Shaniko Wool Featured In Textile Exchange’s Insider Series
What’s unique about the work you do?
At this time, in 2020, Shaniko Wool Company is the only supplier of RWS certified wool in North America.
Tell us a bit how your journey started.
Our journey began in 1999. Following shearing, we contacted our long time wool buyer for a price quote. We were shocked to learn they would not be buying that spring but were, instead, moving their manufacturing outside the country, and sourcing wool closer to their plant. The switch made us look at the volatility of commodity markets in general and begin to consider how to do things differently. We began transforming the raw wool to value-added products and putting them into the market on our own. Today, Shaniko Wool Company is continuing the work of adding value to wool by meeting all RWS certification criteria, paired with the wool’s provenance, for brands who seek and appreciate these values.
