Founded in 1946 by U.S. Navy veteran Sidney Rubin, Erie Cotton makes industrial wiping cloths and absorbent products from its 50,000-square-foot Erie facility. Now a family-owned business led by the second generation, it has grown from laundering cloths for General Electric into one of the country’s largest producers of wiping cloths, while diverting millions of pounds of textiles from landfills. Erie Cotton employs more than 35 people and is also the largest single-location U.S. distributor of Kimberly-Clark-branded wipers.
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Berk InternationalFor more than 35 years, Berk International has manufactured disposable wiping cloths, towels and tissue products from its Boyertown, Pennsylvania operation. The privately held Berk family company pairs standard products with custom converting, offering more than 700 wiping solutions from a 275,000-square-foot facility with 17 production lines running around the clock. Its consultative approach helps distributors match products to demanding cleaning applications, including specialized wipes for delicate optical and electronic surfaces.BOYERTOWN, PA
Sellars Absorbent Materials, IncSellars Absorbent Materials, Inc. is a family-owned Milwaukee manufacturer founded in 1985 that makes sustainable wiping, absorbent, and towel-and-tissue products, using proprietary technology to turn post-consumer waste into products. The company opened its first Milwaukee manufacturing facility in 1987 and says it is one of only two manufacturers of DRC towels worldwide.ATGLEN, PA
Star WipersEstablished in Newark, Ohio, in 1998, Star Wipers is a women-owned and operated manufacturer built around in-house control and a straightforward, customer-focused way of doing business. The company supplies industrial wiping rags nationwide, with its own processing operations helping maintain consistent sizing and absorbency for distributors and industrial users.NEWARK, OH
Y-pers, IncSince 1922, Philadelphia-based Y-pers, Inc. has supplied industrial rags, wipers, absorbents and workplace safety supplies to manufacturers and other demanding workplaces. Its specialty is helping customers match materials to the job, from reclaimed cotton shop rags and low-lint pharmaceutical wipes to spill-control products and welding protection. Y-pers also supports multi-plant and national purchasing programs through distribution facilities across the continental United States.PHILADELPHIA, PA