Carthage Mills:
The "Birthplace of Geosynthetics"
(1958)
Much of the geosynthetics industry - as we know it today - is the direct result of the pioneering efforts of Carthage Mills that began with the first use of a woven "plastic filter cloth" in 1958.
Click here for a brief retelling of the people, places and events that were instrumental in the birth of a new industry.