# English Fine Cottons opens cotton spinning mill in Dunkinfield, Manchester

Technical textiles company Culimeta-Saveguard launched English Fine Cottons in 2015 with a £5.8m investment. Test production at its Dunkinfield mill started in July 2016 and it opened for business in December 2017.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-12-01
- Where: Dunkinfield, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Value: $8.00M (5.80M GBP)
- Starts operating: Jul 2016
- Status: completed
- Products: cotton yarn
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Culimeta-Saveguard](https://endata.com/companies/30436.md)
- [English Fine Cottons](https://endata.com/companies/30437.md)

## Sources

- [drapersonline.com](https://www.drapersonline.com/insight/analysis/made-in-manchester-is-becoming-a-textiles-reality), 2018-03-01: "We didn't set off on a mission to revive the UK textile industry – a lot of thought went into opening the mill and we thought it was a good investment because of changes in the market."

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