Return to NTA Home | List of Textile Companies | NTA Membership Committee

Wellman, Inc.

Company Profile

  • Wellman was a manufacturer of polyester staple fiber until 2008 and of wool top until 1999.

  • On February 26, 2008, Textile News reported that Wellman Inc. had filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code for the Southern District of New York.

  • On September 16, 2008 Wellman, Inc. announced that it exiting the polyester staple fiber market and closing its Palmetto and Johnsonville, S.C. plants.

  • The company was a KTA member which became NTA member at August 2002 merger; resigned March 29, 2004.

    Plant Closings and Layoffs

  • Chronological List