SIC 2259 Knitting Mills, Not Elsewhere Classified

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SIC 2259

Companies in this classification are primarily engaged in knitting gloves and other articles not elsewhere classified. Establishments primarily making woven or knit fabric gloves and mittens from purchased fabrics are classified in SIC 2381: Yarn Spinning Mills.

NAICS CODE(S)

315191

Outerwear Knitting Mills

315192

Underwear and Nightwear Knitting Mills

313241

Weft Knit Fabric Mills

313249

Other Knit Fabric and Lace Mills

Products manufactured by companies in this category include bags and bagging, bedspreads, curtains, dishcloths, elastic girdle blanks, girdles and other foundation garments, gloves, shoe linings, mittens, stockinettes, towels, and washcloths.

Like many companies in the knitting business, firms in this category tend to buy yarn that is customized to suit their requirements instead of running their own dyeing and finishing operations. When dyeing and finishing is required, the companies either have the work done on a commission basis or, in some cases, sell goods to dyers and finishers who in turn deliver the finished fabric. For some types of knit work gloves, dyeing and finishing is not necessary; the gloves are made from greige fabric and left the natural color.

Many companies in this category are small, family-owned businesses serving niche markets. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the 399 firms in the outerwear knitting mills classification shipped $1.76 billion worth of goods in 2002 while spending $955 million on materials and $332 million in payroll to support 14,299 employees, some 11,629 of whom were production workers.

Employees of this industry work as sewing machine operators, textile draw-out and winding machine workers, hand packers and packagers, inspectors, industrial machinery mechanics, textile bleaching and dyeing machine workers, testers, hand workers, textile machine setters and set-up operators, blue collar worker supervisors, general managers, and material movers and handlers.

By 2002 less than half of the firms involved in this industry had at least 20 employees. These larger firms accounted for the majority of the merchandise shipped in the category, and they paid the lion's share of the total wages. North Carolina had the largest number of companies in this segment, followed by New York and California.

Various diversified textile companies produced goods in this category, but among those who made it their primary business, Beacon Looms Inc...