James Knott, Chief Executive Officer |
American Made Hero! James Knott Sr. President
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On May 1, 1979, boards came off the windows of an abandoned mill building in Northbridge, Massachusetts. This building
would come alive with newly built machinery to produce a different material for making lobster traps for New England
lobstermen. This new material called Aquamesh®, was the first of its kind and in December 1980 the first shipment was made
to Maine. Today, Aquamesh is used in making nearly 90% of the lobster traps in New England. Aquamesh, as well as many other
Riverdale products, is shipped all over the world.
"We're proud of reclaiming an old mill building for our manufacturing plant, generating our own electricity via hydropower,
heating our plant with captured heat from our processes and by generating electricity with gas fired diesel generators.
These are savings we pass on to our customers ... and we ship all over the world!"
For his building a thriving business in an old New England mill town and in an old New England mill thus employing today's
American manufacturing workers, James Knott Sr. and all the employees of Riverdale Mills Corporation
are hereby recognized and applauded as
American Made Heroes!
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| ABC News' "20/20" -- Riverdale Mills (Northbridge, MA) President, James Knott, Sr. is interviewed by ABC News' "20/20" anchor. Show aired on January 2, 2000. |
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Creator of
American Made Heroes.
Awards event at Boston's Faneuil Hall
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