“The Cashmere Experience” Lecture
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by Talibah Al-Rafiq
California Cashmere Company founded in 1990, is located in the Sierra Foothills of Calaveras County. The company does business internationally offering custom dehairing, brokering of fine cashmere, fiber grading, wholesale apparel and textiles. The Company's owners Ajamu and Talibah Al-Rafiq collectively have more than 30 years experience in management, programming, marketing and sales.
California Cashmere Company is the only commercial custom cashmere dehairer in the United States . The Company will scour, dehair and card the raw cashmere fleece to customer's specifications. Scouring is the washing of the cashmere fleece using control techniques. Dehairing, the process of separating the hair and the cashmere, is performed using technology specifically designed to dehair cashmere. This technology also cards; arranges or groups the fibers for spinning. The newly constructed, 259 square meters, processing plant is outfitted with state-of-the-art processing equipment. A computerized tracking system is used to track the status of each order from arrival through shipping. While the company is best recognized for the position it holds in custom cashmere dehairing, its entry into cashmere brokering is steadily growing.
As Cashmere Brokers, they buy raw imported and domestic cashmere. As Suppliers, they sell clean dehaired domestic and imported cashmere and stand behind the quality. Their offerings of wholesale apparel and textiles include 100% cashmere casual, business and evening apparel, plus web, yarn and cloth. California Cashmere Company has a highly trained staff of Fiber Specialists. These professionals are well experienced in determining fiber classification, quality and value. The owners recently spent time in China for additional training in cashmere fiber grading and processing. A recent industry report states that at the end of 1996, China had some 2,000 cashmere knitwear producers with a total processing capacity of 15,000 tons of raw cashmere annually. This capacity far exceeds remaining world cashmere production. The highly specialized training received from the world leaders in cashmere production greatly enhances the Company's services.
Cost: free for members; $10 non-members
Location:
Angels Camp Museum
753 S. Main Street, Angels Camp, CA 95222
Located off historic highway 49
Hours of Operation:
Thursday to Monday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Year-Around
Contact:
209.736.2963
angelscamp.gov |
11/13/2014
Starts at 07:00 PM
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