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Karastan Rug Mill Eden NC
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Karastan Since 1928
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The Final Four Left to Right Pat Ford; Ed McRae; John Heath; Bill Roach
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Original Karastan Panel Kirma Karastan Rug Mill Eden NC
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At Karastan's historic Eden, NC plant, l to r: Lathan Mills, manager of product development for Karastan; Lissa Wyman, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com; Christine Manicad, associate buyer of area rugs and lighting for Macy's.com in New York, and Charli
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Valarie Karastan Hand Weaver
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President Mohawk Residential Pat Ford, RVP South Pacific Monte Thornton, president Mohawk Flooring; John Heath, TM Northeast Bill Roach RVP National Accounts Dennis Thiets VP of Sales and Ed McRae District Manager
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Billion-dollar man, Bill Roach, flanked by Dennis Thiets left VP of Sales and Bill Storey right Senior Vice President General Manager of Karastan
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Meyers, Reba Hall
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Binford, Ben
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Green, Frank W.
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Hamilton, Robert Joseph Bob
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Czelusniak, Jr., Paul Anthony
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Karastan Honors Pat Carroll Honoring 25 years of service from left to right: Courtney Jones, regional vice president, Karastan; Sam Levine, president, G Fried; Patrick Carroll; and Bill Storey, senior vice president, Karastan.
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1 After shearing the rugs are given a series of rinses that give the wool the typical Karastan look and feel make the rug resistant to insect damage and include an application of fabric protector
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1a 2011 Karastan Rug Mill wool sorting room Eden NC
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1b Hanks rolled into spools Each cardboard core tube at top is used multiple times
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1c Wool dyed on the lower floors is dried and brought to the manufacturing floor in hanks This machine rolls the hanks onto spools for easier handling
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1d Cartridges must be loaded into the weaving machine in exactly the right order to make the rug pattern come out right
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1e Cartridges in the weaving machine. 2880 cartridges needed to make the 1440 horizontal lines in a 9×12 rug
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1f Spools of yarn are loaded into a sorting machine so they line up with a particular row of a rug pattern
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1h Individual rugs are separated and the edges are finished by hand The sides get a serging treatment and the ends have a pre made fringe sewn on
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