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Today WestPoint Stevens is America's leading
domestic producer of quality bed and bath products -- and through our Alamac
knitting subsidiary -- a major source of knit fabrics for apparel.
We're a company rich in our heritage of excellence in textile manufacturing and customer satisfaction. Our company -- and our company name -- are descended directly from three great names in American textile history: J.P. Stevens & Co., West Point Manufacturing Company and Pepperell Manufacturing Company. The Company began its long, colorful history in 1813, when J.P. Stevens was established at North Andover, Massachusetts. Pepperell Manufacturing got underway with substantial bed-sheeting production on the banks of the Saco River at Biddeford, Maine, in 1851. In 1866, Riverdale Mill opened and became part of the core of the WestPoint Manufacturing Company, which was incorporated in 1880. Today Biddeford Mill and Riverdale Mill are still important manufacturing facilities of WestPoint Stevens. Each of the three "forerunner" companies is a major factor in the name and image of today's company. The company name includes both the highly-recognized West Point and Stevens, and the company logo continues to be the familiar Griffin, which was adapted from the original legendary Griffin trademark of Pepperell Manufacturing Company. From 1813 to 1995, key dates and milestones in the growth
of the three companies which became "the company" are presented
here. What is outlined offers insight into the efforts, skills and dedication
that have enabled WestPoint Stevens to achieve its leadership position
of today. |
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