March/April 2021

On The Cover:

Spinning innovations help manufacturers produce high-quality yarns efficiently, such as Savio Macchine Tessili’s Multi Link spinning technology, which connects multiple ring-spinning frames to one Savio winder.

Photograph courtesy of Savio.

Executive Forum

SPINNING FOCUS: Spinning Automation — Development And Progress

Parkdale Chairman and CEO Andy Warlick discusses the influence of automation on the spinning industry and its development at Parkdale. TW Special Report Gastonia, N.C.-based Parkdale...

Quality Fabric Of The Month

Next-Level Repellency Performance

Burlington’s PF Zero™, a fluorocarbon-free, water-based repellent finish, is high-performance and eco-friendly. By Rachael S. Davis, Executive Editor With environmental consciousness and sustainability in mind, Greensboro,...

From The Editor

U.S. Textiles Continues To Grow

By Jim Borneman, Editor In Chief Challenging times have a way of adding caution to the mindset of even the most optimistic business people. That...

Business & Financial

March/April 2021: Textile Activity At A Glance

March/April 2021

Yarn Market

Yarn Market: Analysts, Consumers Upbeat About The Economy

By Jim Phillips, Yarn Market Editor Nearly 400 years ago,an English theologian named Thomas Fuller first wrote the words, “It’s always darkest before dawn.” From...

People

March/April 2021

Bulletin Board

March/April 2021