Hamrick Mills and the Carolina Domestic Fabric Chain
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Summary

Hamrick Mills (Gaffney, South Carolina) weaves poly/cotton blend and 100% cotton fabrics, including print cloth, and says its fabrics are produced entirely in the United States. In June 2026 it announced a regional partnership with a digital printer, a finisher/dyer, and a home-textile sewer, creating what the partners call a “fully domestic fabric-to-finished-product solution.” It is the closest documented U.S. analogue to the weaving-to-printing chain behind quilting cotton, though quilting is not mentioned.

Key Facts

  • Type: company / partnership
  • Status: Active
  • HQ and plant: 515 West Buford Street, Gaffney, SC; operating since 1900 (company site)
  • Value-chain position: Weaver / vertical fabric manufacturer (greige and finished)
  • Products: shirting, healthcare gowns and scrubs, pocketings and linings, sheeting, comforters, mattress-pad backings, ticking, blackout and drapery fabrics, shower curtains; industrial tape substrates, book bindings, wipes, flocking substrates, laminates
  • Specs: widths 39–135 in; weights under 2 to 8.5 oz/yd²; Oeko-Tex Standard 100 logos displayed
  • Partners (announced 2026-06-10): Springs Digital (Rock Hill, SC; digital textile printing); Tryon Finishing, a Carolina Creative Enterprises division (Tryon, NC; fabric preparation, rotary printing, batch dyeing, finishing); Carolina Creative Products, a Carolina Creative Enterprises division (Greenville, SC; cut-and-sew of home soft goods)

What It Is / How It Works

Hamrick sells woven greige fabric and constructions for apparel, support apparel, home furnishings, and industrial markets from a single Gaffney plant. The June 2026 partnership links that weaving to digital printing, rotary printing, batch dyeing, finishing, and cut-and-sew within Upstate South Carolina and North Carolina. PFD (prepared-for-dyeing), quilting, and craft uses are not mentioned on the Hamrick site, and the site’s cotton sourcing is undescribed. The site also contains visible placeholder text, so product copy should be treated cautiously.

Notable Developments

  • 2026-06-10: Partnership announced (published by Textile World June 16, 2026).

Claim Verification

Claim: Fabrics are “manufactured entirely in the United States of domestically sourced raw materials”

Status: Unverified

Supporting sources:

Refuting / questioning sources:

  • None found; the site does not describe cotton sourcing and no independent audit was located.

Summary: Plant location and product range are documented; “domestically sourced raw materials” is a company statement.

Key People

  • Cameron Hamrick — President, Hamrick Mills. LinkedIn: not yet researched.
  • Naiden Kremenliev — CEO, Carolina Creative Enterprises.

People — Last Reviewed: 2026-10-21

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