Founded in 1979 and owned since 2001 by Kim Clark and Fred Fehrmann, National Fiber Technology is a Lawrence company known for turning textile craft into the creatures audiences recognize on screen. Its custom performance fur work has appeared on characters such as the Grinch, King Kong and Chewbacca, while also supporting costume and special-effects makers worldwide.
Thistle Hill WeaversRabbit Goody’s workshop, Thistle Hill Weavers, has spent more than 30 years preserving textile knowledge through a small custom mill in upstate New York. Its work combines Rabbit’s background as a textile historian and museum curator with old American industrial looms, producing historically accurate fabric for museums, designers and film productions.CHERRY VALLEY, NY
Testfabrics, IncFor more than 90 years, Testfabrics has carried Werner Klaas’s Pennsylvania textile legacy forward, earning recognition for the multifiber fabric he invented in 1940. The company still weaves that signature material in its own Pennsylvania mill, supporting repeatable colorfastness work for laboratories and textile professionals around the world.WEST PITTSTON, PA
Custom Made ComfortFamily-owned since 2009, Custom Made Comfort is led by Tony and Janis McBryan, whose 35 years of textile-industry expertise shape a business known for personalized American-made heirlooms. Working with local manufacturers, the company creates custom textiles from customer logos or artwork for institutions and hospitality clients that want lasting reminders of their identity.NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA
Brittany Global TechnologiesFounded in 1939 by colorist George Joblon, Brittany Global Technologies grew from a Fall River print shop into a textile manufacturer known for developing camouflage fabrics. The company’s history includes a move to New Bedford and a long focus on serving U.S. military customers.NEW YORK, NY