The eighteenth-century cotton entrepreneur reminds us that cutting-edge knowledge often resides in brains, not books.

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Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Smithsonian's first label for Slater's Spinning Frame was written by textiles curator Frederick L. Lewton in 1912 ...

There is something particularly American about factories from the golden age of manufacturing, factories we drape in idyllic visions of efficiency, industry and ingenuity. Still, in this era of ...

There is a lot of history wrapped up in the textile industry in Columbus. Friday when a Gildan Yarn official confirmed to News 3 that it would close its North Highland plant off Fourth Avenue at 33rd ...

15 July 2013 Egypt is studying a proposal to build a spinning and textile mill at a 20,000-square-meter area located in the Beni Suef Governorate. The entire project is estimated to cost around USD 72 ...

In a setback for the country’s key textile sector, Ideal Spinning Mills Limited has decided to shut down its spinning operations, citing unfavourable market conditions and rising costs. The textile ...

The Shreveport Assembly and Stamping plant, a once-bustling GM plant in Louisiana that built its last truck (a white last-generation Chevrolet Colorado) in 2012, could soon be home to a textile plant.

Zagis USA said Dec. 14 it has completed construction on a new textile mill in Louisiana. The new facility in Lacassine, La., is the first of two mills that Zagis USA committed to build in the state.