Thread/Yarn  Products; Quality, Service, & Value  

Search A&E

What's Inside this Site:

   HOME ...  TECHNICAL INFORMATION ...  THREAD/YARN PRODUCTS ...  CONSUMER PRODUCTS ...  SALES & SERVICE ...  EMAIL


A&E, Thread & Yarn News
 


A&E, Technical Information   Technical Information

Links to technical resources that answer your sewing problem questions...

New Bulletins
Performance Gains Using A&E Core Thread (.PDF)Provides cost calculations to compare A&E Core Thread versus Spun Poly in Denim (Hard Wash Process).  (.PDF file.)

Seam Engineering: Describes the factors in engineering quality seams, formulas for estimating seam strength, and seam abrasion resistance.
 

Do You Wonder if You're Making the Right Thread Choice?
A&E, Making the Right Thread Choice?Making the Right Choice: For information on selecting the right thread for the right job, see Selection Logic  and Thread Selection by End Use.  Also, American & Efird offers a thread education workshop, called Threaducation®, on how to select the best thread for a specific application.  For more information, send an email to our Industrial Sales Division.
 



  Innovation & Creativity in Products & Services
Thread & Yarn News

Industrial News Items:
ANESYST® | ANETRAK® | Close Out Merchandise | Embroidery | Denim | Dye Lab Expansions | Mattress & Bedding Thread | Machine Embroidery Thread |
New Products | Specialty Engineered Yarns | Signature
® Plus | Technical Information
 

 
 

New Technical Textiles Section & Products
A&E, Technical TextilesA new tab has been added to the top border of our web site that now links to a page with information on our Specialty Engineered Yarns (SEY) (now part of our Technical Textiles Division).  From this page, you can now easily access information on our product line for the wire, cable, and rubber markets.  These products include

New Denim Section & Products
A&E, Denim Central PageA new tab has been added to the top border of our web site that now links to a page with information on our denim focus.  From the Denim page, you can now easily access our product specifications for sewing denim garments as well as related company brochures and technical resources.  A&E has also expanded it's product line to focus on sewing denim garments.  These new products include Anecot® X-tra, Design A-Core®, Perma Core® NWT, and D-Core® NWT.

New Embroidery Section
A&E, Embroidery Central PageA new tab has been added to the top border of our web site that now links to a page with information on our embroidery focus.  From the Embroidery page, you can now easily access our product specifications for embroidery as well as related company brochures, technical resources, and industry magazines.


New Mattresses Section & Products
A&E, Mattresses CentralA new tab has been added to the top border of our web site that now links to a page with information on our mattresses focus.  From the Mattresses page, you can no easily access our product specifications for mattresses as well as related company brochures and technical resources.  Also, check out our Flame-Out threads for the mattress and bedding market to help seams meet the Federal 16CFR1633 flame resistant requirements.

New Technical Section
A&E, Technical InformationThe Corporate Information tab in the top border of our web site has been replaced by the Technical Information tab. The Technical Information section contains links to pages such as thread application and selection guides, technical bulletins and flyers for minimizing sewing problems, thread size guides, thread glossaries, and other textile technology resources.  Note: We are in the process of translating much of the Technical Information section into both Spanish and Chinese. The translations will be made available as .PDF files that can be opened with Acrobat Reader, which is a common way to easily access and print information from the Internet. (See the "Get Acrobat Reader" icon on www.adobe.com.)

New Product: Signature® Plus
A&E's Signature® Plus thread is a revolutionary new product that provides a superior high-profile topstitching appearance.  Made with trilobal polyester that provides a high-luster appearance and excellent color fastness, Signature® Plus can add style to your sewn products!  It is now available in larger Tex sizes including T-260 and T-300.

New Order Management System
A&E, ANESYST Order Management SystemANESYST® is a business to business, web-based Order Management System designed to assist you in managing your thread needs more efficiently via the Internet. ANESYST® simplifies the order entry process while also making it easier for you to track shipment status for your owned plants, including those offshore, and contractor plant locations worldwide.

New Performance Measurement Tool
A&E, Performance Analysis
To assist manufacturers with thread selection decisions, A&E has developed its own proprietary approach to measuring thread performance - ANETRAK®. This system enables manufacturers of a variety of sewn products - from apparel and upholstered furniture to embroidery and mattresses - to assess through real-time-data collection the thread performance on a manufacturing floor.

New Product Lines
A&E's Signature® Embroidery Thread is a revolutionary new product that out-performs every other rayon or polyester embroidery thread on the market. It will sew at higher machine speeds with minimum interruptions. It is also economically priced so you can save twice - in production costs and in thread costs. Try our new Signature® Embroidery thread today!

Other News
Close out merchandise refers to quantities of product that available for sale that include mill overruns, obsolete and off shade material, distressed merchandise and goods that do not meet quality standards. The majority of the available product is of first quality and is in the original cartons. These goods are offered for those industrial buyers interested in large quantity bulk purchases. The minimum order is 200 units. If you are interested in close out merchandise, send us an e-mail.

 

Go to Top

 

   
  Related Information
   
 
A&E, Email Us   Contact A&E

Call:
(800) 861-3256
(Toll Free)

Or click on this link to email us.
 
 
A&E, Industrial Division   Thread  Products

For sale to sewn product manufacturers...
   
 

A&E, Industrial Notions Division   Notions

We distribute a variety of sewing supplies as part of our notions line...

  Specialty Pages for Thread
 

A&E, Automotive Specialty Page

  Automotive

When you select the proper thread you ensure quality...
   
 
A&E, Denim Central Page   Denim

Selecting the proper thread for denim garments helps to minimize sewing and seam issues...
   
 

A&E, Mattresses Central   Mattresses

Helps to minimize broken stitches and ensures better stitch quality while locking in durability...

 
 
A&E, Embroidery Central Page   Embroidery Products

Our products out perform every other  embroidery thread...
 
 
A&E, Technical Textiles   Technical Textiles
Products

Our products  increase line speeds &  deliver more length per tube...
   
   
     
   
  A&E, Innovate. Create. Deliver