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Amco News
February, 1980
Vol. 36, No. 1
ADAMS-MILLIS HOSIERY COMPANY
Pl€UQt#ll
Mt. Airy, N.C.
Mt. Airy Plant No. 11 Now Fully Operational
Point
Adams-Millis Hosiery
Company’s newest facility,
Plant #11, now is fully opera
tional here with some 270
employed, and with some
plant departments working
two shifts.
This multi-million dollar
plemt is described by Adams-
MilUs Corporation officials
as one of the most modern
hosiery finishing plants in
the world, and is designed to
produce from 60,000 to
100,000 dozens per week.
The men’s and boys’ hosiery
products dyed and finished
here are shipped to Adams-
Millis customers throughout
the United States and to
some foreign countries. The
bulk of these products are
sold through large retail
chains such as Sears.
A dedication ceremony to
formally open the plant was
held in the late f^ of last
year, when the entire plant
closed for an hour for em
ployees to attend the cere
mony at the front su-ea of the
building.
Sam Berry of Charlotte,
president of the National
Association of Hosiery
Manufacturers, spoke, as
did Tom Haggai, president
of Tom Haggai Associates.
They were introduced by
J.H. MiUis, Chairman of the
Board of Directors of Adams-
Millis Corporation and its
Chief Executive Officer.
The plant was officially
opened by Mary Hsuwey,
senior employee at Plant #11
and yoimg Dak MiUis, son of
J.H. MiUis, Jr., of High
Point who is Director of
Marketing and Product De
velopment for Adams-MiUis
Hosiery Company.
Mary and young Dak
cut the official ribbon and
employees then returned to
their jobs and guests were
invited to tours of the plant
conducted by Jon WaUner,
Senior Vice-President and
Director of Operations for
Adams-MiUis Hosiery, and
by Doug Gordon, Plant
Manager.
The most modem con
struction techniques and ma
terial h2mdling equipment
have been incorporated into
Plant #11 to make it as
energy efficient as possible
and to expedite work pro
cedures.
From the time socks are
unloaded at Plant #11 to be
dyed and finished, the pro
duction schedule is foUowed
through a computer system
which is connected by tele
phone to the main computer
in the corporate office in
High Point.
The dye machines are
completely programmable so
as to aUow most dye cycles to
nm automaticaUy, and are
designed for low-energy and
low-water use. Other fea
tures of the machines aUow
dark shades to be dyed faster
than previously. Also tum-
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Just prior to the recent holidays. Service Awards ceremonies
were held in each of Adams-MiUis Corporation’s plants in
North Carolina and in Oklahoma. J. H. MiUis, Chairman of
the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation,
attended each ceremony and, after a brief speech to the
employees, made the awards presentations. At Plant #2 in
Mt. Airy, however, the tables were turned somewhat when
Mr. MiUis was presented the gift he is shown holding in the
photograph at left. Vivian Mabry, Personnel Manager at
Plant #2 acted as Mistress of Ceremonies at the ceremony
there. She said Page PhiUips, a Fixer in the Knitting
Department, came up with the idea of the Uttle “long Johns”
and worked out the details of making them from two pairs of
socks. He included the foUowing verse with the gift:
DOUG GORDON
Doug Gordon
Is Manager
“If these don’t fit, or suit your taste.
Don’t throw them away in anger or in haste.
Just cut off the buttons, rip out the threads;
'Then you’ve lost your long-johns and have
socks instead!”
Pag* Phillips
Page, who has been with Adams-MiUis almost 30 years, said
he and others in his department had fun working out the idea
and Mr. MiUis obviously is enjoying the occasion. In the
background of the photograph is John WaUner, Senior
Vice-President and Director of Operations for Adams-MiUis
Hosiery, who also is enjoying the moment of fun, as did
everyone else in attendance.
Doug Gordon, Manager of
Plant #11 in Mt. Airy, has
been with Adams-MiUis
since 1974. He came with
Adams-MUUs as the Corpo
ration’s first Director of In
dustrial Engineering. Just
previous to his present posi
tion, Doug was Superinten
dent of Plant #2 in Mt Airy.
A graduate of AUen Jay
High School in High Point,
Doug, whUe holding a fuU-
time job, studied at the
University of North Carolina
at Charlotte. He is a member
of the Chamber of Com
merce in Mt. Airy and has
served on the Industrial De
velopment Committee there.
He has been a senior mem
ber of the American Institute
of Industrial Engineers.
Doug Uves at 765 Cross
Creek Drive in Mt. Airy.