Draper Knitting Company
Draper Knitting Company specializes in knitted high pile, jersey, napped fleece, terry cloth and nonwoven fabrics ...
Capabilities
We produce High Pile Sliver Knitting, Conventional Circular Knitting and Nonwoven Stitchbonded fabrics that are used in a variety of products including: paint rollers and buffing pads, performance clothing liners, footwear liners, gloves and air filtration filters.
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Picking / Blending
Whether we are blending many bales of the same fiber to open and emulsify them or the intimate blending of many different fibers in smaller percentages for the ultimate performance blend, our opening/blending department has both sample and large production capabilities allowing us to get consistently homogenous blends.
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Commission Work
Since Draper Knitting is a vertical mill we offer all of the services you might need to commission out, such as: Non-woven stitch bonding, Bending, Carding, Knitting, Stock dyeing, Piece dyeing, Coating, Heat Setting, Napping, Dolly Washing, Padding, Inspection and roll up, etc.
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Shipping
Shipping includes final inspection, slitting, roll up and shipping. Our equipment can be adapted to accommodate different sizes of cores, slit various width options, work with multiple rolls, and monitor and record bow and skew of jacquard patterns at roll up. We have experience shipping large and small international or domestic shipments for any size customer anywhere in the world.
News
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Knitting International Magazine
Draper Knitting Co. is mentioned in the Feb. 2013 issue of Knitting International Magazine in an article about the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2013. In the article, Integral Technology, Kathlyn Swantko reports about integrating technology into yarns rather than relying on finishes to impart technical properties to fabrics. Kristin Draper, our president who attended the [...]
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FDIC April 2013
Dave Wedge and Bob Vassi will attend the FDIC (Fire Department Instructors Conference) inIndianapolis on April 25th. Draper Knitting makes fire retardant knits and non-wovens that go into firemen’s gloves, boots and balaclava hoods. If you are attending the conference and would like to meet Dave and Bob, please send an email to bvassi@draperknitting.com.
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AMBA 2013
Draper Knitting represented by Kristin Draper, Bill Shaul and Bob Vassi will be attending the American Brush Manufacturers Association annual convention at the Eden Roc Renaissance in Miami Beach, Florida from March 13th – March 16th, 2013. If you are planning on attending and would like to set up an appointment to talk with us at [...]