Textile Case Study

Why one legendary company is right-sizing its steam after conducting a 5-year ROI analysis → Now their steam generation will align with their production needs—not the other way around. Against the Green Mountains in Northfield, Vermont, family-owned Cabot Hosiery Mills has been knitting premium socks for more than 40 years. The company has built a global reputation making something surprisingly complex: socks. But not just any socks — Darn Tough Vermont® socks — the company’s ever-growing line of premium, category-specific, performance-fit, American-made socks backed by an unconditional lifetime guarantee. Darn Tough Vermont streamlined its operations by consolidating knitting and sock finishing under one roof at the Original Mill in Northfield. After advancements in the finishing process made this possible, the company partnered with Clayton Industries to replace two large 100 BHP fire-tube boilers with two compact 50 BHP Clayton Steam Generators equipped with Super Economizers. The new system’s smaller footprint and high efficiency allowed the entire production process—from yarn setup to packaging—to occur in a single facility.