About Engraw

After WWII, the late Textile Engineer Frank Raquet Hosey came from the United States to Uruguay to install spinning machines for a wool top company.

In 1946 he decided to stay for good and founded ENGRAW Export and Import Co S.A. together with his uncle Mr. John Hosey. At that time, the company was only engaged in the export of greasy wool.

Frank, passionate about the wool fibre and motivated by its promising development in Uruguayan soils, encouraged Mr. Hosey to begin producing wool tops, which they finally did in 1951. Both the Hoseys and Raquets had been engaged in the wool industry, having worked before in Energetic Worsted Corp., a wool spinning manufacturer in Philadelphia, USA, for which our family carries a long wool-textile tradition.

In 1983, our company became 100% owned by Mr. Frank Raquet Hosey until his passing away in 1986.

Today, it is managed by his son, Frank Joseph Raquet who has been in topmaking for more than 40 years.

Our mill located 100km from Montevideo, and its surrounding premises, take up an area of 100 hectares. We produce approximately 4,500 tonnes of wool tops per year, of which around 1,200 tonnes are superwashed also in our mill.

We process Uruguayan mulesing-free wool, produced by healthy sheep and following the best animal husbandry practices available.

Our company is pioneer in our country in the use of wind power and we are proud to say that our mill runs almost completely (94%) on renewable energy. Moreover, we treat all effluents in order to protect our environment.