Carpet-making operations in Axminster were scaled down and yarn production at Buckfast stopped.

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About 100 employees have been retained but carpet-making operations in Axminster are being scaled down and yarn production at Buckfast has stopped.

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About 100 employees are being retained, but carpet-making operations in Axminster are being scaled down and yarn production at Buckfast is to stop, administrators Duff and Phelps said.

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Coloured yarn is tied to the wool web to create the carpet.

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The men then construct the carpet loom - a horizontal frame placed on the ground - while the women convert the wool into yarn on spinning wheels.

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