Textile services companies invest in textiles made overseas because the price of product is often appealing compared to U.S.-made. That’s the plus side. The downside is consistency and quality, which may vary from shipment to shipment. Colors are on, then off. Fading neutralizes a load of restaurant linens. Bed sheet/tablecloth size and dimension are right one delivery; dead wrong the next. 
 
Some textile services companies deal with such issues preemptively. 
 
“We stick with the safeguards,” says Bobbi Dahlgren, vice president of sourcing, procurement and manufacturing, G&K Services, a provider of uniforms and facility services ...