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Kangol manufacturer brings hat-making machines back to US
ADAMSTOWN, Pa. – A Pennsylvania company that produces a style of hats made famous by actor Samuel L. Jackson and rappers has moved its hat-making machines from China to Lancaster County.
The Reading Eagle (http://bit.ly/2cd0MEB ) reports that Bollman Hat Co. recently began production of Kangol hats after moving its specialized knitting machines to Adamstown.
The company raised more than $100,000 during a Kickstarter fundraising campaign last year that featured a video in which Jackson appeared, wearing a T-shirt that said: “Motherfunder.”
It also received about $160,000 in state grants and tax credits in August. Chief executive Don Rongione says the cost of buying, shipping and setting up the machines was more than $1 million.
The company now has 85 knitting machines, with 10 that are operating.
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Information from: Reading Eagle, http://www.readingeagle.com/
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