Our fabric is used by a wide assortment of manufacturers in Caps, Apparel, Aprons, Bags, Outerwear, Emblems, Industrial, Automotive, etc. Carr Textile is headquartered in Fenton, Missouri, U.S.A., a suburb of St. Louis. We operate a 420,000 sq. ft. manufacturing and distribution facility in Sikeston, Missouri with the capabilities of re-rolling, biasing, slitting, die cutting, sewing, and plastic extrusion. In addition to Sikeston, MO, we stock more than 3 million yards of fabric in more than 12 warehouse shipping points in the United States and abroad. In addition to our stock programs, we can do special dye lots to meet your specifications for color, hand, or finish. Our finish capabilities include: sanding, brushing, napping, sanforizing, DWR (durable water repellent), CRF (crease resistant finish), soil out, calendaring, washing, tumbling, silicone, etc. Our dyeing capabilities include Range Dyeing for large dye lots with fiber reactive, vat, napthol, sulfer and disperse dye stuffs; Jig dyeing for small dye lots of 100% cottons with direct stuffs; Beam Dyeing for small lots on poly/cotton blends; Jet Dying for 100% polyester and Wool blend products. Don and Ruth Carr started Carr Textile in 1973.
The company is now owned and operated by the second generation: Mike Carr and Steve Carr. In 1999, Carr Textile acquired the Headquarters business unit from Western Textile Products to further enhance our product offerings, which included in-house plastic extrusion of visor boards and the patented Fabstrap. In 2007, Carr Textile acquired Saxon Textile, which added a number of new stock fabric programs and capabilities to our line such as Sax Twill, Gangster Stripe, Sax Pop, Tudor, Sax-A-Pel, and others. In 2009, Carr Textile worked with Russell Fabrics when the company closed weaving operations. Carr Textile acquired all inventory from Russell Fabrics and coordinated a transition of business from Russell Fabrics to Carr. Carr Textile continues to offer Russell Fabric programs in Pin Cord, Junior Cord, Seersucker, Oxford, and School Plaids.