Cowansville and Bruck Mills: A Golden Thread Cowansville and Bruck Mills: A Golden Thread Bruck Museum
Excerpt from Entre-Nous newspaper showing the Bombardier snowmobile made available to doctors by the company so that they can visit their remote patients when the winter roads are […]
The red trucks transporting Bruck fabrics are driven by employees who make deliveries mainly to Montreal, from where the orders are then sent to their final destinations. This […]
In 1964, Bruck Mills is asked by Alan Winship of the Privy Council Office of the Government of Canada to undertake the production of several prototypes of the […]
In 1976, the town of Cowansville celebrates the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of the village of Cowansville. The Bruck Mills produces the commemorative flag.
The operator checks the width of the fabric at the exit of a roller dryer. According to the properties of the fabric to be dried, it will be […]
Eugène Mongeau, of the Weaving Department, adjusts a Jacquard loom following a warp beam change, circa 1950. Empty wooden bobbins can be seen on a small rack and […]
An operator checks the length of a warp beam in front of a loom. The warp beam is a cylinder around which the warp yarn is wound for […]
A worker monitors the entrance to a finisher ream, where the damp fabric is then dried, stretched to the desired width, and heat-set so that it will not […]
Jean-Jacques Hamel, an employee of the engraving department, was hired at the Bruck in 1948 because of his artistic training at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal. He […]
The weaving operation requires the use of a warping machine beforehand. The warping process consists of gathering a determined number of yarn threads on a large spool called […]
Consoltex continues operating Premier Mill, expanded by Bruck in 1969, and modernizing the equipment in all departments. Yet, the ultra-modern factory is running at full capacity and, despite […]
