Inman Mills Streamlines Production Inman Mills, Inman, S.C., announced plans to close its Inman
plant, which has housed carding and spinning operations in only half of the building since it was
updated in 1984.Inman also announced plans to streamline production and make the company more
cost-effective, resulting in an additional 120 job losses at the Saybrook plant in Inman. Saybrook
will continue to be a spinning and weaving operation.The announcement was made by Robert H.
Chapman, president, who said the swift advancement of technology and increasingly competitive
markets has prompted the most recent decision to restructure manufacturing operations.
March 2001