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Home > Company Index > Manufacturing > Textile Manufacturing > Parkdale Mills, Inc.

Parkdale Mills, Inc.
 PROFILE
Like that nice, soft-spun cotton in your undies? Thank Parkdale Mills. Parkdale, founded in 1916, is the largest independent yarn spinner in the US. The company manufactures cotton and cotton-blended yarns and specializes in spun yarn that winds up in consumer goods such as sheets, towels, underwear, and hosiery. Parkdale has customers worldwide, including Vanity Fair, Jockey International, Lands' End, Fieldcrest Cannon, and L.L. Bean. The company operates and owns 66% of Parkdale America, a joint venture with polyester and nylon yarn maker Unifi. It also operates mills in Mexico through a joint venture with Burlington Industries. Chairman and CEO Duke Kimbrell owns about half of Parkdale.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: September
2000 Sales (mil.): 1,000.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 7.1%
Employees: 3,600
Revenue per employee: $277,777.78

 KEY PEOPLE
• W. Duke Kimbrell
    CEO
• Greg Sellers
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
1630 W. Garrison Blvd., #1
Gastonia, NC 28052
US
Phone: 704-864-8761
Fax: 704-867-3753
Online: Web Site

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