Tuscarora Yarns' expansion plans include 40 new jobs
By Don Worthington - dworthington@heraldonline.com
Tuscarora Yarns is expanding its Clover plant, investing $3.5 million to buy new machinery and expand the building.
It is also expected to hire 40 new workers over the next three years.Most of the new hires should come in the next few months, said Phil Absher, vice president for human resources of the Mount Pleasant, N.C.-based company.
The yarn manufacturer is looking for skilled and semi-skilled workers and people with supervisory experience, he said.
The 190,000-square-foot Clover facility currently employs 150 people, a third of who were hired in the past year, the company said. The expansion will increase plant capacity by 20 percent.
Tuscarora is one of the largest U.S. producers of cotton, synthetic and blended yarns. The company merged with CloverTex in May 2009.
Since the merger, operations have expanded at the Clover plant from operating only two to three days a week to a four-shift-a-day schedule, Absher said.
The popularity of a triblend of rayon, polyester and cotton yard is responsible for the increased workload, he said. The triblend is found in all levels of fashion.
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