John Forsyth was a Canadian shirtmaker. He founded the John Forsyth Shirt Company. The company was expected to cease Canadian manufacturing due to changes in legislation.
[Closing of Forsyth Shirts could just be the beginning]
February 28, 2013 The Record
Forsyth established his shirtmaking business in 1903 the small town of
Kitchener, Ontario
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. John Forsyth Shirt Company, Ltd. does business as Forsyth of Canada and has manufactured shirts in Canada and abroad. Products include shirts, knits, and fleece for men, women and youth as well as ties and ladies sports wear. The business is a subsidiary of Forsyth Holdings, Inc.
The Forsyth family began its clothing business in
Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is one of three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo (formerly Waterloo County, Ontario, Waterloo County). Waterloo is situated about west-southwest of Toronto. Due to the c ...
in 1903 and with manufacturing at Duke and Young streets in downtown Kitchener for 88 years. The family sold the business to
Dylex Ltd. of Toronto in 1973. It has had several ownership changes since.
[ Women's clothes were branded under the Lady Forsyth label. In 2005, Forsyth bought out PremiumWear Inc.(]Munsingwear
Munsingwear was a Minnesota-based brand of underwear from which Original Penguin developed. The company was established as Northwestern Knitting Company. It also was known as PremiumWear.
History
The company was started by George D. Munsing, who c ...
), a knit, woven, sportwear, accessories and specialty clothing maker dating to 1886 and headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota.[ The Cambridge plant once employed about 500 people and produced hundreds of thousands of shirts in a year.][
As of 2013, the company sought bankruptcy protection and its principal shareholders were Morante and Harris H. Hester of Connecticut.][
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Clothing companies established in 1903