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Barker Air & Hydraulics, Inc has been in business for over 56 years. john V.N. Barker formed the company in Charlotte, NC. in 1949. The business was created to supply the textile industry with products for counting and motion control. Soon after, it became evident that fluid power components were clearly the tools for tomorrow. Today our home office is located in Greenville, SC. The second generation of the family is included in the family-owned business. Three children, Drew Barker, Jeff Barker and Dona Sims are involved with the management of the company.Throughout the years we Barker Air & Hydraulics, Inc have maintained a strong working relationship with our many manufacturers enabling us the continuity to supply top quality components to our loyal customer base. Our extensive sales force is strategically located throughout the Carolinas. Each outside salesman is partnered with one of our inside salesman, located at the home office in Greenville, SC. This dedicated teamwork assures our customers the best possible engineering and technical support. Placing orders or receiving pricing and delivery information has never been easier.Barker Products is our Manufacturing and value-added partner. Barker Products designs and manufactures a wide range of hydraulic power units as well as hydraulic and pneumatic control panels. They are one of the leading U.S. manufacturers of hydraulic lift units used by the waste industry in residential, commercial and in-plant applications.Barker Air & Hydraulics, Inc has made the commitment to provide its customers with the finest source of support and products for fluid power components and systems.

Frankl & Thomas is a leading supplier of high quality, innovative product solutions and systems for the textile industry. Its Greenville, SC Headquarters and Warehouse are conveniently located at the Thomas Centre, at the juncture of I-85 and I-385. In business since 1946, our heritage is more than 60 years old. Our philosophy of business is unconditional commitment to customer satisfaction. We strive to provide our valued customers with product solutions offering unsurpassed quality and exceptional value. We seek to forge long lasting partnerships with our customers, suppliers, and employees.

Lang Ligon & Co, Inc. supplies the textile industry with machinery and accessories for the weaving, knitting and finishing sectors. Located in Greenville, SC. the company was started in 1962 by Lang S. Ligon, Jr. to supply machinery, spare parts and service to the U.S. textile industry. In 1967, a cooperation was begun with Sarfati and Vischiani of Busto Arsizio, Italy as exclusive USA and Canadian agents for this premier producer of filling feeders for shuttleless weaving machines. Since that time, more than 400 mills purchased this line of feeders. In March, 1998 Sarfati and Vischiani and its sister Swiss company Tecnomatex were purchased by the IRO AB Group. In early 2000, Lang Ligon & Co, Inc. began a new cooperation with LGL Electronics of Gandino, Italy, suppliers of world-class filling feeders for rapier, projectile and jet weaving machines and circular, flat and hosiery knitting machines. The same staff and facilities that were employed for Savitec had been retained for the representation of LGL Electronics to serve both the USA and Canadian markets. In the mid-1980's, Ergotron of Marano Ticino, Italy was added to compliment the filling feeder line to broaden our ability to enhance fabric quality and reduce maintenance costs in the weave room. This pioneer of electronic letoffs provides letoffs for new looms and through Lang Ligon & Co, Inc. offers the same letoff for existing looms as retrofit upgrades. Today Ergotron produces retrofit electronic letoffs, take-ups ( on -loom and off-loom ) and main drives for weaving machines. Lang Ligon & Co, Inc. also provides complete training, spare parts, repair and audit services for the LGL, Ferman, Ergotron and Testa equipment lines. In both sales and service, Lang Ligon & Co, Inc. strives to practice the Golden Rule as a valid business paradigm. This has helped gain and maintain their reputation as "A trusted name in textiles".