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Gentex Corporation is a privately held company that focuses on the manufacture of United States and international military, special forces, commercial, law enforcement, emergency medical services and first responder personal protective equipment products, [1] as well as aluminized fabrics, Lifetex fabrics, Clearweld, Filtron, and Precision Polymer Processors.
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The city of New Bedford, Massachusetts once had about 70 textile mills, operated by 28 establishments with over 3.7 million spindles at its peak around 1920, and was among the leading cotton textile centers in the United States during the early 20th century. There are currently about 18 mills left in the city.
A Burlington Sock (in the mid-1990s) On November 6, 1923 J. Spencer Love founded a textile corporation in Burlington, North Carolina. [1] [2] Love and his father brought to Burlington $50,000 worth of machinery from a factory they had sold in Gastonia, NC, and also invested $200,000 that they had earned from the sale of the Gastonia plant, as well as selling an additional $200,000 worth of ...
Kunbi (alternatively Kanbi) (Marathi: ISO 15919: Kuṇabī, Gujarati: ISO 15919: Kaṇabī) [1] [2] [3] is a generic term applied to several castes of traditional farmers in Western India. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] These include the Dhonoje, Ghatole, Masaram, Hindre, Jadav, Jhare, Khaire, Lewa ( Leva Patil ), Lonare and Tirole communities of Vidarbha ...
Following the rebellion, the country's rapid industrialization resumed, with Manchester becoming a textile center greater than its namesake. Company engineers built more factories, lining both sides of the Merrimack. Mill No. 11 was the world's largest cotton mill, 900 feet (270 m) long, 103 feet (31 m) wide, and containing 4000 looms.
At one time, more than 3,000 people were employed there. Long after most of the New England mills had closed, Draper continued to improve their products and sell them to the Southern textile companies, and others around the world. In 1967, control of the Draper Corporation was passed to Rockwell International.
Burewala Textile Mills, acquired in 1957 from Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation and later merged into Dawood Lawrencepur Limited in 2004 [6] [7] Central Insurance Company, now known as Cyan Limited [8] [9] Dawood Mines, it was established with a paid-up capital of Rs. 0.5 million and was involved in coal mining [10] [11]