The clothmaker. [volume] (Clinton, South Carolina) 1952-1984, November 05, 1967, Page 7, Image 14
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'''ho origin of "Dacron"
'jo' y ester fiber dates
'.lie bepinninij of
' :'.'U)'s when a On Pop.', r?>
search team led by !> .
Wallace If. Carothers w:.s'.tu'ying
the broad f'eld
"'.iph polymers."
Polyesters were amn,,,r
the first ''condense*.', n"
>< t'vmers investwated Vv
research, "roup. A number
of technical problem :
with the massive m.ole : vs
came to licht in later :e mareh,
however, ant' the
oroup turned its m:e'"i*
a* tent ion to the hioh'v
promising, loss trou,,'o;omo
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his o'h'ort came ny!oi\ '
first trv.'y !nan-mai!o
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years since the first p'w
went into f'.dl oroducti-o
( 'h)aeron" is now made :>*
two o'rn's, lite original one
at Kinston and a second at
Old I'ickory, Ton!-!., aw1 a
'hird rd.nnt is under cnruction
n.ear Wihnie?'
W C.\ "Dacron" is used
;,,st ahont everywhere.
popu'nr in undcrgarmo?
in shirts, blouses, sno,,lswenr
and drosses; in nw"
and won en's suitings; :
in a !vv;'. of industrial
applicat'ons from marine
'uhvsit to tiro cord.
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of "Dacron" :"o
very popular in sue'*, garments
as men's trie" t
shirts, women's blouses . 'V
nurses' uniforms, the ma/or
use for this versatile
is in blends, especially w '.li
cot'on. Clinton Mills' new
P.ailoy Plant is turning out
puality fabrics?broaclclof'*,
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mployment for approximately 1,700
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cimately $0,750,000 annually in wages.
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NTON MIILS
... is a good neighbor,
place of Superior Quality Fabrics"
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