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Faribault Woolen Mills
2007-11-04
German immigrant Carl H. Klemer, a visionary entrepreneur, founded Faribault Woolen Mills Company in 1865 in the then sleepy farming community of Faribault. The company grew and its famous brand name became a symbol of high-quality and craftsmanship. Today Faribault Mills produces more than half of the new wool blankets made in America.
In the late 1990s the company was near bankruptcy, but with new management, committed employees, and a continued entrepreneurial spirit, Faribault Mills is now poised on the cutting edge of expansion and continued success. Its newest venture is producing blankets made from Ingeo, a revolutionary, naturally-derived fiber made from corn grown by American farmers. The unique Ingeo fiber not only is renewable and environmentally friendly, but makes soft, warm, beautiful blankets and throws.
