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Elevate Textiles company history timeline

1924

1924: first plant is completed, employing 200.

1933

1933: Employs 4,000 and produces 60 million yard of fabric.

1936

1936: Operating 22 plants with sales of $25 million.

1937

1937: Is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

1955

1955: Changes name to Burlington Industries.

1997

1997: Thirty-five corporate staff employees in Greensboro are cut.

1998

1998: Proceeds from the sale of three North Carolina plants are used to accelerate the expansion in Mexico.

2000

2000: Loses $5.3 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2000.

2002

Jan 2002: Nano-Tex introduces a new fabric.

Jan 2002: Announces plan to double salaries of some top managers.

Oct 2002: Douglas J. McGregor, president and chief operating officer, announces retirement.

2003

Nov 11, 2003: Sale to Ross is completed for $614 million.

Nov 10, 2003: Starmount Co. purchases 34 acres where the headquarters stands and the 400,000 square-foot building.

2004

March 4, 2004: Guilford County Commissioners vote to hold an April 1 public hearing on a $100,000 incentive deal.

March 8, 2004: Starmount Co. announces plans to demolish the landmark headquarters building and plans to create retail, residential and office community.

Aug 2, 2004: W.L. Ross & Co. announces the completion of the merger.

2008

Dec 2008: ITG lays-off 150, citing economic conditions

2009

The company makes automotive air bag fabric and cushions.Jul 2009: Wilbur Ross makes a proposal to invest $55 million in a new entity that would acquire the assets of Global Safety Textiles and its subsidiaries.

2011

Jun 2011: The Cone Mills White Oak denim plant at 2420 Fairview St was back in service 2 days after a lightning strike set fire to part of the roof.

2013

2013: ITG's Burlington and Cone Denim divisions joined the Nano-manufacturing Consortium.

2015

2015: ITG- Burlington Industries won an $8.38 million federal contract from the United States Department of Justice's Bureau of Prisons in Manchester, Ky., to provide poly micro denier with sand washed finish.Aug.

2016

2016:International Textile Group, Inc. was acquired by Platinum Equity, an investment group founded by billionaire Tom Gores for $99 million.ITG’s common stock has ceased to be publicly traded.

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