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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
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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
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