Rebuilding U.S. textiles requires new industrial model to compete with synthetics

Feb 15, 2026

Efforts to bring textile and apparel manufacturing back to the United States will fail if they rely on outdated models, according to textile executive Bob Antoshak, who argues the industry’s return depends on building something fundamentally different from what existed decades ago. Rising labor costs and global competition have permanently closed the door on labor-intensive mills, but they have not eliminated the opportunity for a modern, automated domestic industry.

 

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