Stehli Silks
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Stehli Silks (formerly Stehli Silks Corporation) was a Swiss textile manufacturing company. Founded in 1837, Stehli Silks was among the largest silk fabric producers in the world, with a workforce exceeding 4,000 people (1920) at its peak.[1] More than half of its workforce was employed at the subsidiary Stehli Silks Corporation in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, which opened in 1897.
Native name | Stehli Seiden AG |
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Formerly | Stehli Silks Corporation |
Company type | Private company |
Founded | |
Founder | Rudolf Stehli-Hausheer |
Defunct | 1996 (1996) |
Fate | Business transformation |
Number of locations | 5+ (1920) |
Revenue | CHF 69 million (1969) |
Owner | Stehli family |
Number of employees | 4,000+ (1920) |
Website | www |
In 1996, the concern ceased manufacturing operations, and was converted into a real estate company that was only active in Switzerland (Stehli-Areal in Obfelden, ZH).[2][3][4] The former mills in Lancaster were sold to Stehli Mill, LLC, a joint-venture between Rhode Island and Maryland-based real estate developers, but their redevelopment efforts stalled.In 2015, the former mills in Lancaster were added to the National Register of Historic Places.[5] In 2023, the new developers began construction of 165 loft-style apartments in the former silk mills with plans to market the redeveloped site as Stehli Mill Lofts.[6][7][8][9][10]