09.11.24
Totowa, NJ
www.precisiontextiles-usa.com
2023 Nonwovens Sales: $75 million (estimated)
Key Personnel
Scott Tesser, CEO
Plants
Totowa, NJ; Troy, NC; Phoenix, AZ
Processes
High loft, needlepunch
Markets
Bedding, automotive, healthcare
New Jersey-based Precision Textiles has recently been focused on expanding its manufacturing footprint throughout the U.S. In August 2022, the company announced it had leased a 160,000-square-foot factory in Troy, NC, to better serve its customer base in the high-growth mattress industry. The facility—once a textiles production plant that serviced the automobile industry—was Precision Textiles’ first domestic manufacturing facility outside its New Jersey headquarters. It has doubled the company’s needlepunch nonwovens production and boosted its high loft quilting fiber output by 50%. In addition to its production capacity, the facility includes warehousing space.
The North Carolina factory is enabling Precision Textiles to better meet the needs of customers and logistically helps it reduce transit time to those located across the Southeast while providing additional capacity to better serve customers.
Soon after, the company announced it had signed another lease, for a 50,000-square-foot facility in Phoenix, AZ, to better serve its customers throughout the western U.S. The facility will produce all of the company’s bedding product lines, further expanding its volume of high loft quilting fiber and needlepunch nonwovens in the U.S. to keep pace with its strong sales growth.
Both sites are responding to increased demand for Precision’s nonwovens for markets like automotive and bedding.
In early 2024, Precision partnered with Unifi, Inc., the makers of Repreve recycled performance fiber, to use the company’s recycled polyester yarn in the manufacturing of all its filler cloth products. The first-of-its-kind collaboration within the industry makes Precision Textiles the only bedding component manufacturer to use Repreve recycled performance fiber in its nonwoven products.
“We are extremely proud to be the first and only FR nonwoven component supplier to use Repreve recycled performance fiber in our products,” says Gerry Welkley, national sales manager at Precision Textiles. “This technology is being used in many other industries by some of the world’s most recognized brands, so we are very excited to bring it to the mattress industry. Today’s consumers are increasingly conscious of their environmental impact with their product purchases. Because we consume millions of pounds of yarn during the manufacturing of our filler cloth products, our collaboration with Unifi showcases our dedication to meeting these consumer expectations for our customers and reaffirms our commitment to a more sustainable future.”
Every 100-yard roll of the company’s Endure IFR and Advantate SB nonwoven products will include Repreve recycled performance fiber that is made from 228 recycled water bottles. As a result, Precision Textiles will eliminate more than 20 million plastic water bottles from waste streams on an annual basis.
In March, Precision introduced new sleep products in conjunction with the International Sleep Products Association (ISPA) Expo. IQFIT Flex, a patented FR material known for its ability to better maintain mattress comfort and enhance sleep performance in mattress designs, can be transformed into a variety of FR solution products, including traditional FR socks, open width format for laminating to mattress fabrics, or with the company’s patent pending IQFIT Glass Free NOSO Sock. The NOSO Sock garnered additional attention for its ability to streamline the assembly process, reduce costs and increase throughput by eliminating the need for traditional sewing, stapling or gluing techniques.
www.precisiontextiles-usa.com
2023 Nonwovens Sales: $75 million (estimated)
Key Personnel
Scott Tesser, CEO
Plants
Totowa, NJ; Troy, NC; Phoenix, AZ
Processes
High loft, needlepunch
Markets
Bedding, automotive, healthcare
New Jersey-based Precision Textiles has recently been focused on expanding its manufacturing footprint throughout the U.S. In August 2022, the company announced it had leased a 160,000-square-foot factory in Troy, NC, to better serve its customer base in the high-growth mattress industry. The facility—once a textiles production plant that serviced the automobile industry—was Precision Textiles’ first domestic manufacturing facility outside its New Jersey headquarters. It has doubled the company’s needlepunch nonwovens production and boosted its high loft quilting fiber output by 50%. In addition to its production capacity, the facility includes warehousing space.
The North Carolina factory is enabling Precision Textiles to better meet the needs of customers and logistically helps it reduce transit time to those located across the Southeast while providing additional capacity to better serve customers.
Soon after, the company announced it had signed another lease, for a 50,000-square-foot facility in Phoenix, AZ, to better serve its customers throughout the western U.S. The facility will produce all of the company’s bedding product lines, further expanding its volume of high loft quilting fiber and needlepunch nonwovens in the U.S. to keep pace with its strong sales growth.
Both sites are responding to increased demand for Precision’s nonwovens for markets like automotive and bedding.
In early 2024, Precision partnered with Unifi, Inc., the makers of Repreve recycled performance fiber, to use the company’s recycled polyester yarn in the manufacturing of all its filler cloth products. The first-of-its-kind collaboration within the industry makes Precision Textiles the only bedding component manufacturer to use Repreve recycled performance fiber in its nonwoven products.
“We are extremely proud to be the first and only FR nonwoven component supplier to use Repreve recycled performance fiber in our products,” says Gerry Welkley, national sales manager at Precision Textiles. “This technology is being used in many other industries by some of the world’s most recognized brands, so we are very excited to bring it to the mattress industry. Today’s consumers are increasingly conscious of their environmental impact with their product purchases. Because we consume millions of pounds of yarn during the manufacturing of our filler cloth products, our collaboration with Unifi showcases our dedication to meeting these consumer expectations for our customers and reaffirms our commitment to a more sustainable future.”
Every 100-yard roll of the company’s Endure IFR and Advantate SB nonwoven products will include Repreve recycled performance fiber that is made from 228 recycled water bottles. As a result, Precision Textiles will eliminate more than 20 million plastic water bottles from waste streams on an annual basis.
In March, Precision introduced new sleep products in conjunction with the International Sleep Products Association (ISPA) Expo. IQFIT Flex, a patented FR material known for its ability to better maintain mattress comfort and enhance sleep performance in mattress designs, can be transformed into a variety of FR solution products, including traditional FR socks, open width format for laminating to mattress fabrics, or with the company’s patent pending IQFIT Glass Free NOSO Sock. The NOSO Sock garnered additional attention for its ability to streamline the assembly process, reduce costs and increase throughput by eliminating the need for traditional sewing, stapling or gluing techniques.
