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Barnhardt Manufacturing Company, established in 1900, is one of the leading suppliers of bleached cotton fiber for absorbent personal, medical, health, and beauty care products throughout the world. The company s division, North Carolina Foam Industries offers a complete line of flexible foams for furniture seating, transportation seating, bedding, carpet underlay and packaging. It also make polyurethane foam chemical systems for foam-in-place insulation, roofing, marine floatation, packaging and specialty molding. Its subsidiary, Richmond Dental manufactures single-use dental products and dispensers. The company s Carolina Absorbent Cotton division supplies coil for pharmaceutical and vitamin packaging. Its subsidiary, Intrinsics offers cotton coil, cotton balls, earloop facemasks, medical-grade gauze pads and rolls. Barnhardt Manufacturing Company is located in Charlotte, N.C.

Defeet International, founded in 1992, manufactures socks for biking, running, hiking and snow activities. It offers the Aireator, SpeeDe, Levitator, Blaze, ArmSkins, Kneeker and Un-D-Lite models of socks and is located in Hildebran, N.C. The company also provides calfskins, boxer briefs, gloves, shoe covers and technical shirts. Defeet International maintains a custom shop that helps in the application of different logos and colors to existing products. Its DuraGloves are used for cyclocross and winter training. The company manufactures Un-D-Shurt tanks with acrylic fiber. Defeet International sells its products through a network of international distributors and retailers.