01.01.07
Location: Totowa, NJ
Sales: $82 Million
Description: Key Personnel
Peter Longo, chairman and COO, Scott Tesser, president and CEO; Rich Noble, CFO and treasurer; Dan Kamat, vice president, Industrial Textile Division; Shaile Dusaj, director industrial marketing and sales; Keith Martin, industrial business manager
Plant Location
Totowa, NJ; North East, MD
Processes
Needlepunch, thermal bonded, chemical bonded, heat activated adhesive coatings, specialty finishes
ISO Status
ISO 9001: 2000 (March 2001)
Major Markets
Apparel interlinings, automotive fabrics, medical, fabric softener substrates, furniture and bedding, filtration, vinyl substrates, home furnishings, wipes, hygiene, footwear, roofing and construction
Continuing its growth trend was Totowa, NJ-based Precision Custom Coatings. The company reported sales of $82 million in 2006, up from $75 million the year before, thanks to increases in sales to Asian-based apparel manufacturers.
“Our growth was 99% apparel related,” explained president and CEO Scott Tesser. “A lot of our customers have converted from knits to nonwovens to save money.”
In June 2006, PCC established a joint venture agreement with Ningbo Yigua Textile Factory, an Asian textile manufacturer, to expand its apparel interlining production capabilities, enhance its product line and augment its ability to offer localized agreements with Asian companies. While this venture has upped PCC’s manufacturing footprint in China, a good deal of this business continues to be fueled by nonwovens made at the company’s New Jersey headquarters.
And, while sales of apparel interlinings, although nearly completely migrated to Asia, have been strong for PCC, industrial applications continue to increase in importance every year. In 2006, sales in this division comprised 35% of the company’s total business compared to 17% in 2004 and 6% in 2002, thanks to new technologies and new markets for the company. Executives expect the company’s sales to eventually be split evenly between apparel and industrial applications.
Currently, the largest industrial application for PCC is automotives where the company relies on a mix of commodity and value-added products. “During the past several years, there have been more and more nonwovens and engineered fabrics used by automotive makers,” Mr. Tesser said. “These materials allow manufacturers to reduce weights and can provide acoustical functions, keeping the car quieter.”
PCC’s success in industrial markets has been bolstered by the addition of two composite lines—one added in 2005 and one currently coming onstream—that combine thermal bonded, highloft and chemical bonding capabilities to make heavyweight crosslapped substrates.
The addition of this heavyweight material will help PCC respond to growth in the bedding markets where PCC is making flame retardant materials that comply with U.S. legislation regulating the flammability of mattress materials. PCC’s fiber-inherent systems reportedly perform well at price points that are appealing to the market and sales in this segment are expected to reach as high as $10 million per year, according to executives. “The price of this product is as high as $2.50 per yard,” Mr. Tesser said. “So, it can potentially be a huge area as the market expands.”
The initial legislation covers mattress covers but industry insiders expect upcoming measures to impact top-of-the-bed applications as well as other types of upholstered furniture.
Also on PCC’s radar is the roofing and construction market, which it is targeting with a three-layer composite material that offers high strength and better anti-skid capabilities than competing materials.
Sales: $82 Million
Description: Key Personnel
Peter Longo, chairman and COO, Scott Tesser, president and CEO; Rich Noble, CFO and treasurer; Dan Kamat, vice president, Industrial Textile Division; Shaile Dusaj, director industrial marketing and sales; Keith Martin, industrial business manager
Plant Location
Totowa, NJ; North East, MD
Processes
Needlepunch, thermal bonded, chemical bonded, heat activated adhesive coatings, specialty finishes
ISO Status
ISO 9001: 2000 (March 2001)
Major Markets
Apparel interlinings, automotive fabrics, medical, fabric softener substrates, furniture and bedding, filtration, vinyl substrates, home furnishings, wipes, hygiene, footwear, roofing and construction
Continuing its growth trend was Totowa, NJ-based Precision Custom Coatings. The company reported sales of $82 million in 2006, up from $75 million the year before, thanks to increases in sales to Asian-based apparel manufacturers.
“Our growth was 99% apparel related,” explained president and CEO Scott Tesser. “A lot of our customers have converted from knits to nonwovens to save money.”
In June 2006, PCC established a joint venture agreement with Ningbo Yigua Textile Factory, an Asian textile manufacturer, to expand its apparel interlining production capabilities, enhance its product line and augment its ability to offer localized agreements with Asian companies. While this venture has upped PCC’s manufacturing footprint in China, a good deal of this business continues to be fueled by nonwovens made at the company’s New Jersey headquarters.
And, while sales of apparel interlinings, although nearly completely migrated to Asia, have been strong for PCC, industrial applications continue to increase in importance every year. In 2006, sales in this division comprised 35% of the company’s total business compared to 17% in 2004 and 6% in 2002, thanks to new technologies and new markets for the company. Executives expect the company’s sales to eventually be split evenly between apparel and industrial applications.
Currently, the largest industrial application for PCC is automotives where the company relies on a mix of commodity and value-added products. “During the past several years, there have been more and more nonwovens and engineered fabrics used by automotive makers,” Mr. Tesser said. “These materials allow manufacturers to reduce weights and can provide acoustical functions, keeping the car quieter.”
PCC’s success in industrial markets has been bolstered by the addition of two composite lines—one added in 2005 and one currently coming onstream—that combine thermal bonded, highloft and chemical bonding capabilities to make heavyweight crosslapped substrates.
The addition of this heavyweight material will help PCC respond to growth in the bedding markets where PCC is making flame retardant materials that comply with U.S. legislation regulating the flammability of mattress materials. PCC’s fiber-inherent systems reportedly perform well at price points that are appealing to the market and sales in this segment are expected to reach as high as $10 million per year, according to executives. “The price of this product is as high as $2.50 per yard,” Mr. Tesser said. “So, it can potentially be a huge area as the market expands.”
The initial legislation covers mattress covers but industry insiders expect upcoming measures to impact top-of-the-bed applications as well as other types of upholstered furniture.
Also on PCC’s radar is the roofing and construction market, which it is targeting with a three-layer composite material that offers high strength and better anti-skid capabilities than competing materials.