Fox River Mills

Fox River Mills

Infobox_Company
company_name = Fox River Mills
company_type = Private
foundation=1900
location = Osage, Iowa, USA
products = Socks
homepage = http://www.foxsox.com/

Fox River Mills, Inc. is a sock manufacturer based in Osage, Iowa.

The company was founded in 1900. [Rose Apodaca. "The Agony of Da' Feet". "Los Angeles Times". November 19, 1993. View, 1.] In 1992, they purchased the Nelson Knitting Company of Rockford, Illinois, and in the process acquired the trademark on the Red Heel socks used to make sock monkeys. [Fiona Morgan. "Still life with monkeys". "Independent Weekly". September 27, 2006. 34.] Fox River Mills includes instructions for making a sock monkey in every packet of Red Heel socks. [David Nammany. " [http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2007/04/24/latest_news/doc462e95ad4c544864538794.txt Sock Monkey Mania! Fox River Mills featured in new book about sock-made critters] ". "Globe Gazette". April 24, 2007. Retrieved on September 29, 2008.]

Fox River Mills is also known for their odor-controlling X-Static sock liners [Annette McGivney. "Fox River X-Static sock liners". "Backpacker". April 1999. 87.] and their line of organic wool socks. [Associated Press. " [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/11/ap/business/mainD8EE81IO0.shtml Iowa Company Launches Organic Socks] ". CBS News. December 11, 2005. Retrieved on September 29, 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://www.foxsox.com Fox River Mills Home Page]
* [http://www.onepercentfortheplanet.org/ One Percent for the Planet]


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