worsted

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Jiangsu Nijiaxiang Group Worsted Textile Co., a few hours’ drive from Shanghai in the heartland of Chinese textile production, says that before the 2008-09 global financial crisis, exports accounted for 70% of sales.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2015

With the money, they formed Airedale Worsted Mills, Inc. with Joe as president.

From Time Magazine Archive

Charles S. H. Johnson, Vice President of the Botany Worsted Mills, conspicuous on the employers' side of the deadlock, urging him to recognize the union organization.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since 1931, when Maine's Sanford Mills and Goodall Worsted Co. first decided to make Palm Beach suits as well as Palm Beach cloth, Ward has been running their suitmaking subsidiary, the Goodall Co.

From Time Magazine Archive

Worsted cheviots, in plain colorings or of fancy effects, are manufactured from combed yarn.

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)