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 | | While New Era's 1,500 staffers include workers in offices in Toronto, England, Germany, Paris, Tokyo and contract factories in Asia, the baseball caps seen on the fields are all made in the United States - in Derby or one of the three Alabama factories. |
 | | New Era last year began to expand its fashion boundaries by adding a new line of hats called "EK." Named in tribute to the company founder, Koch's great-grandfather, its tweed, cashmere and seersucker looks include the snap-brim Gatsby or "newsboy" hats of the kind Ehrhardt Koch started making in 1920. |
 | | The man said he bought a couple of new caps a week because the athletes and rap stars he liked wore them and there was always something new. |
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