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Manchester Mills Strives to Survive in Vermont Wool Trade
In Ludlow, Michael Kanter runs Manchester Mills as foreign competition and a flood of cheap yarn squeeze U.S. wool spinning. With 45 workers and about 13,000 pounds produced weekly, Kanter champions worker stake and hands-on management while seeking orders in a market demanding exact colors and lower costs. Despite obsolescent machinery and a historic plant, optimism persists that production will rise to 15,000 to 18,000 pounds weekly, preserving a fading Vermont industry.
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