The flame-resistant (FR) clothing market has soared in the past five to ten years, paralleling the nation’s booming oil and gas industry. New York City-based bank Citi recently released research stating: “The U.S. has very rapidly become a powerhouse as an exporter of finished petroleum products… with gross exports expected to reach a combined five million barrels a day or more by the end of 2014, up a stunning four million barrels a day since 2005.”
The New York City TV police drama, “The Naked City,” which ran from 1958 to 1963, was famous for its introduction every week: “There are eight million stories in the naked city…” Well, today there is a plethora of stories about how FR clothing entrepreneurs are riding the oil and gas boom.