Exhibit 12



BGF Industries, Inc.



Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(dollars in thousands)





|                                                      |  |                                |        |   |               |   |        |      |  |   |          |   |  |      |        |   |  |   |        |  
|----------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------ | ------ | - | ------------- | - | ------ | ---- |  | - | -------- | - |  | ---- | ------ | - |  | - | ------ | -
|                                                      |  | Fiscal Year Ended December 31, |       
|                                                      |  | 2004                           |        |   | 2003          |   |        | 2002 |  |   | 2001     |   |  | 2000 |       
|                                                      |  |                                |        |   | (as restated) |   |        |      |  |   |          |   |  |      |       
|Earnings:                                             |  |                                |        |   |               |   |        |      |  |   |          |   |  |      |        |   |  |   |        |  
|Pretax income (loss) (a)                              |  | $                              | 1,897  |   |               | $ | (3,436 | )    |  | $ | (129,012 | ) |  | $    | (4,946 | ) |  | $ | 13,932 |  
|Add:                                                  |  |                                |        |   |               |   |        |      |  |   |          |   |  |      |        |   |  |   |        |  
|Fixed charges                                         |  |                                | 12,430 |   |               |   | 14,097 |      |  |   | 14,239   |   |  |      | 14,504 |   |  |   | 14,405 |  
|Capitalized interest                                  |  |                                |       |   |               |   |       |      |  |   |         |   |  |      | (227   | ) |  |   |       |  
|                                                      |  |                                |        |   |               |   |        |      |  |   |          |   |  |      |        |   |  |   |        |  
|                                                      |  | $                              | 14,327 |   |               | $ | 10,661 |      |  | $ | (114,773 | ) |  | $    | 9,331  |   |  | $ | 28,337 |  
|                                                      |  |                                |        |   |               |   |        |      |  |   |          |   |  |      |        |   |  |   |        |  
|Fixed Charges:                                        |  |                                |        |   |               |   |        |      |  |   |          |   |  |      |        |   |  |   |        |  
|Interest expense(b)                                   |  | $                              | 12,025 |   |               | $ | 13,812 |      |  | $ | 13,926   |   |  | $    | 13,972 |   |  | $ | 14,168 |  
|Capitalized interest                                  |  |                                |       |   |               |   |       |      |  |   |         |   |  |      | 227    |   |  |   |       |  
|Portion of rents representative of interest factor(c) |  |                                | 405    |   |               |   | 285    |      |  |   | 313      |   |  |      | 305    |   |  |   | 237    |  
|                                                      |  |                                |        |   |               |   |        |      |  |   |          |   |  |      |        |   |  |   |        |  
|                                                      |  | $                              | 12,430 |   |               | $ | 14,097 |      |  | $ | 14,239   |   |  | $    | 14,504 |   |  | $ | 14,405 |  
|                                                      |  |                                |        |   |               |   |        |      |  |   |          |   |  |      |        |   |  |   |        |  
|Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                    |  |                                | 1.2    | x |               |   |       |      |  |   |         |   |  |      |       |   |  |   | 2.0    | x

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|(a) | Income (loss) before taxes and extraordinary loss.
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|(b) | Includes amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount and excludes capitalized interest.
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|(c) | One-third of rental expense.
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