Although Milnrow's heavy textile industries declined during the mid-20th century, the town has continued to grow as a result of suburbanisation, urban renewal and its immediate proximity to road, rail and motorway networks.
In a country so reliant upon its agriculture, the inundation which submerged swaths of cropland and killed large populations of livestock promised to have a lasting effect on the production of food and of raw materials such as cotton, which sustains the country's export-heavy textile industry.
At first the tablets made life easier for Santhisuk: they helped him endure the long hours lugging heavy fabric bales in a Bangkok textiles factory.
The main imports are liquid fuels, fertilizers, wheat, heavy equipment, textiles, and beverages.
Pacific Asian states have effectively found a new market to export their cars, heavy machinery, textiles, and electronics.
Mr. Birla built on the company started by his father to establish one of India's biggest business conglomerates, with interests in industries like sugar, fertilizers, chemicals, heavy engineering, textile, shipping and media, among many others.
The city has some industry, including the manufacture of textiles, heavy machinery, furniture, and caskets.
The Navajo also make most of the heavy rugs and textiles, while the Hopi supply lightweight ceremonial kilts, sashes, and similar costume fabrics.
Its celebrated parts (some services, telecoms, outsourcing, technology) trot along nicely enough, energetically pulling the whole body forwards; but at the back (heavy industry, agriculture, textiles) too much merely lumbers.
