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...BURLINGTON MILLS, buyer of Pacific Mills and Goodall-Sanford for $33 million last year (TIME, July 26), changed its name to Burlington Industries Inc. to reflect its increasing diversification. With $127 million net sales (up 95.5%) for 1954's last quarter, Burlington now has ten affiliates and subsidiaries (making it the biggest U.S. textile manufacturer) turning out everything from winter woolens to summer Palm Beach wear...
TRUCK MANUFACTURERS are in for some competition from the railroads. Burlington Railroad, which makes most of its own freight cars but still has idle space in its shops, will make a newly designed highway trailer (24-ft. aluminum van type) as a pilot model for a production run of several hundred to try out on its Burlington Truck Lines (812 trucks and trailers...
Morrison was removing his tire chains by the side of Route 110 when a car driven by Richard Deignault of Burlington, Vermont skidded on the slippery road behind him and threw him 100 feet. Neither Deignault nor Mrs. Morrison, who was sitting in the parked car, were injured...
...which has been poking along at less than 70% of capacity for nine months, noted a marked upswing in orders. Pittsburgh Steel scheduled a rise in its operations from 80% to 100%, and President Avery C. Adams said: "I'm terribly optimistic." For the hard-hit textile industry, Burlington Mills' Chairman Spencer Love announced that the "turning point" has been reached...
Triple-Threat Engine. A four-wheeled gas engine with attachable units to generate electricity, pump water and compress air (for spraying paint, insecticides, etc.) has been put on the market by Master Mechanic Manufacturing Co. of Burlington, Wis. Price...