Cone Mills White Oak Plant

White oak mills in greensboro north carolina ca.

Cone mills white oak plant.

On october 17 2017 itg announced it would close the white oak plant in greensboro at the end of that year. Cone denim s white oak plant 1905 to 1917. Visit white oak shop heritage founded in 1891 in greensboro nc out of the entrepreneurial spirit of brothers moses and ceasar cone and grounded in american heritage and tradition. After the financial crisis of 2008 itg stock price continued to decline.

The white oak plant opened in 1905. In a press release from itg. In 2004 cone mills assets including the white oak plant were combined to form international textile group. The white oak mill is one of greensboro s largest employers and with its closure hundreds of workers will be laid off many of whom have been with the company for decades.

1909 in 1899 moses and ceasar partnered with emanuel and herman sternberger of south carolina to build a flannel production plant called revolution mills. Revolution mill was renovated for multiple uses in the past decade. However the white oak plant is one of many owned by cone mills parent company international textile group who have factories in china mexico and elsewhere. Innovation we are focused on finding new concepts new materials and new technologies to provide our.

Cone s denim heritage dates back to 1891 and fuels the natural passion and inspiration for denim designers and their connections to our historic white oak mill which produced denim from 1905 to 2017. Cone s famed selvedge denim has been made in the white oak plant since it was purchased in 1905 and so called because the plant once stood in the shadow of a giant oak tree. The white oak shop lives on as a tribute to the talent legacy and innovation that will forever be the heart and soul of cone denim. The white oak plant had been in operation for over 110 years and will be the last selvedge denim mill in the united states.

The white oak shop is our exclusive online storefront. This led to the final death knell for the american plant an acquisition by platinum equity in 2016. The company began fighting cheap imports in the 1970s and later. Cone denim was founded in 1891 by brothers moses and ceasar cone under the name cone mills.

Its corporate descendant cone denim closed the white oak plant in 2017 after 112 years of operation. In 1905 under proximity manufacturing company the cone brothers built white oak cotton mills in greensboro.