This Is Where Yoga Mats Are Made

Hi everyone! When I travel in China sourcing products for my company I never really know what to expect. Today I went to visit a factory looking for EVA toys, the factory turned out to be much bigger than I thought and their main products wasn't toys but yoga mats :) Let me show you the process of how the yoga mat is made !
So first the material is processed and extracted as a very thin sheet. It is very compact and hard at this point.

It is then put into a expanding machine where hot air enters to expand the material, and the original material multiply several times in thickness when air combines with the material.

Here you can see how thick the material gets after it has expanded.

Here are some stacked sheets which are ready to be transported to the next station.

In the next station these sheet pieces are merged together so that it becomes a long sheet that can be rolled up.

Here you can see how big the rolls get.

Now it's time to make the sheet thinner.
A cutting machine is used for this and can be adjusted to make the exact thickness of the sheet.

Now the thinner sheet is rolled up.

When I checked the storage center on the same floor I saw they had the material stacked with the same colors as the Swedish flag, so I naturally asked for a photo.
In the next step these thin layers are combined and glued together.

The edges are then cut.

And now as you can see you have a finished yoga mat !

Here is a finished carton, perhaps it is heading your way ?

I love seeing the way thing are made, it's really cool to understand the process behind products you can buy in real life don't you think ? Here are also some other products which they made !
They make yoga bricks, I have no clue what they are used for ?

The texture of the way they stacked them was cool though.

Another huge selling product which they made is the sole you find in your shoe!

water boyaance products obviously is another big use for this material.

Do you need a boomerang ? They make it as well !

Perhaps you need a new tire to your RC Car, no problem .

Now to the product I actually was sourcing in the first place.


They also made chairs with this material for kinder garden use.

They were very proud of this chair because it cold hold up to 80 kilos !
They asked if I wanted to try, I decided not to, perhaps after my next diet session I will.
Alright, so now you know where some of the products you can see in real life are made. It is not strange it often says made in China on so many things, they truly are very hard working here and extremely efficient. That was all for this time, hope you enjoyed ! Wish you all a nice weekend !