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On Monday, 15 formerly-unemployed textile workers will begin work making ammunition bags for the U.S. military at a new company, New Bedford Tactical Gear.

The employees had worked for Eagle Industries, which had purchased the New Bedford plant of Michael Bianco, Inc., site of a high-profile federal immigration raid in 2007.

New Bedford Tactical Gear is a subsidiary of New Jersey Headwear Corp. of Newark, N.J., which does contract manufacturing under the name Unionwear. Mitch Cahn, president of New Jersey Headwear, said the New Bedford operation hopes to have 40 employees within the next few months and 100 by the end of the year.

Another New Jersey company, Polymer Technologies, awarded New Bedford Tactical Gear the contract to manufacture reusuable ammunition bags.

"This contract is the first step toward helping put New Bedford's textile workers back to work," Cahn said in a written statement. "We convinced Polymer that the skill set of the New Bedford workers was exceptional and we received a commitment from Polymer contingent on setting up a New Bedford operation quickly."

For information about employment, contact the Greater New Bedford Career Center, 618 Achushnet Ave., New Bedford.

 Tags  New Bedford Mass. New Bedford Tactical Gear New Jersey Headware Corp. Polymer Technologies

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