US textile bodies merge into one trade association

03 Apr '13

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George Shuster, Chairman of Cranston Prints Works and Chairman of NTA, as well as Co- Chairman of AMTAC said: "The creation of this merged organization will allow the domestic textile industry to more quickly and effectively address the wide range of federal policy developments of importance to the over 1.5 million workers in the United States whose jobs are either directly or indirectly tied to this critical manufacturing sector."

Background:

The National Textile Association (NTA) traces its history to 1854, the founding date of the Hampden County (Massachusetts) Cotton Spinners Association. It was reorganized in 1865 as the New England Cotton Manufacturers Association and became the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers in 1906.

In 1954 the name was again changed to the Northern Textile Association. In 2012 the Northern Textile Association merged with the Knitted Textile Association to become the National Textile Association. NTA represented 33 textile companies and their suppliers as well as 21 companies under the American Flock Association.

The American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition was formed in 2002 by Roger Milliken of Milliken and Company and represented 21 textile as well as other manufacturing companies in the Southeast and the Midwest. The National Council of Textile Organization was formed in 2004, replacing the American Textile Manufacturers Institute (ATMI), and represents 84 textile companies and their suppliers.

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