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46, Number 1
May 1990
Manufacturing
A Key Factor
In A-M Growth
■ rom left Jerry Piper talks with Group Vice Presidents Van Joyce, William Johnson, Danny
IcNair about quality.
Mega plants... latest technol
ogy . . . production control tech
niques . . . state of the art facili
ties ... highest quality possible.
Those are some of the terms
emerging with the new long
range plan for Adams-Millis.
Already they are becoming
incorporated into the day-to-day
company operations as efforts
move ahead to achieve a sub
stantial share of the domestic
sock market in the next five
years. Adams-Millis now pro
duces about 15 percent of the
socks made in the United States.
“T0 service that amount of the
market will require building
mega plants,” explained Jerry
Piper, Senior Vice President of
Manufacturing.
Along with the new state-of-
the-art facilities the company
will “de-complex” its prcxluct
line, Piper noted. Focus will be
on the core of the company’s
product line, eliminating many
of the styles that require only
short runs.
Emphasis will be placed on the
Hanes brand as pr^uction lev
els move toward a half-million
dozen per week, up from the
present 290,000 dozen.
About 2,600 employees cur
rently are involved the Adams-
Millis manufacturing operations
but that number is expected to
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lant 6 Earns Award For Million Safe Working Hours
encing an accident resulting in
time lost from work.
“This is an excellent accom
plishment which has been
achieved only through the
efforts of every employee to
perform their jobs safely and
efficiently,” said Robert M.
Bundy, Jr., Adams-Millis Chief
Executive Officer.
Bundy explained that safety
by definition is “the condition of
Siddle Wins Trip To L*eggs Mini-Marathon
Imployees at Adams-Millis
Bit 6 in Hickory have earned
I Adams-Millis Safety Award
j achieving one million safe
rking hours.
The million hour period
fered more than three years
pom September 1986 through
kember 1989.
The award indicates that the
int operated during that time
ihout any employee experi-
liver Knit
larns Target
[endor Award
ilver Knit Industries has
ed the 1989 Vendor Award of
eilence presented by Target
ires.
k is presented
jMually to a select group of
wl'jSet s vendors recognizing
:#afh for “their outstanding
iPnr of cooperation, dependa-
isWity, support and superior
eWvice.”
Silver Knit President George
rrfeind praised all Silver Knit
niployees for their role in the
l'"Pany being honored.
Each and every one of our
P oyees share in this award,
a 1 am extremely proud of
■7 .^.S^'evements,” Burfeind
1 he excellent reputation
both the Drexel and Silver
"'t plants in terms of quality
service are a reflection of
dedication and
®nimitment.
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being safe from undergoing or
causing hurt, injury or loss. It
therefore becomes the responsi
bility of everyone to perform
their jobs without causing hurt,
injury or loss.
“You can do this by partici
pating in plant safety programs,
getting involved with your
safety committee, following
safety rules and guidelines and
reporting any unsafe conditions
or acts to your supervisor or
manager,” Bundy added.
“Through your involvement we
can develop the ‘Safety Culture’
that is necessary to make this
kind of award possible.”
Bundy presented the award to
Plant Manager Gene Weaver
who praised all employees for
their efforts.
“You have all worked hard to
achieve this,” he said. “I’m
proud of every one of you for
what you have done.”
Each employee received a T-
shirt noting the Plant 6 accomp
lishment. A catered meal also
was served for employees on
each shift at the plant.
The Hickory plant is the fifth
Adams-Millis facility to earn the
million safe working hours
award.
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When Shirley Siddle contri
buted to the United Way last fall
she had no idea she would be
going to New York this spring.
But she is.
Siddle, a 12-year Adams-Millis
employee at Plant 3, was the
winner of the trip to New York to
attend the L’eggs mini-marathon
May 26.
Adams-Millis Chief Executive
Officer Robert M. Bundyjr. drew
Siddle’s name from a container
which included the names of
several hundred Adams-Millis
employees who had made a “fair
share” contribution to the 1989
United Way campaign.
Siddle and her sister, Ella
Siddle, will depart from Pied
mont Triad International Air
port on May 25. While in New
York they will stay at the Plaza
Hotel at Central Park, enjoy a
Broadway play, see the L’eggs
mini-marathon, dine at Galla
gher’s Steak House and go
sightseeing around New York.
The Siddle sisters and 34 other
trip winners and their guests
will also be special guests at the
L’eggs mini-marathon dinner on
May 26.
“I’m so happy about it. I’m still
excited about it,” she said a
couple of weeks after her name
was drawn. “It will really will be
a pleasure for us.”
Larry Strader announced the
winner in the long fold depart
ment at Plant 3 where Siddle
worked at the time. She now is a
sidewinder truck driver.
“He said someone in the
department had won a trip to
New York,” Siddle recalled.
“When he called my name I
dropped my pocketbook. It
seemed like a dream to me.”
Siddle has been to New York
once before, in 1986, on a church
group trip to Long Beach, N.Y.
The group traveled by bus, she
recalled, but did go to LaGuardia
Airport.
“We got lost and drove to the
airport to get directions to where
we were going,” she said.
This time however, Shirley
and Ella will board an airplane at
Piedmont Triad International
Airport on May 25 for the trip to
New York. They will return May
27. Siddle said she took one other
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