Activewear manufacturer in China. Not a broker.
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Ohzehn Textiles manufactures activewear, intimates, swim and basics from its own mill in Fuzhou, Fujian, with no broker in the middle. In activewear: sports bras (low, medium and high support, wire-free and molded cup), leggings (full length, 7/8, capri and seamless), bike shorts and gym shorts, tanks and performance tees, compression tops and tights, joggers, and kids’ activewear sets and team kits. Every construction runs on jersey, interlock, mesh, powernet or seamless knits. Every batch is tested for BPA, PFAS, phthalates, heavy metals, formaldehyde and azo dyes. Samples are quoted against your style on the first call.
Ohzehn Textiles is an activewear manufacturer running its own mill in Fuzhou, China, with an on-site testing lab.
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Every founder who has emailed a factory on Alibaba knows the shape of the problem. Twenty replies come back inside a day. All twenty quote you a similar price. Some are the real factory. Most are a trading company that gets the exact same email from you and everyone else, sends it to a WeChat group of factory friends, and then quotes you the lowest number with a 15 to 25 percent markup baked in.
Send us your tech pack.
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Email hello@ohzehn.com with your tech pack, target quantity, and target ship date. If you do not have a tech pack yet, grab our free tech-pack template below.
What separates a real China activewear factory from a broker
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A trading company can fake almost everything on the internet. Photos of a factory floor. A landing page in perfect English. A responsive rep on WeChat at 2am. A quote sheet in USD. What they cannot fake is the machine list, the wastewater discharge license, the audit history that a Western retailer requires before onboarding a mill, and a live video walk of a knitting hall on a Tuesday afternoon. These are the five checks that separate a real factory from a resell layer.
- Machine list. Ask for the number and brand of knitting machines, cutting tables, sewing lines, and lab dips per week. A broker will send you a generic Excel that reads like a menu.
- Wastewater discharge license. Every real dyehouse in China holds a discharge permit issued by the provincial environmental bureau. Ask for the license number and the annual water treatment. A broker cannot produce this because a broker does not have a dyehouse.
- Audit chain. Ask for the audit report cover page with the auditor name and the report ID. A broker cannot produce a real Sedex report because Sedex reports are tied to a physical site.
- Live video walk. Before you pay a sample invoice, ask for a 5-minute live WeChat or Zoom walk of the floor. Not a recorded video. Live. If the timezone works, do it at 2pm Fujian time so you see the floor running. A broker will make three excuses in a row. A factory will schedule it for tomorrow.
- Live knitting-hall walk on a Tuesday afternoon. Ask for a live WeChat video walk of the knitting hall on a Tuesday afternoon. Trading companies cannot fake this in real time.
What MOQs actually look like
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MOQ conversations get theatrical fast, because most factories quote MOQ at the garment level to sound tight, then tell you six weeks in that they need 4x more fabric than the garment MOQ implies. The honest constraint is the fabric MOQ, because that is where the mill loses money on a short run.
For the deeper MOQ math on intimates specifically, read the MOQ trap post. Same principle. Different category.
Categories we run
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Ohzehn Textiles manufactures activewear, intimates, swim and basics. In activewear: sports bras (low, medium and high support, wire-free and molded cup), leggings (full length, 7/8, capri, high-rise and seamless), bike shorts and gym shorts, tanks and performance tees, compression tops and tights, joggers and layering pieces, and kids’ activewear sets and team kits. If you are exploring adjacent categories, see the plastic-free sports bra guide, the PFAS-free leggings breakdown, and the natural-fiber activewear brand roundup.
Sports bras and compression tops
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Sports bras and compression tops run wire-free by default, with molded cup capability for light and medium-support styles. Light, medium, and high-support levels are all in scope.
The landed-cost math brokers hide
The FOB number is the smallest number in the chain. A pair of leggings quoted at $6 FOB Fuzhou is not $6 landed at your Long Beach 3PL. Add the current Section 301 duty on the correct HTS code, ocean freight amortized per unit, drayage, US customs clearance, and last-mile pick and pack. The real landed number is often 40 to 90 percent higher than the FOB.
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We publish the full math on the landed-cost calculator. Use it before you commit to a quote from anyone, not just us.
Plastic-free is a spec, not a slogan
The compliance floor is moving. California hits a 50 ppm PFAS threshold on January 1, 2027, the EU microplastics rules are staged through 2029, and the UK is close behind. If your brand claims sustainable, eco, or clean, the fabric under the claim now has to be inspectable.
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If you want to route a program through OHZEHN-TEX™, the pillar is the OHZEHN-TEX bio-based performance fabric hub, with the activewear-specific build at bio-based nylon for activewear. The plastic-free private label program ties the two sites together so a retail buyer can commission a full plastic-free program without sourcing the mill and the fabric separately.
Who is behind the operation
JJ Chen, co-founder and Chief Operations Officer.
Kelvin Liu, co-founder. Email: hello@ohzehn.com.
Dougie Taylor, co-founder.
What to do next
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If you have a tech pack, send it to hello@ohzehn.com. If you do not have a tech pack yet, book a 20-minute call and we will walk through what your program needs before you invest in one.
Frequently asked questions
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What is the MOQ for activewear manufacturing in China through Ohzehn Textiles?
Garment MOQ per style depends on the fabric build, but the fabric floor is what constrains most first runs.
How do I know a China activewear manufacturer is a real factory, not a broker?
Request a live video walk of the floor before the sample invoice. Brokers can fake photos. They cannot fake a live walk of a knitting hall they do not own.
How much does an activewear sample cost from Ohzehn Textiles?
Samples are quoted against your style on the first call. For OHZEHN-TEX, email us and we will quote a sample run against your style.
Where is Ohzehn Textiles located?
Ohzehn Textiles operates its own mill in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China.
Can Ohzehn Textiles handle US import duty and freight?
Yes. You get one landed-cost number rather than four invoices. Use our landed-cost calculator to sanity-check the math before you commit.
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Do you make leggings and sports bras?
Yes. We make leggings, sports bras, tops, shorts and compression pieces for brands on jersey, interlock, mesh, powernet and seamless knits, with flatlock, bonded or coverstitch seams. Send a tech pack or a reference garment and we quote it against your style on a call.
What is the MOQ for activewear?
Quoted against your style on a call. Fabric minimums and cut-and-sew minimums are different things: the fabric minimum comes from the knitting and dye run, and the sewing side carries its own minimum per style and colour. A brand can clear one and miss the other, so we tell you which one binds your order before you plan a range around it.
Is your activewear chemistry PFAS-free?
Yes. PFAS-free chemistry, no fluorinated DWR. PFAS is also on the panel every batch is tested for, alongside BPA, phthalates, heavy metals, formaldehyde and azo dyes, in an on-site lab the group part-owns.
My activewear reorder came back different. Can you tell me why?
Yes. Send us the garment that came back wrong. We will read it in our lab and tell you why, before you owe us anything. Free, either way. Keep the approved sample if you still have it, because the difference between the two usually points at where the drift started.
Ready to send a tech pack?
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Email Kelvin directly. Real factory pricing with FOB, duty, freight, and last-mile rolled into one landed-cost line.