Where are Pacific Headwear caps made?
China historically and Bangladesh currently, with Vietnam as a trial lane — per customs records. The American part of the story was decoration: two US facilities whose documented job titles were embroidery operators, trimmers and patch appliers. Both closed by mid-2026.
The facts
Pacific Headwear (founded in Coburg, Oregon) ran its own captive China sourcing arm in Dongguan — an unusually direct structure for a cap brand. After its 2019 acquisition by Augusta Sportswear, the record shifts heavily to the Bangladesh cap cluster: a 600,000-dozen-a-year BGMEA-registered factory in the Dhaka EPZ, and the same Ashulia and Savar facilities where Flexfit LLC is the largest US customer. The fitted-stretch ecosystem you are buying into is substantially shared across brands.
Blanks arrived from Dongguan and Savar; the American value-add was thread. This page is the case study behind Tier 3 of the three-tier explainer on our Cap America page.
Sources: US import filings · WARN filings, 2025 and 2026 · BGMEA factory registry. Customs findings are attributed as customs findings, not brand statements.
What it means for you
If the “American” cap you have been buying was Bangladesh-made and Oregon-embroidered, you can buy the Bangladesh cap direct and decorate wherever serves you — in our factories, with eight methods in-house, or at your own decorator.
Typical blanks $6–$13 — above commodity tiers, below Richardson's premium styles.
The US chapter, precisely
South Boston, Virginia closed in August 2025 (48 jobs, a customisation-focused facility). Coburg, Oregon closed in July 2026 (up to 83 jobs; the WARN filing lists embroidery operators, trimming and inspection workers, and patch-application staff). Work moved to a North Carolina centre described in every primary source as decorating, kitting and servicing — not cut-and-sew.
Our headwear numbers,
in a PDF you can forward.
Capabilities, capacities, compliance, MOQs. Plus our biweekly sourcing letter.
Pacific Headwear is a trademark of its owner. Headwind Group is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a supplier to Pacific Headwear. Origin information is compiled from public records — customs filings, trade-body registries, and the companies' own published statements — each cited where used. Sourcing changes; facts on this page were last verified August 2026.
Origin facts verified August 2026 · re-verified quarterly