Maine Thread Company

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We checked this business against our three rules. Here is the public proof we found:

• ✓ American owned

  About: "First, we're a family business; second, we strive to manufacture the best materials; and last, Maine Thread has been, and always will be, Made in USA." The page names founder Alfred "Honey" Baril, who "founded Maine Thread Company in 1965," and describes a fourth-generation family still in the business, including current owner and president Rusty and fourth-generation team member Jenn. No foreign parent found.

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• ✓ Made in the USA

  Home: "Top Quality Hand Sewing Threads Made in USA"; "manufacturing top quality hand sewing threads at our family factory in Lewiston Maine, USA." About: "Maine Thread has been, and always will be, Made in USA." The shop navigation separates "MANUFACTURED IN HOUSE" waxed cords (twisted, braided, tapered ends) from other thread and accessory categories such as nylon machine threads, polished cotton cord, and accessories. Contact: Maine Thread Company, 550 Lisbon St., P.O. Box 139, Lewiston, Maine USA 04240; (207) 784-7770. Caveat: this listing is scoped to the in-house manufactured waxed threads; official pages also offer distributed or other thread and accessory lines that are not in the manufactured-in-house group.

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• ✓ Designed in the USA

  About describes decades of developing manufacturing techniques at the Lewiston factory and a family team that still winds, cuts, and tapers thread in the building.

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Last checked: November 10, 2026