Yarn manufacturer since 1998 Self‑managed company Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
A yarn company,
a deeply human model
A Quebec yarn manufacturer founded in 1998, skilled in ring spinning and open-end spinning for custom technical yarns.
Régitex is a spinning mill in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Quebec, in operation since 1998. A team of 65 people makes custom technical yarn there for weaving and knitting companies, mostly in the United States.
The company is now in its third generation. It was founded in 1998 by Lisa Fecteau and her brother Sylvain Fecteau, as equal co-owners, with the support of their father, Réginald Fecteau. Kathrine Mathieu has been its president since May 2022. At Régitex, there is no executive committee and there are no hierarchical titles: decisions are made by the people who do the work.
What we do
Régitex makes yarn to order: every order starts from your specification.
We work with natural, artificial and synthetic fibres, some of them recycled, as single yarn or plied yarn with 2 to 4 plies. Colour can be built into the fibre rather than applied afterward. Your quote goes out within 24 business hours and orders start at 2,000 lb.
Service does not stop at shipping. Our teams advise you on your machine settings, and an analysis service is available.
Mission and vision
About
The Régitex experience
A partnership of trust at the heart of the technical textile industry.
More than yarn, we offer you lasting performance for your peace of mind.
Vision
Seeing further together
To inspire and enrich humanity through the sustainable transformation of the world of technical yarn.
Purpose
To inspire and enrich humanity through the sustainable transformation of the world of technical yarn.
Our vision
Three insects, three pillars
Our vision has three insects. Kathrine Mathieu gave them meaning: production, business development and company culture, each carried by a symbol chosen with care.
Production
The bee
A universal symbol of work, rigour and collaboration. Our thanks to the whole team, our true worker bees.
Business development
The dragonfly
Messenger of lightness and precision, it stands for expertise where technology and the human hand meet.
Company culture
The butterfly
It stands for metamorphosis. We place our vision under its wings: free, evolving and deeply alive.
A company with no hierarchy, led by a president
A company with no hierarchy can have a president, and Régitex has one.
What was abolished at Régitex is the daily chain of command: the executive committee and the titles have disappeared, and human resources has become a supporting role. Ownership of the company and its public representation, however, still exist. Kathrine Mathieu has been president of the company since May 2022.
The Ordre des conseillers en ressources humaines agréés (the professional order of chartered human resources advisors in Quebec) documented this way of working in its Revue RH as early as 2017.
Our roots in textiles
How long have you been in textiles?
Régitex has existed since 1998, but the family history behind the company goes back more than 40 years in textiles. The main milestones are told on the Our story page.
Has Régitex ever produced outside Quebec?
Yes. In 2010, Régitex took over the Brodnax Mills spinning mill, in Virginia. In 2016, production was centralized in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce and the Virginia plant closed. Our spinning processes are described on the Expertise page.
What are the office hours?
The office is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Thursday, and from 8 a.m. to noon on Friday. Our full contact details are on the Contact us page.
Can we visit the mill?
We regularly invite our customers to see the mill in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce.
Who runs Régitex?
Kathrine Mathieu has been president and owner since May 1, 2022. Lisa Fecteau, co-founder, put the non-hierarchical management model in place. Day-to-day decisions are made by the teams doing the work.
Illustration: a mill and an open book
Going further
Our story begins in 1998, with a family-founded spinning mill. Now in its third generation, it supplies yarn for protective textiles, industrial use and furnishings. The milestones and the recognition received along the way are here.
Collaborative management deserves its own page: who decides what, what the model changes for you as a customer, and what it takes for the company to sustain it. We also say what this model costs to maintain.
Does our model speak to you? Let’s see if it holds up in your orders too.
The plant is at 745 avenue Guy-Poulin, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce. Write to us.