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Gastonia s Parkdale Mills helping make PPE to fight pandemic
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., visited a Parkdale Mills manufacturing plant in his home state to see first-hand the Gastonia-based company s role in producing lifesaving personal protective equipment (PPE) to aid frontline health-care workers and the country during the pandemic.
Parkdale’s facility in Hillsville, Virginia, is a key yarn spinning hub contributing to a major face mask initiative bringing together several U.S. companies and more than 5,000 workers as part of the Biden administration’s pledge to provide 25 million reusable face masks to communities hit hard by the pandemic.
April 7, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC April 7, 2021 National Council of Textiles Organization (NCTO) member Parkdale Mills hosted Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) at the company’s Magnolia Manufacturing plant in Hillsville, Va. today to showcase the critical role the company and the industry has played in producing lifesaving personal protective equipment (PPE) to aid frontline health-care workers and the country during the pandemic.
Parkdale’s facility in Hillsville, Va. is a key yarn spinning hub contributing to a major face mask initiative bringing together several U.S. companies and more than 5,000 workers as part of the Biden administration’s pledge to provide 25 million reusable face masks to communities hit hard by the pandemic.
Gaston County commissioners are expected to green light the construction of a one-of-a-kind fiber prototyping center at Gaston College’s Kimbrell Campus in Belmont later this month.
Commissioners recently agreed to vote on a transfer of $5.3 million Gaston County CARES Act funding to Gaston College for the college’s proposed Fiber Innovation Center – a state-of-the-art addition to Gaston College’s Textile Technology Center to help test and develop new fiber products for the center s clients.
Such a center would develop and test products - such as personal protective equipment commonly used to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and “smart textiles” for the defense industry - made with a number of innovative, engineered properties, such as ceramics, metals, composites and electronic materials, among many others.