J.E. Herndon Company

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.

Founded more than 100 years ago, American & Efird, a subsidiary of the Ruddick Corporation, manufactures a wide variety of sewing threads and associated products for industrial and consumer markets worldwide. In addition, the company distributes a variety of well-known notions and trim items. A&E thread products include aramids, bobbins, cottons and cotton wrapped threads, polyester core and wrapped products, nylon threads, and a number of specialty-engineered yarns. The company s notion and trim products include buttons, Dennison Swiftach systems, elastics, hangers, hook and loop fastening tapes, hug-snug seam binding, jet clips, pins, poly bags, shoulder-hand and twill tapes, tags and labels and a full line of YKK brand zippers. American & Efird is headquartered in Gastonia, N.C.