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By 1838, the Spen Valley, centred on Cleckheaton, had at least 11 card clothing factories and by 1893, it was generally accepted as the card cloth capital of the world, though by 2008 only two manufacturers of metallic and flexible card clothing remained in England: Garnett Wire Ltd., dating from 1851, and Joseph Sellers & Son Ltd., established ...
Woolco was an American-based discount retail chain. It was founded in 1962 in Columbus, Ohio, by the F. W. Woolworth Company.It was a full-line discount department store unlike the five-and-dime Woolworth stores which operated at the time.
The Frank Winfield Woolworth Company (often referred to as Woolworth's or simply Woolworth) was a retail company and one of the pioneers of the five-and-dime store.It was among the most successful American and international five-and-dime businesses, setting trends and creating the modern retail model that stores follow worldwide today.
Schottenstein Stores owns stakes in DSW and American Signature Furniture; 15% of American Eagle Outfitters, retail liquidator SB360 Capital Partners, over 50 shopping centers, and 5 factories producing its shoes and furniture.
One type of stuff was a type of coarse thickly woven cloth manufactured in various places, formerly including Kidderminster. Originally it was probably entirely of wool , but later a " woolsey-linsey " cloth, made with a warp of linen yarn and a worsted weft .
Long wool fibres can be up to 15 in, but anything over 2.5 inches is suitable for combing into worsteds. Fibres less than that form short wool and are described as clothing or carding wool, and are best suited for the jumbled arrangement of woolens. At the mill the wool is scoured in a detergent to remove grease (the yolk) and impurities.
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In 1985, English Card Clothing (100% subsidiary of Carclo Engineering) sold its 57% stake in ICC to the new management. Currently, Mauritius based Multi-Act Industrial Enterprises Limited is the holding company with 57.35% equity in the organization. [4] ICC also holds a 100% equity in UK-based Garnett Wires that manufactures card clothing for ...