http://www.polartec.com/about/corporate.php
Malden mills.
Based in Lawrence Mass.
60 minutes did a story on these guys, they are one of the last American Textile Plants. They make Polartec I think.
Anyway, they had a fire back in 95 that burned the plant down and the CEO Aaron Feuerstein continued to pay his 3000 employees out of his own pocket while they rebuilt the plant.
But his products are american made and there is cheaper foreign stuff and a couple years ago, the place went bankrupt.
Now, it looks like they have emerged from bankruptcy protection, but they chopped more than half their employees (down to 1200) and this Aaron guy is no longer in charge.
I guess the beancounters were called in and arguably did what they had to do.
If Americans only supported their home grown industries, there may not be such the problem with jobs going overseas.
Hell, even Maytags are made in Mexico I believe.