Hickory Throwing Co

For more than 50 years, Patrick Yarn Mill Inc. has been providing industrial yarns. Located in Kings Mountain, N.C., the company provides upholstery, wall panel fabrics, engineered yarns, bandages, nylon yarns, filtration, mops, blankets, carpeting, fleece yarns, apparel, sewing threads and glove yarns. Its green and recycled products include bamboo yarns, milk protein fibers and flax yarns. Patrick Yarn Mill Inc. has partnerships with the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) and Odell Corp. It caters to commercial, retail, health care and filtration industries.

Parkdale Mills is one of the world s largest independent producers of cotton and cotton-blend yarns. Since 1916, the company has used a consistent focus on the latest technologies and how these technologies can improve the company s product, which have made it a leader in the industry. Parkdale Mills has a plant in Hillsville, Va., and it manufactures ring-spun yarn, cotton, cotton/polyester-blend yarns and 100-percent polyester yarns. Parkdale Mills is the only company to use open-end, ring-spun, air jet and vortex spinning systems in the production environment. Parkdale Mills is headquartered in Gastonia, N.C., and maintains more than 25 plants throughout North Carolina, including Lexington, N.C.

Established in 1939, Pharr Yarns is a manufacturer of spun and filament yarns. The company manages offices throughout the United States and Europe. It serves clients in North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina and California. A privately owned company, Pharr Yarns offers shipping services. The company packages yarns on tubes, cones and pirns. It produces yarns in bulk continuous filament, short-staple, modified worsted, air jet and ring. The company maintains more than five yarn plants. It serves tufted, woven carpet and rug manufacturers. In addition, the company provides natural and stocked dyed yarns. Pharr Yarns offers worsted, core and wrap spinning services.