Gabritex – Confecções Têxteis, Lda (NIF 501992375) is a circular-knit garment maker in Vilaça, Braga, and one of the garment units of the northern Portuguese textile group alec.group. Swedish denim brand Nudie Jeans has used Gabritex as its main jersey supplier since 2005; it made about 7% of Nudie’s 2025 production volume and coordinates a network of Portuguese subcontractors for the brand.
Racius lists Gabritex – Confecções Têxteis, Lda (NIF 501992375) as a private limited company in Vilaça, Braga, with share capital of €800,000. Its main activity code is series outerwear manufacture and its secondary code is other clothing articles. Gabritex is one of three full-service garment makers in alec.group, a vertical textile group in Braga and Barcelos that has operated since 1981. The other two are ALEC Garments and GBTX, and the group also includes seamless unit JWay, fabric developer ALEC Fabrics and dyeing house IRIS. According to the group, Gabritex specialises in circular-knit streetwear and sportswear for adults, from basics and first layers to athleisure and technical sportswear, with a team of more than 90 people.
Nudie Jeans’ published 2025 supplier list names Gabritex as its main jersey stitching factory since 2005. It made about 7% of the Swedish brand’s 2025 production volume and employed 98 workers (88 women, 10 men). Nudie staff have visited the factory, and its latest Nudie-initiated audit was in 2019. Gabritex is also the main supplier for a Portuguese network that Nudie lists under it: Famadex (stitching), Inovastamp (printing), Quinta & Santos (laundry), Bordados Anjos (embroidery), Cabrylinhas and Linconfe (thread), and the knitters and dyers Avelana, Berfertex, J.O.A.P.S. and ATB – Acabamentos Têxteis de Barcelos.
A relationship of more than 20 years with a Gothenburg denim brand known for its transparency makes Gabritex one of the longest-documented Portuguese–Swedish supply links in apparel. Nudie’s jersey orders reach about a dozen Minho textile firms through Gabritex, so one Nordic customer supports a whole local subcontracting chain around Braga and Barcelos.
Sources: Nudie Jeans supplier list (2025 data, xlsx); Racius and nif.pt (NIF 501992375); alec.group / Gabritex website. Fetched 9 November 2026.
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