Meridian Specialty Yarn has opened a yarn and fiber dyeing plant in the US. This is the first such plant to be built in the United States in over two decades and the only textile manufacturing plant of this type in North America. The plant offers a broad number of traditional capabilities, from chemical treatments to dyeing to a combination of the two. It also offers new capabilities that have the potential to revolutionize some aspects of the US textile industry. It utilizes next-generation technology, machines, controls and robotics. The facility now also provides the only tow-dyeing capacity in the United States. Until this summer, all producer-dyed acrylic tow was imported from outside US borders. In this and other ways, Meridian is opening the door to a new world of possibilities for other companies within the US textile supply chain.

The 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. It enables chemically treating or dyeing all fiber substrates, ranging from cellulosic and animal fibers, to polyester, nylon and dyable aramids. 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.