American Enka Company
Defunct American rayon fiber manufacturer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The American Enka Company was an American company that was the nation's largest rayon fiber manufacturer. Founded in 1928, its research division developed such things as Tyrex (for the tire cord market), improved rayon and nylon, and by-products for detergent makers and paper mills. It helped bolster the economies of Western North Carolina, West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Tennessee, Northern Georgia and Northern Alabama during the Great Depression and thereafter; its founding in 1928 by Dutch capital led the way for German, Swiss, and British investments in the American South,[1] and it was one of the companies on the original Fortune 500 list.[2]
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Company type | Public |
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Industry | Rayon fiber production |
Founded | 1928; 96 years ago (1928), Enka North Carolina, United States |
Founder | Jacques Coenraad Hartogs |
Defunct | 1985 |
Fate | Acquired by BASF |
Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Enka, North Carolina, Lowland, Tennessee, |
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Products | Rayon fiber |
Number of employees | 3,000 (1940) |
Parent | BASF |