W.F. Lake Corp

Employee size

11-50

Organization type

Privately Held

Headquarters

Glens Falls, NY

Founded

1991

W.F. Lake Corp. is a U.S. manufacturer of PTFE-coated and silicone-coated high-performance yarns, threads, fabrics, belts, cords, and lacing tapes. Its capabilities include dispersion and adhesive coating, twisting, braiding, winding, slitting, sewing, heat sealing, and sheeting, using fiberglass, S-2 glass, quartz, aramid, carbon, Inconel, and stainless steel wire for aerospace, wire and cable, insulation, filtration, safety spray shield, and process-drying applications.

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