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Greenwood Mills

Company Profile

Greenwood Mills, which in October, 2004, celebrated 115 years of business, is a leading maker of fabrics for the United States Military, protective clothing and specialty industrial markets. The company's SingleSource Apparel subsidiary is a premier supplier of full package denim garments to brands such as Levi Strauss, Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister. The company, headquartered in Greenwood, SC, operates two plants in Greenwood, a joint venture plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico and a sales office in Huntington, NY.

Plant Closings and Layoffs

Plant Closings and Layoffs (2007)

Company name:	Greenwood Mills.
Layoff date:	February 2007.
Jobs affected:	160.
Location(s):	Greenwood, South Carolina.
Type of facility:	Facility details unknown.
Union (if any):	Unknown.
Source(s) of information:	The Associated Press State & Local Wire, December 13, 2006.

The layoffs will leave just 70 workers at the company's Matthews plant. In 2001, Greenwood Mills closed two of its plants and 100 workers were laid off from the Matthews plant (source: The Associated Press State & Local Wire, December 13, 2006).