GROWING INDUSTRY
Lace-Making In Canada
(N.Z.P.A. -Reuter— Copyright) MONTREAL. Lace, once a sign of wealth Is now available to Canadian women of all ages and income levels and most of it is made in Canada. The lace-making industry is a new one in Canada, says Mr Archibald Solomon, owner of International Laces Inc., a manufacturing distributing firm.
“It did not really get started until 1954 and you do not learn to make lace overnight,” he says. “Only 10 years ago, we were importing 100 per cent of our lace.”
Today, about 70 per cent of the lace on the Canadian market is made in Canada. The other 30 per cent is imported mostly from France. Only a small amount of hand-made lace is available, and none is produced in Canada because of high labour costs, according to Mr Solomon.
The only imported handmade lace on the Canadian market is from China.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31215, 12 November 1966, Page 2
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