Connecticut wool mill that lost 85 jobs now employs 50, makes military fabric

A textile factory in Connecticut that shut down in 2013, leaving 85 people without jobs, is now producing fabric for the US military. The 475,000-square-foot Warren Mills complex in Stafford Springs was purchased in 2014 by Jacob Harrison Long, a former investment banker who had never run a manufacturing business. Twelve years later, the factory employs about 50 people and supplies material for military uniforms, as Long continues his efforts to rebuild wool manufacturing in the United States.The factory's return to production came at a time when much of America's clothing and textile manufacturing had already moved overseas. Long, however, believed there was still a market for expensive, high-quality fabrics made in the country.