thermoplastics founded 1969 ; 47 years ago 1969 headquarters migdal haemek israel key people michael p levi chairman zion ginat general manager products nylon 6.6 yarns thermoplastics revenue 1 754 million 2015 number of employees 1600 2015 website www.nilit.com nilit ltd. hebrew is a privately owned international manufacturer of nylon 6.6 polyamide fibers and thermoplastics headquartered in migdal haemek israel . 1 nilit has two divisions . nilit fibers specializes in the polymerization spinning and texturing of nylon 6.6 yarns for textile applications . nilit plastics manufactures nylon 6.6 nylon 6 and pbt compounds for injection molding monofilaments profile extrusion and film blowing and casting . these plastics are then used to make components of automobiles consumer goods medical products and electronics . thumbnail contents 1 history 2 products 3 global operations 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit nilit ltd. was founded in 1969 by ennio levi a man who immigrated to israel with his family from italy . construction of the plant began in 1971 in migdal haemek israel and production began in 1974 making nilit the first israeli manufacturer of nylon . in 1978 nilit began polymerization . in 1981 nilit began salification . in 1988 nilit s 5 denier yarn entered the guinness book of world records as the world s finest nylon yarn . in 1995 nilit founded euronil thermoplastics compounds spa in rho milan italy 2 its first manufacturing facility outside of israel . euronil began manufacturing two years later specializing in flame retardant thermoplastics and internally lubricated plastics . it was later renamed nilit plastics europe s.r.l. in 1996 sara lee hosiery and nilit signed a joint venture today named h.n.f. ltd hanesbrands nilit fibers to produce nylon 6.6 poy yarns for the hanesbrands apparel line in nilit s israeli manufacturing facility . in 2006 hanesbrands was spun off from sara lee to become a standalone publicly held company . in 2001 unifi inc. a yarn processor and nilit signed a joint venture named u.n.f. industries ltd. unifi nilit fibers to produce nylon 6.6 poy yarns for texturing in nilit s israeli manufacturing facility . in 2004 pompea spa and nilit signed a joint venture named p.n.f ltd . in 2006 they together initiated a new poy production line located in nilit s israeli manufacturing facility . in 2006 nilit began a series of acquisitions of manufacturing facilities worldwide . the first was the fibers business of invista apparel europe in 2006 . in 2007 nilit acquired frisetta polymer in germany . the company was then renamed nilit plastics europe gmbh & co. kg . finally in 2009 nilit acquired nylstar 3 in martinsville virginia usa and renamed the company nilit america inc. at the same time nilit founded two manufacturing facilities in china . 4 it established nilit nylon technologies suzhou co. ltd. which began texturing yarns in suzhou jiangsu china in 2008 . a year later nilit suzhou plastics engineering co. ltd. began compounding thermoplastics . in 2012 nilit launched its poy spinning plant in china and in 2013 the official inauguration ceremony for both the spinning and compounding thermoplastics sites in suzhou china took place . in 2013 nilit started texturing and covering in brazil . products edit nilit fibers produces fine super fine and mid denier yarns . these yarns are marketed under many brand names including nilit heat nilit breeze nilit innergy nilit ecocare nilit black diamond nilit britex nilit colorwise nilit duelle nilit pastelle nilit arafelle nilit bodyfresh nilit aquarius nilit eversheer and nilit softex . in addition nilit is licensed by invista to manufacture tactel supplex and cordura fibers . end uses of these yarns include hosiery socks intimate apparel bodywear and activewear . nilit plastics produces plastics made from nylon 6.6 nylon 6 and pbt compounds . the plastics are later used to make parts of appliances electronics cars and other consumer goods . nilit also has a line of flame retardant and internally lubricated plastics . nilit plastics products are marketed under the trade names polynil nilamid frianyl nilitop nilamon and artex . global operations edit nilit operates in more than 70 countries . it has manufacturing facilities in israel germany italy china 5 and the usa . nilit employs 1500 people worldwide . nilit is privately owned . it is run by michael p. levi who manages the levi family companies which include nilit and mca ltd. the sole importer and distributor of fiat lancia alfa romeo abarth iveco and subaru in israel . see also edit economy of israel textile manufacturing references edit nilit main page ; retrieved 17 02 11 . new compounding plant in italy ; retrieved 08 03 11 . israeli firm buys nylstar ; retrieved 08 03 11 . nilit strengthens presence and position in chinese market ; retrieved 08 03 11 . nilit strengthens presence in chinese market ; retrieved 08 03 11 . archived january 14 2010 at the wayback machine . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nilit & oldid 721028521 categories companies established in 1969textile companies of israelhidden categories articles with wayback machine links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 19 may 2016 at 10 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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