Kem-Wove Inc

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.

Hamrick operates more than 20 retail stores in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee. The company provides a wide range of vendor fashions and accessories for the entire family, including signature, misses, petite, women, young attitude, men, home and gifts, children, shoes and accessories. Its collection of misses clothing include dresses, jumpers and trench coats, as well as sleepwear. The company also offers accessories, such as purses, handbags, hats, earrings and pins and watches. Hamrick s product brands include Lee, Sag Harbor, Levi's, Keds and Carolyn Taylor. Hamrick has a location in Gaffney, S.C.

Founded in 1986, American Fiber & Finishing is one of the industry's leading manufacturers of light- to medium-weight woven industrial fabrics. The company is also one of the largest manufacturers of lightweight gauze in the United States. The company targets the aerospace, automotive, bookbinding, filtration, health care, beauty, consumer, industrial, medical, pharmaceutical, wall covering, textiles and apparel markets for its products. The company s propriety products include Rymplecloth, Super Cloth, Purewipe and Aerotex. In addition, the company provides a variety of finished products, including crinoline, bleached gauze, cheesecloth, cotton balls, synthetic fiber balls, pharmaceutical coils, header rolls, cosmetic puffs and pads, and gauze and cloth diapers. American Fiber & Finishing has manufacturing facilities in Albemarle, N.C., and Newberry, S.C.