The Ribbon Factory makes ribbon and textile tapes at its Titusville, Pennsylvania factory, including custom woven designs made to a customer’s specifications. Its roots stretch back to the Charles Horn Silk Company and a 1897 move of the looms to Titusville; the family business now spans six generations and about 140 years of changing materials, machinery, and markets. The company also offers heat-cut ribbon, with fused ends that resist fraying, for customers who need ready-to-use pieces.
Stineman Ribbon CompanyBorn from a South Fork, Pennsylvania shop that once sold dog insurance to Beagle field-trial competitors, Stineman Ribbon Company now makes custom award ribbons and related presentation pieces for shows, schools, fairs and organizations. Family owned and operated for more than 65 years, the company remains rooted in west-central Pennsylvania while serving customers in all 50 states and numerous foreign countries. The Stineman family expanded from ribbons and rosettes into banners and other award lines across three generations, with Beagle events still part of its distinctive heritage.SOUTH FORK, PA
Wayne Mills Co. IncSince 1910, family-owned Wayne Mills has woven narrow textile fabrics in Philadelphia, with twill tapes and light webbings at the heart of its work. Now in its fifth generation, the company combines long-practiced mill skills with in-house weaving, dyeing and finishing to develop custom fabrics or ship from a substantial stock inventory. More than 60 employees—including many with 25 years or more at the mill—support production from a nine-building Philadelphia compound and a rigorous in-house quality program.PHILADELPHIA, PA
Bally Ribbon MillsSince its founding in 1923 as a silk-weaving company, Bally Ribbon Mills has grown into an American manufacturer known for solving demanding textile design problems. Based in Bally, Pennsylvania, its nearly 300 certified employees draw on more than 70 years of hands-on weaving experience to develop specialized woven materials for customers in fields such as aerospace and medical equipment. The company’s work includes advanced 3-D woven structures, including a quartz material developed with NASA for Orion spacecraft components.313220BALLY, PA
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