Carleton Woolen Mills

Company Profile

Plant Closings and Layoffs

Plant Closings and Layoffs (2000)

Company name: Carleton Woolen Mills.
Closing date: 2000.
Jobs affected: 300 at closing of Winthrop facility; earlier layoffs included:
  • 23 in January, 1999 at Winthrop facility,
  • 100 in July 1998 at closing of Gardner spinning facility,
  • 135 in 1998 at Winthrop weaving facility.
Location(s): Winthrop, Maine and, until July 1998, Gardner, Maine.
Type of facility: Woolen spinning and weaving.
Union (if any): Unionized.
Source(s) of information: Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine, January 9, 1999; Capital Weekly, Augusta, Maine, May 7, 1998; and Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine, October 9, 1998.