{
    "code": "2297",
    "title": "Non-Woven Fabrics",
    "sic_manual": "OSHA SIC Manual",
    "level": "Industry",
    "major_group_code": "22",
    "parent_code": "229",
    "parent_title": "Miscellaneous Textile Goods",
    "plain_english_definition": "",
    "summary_plain": "",
    "official_definition": "Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing non-woven fabrics (by bonding and/or interlocking of fibers) by mechanical, chemical, thermal or solvent means, or by combinations thereof.",
    "official_source": "https://www.osha.gov/sic-manual/2297",
    "classification_note": "",
    "included_activities": [
        "Bonded-fiber fabrics, except felt",
        "Fabrics, bonded fiber: except felt",
        "Fabrics, non-woven: except felts",
        "Ribbon, non-woven (yarn bonded by plastics)",
        "Spunbonded fabrics"
    ],
    "excluded_activities": [
        {
            "label": "Textile Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified",
            "code": "2299",
            "title": "Textile Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/2299/textile-goods"
        }
    ],
    "confused_codes": [],
    "official_siblings": [
        {
            "code": "2295",
            "title": "Coated Fabrics, not Rubberized",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/2295/coated-fabrics-rubberized",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "2296",
            "title": "Tire Cord and Fabrics",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/2296/tire-cord-fabrics",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "2297",
            "title": "Non-Woven Fabrics",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/2297/non-woven-fabrics",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "2298",
            "title": "Cordage and Twine",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/2298/cordage-twine",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "2299",
            "title": "Textile Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/2299/textile-goods",
            "label": "Industry"
        }
    ],
    "official_children": [],
    "related_naics_codes": [
        {
            "code": "313230",
            "title": "Nonwoven Fabric Mills",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/313230/nonwoven-fabric-mills"
        }
    ],
    "example_companies": [
        {
            "name": "Freudenberg Nonwovens LP",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/freudenberg-nonwovens-lp",
            "city": "Durham",
            "state": "NC",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Polymer Group Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/polymer-group-inc-1",
            "city": "Kingman",
            "state": "KS",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Avgol America Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/avgol-america-inc",
            "city": "Mocksville",
            "state": "NC",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Color Fi Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/color-fi-inc",
            "city": "Sumter",
            "state": "SC",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Knowlton Technologies",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/knowlton-technologies",
            "city": "Watertown",
            "state": "NY",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Spuntech Industries Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/spuntech-industries-inc",
            "city": "Roxboro",
            "state": "NC",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Star Board Special P Funds, LLC",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/star-board-special-p-funds-llc",
            "city": "Chicago",
            "state": "IL",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Chartwells Educational",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/chartwells-educational",
            "city": "Cairo",
            "state": "IL",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Shalag US Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/shalag-us-inc",
            "city": "Oxford",
            "state": "NC",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Sellars Absorbent Materials",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/sellars-absorbent-materials-1",
            "city": "Milwaukee",
            "state": "WI",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Windsor Locks Nonwovens",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/windsor-locks-nonwovens",
            "city": "East Windsor",
            "state": "CT",
            "reviewed": false
        }
    ],
    "company_count": 67,
    "email_contact_count": 36,
    "phone_count": 51,
    "website_count": 62,
    "database_as_of": "Nov 13, 2026",
    "count_type": "commercial",
    "count_disclaimer": "These are SICCODE.com commercial database counts, not official government establishment totals. Website-Reviewed & Enriched is a separate review of company websites for products, services, markets, and fit.",
    "canonical_url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/2297/non-woven-fabrics",
    "json_url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/2297.json",
    "reviewed_by": "Industry Classification Review Team",
    "last_updated": "October 2026"
}