Derbyshire - UK-based luxury knitwear firm John Smedley has announced plans to close its overseas production operations and bring all manufacturing back to its UK sites.
John Smedley is best known today for its high-class, fine gauge knitwear and is still one of the UK?s biggest knitwear firms, knitting around 430,000 garments per year with exports a crucial part of its business; it currently sells to more than 40 countries and is particularly strong in Asia.