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We Handcraft It All...
With You In Mind.
Welcome to the Strauch Fiber Equipment Company. We enjoy producing quality, hand crafted tools for people who work with yarn and fiber.
My wife Joanne, a retired accountant, and I, a retired engineer, live on our farm in New Castle, Virginia.
We have a small herd of cashmere goats – the original reason for our interest in the wonderful world of fiber.
In 1991 we began making hand crafted floor Swift/Skeinwinders. As our hobby grew we wanted to expand and in March of 2000 we purchased the drum carding portion of a small west coast company and formed Strauch Fiber Equipment Co. The many improvements we’ve made to the original drum carder design have been so well received by the fiber arts community that the series of Strauch drum carders have become "The Standard of the Industry".
A Jumbo Ball Winder was added in 2005. In 2007, we introduced our series of table model Swift/skeinwinders to compliment our original line of floor models.
Our products are "Proudly Made in the USA." As part of our company mission, Strauch Fiber Equipment Co. is dedicated to promoting American made products. All the components we use to manufacture our products are made in the USA. We even pay extra for wood certified to come from U.S. forests.
We Reduce waste, Reuse, and Recycle. Over 90% of our packing paper and foam peanuts are given to us by local retailers who would rather not feed the landfill. The minimal amount of wood scrap that we generate is used to heat our workshop. We compost the sawdust and wood shavings are used as animal bedding.
Strauch Fiber Equipment Company is committed to organizations that help people become independent, improve themselves and their communities. To this end we support groups such as Heifer International and 4-H.
This website is designed to be informational as well as entertaining. The site is constantly evolving, so please come back often. (How about bookmarking it? - to add this page to your favorites). The Photo Gallery is a fun place to start. Our Webmaster, (who happens to be my son, Mark), is always striving for new ideas to keep this site interesting. His company, Whitestar Data Solutions, is dedicated to producing quality web site design along with email and hosting services.