The US is looking at reviving textile manufacturing. This can be done by focusing on high quality textiles, complete automation and improved cotton breeding programs.

While the country’s advanced textile industry – including nonwovens – is showing steady growth and investments, conventional textile manufacturing has continued to decline since 1997.

While global trends are toward finer yarns and ring spinning technology, US mills mostly focus on coarser yarns.

The United States is still the most cost effective place to produce cotton yarns. Such high strength cottons could help pave the way for high production vortex spinning.

Skilled labor, cheap energy and the availability of high quality cotton within its borders can encourage the United States’ textile sector to take a serious look at revitalizing its spinning and the upstream textile sector.

Chinese textile manufacturers are shifting to the US.

While labor costs are greater than they are in China, American energy, land and raw materials are cheaper in the United States. Therefore the total cost of production is less. Chinese manufacturers find the production cost per ton of textiles is 25 per cent lower in the US.

The cost of labor in China has been rising and other countries like the US could potentially do it better and cheaper.