Inside the Fight to Save American Selvedge Denim
Blue jeans are as fundamentally American as apple pie. But with the country’s only industrial-scale selvedge mill heading for ...
From textiles to biotech: New technology is poised to transform Rhode Island’s economy once again
The R.I. Life Science Hub is leading development of our state’s first life science incubator, and is already generating a great return on our investment, writes House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi ...
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Faribault Mill's wool blankets have been keeping Minnesotans cozy for more than a century.
The giant looms at the Faribault Mill chug like freight trains as they ... that there’s demand for heirloom-quality, American-made textiles, even as the industry has largely moved overseas.
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Vidalia Mills Faces Public Auction as $32.5 Million Debt Looms
In 2019, Dan Feibus, Vidalia Mills CEO, acquired 40 American Draper X3 selvedge looms from the shuttered ... a rare commitment to domestic textile production, and its closure is a significant ...
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Weavers in a bind as costs soar, Eid sales slump
With Eid-ul-Fitr just a week away, weavers in Pabna and Sirajganj, the country’s major handloom cloth-producing regions, are frustrated by soaring production costs and poor sales.