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hosiery industry [3 records]

Record 1 1999-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
  • Hosiery and Apparel Industry (Textiles)
CONT

... Provide senior textile engineers with an indepth knowledge of the hosiery industry ... This project is a response to the overall needs of the hosiery industry ... The hosiery industry in North Carolina is being severely challenged by the emergence of a global economy ... In the hosiery production process, there are several labor intensive operations ... The typical boarding operation requires that an operator places and removes a hosiery item (socks, tights, athletic legwear, pantyhose, etc.) on a moving metal frame. The frame is then transported through a heated chamber to shape and heatset the hosiery item.

OBS

Hosiery: Socks and stockings; hose.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
  • Habillement et bonneterie (Textiles)
OBS

Articles chaussants : Nom générique des articles de bonneterie servant à chausser.

OBS

[...] parmi les articles de bonneterie, on peut citer les articles chaussants (bas, collants, chaussettes) [...].

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
CONT

... William Lee ... invented a machine that would knit at a much quicker rate than obtained by hand knitting. So from a very small beginning the knitting industry began and spread around the world ... Matthew Townsend of Leicester invented the latch needle which revolutionized the knitting industry ... .

CONT

Parkdale has now expanded its service to the hosiery industry with the addition of Unifi's open end operations.

OBS

Hosiery: British term which indicates any knitted article.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
CONT

Le terme de bonneterie désigne la fabrication et le commerce des vêtements et des étoffes à mailles. Il est aujourd'hui [...] remplacé par «industrie de la maille». Cette industrie, dont la technique est le tricotage, est très variée. En effet, parmi les articles de bonneterie, on peut citer les articles chaussants (bas, collants, chaussettes), les sous-vêtements masculins (slips, maillots de corps), les sous-vêtements féminins [...], les vêtements de dessus «coupés-cousus», les vêtements entièrement proportionnés [...], les tricots à usage industriel [...], les gants, les bérets, les dentelles, la layette, les rideaux, les filets de pêche, les articles de maintien, les fourrures artificielles, etc.

CONT

La bonneterie : Sous cette appellation générale, on peut grouper toutes les industries textiles dont la fabrication est basée sur la structure «maille» [...]

CONT

[...] Leuze [ville près de Dunkerque] était un centre de bonneterie fortement industrialisé. Cette industrie du tricot et du textile subsiste encore aujourd'hui [...].

CONT

La bonneterie est l'industrie du tricot [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
  • Clothing (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
  • Vêtements (Généralités)
OBS

Industrie qui fabrique les bas et les chaussettes (articles chaussants).

Spanish

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