Nufabrx
Compression socks and sleeves with capsaicin knitted into the yarn, made in North Carolina
🇺🇸 Made in USA
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Where Nufabrx products are made
“Each Nufabrx product is manufactured and tested in our North Carolina based facility, all sourced in the USA.”
“All Nufabrx compression products are Made in the USA” appears on the compression socks, knee sleeve and wrist sleeve pages alike.
The company infuses capsaicin into the yarn itself using, in its words, “a patented process and uniquely engineered equipment” — the manufacturing step that sets a Nufabrx garment apart from ordinary compression wear.
What this emblem covers. Nufabrx states that all of its compression products are made in the USA and that each is manufactured and tested in its North Carolina facility, with materials sourced in the USA. The emblem covers the full Nufabrx range. This profile describes where the product is made; it makes no health or efficacy claim.
The story
Nufabrx started with a college student and a dermatologist. Jordan Schindler, the company says, got the idea during a visit about pillowcases, and the first product was a bamboo pillowcase with tea tree oil and lavender.
The business grew into what it calls “Clothing 2.0” — fabric that carries an active ingredient in the yarn — working with a formulation scientist and with AFFOA.
When it came to making the product, Nufabrx went to North Carolina’s textile towns. The company says it was “important to Nufabrx to stay an American made company,” and that it wanted to “give life back to these historical mill towns.”
Why they matter
North Carolina’s mill towns lost much of their textile work over the last forty years. Nufabrx chose to build a new kind of textile product there rather than contract it out.
It is a small company doing technical manufacturing — infusing yarn with an active ingredient — in a place that knows how to knit.
Its claim is unqualified and appears on every product page sampled, which makes it easy for a buyer to check.
Shop Nufabrx products
Nufabrx compression socks and sleeves, in the Buy American Campaign store.
Nufabrx questions
Are Nufabrx products made in the USA?
Yes. Its product pages state “All Nufabrx compression products are Made in the USA,” and the company says each product is manufactured and tested in its North Carolina facility.
Where is Nufabrx based?
Conover, North Carolina.
Who makes Nufabrx?
Textile Based Delivery Inc, which does business as Nufabrx. It was founded in 2011 by Jordan Schindler.
What does Nufabrx make?
Compression socks and sleeves — knee, wrist, ankle, leg, arm, calf and elbow — with capsaicin infused into the yarn.