Kingston firm helps make Velcro better
[2008-5-19]
Tag: Nylon Fabric
KINGSTON – Liberty Throwing Co. doesn’t make swimsuits, bras or pantyhose. But the local company makes those products better by producing yarn used in elastic products.
Velcro turned 50 years old recently and for the last 15 years, Liberty Throwing Co. has helped Velcro USA of Manchester, N.H., produce the handy fastener.
Liberty, which turns 90 years old next year, entered into an agreement to weave a special spandex/nylon material to produce yarn that Velcro USA uses in its products, said Dennis Wagner, chief executive officer of the Kingston-based company. The company, which employs 30 full-time workers in two manufacturing shifts, ships two 24-inch by 30-inch spools of white yarn weekly to New Hampshire.
After the yarn is received the Velcro maker feeds it into a special machine that knits the yarn through a top-secret progress into several of the hook-and-loop Velcro products.
“We are happy to make a product that makes people comfortable and to make money. I guess it is a two-way street,” Wagner said.
The Velcro contract has helped the company weather storms in an industry that has largely left Northeastern Pennsylvania.
“We’ve seen ups and downs but we don’t see us decreasing at all in sales.”
Liberty Throwing Company started in Nanticoke in 1919 as a silk mill, but relocated to Kingston the next year. It still operates in the same building on Pringle Street.
Owner Charles Epstein Jr. took over the business in 1949 from his father. The younger Epstein helped transition the company from silk to the more-durable nylon fabric by producing covered elastic.
Velcro has revolutionized how thousands of products are made, making them more durable and easily but securely opened and closed.
“Before Velcro, people only had zippers and buttons,” Epstein said with a chuckle.
He’s proud of his business and the fact that his company works hand-in-hand with such a well-known brand.
“They can’t make elastic Velcro without us.”
KINGSTON – Liberty Throwing Co. doesn’t make swimsuits, bras or pantyhose. But the local company makes those products better by producing yarn used in elastic products.
Velcro turned 50 years old recently and for the last 15 years, Liberty Throwing Co. has helped Velcro USA of Manchester, N.H., produce the handy fastener.
Liberty, which turns 90 years old next year, entered into an agreement to weave a special spandex/nylon material to produce yarn that Velcro USA uses in its products, said Dennis Wagner, chief executive officer of the Kingston-based company. The company, which employs 30 full-time workers in two manufacturing shifts, ships two 24-inch by 30-inch spools of white yarn weekly to New Hampshire.
After the yarn is received the Velcro maker feeds it into a special machine that knits the yarn through a top-secret progress into several of the hook-and-loop Velcro products.
“We are happy to make a product that makes people comfortable and to make money. I guess it is a two-way street,” Wagner said.
The Velcro contract has helped the company weather storms in an industry that has largely left Northeastern Pennsylvania.
“We’ve seen ups and downs but we don’t see us decreasing at all in sales.”
Liberty Throwing Company started in Nanticoke in 1919 as a silk mill, but relocated to Kingston the next year. It still operates in the same building on Pringle Street.
Owner Charles Epstein Jr. took over the business in 1949 from his father. The younger Epstein helped transition the company from silk to the more-durable nylon fabric by producing covered elastic.
Velcro has revolutionized how thousands of products are made, making them more durable and easily but securely opened and closed.
“Before Velcro, people only had zippers and buttons,” Epstein said with a chuckle.
He’s proud of his business and the fact that his company works hand-in-hand with such a well-known brand.
“They can’t make elastic Velcro without us.”
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