UNSPSC 11151717: Gimped yarn

Yarn that is wrapped or wound tightly with a second length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine. Examples include chenille yarn, loop wale-yarn.

UNSPSC 11151717 Gimped yarn, a Commodity code, addresses decorative and reinforced yarn products that state and local governments procure for textile arts programs, upholstery repair, craft supply inventories, and specialized manufacturing applications. The code captures wound or twisted yarns with metallic, plastic, or fiber wrapping — products used in vocational training, costume and theatrical production, and institutional maintenance of furniture and soft furnishings. Issuing bodies include school districts operating visual and performing arts departments, municipal recreation and community centers, and state vocational or technical institutes that stock materials for instructional or public programming.

The source provides no recent state and local contract opportunities tagged to this Commodity code. Without posted RFPs, RFQs, or ITBs naming gimped yarn, no geographic concentration, repeat buyers, or representative procurement patterns can be identified at this time.