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Textile company adding 223 jobs in Rowan County

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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

(Updated 1:46 pm)

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Sustainable Textile Group LLC, a manufacturer of fabric made from pre-consumer waste, will establish a new facility in Rowan County, investing $11 million and creating 223 jobs during the next two years.

The company plans to locate to the vacant Hanes facility in China Grove. The plant will produce yarns from regenerated fibers.

The new jobs will pay an annual average wage of $29,141, not including benefits, according to a news release.

The company is receiving a $300,000 grant from the One North Carolina Fund.

For more information about Sustainable Textile Group or the other companies within the Sustainable Solutions Network, including employment opportunities, go to www.circleglobal.net or call (479) 621-7004.

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Get A Clue

May 5, 2009 - 5:04 pm EDT

Guilford County Schools just cut 223 positions. Coincidence? Those soon-to-be ex-teachers had better get in line to make sustainable textiles before all the good jobs are taken.
Imagine a local economy that values good yarn over education and where they think they'll be 10 years from now.