments . Medical endorsement at the highest level . Sales experience into high profile markets . Creation of patented garment based technologies With a production capacity and a price/quality ratio ideal for the efficient management of private labels and our own labels, we developed and manufacture for some of the most knowns ones. We have a range of products to suit everyone from small independent distributors to large multinational organisations. All our products, even in the sport area, are certified as medical devices. As a manufacturer we are extremely consciuos when it comes to quality. The certificates are proof of the level of care we put into each piece we produce.