Palmetto Synthetics Carves Niche in Specialty Staple Fiber Market

摘要

A polyester staple fiber start-up plant in the USA? No way, most would say. But truth, as they say, is often stranger than fiction. Palmetto Synthetics LLC, which began production last year in Kingstree, South Carolina, is no ordinary startup, however. The company has no intention of getting into the cutthroat commodity staple market, which has been beaten down by depressed prices, excess capacity and oversupply. Instead, the company is honing a niche in higher-margin specialty polyester fibers.