Record #:

43022

Author(s):

Infanzon, Vanessa

Abstract:

After World War II, Marshall Rauch joined his wife's family's textile business in Bessemer City in Gaston County, later starting his own business, Pyramid Mills. A big break came in 1963, when Spiegel Catalog Company placed an order for Christmas ornaments woven with rayon thread., Rauch Industries went public in 1983 and was sold for $50 million in 1996. In addition to business, Rauch used his leadership skills to gain inclusion for blacks and Jewish people in Gaston County . He is currently 97 years old.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 5, May 2020, p12-13

Subject(s):

Rauch, Marshall Arthur, 1923-; Gaston County--Industry; Christmas ornament manufacturers--Rauch Industries; Gastonia--Industry; Bessemer City