A specialty textile manufacturing company has announced that it will close its plant along Anthony Street in Burlington and lay off 150 employees by the end of this year.
Elevate Textiles at 906 Anthony Street in Bur-lington filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN notice) with the state commerce department late last month, in advance of a permanent closure scheduled to take effect on December 31, 2026.
WARN notices are required to be filed with the N.C. Department of Commerce for any company with at least 50 employees that plans to close during any 30-day period and/or plans to conduct mass layoffs.
Elevate Textiles is part of a global textile manufacturing consortium whose other brands include Burlington Industries, Cone Denim, Safety Components, and Gütermann, a thread and sewing accessory manufacturer.
In addition to the plant in Burlington, Elevate Textiles employs more than 15,000 people at 37 facilities on six continents. Its products include specialty textiles used in apparel, footwear, military, fire, medical, automotive, and aerospace industries, according to the company’s website. Its global headquarters is located in Charlotte.
Most recently, Burlington Industries held a ribbon-cutting for its modernized dyehouse at its plant in Raeford, which produces specialized fabrics used in military dress uniforms and other sectors in the U.S. textile industry, the company announced in a release early last month.
In May 2023, Elevate Textiles announced a new owner, Platinum Equity, and a “recapitalization” deal that included $100 million in new capital and elimination of $394 million in existing debt, all aimed at strengthening the company’s financial position.
Elevate Textiles’ Burlington plant is located in a 435,000-square-foot facility built in 1926. Alamance County tax records list the latest assessed value for the property, which includes 23 acres, at $5.2 million.
The company has not yet indicated whether employees at its Burlington plant will be offered similar positions at its other locations in North Carolina, which in addition to its Charlotte headquarters and Raeford dyehouse, includes plants in Mount Holly and Rockingham, according to the Elevate Textiles website.
