Fieldcrest Mills

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Fieldcrest Mills was a prominent American textile manufacturing company known for producing household linens and serving as a key industrial employer in the southeastern United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American company
textile manufacturing company
acquiredBy Pillowtex Corporation
associatedWith Cannon Mills Company
Cannon Mills Company
surface form: Fieldcrest Cannon Inc.

Pillowtex Corporation
brand Charisma
Fieldcrest Mills self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fieldcrest

Royal Velvet
businessModel large-scale manufacturing of branded home textiles
contributedTo growth of mill towns in the southeastern United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
distributionChannel department stores
mass merchandisers
specialty home stores
economicImpactOn Eden, North Carolina
Rockingham County, North Carolina NERFINISHED
economicRole regional industrial anchor
employerInRegion southeastern United States
hadMajorOperationsIn Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
headquartersLocation Eden, North Carolina
historicalSignificance part of the 20th-century U.S. textile industry in the South
industry textile industry
laborForceType mill workers
textile workers
locatedInRegion Southern United States
surface form: southeastern United States
market home linens market in the United States
materialUsed cotton
cotton blends
mergedInto Cannon Mills Company
notableFor being a major industrial employer in the southeastern United States
production of household linens
operatedInSector consumer goods
home textiles
product bath linens
bed sheets
blankets
household linens
towels
regionOfWorkforceConcentration Southern United States
surface form: American South
successor Cannon Mills Company
surface form: Fieldcrest Cannon Inc.
typeOfEmployer industrial employer

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Cannon Mills Company acquiredBy Fieldcrest Mills
Fieldcrest Mills brand Fieldcrest Mills self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fieldcrest