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Scott Tesser
CEO and co-owner
A seasoned textile executive with nearly 40 years of experience, Scott Tesser is chief executive officer and co-owner of Precision Textiles. Under his leadership, Precision Textiles has become known for its innovative approach to solving customers’ problems and delivering unique nonwoven and laminate solutions throughout the mattress, automotive and healthcare industries. He continues to foster the company’s science-based development of product through research and development.
Growing up in the textile business, Tesser cut his teeth at family-owned Tesser Textiles, formerly located in New York City. The company, founded in 1920 by his grandfather, was a supplier to the apparel industry, and Tesser joined the family business after graduating from Syracuse University in 1982.
Peter Longo
COO and co-owner
A mechanical engineer, Peter Longo started Precision Custom Coatings, the predecessor to Precision Textiles in 1987 with five employees. Since then, the company has grown to be one of the largest suppliers of nonwoven and laminate solutions for mattresses, healthcare and automotive products.
When the company was started, it manufactured all nonwovens, and over the last 30-plus years, Longo has led the company’s charge to diversify and develop new products through chemistry and innovative machinery.
Keith Martin
Vice President
A 20-year veteran of Precision Textiles, Keith Martin leads the company’s product development and sales teams. With nearly 25 years of experience in the textile business, Martin serves as the liaison between Precision Textiles’ customers and the research and development team to develop leading nonwoven and laminate solutions for the bedding, automotive, and healthcare industries.
A 1997 graduate of North Carolina State University with a degree in textile engineering, Martin grew up working in textile mills in his home state where he held a number of internships in various research and development departments. Prior to joining Precision Textiles, Martin was part of a three-person team for another company that developed FR products for the mattress industry.