Qingdao Hopeful Knitwears Co., Ltd. was built in 2004 and is a wholly owned factory of Hiking. The factory has on-site weaving, dyeing, printing and cutting/sewing facilities with over 200 workers. The factory’s annual outputs are 360tons for weaving, 2400tons for finished fabrics, 2.4million pieces for printing and 3.6million pieces for garments.

The factory is currently servicing leading kidswear brands in Japan, Nishimastuya, Ito Yokado and Cecile. Nishimastuya is a leading apparel retailer in Japan for newborn, kids and maternity women. Ito Yokado and Cecile are two leading retailers in catalogue sales and ecommerce. Main products include onesies for newborn and toddler, underwear for infant and kids, maternity wear. All fabrics are made of cotton and t/c jersey. Organic cotton product line was launched in 2013 for Nishimastuya and started shipping since then.