The TIGIR campus has been the long term vision of brothers Charlie and Owen Merrow. The Merrow brothers bought their family b ... usiness in 2004 and relocated the eight generation family operated sewing machine business to Fall River, MA. Since then they have used the familiarity of the Merrow name within the industry to expand their business through the addition of world class design development services, increased contract sewing operations and largest immigrant training program in the country. Community focused in its values, Merrow Manufacturing LLC continuously uses assets to create opportunities in surrounding area of Fall River. Now the 182 year old company aims to take it a step further and use its resources to establish a center for innovation, creation, and business development. Although the Textile Innovation Group for Instrumentation and Research was created to work on the development of technology integration in soft good apparel products, the TIGIR campus stands for much more. The TIGIR campus has opened the doors of the fourth floor of the Merrow building to entrepreneurs, engineers, and brands to develop products, build business, collaborate and most importantly strengthen the on community. These amazing things are happing all within the Merrow Incubator, so what are you waiting for? Become part of the action today! read more