Alpaca Wool: An Industry Ready to Grow ; No One in Maine Makes a Living Entirely by Raising Alpacas, but a Portland Mill Works to Change That.
Portland Press Herald › June 29, 2004
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Daphne Marinopoulos resisted her heritage for a while, but eventually the pull was too strong.
Her grandparents - immigrants from Greece - worked in textile mills in Massachusetts. Her father was a textile engineer for DuPont.See the full content of this document
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Alpaca Wool: An Industry Ready to Grow ; No One in Maine Makes a Living Entirely by Raising Alpacas, but a Portland Mill Works to Change That.
At first, Marinopoulos chose a career in Internet direct marketing. But by starting The Fibre Co., tucked away in a small part of a Fore Street industrial building, Marinopoulos has returned to her roots.
"It's in the blood," she jokes over the low roar of her "mini- mill" machinery. "I'm here today becau...See the full content of this document
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