During our beginning in the early 1990’s, I (Bill) and my precious wife, Vera, were simply dreaming that owning our own business might be a better way to provide for the needs of our then young and growing family. We named the business after our children -- Mark (MAR) and Lena (ENA) – because we really thought this career move would be a better way in which to provide for and raise them.

Our business was started in our Atlanta, Georgia home but at that time, we never dreamed of becoming manufacturers. Instead, we tried for more than a year to simply partner with an existing company and export products that were already on the North American market. For a number of important reasons, it soon became apparent that this strategy was not going to serve our potential customers well.

So, during early 1995, Vera designed and sewed our first garments in our garage using three used sewing machines we bought on our maxed out credit card. By the end of the summer Vera was ready so in October 1995, I (Bill) traveled to the next available trade show (located in Guatemala) and I sold our first products to plastic surgeons and a medical products distributor. To say the least, we were thrilled!

Since this tiny beginning, our Company has profitably grown each and every year at a double-digit rate thanks to the confidence our customers around the world have shown in us. Starting as a husband-wife operation, we are now one of the most advanced sewing factories in North America and a leading niche apparel manufacturer serving several specialties.

We are truly grateful to our customers and acknowledge that anything we have become has been because of them.  

We initially focused on exporting our products. Until 1998, 95% of our revenue was generated in markets outside the USA. Today, international shipments equal domestic USA shipments. Both domestic and international markets have continued to grow (honestly, although some better than others!) and our products are now sold in a total of 55 countries in several continents including North America, Latin and South America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific Rim.

Our roots started with designing our own medical-grade fabric rather than using the same standard fabrics shared by all other competitors around the world. We thought that patients deserved a better wearing environment than what was then available from global textile manufacturers since they wear their garments every hour of every day for weeks at a time. For this breakthrough fabric we were awarded the first of five U.S. and international patents in 1998. We have continued our developments of new innovations and technologies and, most recently in 2005, we were the first to provide an anti-microbial fabric to our customers. Today, our experts can be found around the world speaking to professional groups about our textile technology and sharing our compression garment knowledge base.

In 2001, we were recognized as the SBA Southeast Region Small Business Exporter of the Year based on the SBA’s evaluation not only of our export successes but also our overall business strategies and results.

For outstanding business performance improvements and productivity gains through the use of the Infor VISUAL Enterprise product suite, The Business Performance award, was awarded to The Marena Group in 2005.

In 2006, Apparel Magazine, the leading B2B (trade) publication for apparel manufacturers and retailers chose Marena as its Grand All Star of 2006.

Our products are sold in over 55 countries by a carefully selected network of highly-trained, professional distributors of leading medical products usually who are serving several medical specialties.

Comfortweave® textiles are manufactured to our precise specifications in several factories around the world. Our primary manufacturing location is located in the United States to ensure rapid delivery of our fabric. We cut and sew all our products in our Atlanta manufacturing facility. We have been selected by the State of Georgia for several state-of-the-art manufacturing and engineering projects and often showcase results of these projects to other manufacturing companies during plant tours. We use state-of-the-art apparel manufacturing equipment coupled with leading edge manufacturing techniques making us competitive worldwide.

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More than 4,000 different items are offered by Marena making the product line one of the most diverse in the world.

We are fast! Our state-of-the-art Order Fulfillment System ensures same day delivery to customers of any product in any quantity if ordered by 600pm (EST) including a guaranteed 800am delivery (U.S. only), if requested by the customer.

The Marena Foundation, the charitable arm of The Marena Group, has contributed to charitable causes both local and global. For example, The “Pay It Forward Fund of Lawrenceville” offers a "Hand Up" to single moms in the Lawrenceville (our hometown) community who have experienced setbacks and fallen down in our life by comprehensively rebuilding margin back into their life. We support a mission project in Barahona, Dominican Republic led by Mark Grenon. The Marena Group donates 10% of our income to The Marena Foundation. For more information, see our website notes on the foundation.

More information about The Marena Group can be found in our Corporate Information Kit. Please note that Marena is a privately held, family-owned company. We release limited financial and operational information and do not produce an annual report.