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1.Blue Ridge Food Ventures by Flannick, Jake The Laurel of Asheville Vol. 13 Issue 11, November 2016
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A local food processing facility contributes to the organic food trend. Part of a trend that emerged during the 1980s, products such as non-meat proteins, organic chocolate, and Buchi kombucha originated in this facility. Also known for the homemade fruit spreads produced by Walter and Wendy Harrill, who rent their space, it is a product of a nonprofit partnership. Asheville-Buncombe Technical College, the state Department of Agriculture, and an economic development group founded the facility in 2005.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 11, November 2016,
p82
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10936
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In 1928, the AKU organization of Arnhem, Holland established the American Enka Corporation in Asheville. In 1929, the stock market crashed. In 1969, the company is a leading producer in manmade yards and fibers and ranks as the fifth largest North Carolina based corporation. The article recounts Enka's achievements over the past forty years and describes the scope of its operations.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 27 Issue 11, Nov 1969,
p162-163, 228, il, por
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10477
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American Enka Corporation came to Asheville in 1928 and later moved its corporate headquarters there. The company produces mostly rayon. After a career with Hercules, Inc., Philip Barton Stull came to Asheville in 1959 as president and board chairman. When he stepped down as president in 1967, gross income had risen from $95 million in 1962 to $185 million by 1967. Total employment rose from 6,300 to 10,000 for the same period due to expanded production.
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31128
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Significant business developments have occurred in American Enka Corporation's progress in 1962. One of the nation's leading produces of man-made yarn and fibers, Enka recently broke ground on a new multi-million dollar nylon and polyester yarn plant and announced the expansion of the nylon plant near Asheville to increase capacity in heavy denier yarn.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 20 Issue 6, November 1962,
p146-147, 174-175, por
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30916
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The nation's second largest producer of rayon, and substantial manufacturer of nylon and Tyrex, American Enka Corporation is celebrating its 30th anniversary. First spinning in Buncombe County, North Carolina, American Enka has experienced rapid growth into five states investments now above $120 million.
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Adding to the progress and development of the textile industry in North Carolina, American Enka Corporation has developed a permanently colored filament rayon for many textile uses. Named Jetspun, the fiber boasts a remarkable color-fast quality, great tensile strength, abrasion resistance, absorptivity, and low cost.
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