Polertec (formerly Malden Mills Industries)

Company Profile

Polartec (formerly Malden Mills)

Plant Closings and Layoffs

Plant Closings and Layoffs (1998)

Company name: Hudson Mills (Malden Mills Industries).
Layoff date: August 1998.
Jobs affected: Layoff of 100.
Location(s): Hudson, New Hampshire.
Type of facility: Apparel fabric.
Union (if any): Unionized.
Source(s) of information: Union Leader, Manchester, N.H., August 13, 1998.

Company name: Malden Mills Industries.
Closing date: September 1998.
Jobs affected: 200.
Location(s): Bridgton, Maine.
Type of facility: Knitting.
Union (if any): Unionized.
Source(s) of information: Boston Globe, Boston, Mass., September 15, 1998.

Company name: Malden Mills Industries.
Layoff date: March 1998.
Jobs affected: Layoff of 300.
Location(s): Lawrence (Methuen), Mass.
Type of facility: Flocking of upholstery fabrics.
Union (if any): Unionized.
Source(s) of information: Boston Globe, Boston, Mass., February 26, 1998.