Avoca Handweavers

Avoca Handweavers
Company typePrivate
IndustryTextile and clothing manufacturing, retail, cafés
Founded1723
HeadquartersKilmacanogue, County Wicklow, Ireland
ProductsClothes, other woollen goods, soft furnishings, food, ceramics, books, soaps & perfumes
Number of employees
1,000[1] (2020)
ParentAramark
Websiteavoca.com

Avoca Handweavers, now mostly known simply as Avoca, is a clothing manufacturing, retail and food business in Ireland. The company began in Avoca, County Wicklow, and is the oldest working woollen mill in Ireland and one of the world's oldest manufacturing companies.[citation needed] Since 2015, it has been owned by the American food service and facilities company, Aramark.[2]

  1. ^ "Avoca warns of redundancies due to coronavirus". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Investments lead Avoca owner Aramark to record €14.9m loss". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2020.