Meridian Specialty Yarn has opened a high-tech, yarn dyeing plant in the US. This will usher in a new era for the US textile supply chain. The 1,16,000 sq. ft. facility is the first yarn and fiber dyeing operation to be built in the United States in over two decades and offers the only tow-dyeing capacity in the United States. Until this summer, all producer-dyed acrylic tow was imported from outside US borders. This is the only green field yarn and fiber wet-processing plant to be built in the United States in a generation.

The new technology gives Meridian the capability to process every dyeable fiber in various forms including yarn, tow and top. This is very unusual in the dyed yarn world. The company can chemically treat or dye all fiber substrates, ranging from cellulosic and animal fibers, to polyester, nylon and dyeable aramids. Most dye houses specialize in certain products, but the company is now in a position to source from all over the world, from every type of textile fiber, supporting a wide array of end uses.

The plant literally puts a new spin on the primary staples of the textile industry – fiber and yarn. Meridian’s yarn dye operations will include several types of space-dyed yarns as well as twisting capabilities.