# Everest Textiles opens sports fabric weaving plant in North Carolina

Taiwan-based Everest Textiles opened a sports fabric weaving plant in Forest City, North Carolina, in late 2017. The facility employs over 600 workers and incorporates more than 600 looms.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-12-31
- Where: Forest City, North Carolina, United States
- Jobs: 600
- Starts operating: 2017
- Status: completed
- Products: sports fabrics
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Everest Textiles](https://endata.com/companies/31380.md)

## Sources

- [findadistributor.com](https://www.findadistributor.com/news/rm-crane-sports-fabric-weaving-plant-n-c/), 2018-04-17: "Everest needed a simple and efficient method to feed its looms with yarn and fabric rolls, also known as beams, which can weigh 2,000 lbs. or more."

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