Mobilizing Support for the U.S. Textile Industry in the 21st Century.
NCTO is a Washington, DC-based trade association representing the domestic (US) textile manufacturing sector.
USTR Jamieson Greer highlights the importance of manufacturing jobs to the U.S. economy in a recent conversation with the Council of Foreign Relations. According to BLS data, manufacturing jobs pay 20% more than service jobs and 15.5% more than the average private sector job on a weekly basis: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t19.htm
Behind every Made in USA product is an American worker, an American factory & an industry driving innovation every day. From advanced military fabrics to lifesaving PPE & industrial and commercial textiles, the U.S. industry is a backbone of American manufacturing. Hear from executives on why keeping production in America matters for jobs, communities, and our national security. N.C.-Based Service Thread CEO Jay Todd in the spotlight!
🚨 From military uniforms & PPE to advanced industrial textiles, automotive and consumer products, Made in America starts with American textiles. In NCTO's new video series, hear directly from industry leaders on why investing in U.S. manufacturing matters now more than ever. Ohio-based MMI Textiles CEO & Founder Amy Bircher Bruyn in the spotlight!
NCTO President & CEO Kim Glas at the White House Made in America Council today delivered a clear message to federal agencies: Buy more fully Made in America products.
The U.S. industry has the capacity to make uniforms & other textile products here at home! Let's work together to end government procurement of foreign-sourced products!
Listen to Kim's message here: 👇
05/12/2026
NCTO CEO Kim Glas met with Joanna Miller Wischer, Deputy Director of the Made in America Office at OMB, thanking the Made in America office for their support and amplifying the U.S. industry's support for expanding government procurement of made textiles.
05/11/2026
NCTO and the U.S. industry commend President Trump for calling on all federal agencies to "BUY AMERICAN." An expansion of government procurement for American-made uniforms & textiles will support our vital and strategic domestic manufacturing industry & bolster hundreds of thousands of jobs. Our advocacy on this is making a real difference!
05/05/2026
President Trump invited small business leaders to the White House yesterday. Given their leadership in the U.S. industry, Marisa Fumei-South, President of Two One Two New York & Gabrielle Ferrara Rose, President of Ferrara, were invited to the White House to hear remarks from the President. We commend them both for the recognition & leadership! 👏
05/04/2026
🚨 Don’t miss this Sourcing Journal story underscoring how targeted tariffs must be combined w/other key policies to bring U.S. jobs back & spur onshoring. NCTO CEO Kim Glas and NCTO members Cotswold Industries & Mount Vernon point to Southeast Asia's rise & what it will take to bolster & expand the U.S. textile & apparel supply chain.
It Will Take More Than Tariffs to Bring Back US Textile Manufacturing, Industry Insiders Say Seismic shakeups have taken place across the global trade landscape over the past year, with geopolitics and see-sawing tariff policy leading to consequences that few could have predicted.
USTR Amb. Jamieson Greer cited Mexico's tariffs on Chinese imports as an important step & laid out the administration's objectives--including strengthening rules of origin--as part of its review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement at a House Ways & Means hearing yesterday.👇
04/23/2026
🚨We want to CONGRATULATE our very own NCTO President & CEO Kim Glas, who for the fourth time was named one of "The 500 Most Influential People Shaping Policy” in Washington by Washingtonian Magazine! From the historic closure of de minimis to preserving USMCA and CAFTA-DR qualifying trade, NCTO is at the table shaping policy in Washington. This recognition is to NCTO and the members of NCTO who are making a difference every day!
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