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Hey;

I read somewhere you sell fabric? Care to divulge as I am in textiles....

[JCsGrly]

sail boat stuff

[g®eg]

Originally posted by DreamAngel
sail boat stuff

busted by Rach!


yeah, we are the 2nd largest converter of sailcloth in the world (that sounds impressive, but it's a small market). our web address:Contender Sailcloth

[snowborder]

O, just wondering as I am familiar with just about anything to do with fabric

[bemused]

'kay, now you've cranked up my curiosity:

what do you convert sailcloth TO?

or from???

[snowborder]

convert meaning they have the cloth made to their specs.

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so, you're up in NH...
plenty of mills up there, who do you work for?

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L. W. Packard in Ashland.

but they are moving the plant to China.....
Which is why I just returned from China.

Kind of just networking to see whats out there as moving to China is not in my future, if you get my drift......

[g®eg]

Originally posted by snowborder
L. W. Packard in Ashland.

but they are moving the plant to China.....
Which is why I just returned from China.

Kind of just networking to see whats out there as moving to China is not in my future, if you get my drift......

eeeww! move to China? no way! I have been to Hong Kong, and that sucked...the real thing (mainland) is supposed to be way worse.

we weave some styles in New Hampshire with a German company called Cramer. they're in Dover. There's another mill that weaves sailcloth, Warwick Mills, but we don't use them at all.

Here in the States we finish woven product at Kenyon in (how's this for original?) Kenyon RI. Our European production is finished at a place called KBC which is in Germany right near the Swiss border, Black Forest. They have AWESOME twisty roads in the Black Forest... that's the place to be transferred to.

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yes, Hong Kong is like Hawaii. At least you can see the sun there.

However, China is gonna kick this countries ass in every industry because of the overabundance of people willing to work for pennies and hour.

They are building this huge damn which will power 18 cities the size of Los Angeles for free.

We are moving our plant there and also sourcing fabrics from there as well. Might I suggest sourcing from there?

And yes, that is where the economy is going. You think its bad now, wait until 2005 when WTO takes them on. And add to it, India, Indonesia, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar and few others to boot to compete with each other. We are in big trouble. We exchanged manufacturing jobs for agriculture.... So if your in Farming, that is the place to be.

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actually we are looking to source polyester fiber from the far east (China & Korea). it's so cheap it's practically free.

woven sailcloth (for now) is pretty safe from cheap labor. it's a very high beat-up fabric, small runs (relatively speaking) and quite technical.

what is happening though is more sails are being produced in China and Sri Lanka. they are paying these guys less in a week (or maybe a month) than they pay a sailmaker here in the States, and that ain't saying much because sailmakers aren't exactly rolling in money..

[beet]

lost 2 job years ago 2 that had a nice union jobs . fat $ jobs went first it sux . silversmith & steel mill .

[JJ]

Well we can all thank BIG BAD BILL CLINTON for passing that free trade bull shit law. Snowborder maybe you should find a new profession instead of fabric. I got smart and left that place 3 years ago. Plenty of jobs, just have to search hard for the good ones. Besides it would cost to much to travel from China every weekend to ride with us so that's out too. It's a bitch to find people to ride with on the weekends.....

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got an interview in Auburn, Maine tomorrow.