A textile mill is a facility where fibers are transformed into various usable products. The textile manufacturing industry entails these mills, which produce textiles from yarn or fabric into usable textiles such as clothing, household goods, and industrial products. There are different types of textile mills, including:
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Apparel mills: These mills produce textiles for clothing and other fashion items.
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Furniture mills: These mills produce textiles for furniture upholstery.
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Agriculture mills: These mills produce textiles for agricultural purposes, such as burlap sacks.
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Yarn mills: These mills take synthetic or natural materials and turn them into usable yarns for weaving, knitting, and industrial textile mills.
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Dying mills: These mills dye or print fabrics produced by other mills.
Textile manufacturing has evolved from a household work to a mechanized industry in the 18th and 19th centuries, and has continued to develop through science and technology in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.