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PEDS Legwear, formerly known as Richelieu Legwear, is an international legwear company. It manufactures socks and hosiery. ==History== The Simard family founded Richelieu Legwear in Sorel, Quebec in 1934. The family gained prominence in the region as shipbuilders and owners of Marine Industries Limited (M.I.L.). Richelieu grew to eventually employee over 600 people in Quebec at its peak in 2002. The Simards maintained ownership of Richelieu until 1997, when Harvey Penner a Montreal businessman who joined Richelieu in the 1960s as a sales manager bought out the Simards and became president of Richelieu Knitting.〔Dougherty, Sarah, "Grabbing a toehold in hosiery market", ''The Montreal Gazette'', December 24, 2007, Retrieved April 22, 2015, http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=ec68ef8a-fe79-4d2a-8404-8bbd09629488〕 He remained with the company until 2006 when he sold the Richelieu Hosiery division to his son, Michael D. Penner, who is currently president and CEO.〔Ligaya, Armina, "How the CEO of Montreal sock maker Richelieu Group got to meet Barack Obama", ''The Financial Post'' (Toronto), May 20, 2014, Retrieved April 22, 2015, http://business.financialpost.com/2014/05/20/how-the-ceo-of-montreal-sock-maker-richelieu-group-got-to-meet-barack-obama/〕 The company suffered in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when unfavorable exchange rates, competition from China and other lower costs countries impacted the Canadian manufacturing industry. Like many other Canadian textile companies, Richelieu moved production off-shore or risk going bankrupt.〔Carmichael, Kevin, "An American revival: A Canadian manufacturer’s quest to rebuild itself", ''The Globe and Mail'' (Toronto), July 5, 2014, Retrieved April 22, 2015, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/us-business/an-american-revival-a-canadian-manufacturers-quest-to-rebuild-itself/article19476053/?page=all〕 In 2011, PEDS Legwear invested $7 million to buy the assets of International Legwear Group (ILG), a failing sock company based in Burke County (Hildebran), North Carolina. The assets included the PEDS and MediPEDS brands In 2014, Richelieu Legwear changed it name to PEDS Legwear to better reflect its new main brand.〔Staff Reports, "Company changes name, starts production", ''The Morganton News Herald'', December 4, 2014, Retrieved April 22, 2015, http://www.morganton.com/news/company-changes-name-starts-production/article_66877284-7c0e-11e4-aa9c-eb578acb68d0.html〕 PEDS Legwear has offices in Montreal, Quebec; Hildebran, North Carolina; and Shanghai, China.〔Arnold, Janice, "Hydro-Québec gets its first Jewish chair", ''The Canadian Jewish News'' (Montreal), October 20, 2014, Retrieved April 22, 2015, http://www.cjnews.com/canada/hydro-québec-gets-its-first-jewish-chair〕 In 2007, Deloitte named Richelieu Hosiery as one of Canada's 50 best managed companies. 〔Deloitte Web Site. Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies 2007, Retrieved June 1, 2007, https://www.bestmanagedcompanies.ca/en/meetourwinners/Pages/2007winners.aspx〕In 2013, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Grant Thornton LLP named Richelieu Legwear as a finalist for the ''2013 Private Business Growth Award''.〔Grant Thornton Press Release, "Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Grant Thornton LLP Announce 2013 Private Business Growth Award Finalists", November 6, 2013, Retrieved April 22, 2015, http://www.grantthornton.ca/press_room/press_releases/2013/11/107_1311061159-718 〕 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「PEDS Legwear」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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