SIC 2262 Finishers of Broadwoven Fabrics of Manmade Fiber and Silk
SIC 2262
Establishments in this category are primarily engaged in finishing purchased manmade fiber and silk broadwoven fabrics or finishing such fabrics on a commission basis. Those companies engaged in the dyeing and finishing of broadwoven cotton fabrics are discussed in SIC 2261: Finishers of Broadwoven Fabrics of Cotton. Establishments primarily engaged in finishing wool broadwoven fabrics are classified in SIC 2231: Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Wool (Including Dyeing and Finishing); those finishing knit goods are classified in the knitting mills industry group; and those coating or impregnating fabrics are classified in SIC 2295: Coated Fabrics, Not Rubberized. Finishing operations found in SIC 2262: Finishing Plants, Manmade include bleaching, dyeing, printing, preshrinking, calendering, and napping.
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Broadwoven Fabric Finishing Mills
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 884 establishments operated in this category for part or all of 2004, a decline from the 2002 total of 1,009. Industry-wide employment totaled approximately 26,111 workers receiving a payroll of more than $815 million. Companies in this industry tended to be smaller in size with nearly 73 percent employing less than 20 workers while only 6 percent have greater than 500 employees. The Annual Survey of Manufactures reported that the textile and fabric finishing mills manufacturing industry (also including textile and fabric finishing (except broadwoven fabric) mills) was valued at nearly $8.7 billion in 2005. Additionally, for the overall industry a total of 35,490 employees worked in production in 2005 (of 44,129), putting in nearly 72 million hours to earn wages of nearly $918 million. The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics showed significant losses in expected employment for the textile and fabric finishing and fabric coating mills manufacturing industry as a whole by 2014 after substantial losses were experienced from 1994 to 2004; a moderate decrease is anticipated in output between 2004 to 2014.
Dun & Bradstreet reported in 2006 that the industry's estimated 501 establishments posted annual sales of about $454 million with about 6,918 employees. New York led with $46.5 million in sales followed closely by Rhode Island with nearly $46.4 million in sales and New Jersey with $43.7 million in sales. Comprised of 20 different specialties, the primary segment was screen printing—manmade fiber and silk broadwoven fabrics (nearly $186 million in sales) with dyeing—manmade fiber and silk broadwoven fabrics trailing with $83.5 million in sales.
Establishments engaged in dyeing and finishing of broadwoven manmade fiber and silk fabrics generally serve three market categories: apparel, homefurnishings, and industrials. In the United States, apparel and homefurnishings account for the majority of broadwoven fabric production. Because imports are eroding those markets and industrial fabrics are growing in end uses, however, industrials are expected to experience growth.
Finishing of broadwoven fabrics is subdivided into three general processing categories: fabric preparation, fabric coloration, and fabric finishing. Fabric preparation consists primarily of bleaching and preparing fabrics with chemical agents to aid in subsequent processing. Such processes, depending on the end result desired, may be performed in open-width fabric form or in fabric-rope form. Severe bleaching of fabrics of manmade fibers is not necessary to the extent broadwoven cotton fabric bleaching is required, because impurities from the cotton plant are found in broadwoven cotton fabrics. Machines most commonly used in the preparation process include kiers, J-boxes, roller steamers, conveyor steamers, semi-J-box steamers, and high-temperature pressure steamers. The most common chemical agent used is hydrogen peroxide.
Coloration of fabrics consists of a variety of dyeing...
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