Forty-six Years of fully fashioned knitwear, made by one family.

Knitwear, engineered in Portugal.

A KNITTING MANUFACTURER PRODUCING GARMENTS FOR PRIVATE-LABEL BRANDS.

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01 - Heritage A Family Company

A FAMILY COMPANY IN AMARANTE

Our story began in 1980 with embroidery. Over the years, the company expanded into nationwide wholesale knitwear, eventually growing into the private-label production we focus on today. Ana and António named the brand using the initials of their three children: Marlene, Jorge, and Cristina. While our business has evolved over more than four decades, the essence of what that name represents remains untouched.

Founders Ana Machado &
António Cardoso · 1980

The Name Marlene · Jorge
Cristina - Mar·Jo·Cri

First Trade Hand-crafted embroidery

Interlude - On the Floor

Nine flat-knit machines.

9 ×
Flat-bed
FLOOR · AMARANTE - PT
02 - Process Four Stages, One Floor

FULLY INTEGRATED. DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND FINISHING UNDER A SINGLE ROOF.

Your design,
our calibration.

From prototype development to final order production. We work alongside your brand to deliver a tailored, strictly controlled, and fully traceable response.

Stage 01 - Design & Development

Pattern, swatch, conversation.

Translating a brief into flat-knit reality. Construction studies, yarn trials, and tension tests. This is the deliberately meticulous phase, where we test everything to guarantee flawless production.

Stage 02 - Knitting

Fully fashioned. No waste.

Nine flat-bed machines, gauges 5, 7, 12 and 14. Engineered jacquards, intarsia, links-links, shaped panels.

Stage 03 - Confection

Linked & finished by hand.

Linking, washing, pressing, hand-finish.

Stage 04 - Delivery

Guided at every step.

Transparent timelines, traceable lots, predictable arrival.

A Note On Confidentiality

Every development we undertake is exclusive to its brand. Patterns, samples, partnerships - we do not share names, designs or details, past or present, without written consent.

03 - Capacity
Years of Experience
46YR

One discipline, refined since 1980.

Knit Machines
9×

Flat-bed machines. Gauges 5, 7, 12 and 14 - fine merino to chunky lambswool.

Annual Volume
120K

Pieces per year.

Export Share
62%

DE · NL · ES · FIN. Europe demands flawless, quiet quality. We deliver.

Interlude - The Trade

Where industry
still has a human face.

PL/01 · Confection
PL/02 · Knit floor
04 - Credentials
01 RWS Responsible Wool Standard
02 Oeko-Tex 100 Standard 100, Class I
03 GRS Global Recycled Standard
04 FSC Forest Stewardship Council
Practice 01 Water
management.
Practice 02 Waste &
traceability.
Practice 03 Chemical
discipline.
Practice 04 CO₂ accounting
per lot.
Material 01 Recycled and
regenerated yarns.
Material 02 Organic fibre &
bio-based polymers.
05 - Press

COVERAGE FROM THE PORTUGUESE TRADE PRESS.

PL/03 · Cones, gauge 7
PL/04 · Hand finish
Photography in-house · 2025 Amarante · 41.3118° N · 8.1497° W

Get in touch.

Our Facilities

Via Nacional 15, n.º 111
Edifício Portas de Santiago, Cave 2
4615-184 Amarante, Portugal

General

+351 916 412 843
geral@marjocri.pt
Mon–Fri · 09:00 → 18:30 WET