Textile Glossary

Cutting through the jargon

This glossary is a resource aimed at helping share and simplify both generic and industry specific information, expertise and knowledge. This service is provided as a committment to visitors to our site and the industry as whole. Although we aim to ensure that all the content is correct, please bear in mind that some areas of the industry move fast and terminology and its application can change.

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HAINSWORTH FABRICS ON PARADE AT CORONATION FESTIVAL AS THEY WERE AT THE CORONATION 60 YEARS AGO

Sixty years ago, Yorkshire textile mill Hainsworth provided the iconic cloth for the military to wea...

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Hainsworth leads the laundry and garment manufacturing industries worldwide, supplying into luxury hotels, hospitals, commercial laundries, dry cleaners, prisons and nursing homes.

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