Wm. T. Burnett

"Wm. T. Burnett was established in Baltimore as a trading company for cotton linters. It evolved into a manufacturer of cotton batting and felt for the furniture and bedding industries, and quickly earned a reputation for quality, dealing in high-end India cotton. During WWII, the company was a designated government supplier of kapok, an important material used in life preservers. In 1985, Wm. T. Burnett began as one of the first producers of “low melt” or thermal-bonded fiberfill. The company also pioneered and patented the process for densified polyester fiberfill with weights and thicknesses that could be used in mattress cores, outdoor furniture and commodity foam replacement. Continuing throughout the 1980's, new technologies were implemented at the company’s expanding plant operations, including new bonding lines, high speed cross lappers with needle punch capabilities, finishing looms, and ovens for high-loft bonding. Beginning in the fall of 2004, Wm. T. Burnett became one of the first manufacturers to successfully produce a high-loft barrier made of modified rayon."