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vii. manufacturing industries.
Other Manufactures in the Clothing Industry.
Of the large number of manufactures in these branches there are a great
number which chiefly fall within the department of handicraft and home-manufacture,
while the manufacturing industry, properly so called, has, on the whole, made
only its first entry into the domain of Swedish industries. This is due to the
smallness of the home-market and the obstacles lying in the way of exports on
a large scale. The development of these special trades, however, has made very
rapid progress. For example, the number of the sewing factories has risen during
the last ten years from 24 to 64, and the value of their products from 4 million
kronor to 15 millions. Sweden is still obliged, however, to rely on a considerable
import from the countries that set the taste in these branches. The entire value
of the imports in 1912 amounted to no less than 25"90 million kronor. The
largest items were ribbons (silk, and others) 2’i6 million kronor; embroideries
1’94 million kronor; hats 1’96 million; clothes and clothing-articles, 6’84 millions,
including household articles of all kinds, such as table-linen, etc.; further,
lace-work, 0’69 million kronor; lace, 1’05 million; stockings and stocking-loom work,
2*65 millions; thread-gloves, 0’9i million; waterproof stuffs, 3"6i million kronor, etc.
The branches which, in 1912, had the largest manufacture in the branches
in question are the following:
Factories [-Workpeople-] {+Work- people+} Value of
Manufacture, kronor
Sewing factories.......... 68 4 920 17 622 142
Stockinet factories and hosieries . . . . 59 3 681 13 156 708
Dyeing works and Calendering works . . 116 2161 5 608 567
Hat factories............ 24 1219 4 685 257
Cap factories............ 21 761 2 710 594
Tent-Cloth, and tarpauling factories . 13 264 2 602 397
Curtain factories.......... 2 349 1 800 000
Ribbon factories.......... 17 440 1 497 577
Necktie factories.......... 7 398 1165 018
Corset factories........... 6 453 1 396 000
Cotton-wool factories......... 13 199 994 381
Brace-factories........... 4 278 868 631
Umbrella- and parasol factories . . . 8 101 814 965
Of dye and bleach works for yarn and cloths there are a large number but
mostly small ones; still there aife some which work on a larger scale; the most
important are the dye-works of Levanten, near Gothenburg. At the large wool
and cotton factories there are also dye and bleach-works established, quite
sufficient for the greatest demands that can be made nowadays in this branch.
Of låte years arrangements have been made at several textile works for the
calendering of a large proportion of the woven material brought from abroad, the
goods being re-exported afterwards, the Customs then restoring the amount of
duty paid on the raw goods, allowance being made for the loss of weight the
material has suffered during the process. This process of preparation, which
is chiefly applied to cottons and woollens, usually comprises dyeing, printing,
and mercerizing. Among the more important factories in this branch may be
mentioned the J. F. Vennerstens fabriksaktiebolag, Borås.
Of stockinet-factories the largest are to be found in Älvsborg Län, and
in the towns of Malmö, Gothenburg and Karlstad.
The most important sewing-factories are Wettergren & Go’s mantle-factory
in Gothenburg, and Aktiebolaget Moresco, Malmö.
Hats manufactured in Sweden are principally of felt. The most important
factories for goods, of this kind are in Stockholm, Falköping, Karlskrona and Malmö.
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