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Lonny MacOrquodale hangs yarn to dry Wednesday at the Saco River Dyehouse, which dyes wool and other fibers for a variety of customers and has invested $750,000 in a suite of new top-of-the-line machinery from Italy.
Claudia Raessler of the Saco River Dyehouse photographs the new dye machine. The company expects to be dyeing 30,000 pounds a month by December.
Lonny MacOrquodale hangs yarn to dry. With new equipment, the Saco River Dyehouse will be able to quadruple its annual sales, says the company's managing director.
Finished yarn at the Saco River Dyehouse.
Lonny MacOrquodale hangs yarn to dry at the Saco River Dyehouse last month.
Rich Szalma of Cote Crane & Rigging uses a forklift to bring a new laboratory dye machine into Saco River Dyehouse in July.