Lonati S.p.A, a leading world manufacturer of sock-knitting machines with an annual output of over 8,000 machines, has designed a fully revised range for 2008. The classic G 5JA men's sock knitting ...

Shaoxing Yuefa Machinery Manufacture Co., Ltd is a joint-venture company, which comprises of Knitting Machine and Spinning Machine branch mills, as well as one of the largest enterprises in Zhejiang ...

There are a pair of maps on the wall in the front office at Erlbacher Gear & Machine Works in Cape Girardeau. One is a map of the United States. The other a map of the world. Both are adorned with ...

In a workshop that’s a refuge from the world, Dorothea Campbell uses her hands. Her right hand turns a crank, or manipulates dozens of needles arranged in a circle. With her left, she holds tightly to ...

Recently a friend asked me if I had ever heard of a sock knitting machine. I replied no and asked if it was something new. Actually these machines, which knit socks, are antique, but reconditioned ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been corrected to reflect David Erlbacher had the first patent for the Gearhart sock knitting machine in more than 85 years. A family-run machine shop in south Cape ...

Andrew Lindner would never swap his old sock-making machines for any slick, computer-operated model. On a chilly morning in his Crookwell factory, an electric blow heater warms one of the precious ...

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