April 15, 2021 NCTO Chairman David Roberts NCTO Chairman David Roberts outlined key industry facts and economic data, and recapped NCTO’s PPE and other legislative efforts in 2020 during his “State of the U.S. Textile Industry” address during NCTO’s 17th annual meeting, which was held virtually. By David Roberts Let me begin by saying what an honor and privilege it has been to serve as Chairman of NCTO over these past several months. The year 2020 was marked by a once-in-a-generation pandemic and health crisis that profoundly impacted our businesses, creating challenges and new opportunities that we are still navigating through today and will be confronting for the foreseeable future.