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Worldtex

Contact

Stewart Q. Little
CEO
Worldtex
101 Centreport Dr., Ste. 210
Greensboro, N.C. 27409
(336) 664-6224
slittle@worldtexinc.com

Company Profile

Founded in 1961, Elastic Corporation of America (ECA) is a producer of narrow elastic fabric for the apparel indudtry. In 1997 Worldtex Inc., a producer of elastic yarn, bought ECA for $76.3 million in cash and the assumption of $6 million in debt. ECA had been a division of the privately held NFA Corporation in Chelsea, Mass.

As Elastic Corporation of America the company was a member of NTA's Narrow Elastic Manufacturers Association from 1983 to 2005 (the records indicate that ECA had been a member earlier but had resigned and rejoined in 1983). The company joined NTA as Worldtex on September 23, 2005.

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