Founded in 1978, American Braiding and Manufacturing has been a leading manufacturer of the most complete lines of high quality mechanical packing and related fluid sealing products available. In 1978, Army Veteran and former Packing Development Engineer for Johns Manville Company Jerry Bailey founded American Braiding and Manufacturing as a primary supplier to the government military supply chain by assisting in the creation of many of the current military specifications that exist today. Today, our products support both commercial and military aircraft, merchant and military surface ships, and submarines.