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Contact: Cass Johnson (202) 822-8025
For Immediate Release
Missy Branson (202)
822-8026 May
20, 2008
NCTO Elects Officers During Annual Meeting Held in
Washington, DC
Anderson Warlick Elected New NCTO Chairman
Anderson D. Warlick, president and CEO of Parkdale,
Inc. in Gastonia, NC, was elected chairman during
NCTO's
fifth annual meeting held last week at The Madison
-- Loews Hotel in Washington, DC.
Warlick, who holds numerous business and
civic positions, joined Parkdale Mills in 1984 and
became president and CEO in 2001. He is a graduate of The Citadel,Harvard
Business School's Program for Management Development and of the
National Cotton Council's Leadership Program. He also serves on the boards of The
Citadel Development Foundation, Parkdale, Inc., Kent
Manufacturing, Inman Mills, Gaston College Board of
Directors for the
Textile Technology Center, and the North Carolina
Textile Foundation
Wallace L. Darneille, president and CEO of Plains
Cotton Cooperative Association headquartered in
Lubbock, TX, was elected vice chairman of the
organization.
Elected to the NCTO Board of Directors during the
various Council meetings were the following:
Fabric and Home Furnishings Council
- Hank Byrd of Schneider Mills; Jerry Cook of
Hanesbrands Inc.; Jason Copland of Copland
Industries; Allen Gant of Glen Raven, Inc.; David
Hastings of Mount Vernon Mills; and Bernie Hodges of
Wade Manufacturing Co.
Fiber Council
- Donald Burich of INVISTA, Marty Moran of
Radicispandex, Inc., and James Netzel of DAK
Americas.
Yarn Council
- Allen Barwick of Shuford Yarns, LLC; Malloy Evans
of Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc.;
Josh Hamilton of Wellstone Mills; Trey Hodges
of Swift Spinning; Gilbert Patrick of Patrick Yarn
Mills, Inc.; and Robin Perkins of Frontier Spinning
Mills.
Industry Support Council
- John Dunavant of Dunavant Enterprises, Joe Okey of
American Monforts, and Tom Perkinson of Oerlikon
Textile In
After being elected chairman, Warlick's first order
of business was to announce appointments to the
following offices of NCTO:
president and CEO - Cass Johnson, NCTO;
secretary - Mike Hubbard, NCTO; and treasurer -
Werner Bieri, Buhler Quality Yarns Corporation.
He also announced chairmen for the following
NCTO program committees:
Cotton - Andy Warlick, Parkdale;
Government Procurement - Josh Hamilton, Wellstone;
Regulatory &
Standards - Jim Booterbaugh, National Spinning
Company; and
Trade & Economic Policy - mAllen Gant, Glen
Raven, Inc.
The National Council of Textile Organizations,
headquartered in Washington, DC with office in
Gastonia, NC, is the national trade association
representing the entire spectrum of the textile
sector.
Domestically focused to ensure a prosperous future
for the U.S. textile sector and globally positioned
to work effectively with our international allies,
NCTO is on the front lines meeting the challenges of
the 21st Century for the industry.
KEY FACTS ABOUT THE U.S. TEXTILE INDUSTRY
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One of the
largest manufacturing employers in the United
States, the overall textile sector employs
nearly one million workers (862,800) in 2006.
Textile mills alone employed 356,700
workers.
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Third largest
exporter of textile products in the world – more
than $16.5 billion in 2006.
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Two-thirds of
U.S. textile exports during 2006 went to
developing countries.
The U.S. textile industry exported to
more than 50 countries, with 20 countries buying
more than $100 million a year.
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Supplies more
than 8,000 different textile products a year to
the U.S. military.
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U.S. textile
shipments totaled $67 billion in 2006.
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Invested more
than $8 billion in new plants and equipment from
2001-2005.
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Increased
productivity by 49 percent over the last 10
years and ranks second among all industrial
sectors in productivity increases.
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In 2006,
textile workers on average earned 117.4 percent
more than clothing store workers ($509 a week
vs. $234) and received health care and pension
benefits.
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