CC> 77■ / Adams'Killis Amco News ^olume 46, Number 2 Adams-Millis Opens New Headquarters Adams-Millis’ new headquar- srs is open for business with bout 200 employees brought agether at the new location at 823 Eastchester Drive. The move took about 10 days 0 complete with different epartments moving on a stag- :ered schedule from July 6-16. “All in all the move went veil,” said Neel Harrison, vice )resident of finance. “A few peo- )le worked long and hard to nake the move successful for iveryone.” He said a few details still must e completed before the move is )tally complete. “Some pieces of furniture still ave not arrived but we expect lem soon,” Harrison added. The three-level, 58,000-square- x)t building includes personnel 'om the former Adams-Millis eadquarters on Elm Street as /ell as benefits and industrial ngineering departments from 'lant 1, financial and credit from 'homasville, others from Silver init and some production plan- ling personnel from Plant 3 in iernersville. ‘ ‘Moving to this facility is very leneficial because it brings us all Dgether which will facilitate ommunications and teamwork New Headquarters Building On Eastchester Drive In High Point in company headquarters,” Har rison said. Parking at the new facility is very adequate, overcoming what had become a problem at some locations. The facility includes confer ence rooms with audio-visual equipment and individual tele phone lines for each employee. and which will save time increase productivity. The move also coincided with the installation of a new IBM AS400 computer system, Harri son explained. Concerning the move Harri son noted that some concern has been expressed about the com pany’s leaving High Point and it’s commitment to the city. “We’re still in High Point and our move will not affect our commitment to the city and its many organizations,” Harrison said. The old headquarters on Elm Street is to be leased for use by another company instead of being sold, Harrison added. Slate Is Earnhardt On A Go-Cart ■ Greg Slate sometimes refers to S imself as a “Dale Earnhardt on go-cart.” As a winner of 55 go-cart races ifter a little more than four Jears of racing, Slate figures he can call himself anything he Would like. And after all, Dale Earnhardt is his favorite NASCAR driver. In his fifth season of compe tition, Slate, who works in maintenance at Plant 11 in Mount Airy, is still zooming around go-cart tracks all over the Piedmont and a few other places. “Man it’s fun,” Slate exclaims as he points out features of his current racer which competes in the 325 stock class. That means that the driver and cart have to weigh 325 pounds. Statesville, Ronda, Lenoir, Sparta, Taylorsville and Mount Airy are a few of the sites where Slate has zipped along just a mere half inch off the ground at speeds in excess of 90 miles per hour. His fastest speed on these minature racing machines was 92 miles per hour. “That’s the same as 194 miles per hour in a race car,” Slate noted, given the comparative sizes, horsepower and other .factors. “It’s a dangerous sport but I’m as careful as I can be out there. I drive aggressively but I don’t put myself or the machine in jeopardy. I’m scared of crashing again.” Despite his carefulness he almost met with disaster last year. While speeding along at about 60 miles per hour, a wheel of his cart hooked onto one of another cart. Slate’s cart flipped seven times and he was thrown 15 feet into the air. He woke up in the hospital with bruises to his kidney and spine. The injuries forced him to miss seven races and he was out of work for a week. There have been other “bump- ups” — two or three a year — for (Continued On Page 6) September 1990 George Burfeind Burfeind Named COO, President George Burfeind has been named Chief Opera ting Officer and President of Adams-Millis and Silver Knit Industries. He will have overall responsibility for human resources, sales, mar keting and design/mer chandising. Burfeind will report to Chief Executive Officer Robert M. Bundy, Jr. Burfeind, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., is a 1959 graduate of City College of New York where he ma jored in business adminis tration. Burfeind joined Silver Knit in 1962 and was promoted to president of sales in 1972. He was named president of the division in 1984. Reporting to Burfeind will be Fred Johnson, Vice President Human Resour ces; Ron Stroup, Vice President Sales; Dick Miller, Vice President Sales; Mark Smith, Vice President Sales; Gene Gsell, Vice President Sales; Don Fought, Direc tor of Marketing — Adams- Millis; Eva Wu, Director of Marketing - Silver Knit; and Wayne Duggins, Vice President Design/Merchan dising. New Facility To Be State Of The Art jp-Cart Racer Greg Slate With Some Trophies He Has Won Adams-Millis is expanding its Plant 11 in Mount Airy by 55,000 square feet. When completed the facility will be the most modern socks manufacturing plant in the United States. “We are excited about this growth opportunity and look forward to continuing the strong relationship we have enjoyed for many years in Mount Airy,” said CEO Robert M. Bundy Jr. The plant will incorporate the newest available technology into all facets of production and greatly enhance productivity within Adams-Millis. Other A-M operations in Mount Airy eventually will be merged into the new operation. Completion of the expansion project is expected by spring 1991. In addition to the expansion Adams-Millis is consolidating some other operations. Adams-Millis has reached agreement with Brown Wooten Mills of Burlington to sell its sock finishing plant in Mebane. Adams-Millis earlier had an nounced plans to close the opera tion as part of a consolidation program which also will affect company operations in Hickory. “In our efforts to find jobs for our Mebane employees, we found that Brown Wooten needed to expand its operations,” said Robert M. Bundy, Jr., Adams- Millis CEO. “During our discussions with them, both parties realiz^ that here was an opportunity^ to create a win-win situation, he added. “Brown Wooten could (Continued On Page 2)

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