Textile Mill and Textile Product Mill Closings and Major Layoffs in New England
2008 | |||
| Charbert | Rhode Island | 100 | Wide elastic knit fabric |
2007 | |||
| Quaker Fabrics Corp. | Massachusetts | 930 | Upholstery fabric |
2006 | |||
| Duro Textiles LLC | Massachusetts | 62 | Finishing |
| Quaker Fabrics Corp. | Massachusetts | 305 | Upholstery fabric |
2005 | |||
| Quaker Fabrics Corp. | Massachusetts | 305 | Upholstery fabric |
2004 | |||
| Easthampton Dye Works | Massachusetts | Number of jobs unknown | Wool yarn dyer |
| Quaker Fabrics Corp. | Massachusetts | 100 | Upholstery fabric |
| Robinson Manufacturing Co. | Maine | 200 | Woolen fabrics |
2003 | |||
| Charles W. House & Sons | Connecticut | 20 | Wool felt |
| Dorr Woolen Company | New Hampshire | 80 | Woolen and worsted fabrics |
| Dyecraftsmen | Massachusetts | Number of jobs unknown | Wool yarn dyer |
| Guilford of Maine | Maine | 20 (layoff) | Weaving |
| Joan Fabric | Massachusetts | 400 | Upholstery fabric |
| Pittsfield Woolen Yarns | Maine | 55 | Woolen yarn spinning |
2002 | |||
| Toltec (Guilford of Maine) | Massachusetts | 75 | Upholstery Fabric Weaving |
| L. W. Packard Company | New Hampshire | Number of jobs unknown | Woolen fabrics |
| Ocean State Finishing | Rhode Island | 80 | Finishing |
2001 | |||
| Bates of Maine | Maine | 100 | Weaver of blankets |
| Eastern Felt Company | Connecticut | 32 | Felt |
| Gates Formed Fibre Products Inc. | Maine | 80 | Facility details unknown |
| Guilford of Maine | Massachusetts and Maine | 70 (layoff) | Contract Fabric Weaving |
| Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. | Vermont | 90 | Coated fabrics |
| Star Specialty Knitting | New Hampshire | 50 | Knitting |
| Tennford Weaving | Maine | 60 | Labels |
| Troy Mills | New Hampshire | 40 | Wool fabrics |
2000 | |||
| Carleton Woolen Mills | Maine | 300 | Woolen and worsted fabrics |
| Claremont Flock Corporation | New Hampshire | Number of jobs unknown | Flock cutting |
| Coats North America | Rhode Island | 90 | Sewing thread |
| Striar Mill | Maine | 200 | Wool textiles |
| WestPoint Stevens | Maine | 100 (layoff) | Flocked blankets |
1999 | |||
| Biddeford Textile Corp. | Maine | 20 | Electric blanket shells |
| Bradford Dyeing Association | Rhode Island | 40 | Dyeing, printing, and finishing |
| Homestead Industries | New Hampshire | 125 | Woolen fabrics |
| Rochambeau | Rhode Island | 60 | Wool apparel fabric |
| The Worcester Company | Rhode Island | 390 | Worsted fabrics |
1998 | |||
| Anglo Fabric | Massachusetts | 244 | Woolen and worsted fabrics |
| Crown Yarn Dye | Massachusetts | 12 | Wool yarn dyer |
| Desmon Mills | Rhode Island | 15 | Wool yarn |
| International Woolen | Maine | 50 | Woolen fabrics |
| Malden Mills Industries | Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire | 200 plus layoffs of 400 | knitting and flocking |
| Rochambeau | Rhode Island | 60 | Wool apparel fabric |
| Woodhall Weaving Mills, Inc. | Rhode Island | 45 | Suit lining fabric |
1997 | |||
| American Fiber and Finish | Massachusetts | 160 | Cotton made-up items |
| Cascade Woolen Mill | Maine | 120 | Woolen fabrics |
| Guilford of Maine | Maine | 90 | Yarn spinning |
| Jagger Brothers | Maine | 30 | Wool yarn spinning |
| Rochambeau | Rhode Island | 60 | Wool apparel fabric |
1996 | |||
| Cameo Curtains | Massachusetts | 225 | Curtains |
| Cranston Print Works | Rhode Island | 100 | Printing |
| Eastland Woolen Mill | Maine | 300 | Woolen fabrics |
| Engineered Nonwovens | Massachusetts | 55 | Industrial fabrics |
| The Felters Company | Massachusetts | 54 | Wool felt |
| Rennie Curtains | Massachusetts | 170 (layoff) | Curtains |