Bonte Spinning Company

Eugene A. Bonte, the president of Jules Desurmont, purchased the Riverside Worsted Company in 1952 and formed the Bonte Spinning Company. From 1953 through the early 1970s, he shared the mill complex with other businesses including: Enterprise Dye Works, Frank A. Murphy Company (wools), Kane Knitting Mills, Yorkshire Worsted Mills, Wanskuck Mill Textile Manufacturers, and B.B. Textile Inc.

In 1975, the American Luggage Works, Incorporated, later known as American Tourister, purchased the property and operated there until the late 1980s. It was later sold to Tech Industries, Incorporated.

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