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Amco News
April, 1979
Vol. 35, No. 2
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TexElastic Plant at Raeford
Entrance
TexElastic at Raeford A Major Producer of Covered Yams
TexElastic Corporation is
jecognized as one of the
major producers of covered
elastic yeims in the United
States today. The fine denier
Jjovering plant located in
aeford, N.C. is one of two
anufacturing facilities of
exElastic, an operating di-
ision of Adams-Millis Cor-
oration. The other, a coarse
enier plant located in Arch
ale, N.C., was reviewed in
a previous issue of AMCO
J^EWS.
l»The Raeford plant was
^acquired in 1969 from Uni-
froyal and production today is
Approximately double the
volume it was when the
facility was purchased. Al
though production of fine
denier covered yam is a
comparatively small part of
the textile industry, this
product plays an important
part in better control and fit
of ladies’ support and control
top hosiery.
Currently there are 122
people employed in the Rae
ford plant which operates
three shifts a day, seven
days a week. There are 94
OMM covering machines in
operation with six more in
various stages of erection.
The machines in the plant
are made in Italy but are
installed by Raeford mainte
nance personnel who are
trained in the machines’
erection and maintenance.
These machines nm at
20,000 to 28,000 revolutions
per minute and will produce
from 16,000 to 20,000
pounds of fine denier cov
ered yams in a seven-day
cycle. The selling price of the
various yams range from
$6.00 to $15.00 per pouhd.
Visitors to the TexElastic
pi^mt in Raeford find them
selves in a climate-controlled
environment where the tem
perature ranges from 80 to
85 degrees and the humidity
is maintained at 55 to 65
Raeford Is In "Sandhills'
Raeford, the site of the
TexElastic plant being co
vered in this issue of Amco
News, is about a two hours’
drive east of High Point smd
is located in Hoke County.
This is in the area known as
the “s2mdhills” of North
Carolina 2md is noted for its
mild climate. Just a few
miles from Raeford is the
nationally-known resort of
Pinehurst, a retirement
community famous for its
golfing and recreational faci
lities.
Also, Raeford has the
distinction of being the coun
ty seat of North Carolina’s
99th county, Hoke, which
was carved from land of two
other coimties in 1911.
percent. These climate fac
tors are necessary to produce
a quality product.
A spandex core is the
primary elastomer that is
used in the covered yams
produced in the plant. When
this product surives at the
Receiving Department, it is
placed in a “staging area’ ’ to
become acclimatized to the
temperature and humidity of
the plant. 'The product re
mains in this area for 24
hours after which time these
spemdex packages are trans
ferred to the covering ma
chines. The synthetic yams,
such as nylon used as covers,
are moved to the Spooling
Department where they are
transferred from the sup
pliers’ yam package (pirn) to
spools which then are placed
on the covering machines.
As the covering process
begins, one cover is wound
aroimd the core from top to
[Cont. on page 3]
Adams-Millis Corporation Publishes Annual Report
HOSIERY
In 1978, Adams-Millis Ho
siery again showed a s^les
increase. This increase was
evident in both ladies’ ho
siery and socks. This de
mand came so quickly that it
was necessary in the second
quarter to refrain from solic
iting any new accoimts and
concentrate its efforts on
servicing existing accounts
to the best of om ability.
Our plans for 1979 reflect
another increase in volume.
This sales growth is targeted
to service the dynamic ex
pansion of our existing cus
tomers with the selective
addition of a few new cus
tomers. In addition, this
growth is targeted to service
an exciting new venture for
Adams-Millis Hosiery. On
March 21, 1978, Adams-
Millis signed an sigreement
for the exclusive rights to use
the “ABC’’ Sports’’ and the
“ABC Wide World of
Sports’’ labels for hosiery.
We are now in the process of
manufactming a complete
line of men’s and ladies’
sports hosiery; and will be
gin shipments to the market
during the first quarter of
1979. The “Sport Socks”
market is one of the fastest
growing markets for our
industry. This line of hosiery
will basically be marketed
through department stores
£md sporting goods retailers.
The new line has met with
highly favorable reaction,
and all of us remain excited
about its future. During
1978, as our sales growth
became evident, it was ob
vious that Adams-Millis Ho
siery had to take steps to
increase its capacity to ade
quately supply the sales
being generated. A major
rebuilding of idle knitting
machines was undertaken
during 1978 to expand capac
ity. This program will be
completed during the latter
part of 1979. It also became
obvious that our finishing,
packaging, warehousing,
and shipping facilities could
not keep up with the de
mand. Therefore plans were
made and contracts signed
for a new finishing and pack
aging sock mill to be locat
ed in Mt. Airy, North Caro
lina. The approximately
125,000 square foot plant is
now under construction and
is targeted to be in produc
tion during the second quar
ter of 1979.
During 1978, the Hosiery
Compemy also determined
that it would be necessary to
update its ladies’ hosiery
knitting equipment — 110
fast 4-feed ladies’ panty hose
knitting machines were pur
chased and received, with an
additional 110 scheduled to
be delivered in 1979. Be
cause of the high speed
machines, our factory will be
more efficient. Our quality
will be improved so that we
might better pursue our goal
of merchandising a premium
line of ladies’ hosiery prod
ucts. When all ladies’ ho
siery machines are in place,
the capacity will be in
creased approximately 50%.
Adams-Millis Hosiery is
excited and enthusiastic
about its many plans for
growth and its recent suc
cess; however, this excite
ment and enthusiasm must
be tempered with the con
tinuing realization that the
inflationary cost of raw ma
terials, labor, and all energy
related costs, such as fuel,
electricity, etc., continue to
[Cont. on page 2]
Horace Stogner
Plant Manager
Horace Stogner, plant
manager of TexElastic in
Raeford, has been with the
firm since Adams-Millis
Corporation purchased the
Raeford plant in 1969. Prior
to that time he was with
Uniroyal, the previous own
ers of the plant.
Appointed plant manager
in 1974, Horace had worked
in scheduling and planning,
as a supervisor and as plant
[Cont. on page 3]