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Bollman Hat Company was founded in 1868, in Adamstown, Pennsylvania, United States. Bollman Hat Company manufactures men's and women's hats in Adamstown and has 300 employees located on four continents. ==History== At the time that George Bollman set up his hat factory in Adamstown, Pennsylvania in 1868, the area was home to many hat makers, due to access to plentiful water. Hat manufacturing required a great deal of fresh water to both operate the machinery and to felt wool. Today, manufacturers use other means to power machinery and mills and use water reclamation technology to minimize water usage. This has enabled felt making and other textile manufacturing to move to sites that would otherwise be less suitable. Hat making was, for many years, a major industry in Lancaster and Berks County where Adamstown is located. Bollman Hat Company became one of the best known hat makers in the region, supplying hat bodies (the unshaped felted wool cones) to hat makers up and down the east coast. Over time they bought out the majority of the other hat makers in Adamstown. Hat making is still the major manufacturing employer in Adamstown. Bollman is one of only two hat makers remaining in this area. The hat making history is evident in the region, with many street names reflecting hat companies, or processing. In addition the many antique shops (Adamstown is quite renowned for its antique shops) have names reflecting the local hat making history, and are often located in former hat buildings and other factories. At the current time Bollman is the only hat maker still working start (wool) to finish (hats) in Adamstown. As Bollman Hat Company acquired other brands including Bailey, Betmar, Country Gentleman, Helen Kaminski and Ignite, as well as, global rights to Kangol Headwear, Bollman become a global company. Bollman Hat Company is also a private label hat maker for other fashion designers, including Marc Jacobs and Samuel L. Jackson and companies, including Cabela's Sporting Goods. It was announced in February 2009 that Bollman were reviewing their worldwide operations, putting 33 jobs and the future of the Kangol head office in Cleator, England in doubt. Currently the Kangol brand has moved to America and is designed in New York City and Manufactured both overseas and in the Adamstown plant. Bollman Hat Company now distributes to seventy seven countries. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bollman Hat Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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