Sapona Manufacturing Company

2478 Cedar Falls Road
Franklinville, North Carolina 27248
USA
(336) 625-2727

NCTO Council: Yarn

Sapona Manufacturing has operated continuously on the banks of the Deep River since 1836, being one of the first cotton mills in the South. The company name, Sapona, was actually taken from the Sapona Indian tribe which inhabited central North Carolina.The current owners purchased the company on March 18, 1916, and continued to produce cotton yarns until 1939 using Deep River water power.

Having proven our quality capabilities in the production of cotton and silk yarns, Sapona was selected by DuPont as one of the initial companies to assist in developing Nylon when it was introduced in 1938.

Working from technical knowledge gained in early work with Nylon, we have been able to remain in the forefront of processors of this popular fiber. Today, we use state-of-the-art texturing machines which produce yarn of the finest quality anywhere.

In the pioneering spirit, Sapona continues to investigate new areas of technology and product. One of our new products is textured Nylon yarn precision wound onto dye tubes for direct package dyeing.