SIC 2393 Textile Bags

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SIC 2393

This category includes establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing shipping and other industrial bags from purchased fabrics. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing plastic bags are classified under SIC 2673: Plastics, Foil, and Coated Paper Bags; those manufacturing laundry, wardrobe, shoe, and other textile house furnishing bags are classified under SIC 2392: House Furnishings, Except Curtains and Draperies; and those manufacturing luggage are classified under SIC 3161: Luggage.

NAICS CODE(S)

314911

Textile Bag Mills

In 2004 there were 261 textile bag mills operating in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Roughly 10 percent made house furnishings, while the remaining 90 percent primarily manufactured textile bags (excluding bags for laundry, wardrobes, and shoes). In 2002 those establishments spent $319 million on materials, parts, containers, resales, fuels, electricity, and contract work. Their capital expenditures for new and used buildings, other structures, machinery, and equipment were $7 million. More than half of all textile bag mills had at least 20 employees. Less than 30 had more than 100 employees. The greatest concentration of establishments in this category was in California, New York, and Texas. The highest concentration of the larger firms was in California.

Shipment values for textile bags decreased steadily throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. The value of shipments of all products in this industry declined from $907 million in 1999 to $649 million in 2005. This downward trend reflected an overall decline in the textiles industry, largely the result of weak economic conditions in the United States, coupled with increasingly fierce competition from imports.

Kansas City, Missouri-based BHA Group Holdings Inc. led the category with sales of $181 million in 2003. However, the company was purchased by General Electric in 2004 for $260 million. Other firms that made textile bags as their primary business included MFRI Inc. of Niles, Illinois, with 2005 sales of $155 million; Super Sack Manufacturing Corp. of Savoy, Texas, with 2005 sales of $44 million; Cady Industries Inc. of Pearson, Georgia, with 2003 sales of $50 million; Menardi-Criswell of Trenton, South Carolina, with sales of $30 million; Bulk Lift International Inc. of Carpentersville, Illinois, with sales of $22 million; and Kenneth Fox Supply Co. of McAllen, Texas, with...