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Chuck Hayes is CEO and Chairman of Guilford Mills in Greensboro.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 12 Issue 5, May 1992,
p28-44, il, por
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816
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Henry C. Humphreys, Jr., president of National Spinning Co. in Washington, NC, is the new leader of the NC Textile Manufacturers Association.
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29363
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Despite the 1990s being a decade of economic shakedowns, some of North Carolina's core industries--textiles, furniture, and other heavy manufacturing--are adjusting to the new economic reality. Taking advantage of global partnerships and technological advances are keeping these industries running successfully.
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588
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Julian examines the importance of textiles to North Carolina as the nation celebrates the 200th anniversary of the industry.
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24365
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Cone Mills Minneola plant in Gibsonville shut down in 1988, causing about 500 people to lose their jobs. While textile mills have closed all over North Carolina, a new industry is on the rise: computers and electronics.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 9 Issue 4, April 1989,
p32-39, il
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24366
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The experience of Mickie Davis, a Burnsville citizen who works in the Outboard Marine Corporation factory exemplifies wider trends of changing industry in North Carolina, in which the textile industry is giving way to the transportation and communications industry.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 9 Issue 4, April 1989,
p40-52, il
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24385
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Textile/Clothing Technology Corp. is a company that hopes to save U.S. apparel makers from faltering productivity and sales. Using innovation and equipment modernization, the company hopes to bolster the nation’s manufacturers, which have been suffering as a result of outsourcing and rising imports.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 8 Issue 4, April 1988,
p40-43, il
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4529
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Unlike northern mill villages, where there were rowhouses or apartments, mill villages in North Carolina tended to have detached, single-family dwellings with lots for gardens or animals. There was no indoor plumbing, and wells were shared. Other village buildings included warehouses, the company store, an area for recreation, a church, and a school.
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Women were an integral part of the textile mill workforce in the late 19th- and 20-centuries. Many were just off the farm and often found adjustment to mill life difficult. Jobs were demanding. Night shifts for mothers with children were equally hard. Women relied on older relatives to help with the home. Working conditions did not improve until after World War II.
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12499
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North Carolina's textile industry dates back to the early 1800s, but in 1980, the industry began a decline. Predictions were made that if the world situation did not change, there would be no domestic textile industry by the 1990s. Mackie discusses that possibility.
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12500
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Dewey L. Trogdon is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cone Mills Corporation. In 1986, he served as president of the Washington-based American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Inc. Trogdon discusses the rising tide of foreign imports and other important issues facing the textile industry.
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33067
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Raymond H. Cates and the PPG Industries fiber glass plant that he supervises in Lexington will observe twentieth anniversaries next year. Cates began his PPG career at the company’s Shelby fiber glass plant, which opened in 1967. In this article, Cates discusses his background, experience as a chemist, and the products manufactured by the textile plants.
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31350
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North Carolina’s congressional delegation, which rarely votes unanimously on any issue, has split solidly with the Reagan White House on the matter of limiting textile imports. This article discusses the textile industry, foreign trade, and tax reform in North Carolina.
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25587
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Located in Iredell County, Mooresville was built nearly a century ago around a textile mill. But during the past two years 800 people have lost their textile jobs because of plant closings or permanent layoffs. Textiles have been one of the big three industries in North Carolina. But in 1982, the state had more plant closings than any other state. Inexpensive foreign labor has made it hard for American companies to compete with imports.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 2 Issue 12, June 22-July 5 1984,
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32961
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The Lutravil Company opened a new plant and headquarters in Durham on May 9. The facility will produce a variety of spunbonded nonwoven textiles used in the automotive and roofing industries, in carpet floor coverings and in other industrial applications. The spunbonding technology employed by Lutravil is the most efficient process currently available.
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