110年老厂扩产一倍：新罕布什尔州Ashland镇Minus33新厂房启用，州长阿约特剪彩，团队拟从约24人增至40人
新罕布什尔州格拉夫顿县Ashland镇消息：美利奴羊毛品牌 Minus33 与其母公司 L.W. Packard 10月27日为新厂房剪彩启用，州长 Kelly Ayotte 出席。这栋翻新后的建筑使这家家族企业的生产面积翻了一倍；公司今年迎来创立110周年，新空间为其把 Ashland 团队从目前的约24人扩至40人留出了余地。
新厂房面积15,000平方英尺，计划2027年初投入使用，安置办公室与新的配送设施，从而腾出现有厂房空间扩大生产，支持推出美国制造的美利奴羊毛帽子与围巾，与公司畅销的美国制造袜子并列。公司第五代传人、总裁 Lawson Glidden 表示，110年长盛的秘诀是做自己引以为傲的产品、雇好人；公司为继续在 Ashland 投资、雇人、生产优质美利奴产品感到自豪，近三年销售额连续实现两位数增长。
州长 Ayotte 表示，祝贺 Glidden 家族、Minus33 与 L.W. Packard 在新罕布什尔州经营110年；制造业是该州历史与经济的重要部分，这样的家族企业正是新罕布什尔的特别之处，州政府乐于支持在社区投资、创造高薪岗位、延续本地制造传统的企业。
L.W. Packard 曾是 Ashland 镇最大的雇主，为 Saks Fifth Avenue、L.L.Bean 与美军供应羊毛面料，鼎盛时期雇员约300人；1990年代受海外竞争冲击，员工一度只剩3人。第四代传人 John Glidden 以 Minus33 之名重振家业，将其建成全国知名的美利奴羊毛品牌，后传给儿子 Lawson Glidden。
公司目前在 Ashland 约有24名员工，生产约180种产品，包括打底衣、袜子、帽饰、手套与毯子，全部使用美利奴羊毛，销售渠道包括自营网站、亚马逊店铺与全国零售商。Minus33 由 Luther Woodbury Packard 于1916年在 Ashland 创立，二战期间曾供应军服面料，2002年由 John Glidden 以现代户外品牌 Minus33 之名重新推出。
来源：Minus33 与 L.W. Packard 公司公告（Outdoor Industry Association 发布），2026年10月27日
110-Year-Old Mill Doubles Its Footprint: Minus33 Opens New Ashland, New Hampshire Facility With Governor Ayotte Cutting the Ribbon, Team Set to Grow From About 24 to 40
ASHLAND, Grafton County, New Hampshire: Minus33 Merino Wool and its parent company L.W. Packard opened a new facility in Ashland on October 27, with a ribbon-cutting led by Governor Kelly Ayotte. The newly renovated building doubles the family-owned company's manufacturing footprint as it celebrates 110 years in business, creating room to grow its Ashland team from about two dozen to 40 employees.
The 15,000-square-foot building is set to open in early 2027 and will house office space and a new delivery facility, making space for additional manufacturing in the current building to support the launch of American-made merino wool hats and scarves, joining the company's bestselling U.S.-made socks. Lawson Glidden, the fifth-generation owner and president, said the secret to 110 years in business is making products the company is proud of and hiring great people, and that the company is proud to invest in Ashland; it has posted double-digit sales growth for three consecutive years.
Governor Ayotte congratulated the Glidden family, Minus33 and L.W. Packard on 110 years of doing business in New Hampshire, saying manufacturing is an important part of the state's history and economy, family businesses like this one are a big part of what makes New Hampshire special, and the state is proud to support businesses that invest in their communities, create good-paying jobs and continue the tradition of making things in the Granite State.
L.W. Packard was once Ashland's largest employer, supplying wool broadcloth to Saks Fifth Avenue, L.L.Bean and the U.S. military, and employing roughly 300 people at its peak. Overseas competition drove a sharp decline in the 1990s, at one point reducing the workforce to just three employees. Fourth-generation owner John Glidden revived the company under the Minus33 name, rebuilding it into a nationally recognized merino wool brand before passing leadership to his son Lawson.
Minus33 today employs about two dozen people in Ashland and produces roughly 180 products, including base layers, socks, headwear, gloves and blankets, all made with merino wool, sold through its direct-to-consumer website, its Amazon storefront and retailers nationwide. The company was founded in 1916 by Luther Woodbury Packard in Ashland, supplied military uniforms during World War II, and was relaunched as the modern Minus33 outdoor brand in 2002.
Source: Minus33 and L.W. Packard company release via the Outdoor Industry Association, October 27, 2026
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图片来源：图：新罕布什尔州格拉夫顿县Ashland镇（资料图），Minus33 与 L.W. Packard 的创始地。照片：P199，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The town of Ashland, Grafton County, New Hampshire (file photo), home of Minus33 and L.W. Packard since 1916. Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
