C.C. Creations strengthens partnership with Japan-based embroidery machinery manufacturer

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – Executives from a Japanese-based manufacturer of embroidery machinery were in Bryan Friday paying a visit to one of their largest partners, C.C. Creations.

Since 1944, Tajima has been a global leader in manufacturing embroidery machinery, and C.C. Creations is the largest facility in the world utilizing its AI-equipped embroidery machines.

The C.C. Creations Legacy Campus uses 22 of them, and Tajima executives were able to see their technology in action.

Officials from the City of Bryan joined the executives as part of an ongoing effort to establish strategic global partnerships in the Brazos Valley.

“When I heard Tajima is going to visit our facility, I immediately reached out to Bobby Gutierrez, the mayor of Bryan. I said, ‘I know you have a lot of similar initiatives,’” C.C. Creations CEO Kenny Lawson said.

Their partnership with Tajima spans several decades and continues to grow as leaders focus on strengthening international relationships.

“Further diversify the community, the working community, brings better jobs, brings good diversity of jobs and quality of life,” Bryan mayor Bobby Gutierrez said.

According to Hirsch Solutions senior sales manager Jeff Prikasky, both companies have risen to the top of their respective areas of focus within the industry.

“It’s Japan and the United States coming together to create great decorated apparel for the people of Bryan, and all over the country,” he said.

Hirsch Solutions is a distributor of Tajima’s machinery.

Lawson said their investment into state-of-the-art apparel technology has allowed them to produce at a higher volume, and hire more workers.

It’s their way of providing for the community they got their start in.

“We have almost 600 employees. So the responsibility of being a good steward of not only Bryan-College Station but also 600 families that we’re responsible for, we want to be an active part of this community,” Lawson said.

C.C. Creations has partnerships with major apparel brands like Nike and Lululemon and credits their machinery for making those partnerships happen.