Everest Textiles | NRGmaster Crane

Everest Textile announced its plans to open a U.S. sports fabric weaving plant in 2016. The Taiwanese company took over a vacant, 400,000-square-foot industrial building in Forest City, North Carolina, creating an operation that supplies customers and brands like Nike, Columbia, Under Armour, North Face and Patagonia. Everest needed a simple and efficient method to feed its looms with yarn and fabric rolls, which can weigh 2,000 lbs. or more. Everest’s buyer, contacted Handling Services Inc., to design and install a crane and hoist system that would meet the textile company’s unique needs. Facing the issue of limited clearance, HSI turned to R&M Materials Handling for an NRGmaster energy cha