Burlington Industries

A Burlington Sock (in the Mid-1990s)

Burlington Industries is a diversified American fabric maker based in Greensboro, North Carolina. Founded in 1923, the company has operations in the United States, Mexico, and India and a global manufacturing and product development network based in Hong Kong with over 8000 employees on several sites in USA, Canada & Worldwide. The company entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December 2001. Its assets were acquired by International Textile Group (ITG) out of bankruptcy in late 2003.[1] The Lees Carpet division was sold to Mohawk Industries as part of the deal. With only 500 employees remaining, the company moved out of its headquarters building on Friendly Avenue in October 2004. ITG continues to operate the companies Burlington WorldWide Apparel and Burlington House Interior Fabrics.

ITG continues to protect with full force of law the brand name Burlington, which it owns. This has, on occasion, caused conflicts with Burlington Coat Factory, which was found in contempt of court for misusing the Burlington trademark and must disclaim in its advertising that it is not affiliated with Burlington Industries.

For its American home market, the brand name Burlington Socks is licensed to Kayser-Roth, Inc. of Greensboro, North Carolina (an affiliate of the Italian Golden Lady Group since 1999).[2][3][4] For the various European countries' markets and "certain other territories", the brand name Burlington (apparel, accessories, jewelry) is licensed to Falke Group of Germany.[5]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Burlington, Cone become International Textile Group." BedTimes Magazine. March 19, 2004. Retrieved 2011-8-29.
  2. ↑ Burlington Socks web site
  3. ↑ About Kayser-Roth, hosiery-usa.com, retrieved August 27, 2010
  4. ↑ Kayser-Roth Purchased by Golden Lady, PR Newswire, 29 December 1998
  5. ↑ ITG’s Burlington WorldWide and FALKE Announce Agreement Concerning Burlington Brand Name, itg-global.com, 8 April 2008

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