Service Thread

Service Thread Manufacturing Company has been manufacturing engineered multifilament twisted yarns and plied-spun sewing threads from a variety of fiber types, including polyester, polypropylene, nylon, kevlar and other synthetic blends since 1950. It offers hose yarn reinforcement solutions and industrial spun yarns for high-speed sewing applications. The company specializes in commission converting, twisting and winding of industrial threads and yarns. Service Thread Manufacturing Company provides products from FusionST, TacST, ST Sew-rite, STSewBond and STWaxTack. The company additionally offers ShieldST industrial yarns for wire and cable applications. It is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company. Headquartered in Columbia, S.C., the company maintains a location in Laurinburg, N.C.

Unifi manufactures textiles, including polyester and nylon yarn. The company is one of the largest producers of textured yarn in the United States. In addition to texturing yarns, Unifi imports and distributes cotton and polyester/cotton spun yarns for the sweater and other apparel markets. The company sells yarns and fabrics for the automotive fabric, industrial, lining, ribbon, rope-and-cordage, shoelace, tarp, wall covering thread and other markets throughout the world. Headquartered in Dillon, S.C., Unifi is a privately owned company that employs nearly 400 people.

Founded in 1985 by Alan Gutschmit, Alandale Knitting provides knitting, dyeing and finishing services. Its customers include industries such as filtration and manufacturing. The company also manufactures a line of creels and lint control systems as well as vacumn systems and isolator controls. Alandale stocks a complete inventory of machine parts as well as air-jet weaving machines, controllers, boarding machines and projectile weaving machines. Its suppliers include Stator-Rieter, Binsfeld Engineering, Newton, Mac Sales, Merrow Machine Company, TMC Automation, Sulzer Textile, Process Control Corporation and Gaston County Dyeing Machine Company. Alandale Knitting Mills is headquartered in Troy, N.C.