Kaia Rhodes
@kaiarhodes
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Founder, CEO @anatar | Software-orchestrated U.S. apparel manufacturing for the world's leading brands.
Atlanta
Joined April 2009
Anatar is hiring across operations, design, engineering, and sales to power the world’s leading brands and confront survival at the extremes of humanity. Join us: anatar dot com/careers
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Love when a VC says 86,000 sqft is too small and we need to go bigger. I agree!
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Today, products go dark after purchase. Brands lose visibility, consumers lose connection, and the relationship ends at checkout. We’re changing that by turning products into living assets. Every product manufactured by Anatar carries a Digital Product Passport (DPP): a
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Read the full article below: https://t.co/DnGAkUA1bB
manufacturing.net
Higher-cost states, meanwhile, are losing ground.
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Atlanta tops the rankings as the best city for manufacturing businesses, thanks to low energy costs, competitive wages, and one of the lowest commercial rent averages.
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I'm proud to announce that Anatar has been officially approved as a member of the Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC). This strategic milestone affirms our commitment to strengthening U.S. national security through advanced textile manufacturing.
anatar.com
Anatar is proud to announce our official approval as a member of the Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC), administered by Advanced Technology International (ATI).
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Key facts about the U.S. textile & apparel industry: - 97% of apparel purchased in the U.S. is imported. - Over 80% of U.S. cotton is exported; fibers can travel 12,000+ miles before returning as finished garments. - The global textile/apparel market is approaching $3
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You didn’t think I would forget about a Government use case for Loom, did you? Anatar’s Loom is the easiest, most secure way for regulators to verify the origin of textiles and finished goods. By recording every step of the manufacturing process—from seed to sale—with
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced a new withhold release order that, effective Nov. 18, requires the detention at all U.S. ports of entry of textiles, apparel, and garments manufactured in Mauritius by Firemount Group Ltd. CBP states that this WRO is based on its
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced a new withhold release order that, effective Nov. 18, requires the detention at all U.S. ports of entry of textiles, apparel, and garments manufactured in Mauritius by Firemount Group Ltd. CBP states that this WRO is based on its
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Every startup is "crazy until it works." - SpaceX was crazy (reusable rockets? impossible!) - Tesla was crazy (electric cars? nobody wants them!) - Anatar is crazy (reshore American textiles? good luck!) They worked because the founders executed in the face of impossible odds.
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@kaiarhodes Every piece of garment that Kaia ships contributes to this. We all should work on sending the manufacturing index to the moon.
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Visiting Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America today – the most automated car factory in the U.S. and possibly the world. Studying their approach to automation and AI integration. The principles that transformed automotive manufacturing will reshape textiles.
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Conversations this week: Fortune 500 manufacturers, defense contractors, historic mills, and investors. Hyundai on Tuesday. Building America’s manufacturing legacy, one stitch at a time.
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That’s correct. However, brands and manufacturers are growing intolerant of supply chain shocks. They are increasingly focused on minimizing risk and enhancing reliability, even if this means accepting higher costs. While we target Asia-level pricing in our operations, we do not
@kaiarhodes Much of these poor decisons are driven by the misaligned objectives of capital and company leadership... Capital always wins Capital demands you seek the highest profit and rarely do people want that product integrity is almost always a casualty in the relationship between
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While Pendleton still operates woolen mills in Oregon and Washington, the vast majority of their finished products, including those made of American cotton, are assembled overseas.
@kaiarhodes When I see these labels, they remind me how short sighted leaders are and their unwillingness to invest money in a country that gives them a luxurious lifestyle.
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Everywhere I look, I see opportunity. 162 years of American heritage, Made in Indonesia. Every brand dependent on offshore manufacturing is a potential partner of Anatar.
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We need a Tesla and SpaceX for every sector from textiles to steel.
If America had ~3 more SpaceX's and Tesla's we'd be on an undeterrable path towards reindustrializaiton There are candidates but we need to help them scale
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I have a few hours in the air to answer questions about Anatar if anyone is curious.
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Looking forward to seeing everyone at Reindustrialize 3.0
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