Tompkins USA. designs, manufactures and sells a proprietary line of circular knitting machinery and equipment to the textile industry worldwide. The company is located in Syracuse, New York on Oneida Street.

The Company has positioned itself for expansive growth by focusing on continued product development of a full range of machines from 3 inches to 26 inches in diameter.

Tompkins offers R (rib) Frame Size I for diameters 3 through 7 inches, Frame Size II for 8 through 13 inches, Frame III for diameters 14 through 19 inches, and Frame Size IV for 20 to 26 inches.

The J series produces jersey, lacoste, and terry. Frame Size I is for diameters 4 to 10 inches, Frame II and III for 11 to 26 inches.

Tompkins USA proprietary niche is the ability to offer the customer faster, more consistent production and more flexibility with interchangeable diameters that fit standardized, more compact frame size machines.

Tompkins has also developed a specialized, computerized system to knit contoured knit tubing for application in the medical and athletic markets. This computerized contoured knitting systems, the Model R-TS option allows Model R machines to knit compression bandages and support braces to fit the specific contour of an individual’s limbs. It’s important to note that currently there is no competition in the marketplace for this innovative system.

In addition to serving the medical and athletic markets, Tompkins machinery predominately provides support to the sports and fashion apparel industry. Along with the capacity to knit natural fibers, Tompkins machinery will knit wire, plastic, Kevlar, Nomex, acrylic and other synthetic materials which are used to knit a wide variety of products sold in the consumer, industrial, filtration and safety products marketplaces.