Work shirts & polos
Button-front work shirts and work polos in cotton, poly-cotton and performance polyester. Your logo and each employee's name go on in our own factory, inside the same order, with the method set for your fabric and the way the shirts will be washed.
01By team
Work shirts and polos are what a team wears every working day, so they are usually the first and largest line in a uniform program. Each team below ends up with its own build.
Technicians in a poly-cotton button-front shirt with logo and embroidered name; advisors in a performance polo in the same colour family. Logo set for industrial laundry; cartons packed per shop.
HVAC, utilities, telecom and appliance technicians who enter customers' homes: company logo on the chest, employee name above the pocket and a sleeve logo or flag.
Core styles under your own neck and care labels, each customer's logo added per order.
Hi-vis and FR shirts are built to the named standard on their own builds; everything else on this page covers everyday work shirts and polos. Compare the builds
Maintenance, cleaning and building engineers in poly-cotton shirts or wicking polos, with a large back print readable across a lobby or car park.
Performance polos or poplin shirts, small chest logo, men's and women's cuts in one colour.
02Styles
Six bodies, each in any Pantone colour.
Twill or poplin, one or two chest pockets, pen slot option. The core style for technicians and maintenance staff.
Same body with buttoned cuffs, for cooler sites and crews who need covered arms.
Snaps instead of buttons; the usual pick for mechanic and shop teams.
Performance or poly-cotton piqué, two- or three-button placket, optional chest pocket.
The same polo body with ribbed cuffs.
Shaped side seams, shorter sleeve and adjusted collar on every core style; longer body and sleeve in tall sizes.
03Choosing
These five set the shirt you get, and they are the first items confirmed on every inquiry.
Set last: by the four choices around it and by one question, home washing or industrial laundry.
See the six-way matrix04Logo method
The same logo on the same shirt can hold for years under home washing and wear out in months at an industrial laundry: hotter water, stronger chemistry, harder tumble drying. The first reply asks how your shirts are washed.
Why the underbase: heated polyester in the blend releases dye into a light ink, so a white logo on a navy shirt turns pink over time.
Why: the fabric is light and stretches, so a dense embroidery pulls and puckers around the logo.
Preference already set? Your brand guide wins; the set-up changes that make it hold are listed on your logo confirmation.
Tell Us How Your Shirts Are Washed05Specifications
| Item | Range |
|---|---|
| Fabric | |
| Cotton | 100% cotton or , 150–200 |
| Poly-cotton | 65/35 poly-cotton, 150–180 gsm |
| Performance polo | 100% polyester performance , 160–200 gsm, moisture-wicking |
| Your fabric | Composition, weight or mill quality you specify, sourced and lab-dipped to match; OEKO-TEX Standard 100 fabrics available |
| Size & colour | |
| Sizes | XS–5XL, men's and women's cuts, tall sizes on core styles |
| Colours | Any colour lab-dipped to your Pantone |
| Finish, decoration & labels | |
| Finish | Stain-release / soil-release on poly-cotton and polyester, on request |
| Logo methods | Embroidery, screen print, heat transfer; positions and maximum sizes in Logo positions |
| Labels | Private-label woven neck labels and care labels on request |
| Packing | |
| Packing | Folded, individual polybag, size sticker; cartons by size or by person |
Every logo is set for the way the shirt will be washed: at home, or by an industrial laundry.
06Set-up
Each logo is set up for your shirt before any sample is sewn, and the record stays with your program for every re-order and new starter.
Aa · under 5 mmFlagged on your confirmation: enlarge it, or move that part of the logo to heat transfer.
Aa · 5 mm / 0.2 in +Minimum embroidered lettering height; stitches stay clean.
07Placement
On shirts with a chest pocket or a placket near the logo zone, the logo is stitched on the cut front panel before the shirt is sewn. It sits flat and clear of the pocket edge, and the hoop never clamps through a finished pocket.
A logo on an XS and on a 5XL sits in the same visual place on the chest. Line QC checks it at first piece and during the run.
Maximum embroidery width; on or above the pocket, your choice.
Left or right; a secondary logo, flag or certification mark.
Screen print; a company name readable across a site or car park.
08Wash testing
Runs inside the bulk window: no added days.
Settings are adjusted first (backing, density, ink cure, press temperature, dwell, pressure) and retested. If it still fails, the method changes, say fine text from embroidery to heat transfer, and you hear the proposal first.
Nothing goes to bulk on a logo that has not passed.
Before and after wash photos of each tested logo, and a test record sheet listing the standard, the number of cycles, the checks made and the result. The record is kept with your approved sample, so a re-order uses the same settings.
A new shirt fabric or a new logo is tested the same way before it reaches bulk.
09Construction
Every part is fixed on the approved sample.
Post a shirt your staff already wear, logo and all, and the quote is built from the garment itself.
10Personalization
Personalized work shirts carry each employee's name, sometimes an ID number, stitched or pressed inside the same bulk order as the shirts and logo, so they arrive complete in one shipment.
New starters: send their rows in the same file format; their shirts come off the same logo set-up, font and colours.
11Supply routes
Both routes share the same in-house decoration, wash testing and inspection, and both can be packed by person.
Shipping: sea, air or express; EXW, FOB, CIF or DDP to major markets.
Ask for a Logo-on-Stock Sample12Inspection
On every sewing line, embroidery machine and heat press, checked against the approved sample the QC manager set as the reference.
The QC manager releases the order against the AQL report. Industrially laundered programs also need the passed ISO 15797 pre-production test.
You receive the final inspection report. After-delivery terms on the home page apply, and a name that differs from your signed proof counts as a defect.
13Which build
Hi-vis and FR shirts are built to the named standard on separate builds, from fabric and tape that carry the mill's test report.
| Build | Choose it when | Usual logo method | Where to look |
|---|---|---|---|
| Button-front work shirt | Technicians, maintenance and shop staff who need pockets and a durable woven fabric | Chest embroidery, embroidered name | This page |
| Work polo | Counter, front desk and staff on the move in warm conditions | Embroidery, or heat transfer on performance fabric | This page |
| Hi-vis shirt | Staff near traffic or moving vehicles who must be seen; ANSI/ISEA 107 or EN ISO 20471 visibility | Heat transfer, with segmented reflective tape | Custom safety vests & hi-vis page |
| FR shirt | Staff exposed to flash fire or arc flash; NFPA 2112, ASTM F1506 or NFPA 70E rated fabric | Methods matched to the FR fabric | FR clothing page |
| Full mechanic uniform | Auto shops putting shirts, pants and coveralls on one spec | Embroidery and names across every piece | Mechanic uniforms page |
14Re-orders
Shade is measured against your retained lab dip on the fabric before cutting; the tolerance and full colour process are on the home page.
15Program model
16Quote list
17Related
Most shirt programs grow a second line on the same colour references and logo set-ups.
ANSI/ISEA 107 or EN ISO 20471 builds for staff near traffic.
See the product range
Logo methods across every garment, beyond shirts and polos.
See decoration methods
Send your logo, your shirt style and how the shirts will be washed. The reply covers four things:
Within 1 business day.
