Glen Raven, Inc. is a fabric manufacturing and marketing company. The company is headquartered in Glen Raven, North Carolina and headed by Allen Erwin Gant, Jr., the grandson of John Quinton Gant and founder of the industry advocacy group National Council of Textile Organizations. Glen Raven has operations in the United States, France and China.
The company was founded as John Q. Gant Manufacturing Co. in 1880 by John Quinton Gant (1847-1930).
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Glen Raven, Inc. is a fabric manufacturing and marketing company. The company is headquartered in Glen Raven, North Carolina and headed by Allen Erwin Gant, Jr., the grandson of John Quinton Gant and founder of the industry advocacy group National Council of Textile Organizations. Glen Raven has operations in the United States, France and China.
The company was founded as John Q. Gant Manufacturing Co. in 1880 by John Quinton Gant (1847-1930).
They began manufacturing cotton duck awning fabrics in 1908.
Glen Raven began developing pantyhose in 1953. Panti-Tights and Panti-Legs are introduced as the first commercial ladies pantyhose in 1959.("The History of Pantyhose and Nylon".
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpantyhose.htm. )
The company wove the fabric used to make the first American flag that was planted on the moon at their weaving facility in Burnsville, NC.
The company introduced acrylic-based fiber in 1961, which has vastly superior durability to cotton. Today,...
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