Lincoln Fabrics for your interior
Fuelled by innovation and technology, Lincoln Fabrics has grown over
the past half century into one of the leading weavers of specialty
fabrics for high performance and life critical applications.
Established in 1955, the company’s original focus was on the production
of the most popular synthetic materials of the day: Nylon and
Polyester.
As the demand for fire resistant garments grew in the late 80's, Lincoln Fabrics used its technical ability to meet the fire resistant market needs.
Again in the late 80's due to the demand in body armor, Lincoln
Fabrics focused its technical skills and expertise to design ballistic
fabric that met and exceeded the market needs in both Canada and the
USA.
Our fabric’s outstanding ballistic characteristics allowed us to
expand to the US where we currently supply to a number of soft body
armor manufacturers. Our manufacturing expansion into Alabama in 2003,
with its state of the art manufacturing equipment, has allowed Lincoln
Fabrics to participate in the US military market. We are Berry Amendment
compliant. Concurrent with these developments Lincoln Fabrics has created a
unique line of Nylon Camouflage printed fabrics and will be NFPA
certified.
History
In 1955, A. Stewart Howes founded Lincoln Fabrics Ltd. in St.
Catharines, Ontario, Canada and began weaving industrial fabrics and drapery
cloth. At that time, the industry as a whole was suffering from
over-capacity and increasing foreign competition. Mr. Howes’ strategy
was to create a responsive company that focused on specialty businesses.
His approach helped the company flourish and in 1983 the company was
passed to the second generation, when David S. Howes assumed the
leadership role and helped establish the firm in the forefront of the
expanding body armor market. Today Lincoln Fabrics is recognized for its
business accomplishments as well as its generous contributions of time,
talent and money to the community.
The company’s continuing growth is a testament to its ability to develop new solutions to meet the varied needs of its customers.
Our Strengths:
By placing leading edge technology for warping and weaving into the
hands of our well trained and highly skilled workforce, we have been
able to create and maintain a reputation for excellent customer
responsiveness.
By coupling a robust quality management system with visionary R&D
capabilities, Lincoln Fabrics has established customer confidence in
its ability to develop new fabric styles and produce fabrics which offer superior performance through enhanced ballistics and product consistency.
Capabilities:
Lincoln’s two state-of-the-art plants, in St. Catharines, Canada and
Geneva, Alabama, represent 130,000 square feet of production
capabilities dedicated to twisting, warping, weaving, finishing and
quality testing.
Canadian Facility: Google Maps
63 Lakeport Road, St. Catharines, (Port Dalhousie) Ontario, Canada