US National Council of Textile Organisations (NCTO) member Parkdale Mills has completed a $101-million project to expand and upgrade its plant in Rabun Gap in Georgia state. Representative Douglas Allen Collins from Georgia's 9th congressional district recently visited the plant owned by the 103-year-old textile company based in Gastonia, North Carolina.
“I’m proud of the major investment they’ve made here in Rabun County, and I’m appreciative of the opportunity to visit their facility today,” Collins said.US National Council of Textile Organisations (NCTO) member Parkdale Mills has completed a $101-million project to expand and upgrade its plant in Rabun Gap in Georgia state. Representative Douglas Allen Collins from Georgia's 9th congressional district recently visited the plant owned by the 103-year-old textile company based in Gastonia, North Carolina.#
Parkdale operates 28 yarn spinning and consumer product producing facilities, employing 5,200 people across eight states.
Capital expenditures in plants such as Parkdale’s facility in Rabun Gap have helped drive the overall investment of $20 billion in the industry over the past decade, while contributing to the 50,645 textile jobs in the state of Georgia, which ranks first in textile employment nationally, according to an NCTO press release.
From 2009 to 2017, capital investment in US yarn, fabric, apparel and sewn products manufacturing equalled $2.04 billion, an increase of $678 million.
US International Trade Commission officials said in a 2018 report on the industry that there were 59 publicly announced new or planned investments in the US textile sector from January 2014 through December 2017.
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