Hosiery News Archive - 31-May-2007

  • Gildan Activewear Announces Further Integration of Sock Acquisition (SYS-CON Media)
    Consistent with the Company's strategy to consolidate its sock production at its new facility in Honduras, Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX: GIL)(NYSE: GIL) today announced the closure of two sock facilities located in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Approximately 520 employees will be affected by the closures, which will be completed by the end of August 2007. The Company will continue to knit socks at ...


  • Gildan's Caribbean move near completion (Toronto Star)
    MONTREAL?Gildan Activewear Inc., taking another step toward establishing itself as a low-cost apparel producer, says it will have relocated almost all of its North American production to the Caribbean by summer's end.


  • Gildan Says It Will Close Two Mount Airy Plants (WXII ThePiedmontChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
    More than 500 Piedmont employees face losing their jobs.


  • Reuters Canada Business Summary (The Globe and Mail)
    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc. said on Wednesday that Google Inc.'s YouTube Internet video site will be available on its Apple TV set-top box. Apple said that, starting in mid-June, Apple TV will stream videos wirelessly from the Internet on YouTube.


  • More than 500 to lose jobs at Mount Airy plant (FOX Carolina)
    Associated Press - May 31, 2007 4:15 AM ET MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) - More than 500 employees of a sock-making company in Mount Airy will lose their jobs this summer because their employer has...


  • Gildan to close two North Carolina sock factories, affecting 520 workers (CP via Yahoo! Canada News)
    MONTREAL (CP) - Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX:GIL) is closing two sock factories in North Carolina, affecting 520 workers.


  • Gildan Activewear closing 2 U.S. plants (CBC Montreal)
    Gildan Activewear Inc. said it will close two sock factories in North Carolina by the end of August, a move that will put 520 people out of work.


  • Man imprisoned for stealing underwear (Rapid City Journal)
    FAULKTON -- Authorities say they found hundreds of women's panties, bras and hosiery in the home of a Cresbard man who's been sent to prison after pleading guilty to burglary.


  • Hosiery Mills v Papplewick (Mansfield Chad)
    FORMER England star Phil DeFreitas lined up for Papplewick and Linby in their match at Mansfield hosiery Mills today (Saturday).


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