FIELDCREST CANNON CLOSING EDEN PLANT.(GENERAL NEWS)

From: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC) | Date: October 5, 1996| Author: Reynolds, Jane; Krouse, Peter | Copyright information

Byline: JANE REYNOLDS AND PETER KROUSE Staff Writers

Fieldcrest Cannon will cut 750 jobs and transfer assets from its blanket division to rival company Pillowtex Corp.

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Fieldcrest Cannon plans to close its blanket factory in Eden by the end of the year, eliminating 750 jobs and ending a tradition of blanket manufacturing in Rockingham County that goes back to the early part of the century.

Before closing the plant, Fieldcres...

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