This U.S. industry comprises (1) establishments primarily engaged in dyeing, bleaching, printing, and other finishing of textiles, apparel, and fabrics (except broadwoven) and (2) establishments of converters who buy fabrics (except broadwoven) in the grey, have them finished on contract, and sell at wholesale. Finishing operations include bleaching, dyeing, printing (e.g., roller, screen, flock, plisse), stonewashing, and other mechanical finishing, such as preshrinking, shrinking, sponging, calendering, mercerizing and napping; as well as cleaning, scouring, and the preparation of natural fibers and raw stock.
The NAICS industry code for Textile and Fabric Finishing (except Broadwoven Fabric) Mills is 313312. Included in this industry are:
Bleaching textile products, apparel, and fabrics (except broadwoven)
Burling and mending fabrics (except broadwoven)
Calendering textile products, apparel, and fabrics (except broadwoven)
Carbonizing textile fibers
Carding textile fibers
Chemical finishing (e.g., fire, mildew, water resistance) fabrics (except broadwo
Combing and converting top
Combing textile fibers
Converting textiles, narrow woven
Convertors, narrow woven piece goods
Crease resistant finishing of fabrics (except broadwoven)
Dyeing gloves, woven or knit, for the trade
Dyeing textile products and fabrics (except broadwoven fabrics)
Embossing textile products and fabrics (except broadwoven)
Fabric (except broadwoven) finishing
Gassing yarn (i.e., singeing)
Mercerizing narrow woven textile products and fabrics (except broadwoven)
Napping textile products and fabrics (except broadwoven fabrics)
Preshrinking textile products and fabrics (except broadwoven)
Printing fabric grey goods (except broadwoven)
Printing textile products (except apparel)
Scouring and combing textile fibers
Screenprinting fabric grey goods (except broadwoven) and textile products (except
Shrinking textile products and fabrics (except broadwoven)
Sizing of fabric (except broadwoven)
Sponging textile products and fabrics (except broadwoven)
Stone washing textile products, apparel, and fabrics (except broadwoven)
Sueding textile products and fabrics (except broadwoven)
Teaseling fabrics (except broadwoven)
Textile products finishing
Thread finishing
Wool tops and noils manufacturing
Cross-References.
- Knitting and finishing fabric - classified in Industry 31324, Knit Fabric Mills;
- Finishing broadwoven fabric - classified in U.S. Industry 313311, Broadwoven Fabric Finishing Mills;
- Weaving and finishing narrow woven fabric - classified in U.S. Industry 313221, Narrow Fabric Mills;
- Manufacturing and finishing apparel - classified in Subsector 315, Apparel Manufacturing;
- Coating or impregnating fabrics - classified in Industry 313320, Fabric Coating Mills; and
- Printing on apparel - classified in Industry 323110, Printing.
Information courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau.
