VTX NYCO stretch
Worn on operations. 190 gsm CORDURA® ripstop. 250,000+ Martindale rubs. 20% lighter than poly-cotton.
Licensed MultiCam®
Crye Precision licensed printer since 2020. Original, Arid and Tropic.
Hidden from night vision
Printed to your NIR values. Shade within CIE ΔE 2. Reflectance held 600–1,100 nm.
Shadow by Daletec
Inherent FR tactical range. 190–210 gsm. EN ISO 11612 · ISO 14116 Index 3.
From fabric to finished uniform
60 million metres dyed and finished. One million garments sewn. One campus.
NYCO combat135–250 gsm
Hot-weather nylon110–160 gsm
CORDURA® 500D · 1000D210–360 gsm
Inherent FRShadow by Daletec
Treated FR170–450 gsm
Poly-cotton · CVC140–305 gsm
We make the fabric under the uniform
Sapphire Finishing Mills dyes, prints and finishes woven fabric for NATO and allied forces, then cuts and sews it on the same campus in Lahore. Part of Sapphire Group. Presented with Daletec, our Norwegian flame-resistant brand.
All fabrics
Hidden from night vision, not just the eye
Camouflage printed to your colours and NIR values.Three ranges, one standard
Every colour matched to standard within CIE ΔE 2.
Reflectance held inside each colour's IRR window against image intensifiers and IR sensors.
In development. SWIR camouflage for the next generation of sensors.
Licensed MultiCam®
Crye Precision licensed printer of original MultiCam® since 2020, including MultiCam® Arid and MultiCam® Tropic. Nine approved substrates from 130 gsm nylon to 500D CORDURA®.
National patterns
Woodland, snow, jungle, desert and digital patterns printed for NATO and European armies to each customer's spectral values. Licensed patterns only.
Bases
Vat and disperse printing on NYCO, 100% nylon, CORDURA® 500D and 1000D and inherent-FR fabrics.
How we hold it in bulk
- IRR window set per colour from your specification
- Measured on Datacolor 800 and 45IR spectrophotometers
- Third-party laboratory reports with every development
Licensed-pattern security
- Need-to-know protocol across physical lab, colour lab and print floor
- Selvedge legend on both edges of every licensed print
- First article and first bulk lot approved by the licensor
In-house
- CAD and design verification department
- Screen engraving on site
- Separate sample print machine for developments
Specification
Pattern, master shades and the NIR window for each colour.
Development
Lab dips and strike-offs on the chosen base, measured against the standard.
First article
Full-width bulk trial with third-party reports for shade, NIR, fastness and physicals.
Bulk
Production lots tested at intervals, selvedge-marked, licensor-approved where required.
MultiCam® is a registered trademark of Crye Precision LLC. Licensed products carry the licensor's selvedge legend and are approved by the licensor per substrate and finish.
60 million metres a year
Dyeing and finishing on Sando, Monforts, Zimmer, Lafer and Pentak lines. Established 2003, Lahore.
1.2 million printed metres a month
Rotary screen printing. 12 colours, 12 screens. Vat, disperse, reactive, acid and pigment.
One million garments a month
80 sewing lines on the same campus. FR garmenting, Gerber and laser cutting, automated hanger lines.
Tested in-house. Verified by accredited labs.
Datacolor 800 and 45IR. Martindale, tensile, tear, fastness, ISO 15025. Reports from TTI, SGS, Bureau Veritas, Aitex, Centexbel.Dyeing and finishing
- Pre-treatment: Sando, Japan
- Dyeing and finishing: Monforts, Germany
- Coating: Zimmer, Austria
- Brushing and peaching: Lafer, Italy
- Tumbling: Pentak, Italy
- Mercerising, singeing, pad-steam and thermosol
Finishes
- Water repellent, fluorine-free C0
- Water and oil repellent C6
- Permethrin, verified after 100 washes
- FR back-coating, ISO 14116 Index 1
- PU coating, water-based
- Wicking, air-permeable, antistatic
Lamination
- Dedicated in-house line
- 2-layer and 3-layer constructions
- 2,200 mm working width
- 100–400 gsm face fabrics
Fibres processed
- Cotton, nylon, polyester
- NYCO and CORDURA® nylon 6,6
- Aramid and FR viscose
- Elastane and T400 stretch
Sapphire Defence
The military and tactical division of Sapphire Finishing Mills, Sapphire Group. Presented with Daletec.Trusted by armed forces and police
Supplied directly or through their uniform manufacturers. European programmes are contracted and invoiced by Sapphire Europe BV, Brussels. Partner and programme names are not published.
CORDURA®
Preferred supply partner of CORDURA® NYCO fabric. All Sapphire NYCO fabrics are CORDURA® certified.
Crye Precision
Licensed printer of original MultiCam® since 2020, including Arid and Tropic.
Sapphire Europe BV
Brussels entity contracting and invoicing European defence programmes.
Daletec. Norwegian FR since 1879.
Seven decades of flame-resistant fabric. Made at Sapphire since 2010. Sales, R&D and lab in Dale, Norway.Audited to global standards
Quality and management
- ISO 9001:2015
- ISO 14001:2015
- ISO 45001:2018
- Certified by Intertek
Product and chemistry
- OEKO-TEX® Standard 100
- OEKO-TEX® STeP
- ZDHC Supplier to Zero
- GRS · GOTS · BCI
Social and environmental
- amfori BSCI · WRAP · Sedex · C-TPAT
- Higg FEM · Higg FSLM
- Science Based Targets · UN Global Compact
Daletec FR certified to
EN ISO 11612 · EN ISO 11611 · IEC 61482 · EN 1149 · EN 13034 · EN ISO 20471 · ISO 14116 · NFPA 2112 · NFPA 70E · OEKO-TEX® Standard 100
Developed and tested to
MIL-DTL-44436 · MIL-DTL-32439 · US MilSpec Type III Class 1–3 · German TL 8305 · NATO STANAG 4370 · REACH
Traceability
Every lot traced on SAP S/4HANA from greige booking to packed roll, with lab results attached to the batch.
Manufacturing in Pakistan. Entities in Europe and the USA.
Sapphire Finishing Mills Ltd
Mill: 3.5 km Raiwind Manga Road, Raiwind, Lahore
Office: Tricon Corporate Centre, 73-E Main Jail Road, Gulberg 2, Lahore, Pakistan
Sapphire Europe BV
Avenue du Roi 107
1190 Forest, Brussels, Belgium
Daletec AS
Fabrikkveien 1, Postboks 53
5721 Dalekvam, Norway
Sapphire USA Inc
250 W. 39th St, Suite 306
New York, NY 10018, USA
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