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Aalfs Manufacturing company history timeline

1892

H.A. Baker had been manufacturing clothing since 1892.

1892 | The manufacturing of overalls, pants, + shirts begins

1909

Nittert Aalfs and his wife, Wilhelmina, moved to Sioux City in 1909 hoping to open a new wholesale house.

1917

Since 1917 Baker’s company had been operating in a building on the southeast corner of Fifth and Jones Streets.

1922

By 1922 the company was operating in the Boston Block where it would stay for many years.

1923

Sioux City, IA: Verstegen Printing Company, 1923.

1929

Business was going very well for Aalfs when, in 1929, the Baker Company moved into the Boston Block.

1939

In 1939, however, as Baker grew older he decided to sell his company to the Aalfs Paint and Glass Company.

1941

1941 | 75+ menswear items are being produced, including shirts, pants, sweaters, ties, gloves, caps, suspenders + shoe strings

1943

In 1943 J.C. Penney first contracted with the Aalfs-Baker Manufacturing Company for new products.

1952

First, in 1952, the Aalfs-Baker Manufacturing Company discontinued many lines of clothing and eliminated its sales department.

1952 | Begin exclusively manufacturing denim + twill

1959

Finally in 1959, the Aalfs-Baker name was dropped and the firm became the Aalfs Manufacturing Company.

1985

1985 | Establishes Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) program

1992

1992 | Begin full-service manufacturing facilities in Mexico

2002

In 2002 they relocated their warehousing to Mena and closed the Texarkana distribution center.

2003

2003 | Begin full-service manufacturing facilities in Nicaragua

2016

2016 | Achieved the highest rated apparel plant in Mexico for water treatment with 94% of water used is returned to the environment

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