Claremont Garments
From Graces Guide
Factories in Peterlee, Stanley Newton Aycliffe,[1] Giltbrook, Portsmouth, Sandiacre, Shoreham, Woodville.
Head office lingerie: Nottingham; head office casual wear: Rotherham[2]
1983 Steinberg Group planned to buyout the 25 percent minority holding in Claremont Garments[3]
1989 Claremont Garments, the manufacturing arm of the Alexon Group, had 2 parts: contract manufacturing and branded wear, through newly established Mead Manufacturing; it advertised for a managing director for Mead[4]
1991 Alexon demerged Claremont because of increasing competition between Alexon and Marks and Spencer, Claremont's principal customers[5]
1998 Acquired by its competitor Courtaulds Textiles[6], leading to closure of many factories.
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