Benefits of Membership
Mission Statement
- To promote good fellowship among members.
- To exchange professional knowledge relating to textiles
- To promote other social, educational, personnel relations, research and scientific activities for the benefit of the textile industry.
STA Activities Overview
- 7 Meetings annually.
- 233 companies represented among membership which include manufacturers, suppliers and academia.
- Over 1,000 attendees.
- 36 Textile companies and 100 suppliers represented among membership.
- Focus on Technical Sharing, Networking, and Professional Development.
- Recent Presenters include Gail Strickler (Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Textiles - Office of The U.S. Trade Representative), Allen Gant (Glen Raven, Inc.), Mark Vitner (Wells Fargo Securities), Dustin Cohn (Optimer Brands), Walter Todd (Greenwood Capital) Jan Maes (Picanol).
Reasons To Become A Member
- Meetings are informative and cost effective.
- Keep you in touch with suppliers, other manufacturers and educators.
- Provides a forum to share ideas and network for the overall good of the industry.
- Opportunities to share tremendous industry knowledge and experience.
- Offers insight into the state of the industry.
- Promotes good fellowship in a productive environment.
- Allows for relationships to be formed with others in the textile industry to discuss technical, sales, and trade issues.
Further Questions regarding membership:
Contact Lillian Link at (704) 215-4543 or llink@southerntextile.org