Southern Textile Association Southern Textile Association

WINTER TECHNICAL SEMINAR

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

GASTON COLLEGE EAST CAMPUS, TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY CENTER
BELMONT, NORTH CAROLINA

PROGRAM

8:00 a.m. REGISTRATION - CHECK-IN/EARLY COFFEE
 
8:45 a.m. WELCOMING REMARKS
         Jay Self, President - STA
         Greenwood Mills, Inc.

  INTRODUCTION OF PROGRAM
         Brad Burnett, First Vice President - STA
         Inman Mills

9:00 a.m. “CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION and ITS IMPACT ON YOU”
         Kevin Leahy, Managing Director of Climate Change Policy
         Duke Energy

9:45 a.m. “LEAN TRACKING and SCHEDULING SOFTWARE”
         Bill Kernodle, President
         Balance Flow SC Solutions, LLC

10:10 a.m. “MILITARY/PERFORMANCE TEXTILES – CONFERENCE RECAP”
         Jorman W. Fields, President, TNC, Inc.
         Jim Leonard, International Trade Issues, IMS

10:35 a.m. BREAK

10:50 a.m. “REPREVE, THE RECYCLED BRAND”
         Terry Turner, Product Development Manager
         Unifi, Inc.

11:25 a.m. “ULTEM – PERFORMANCE FIBER”
         Michael Hodge, Vice President of Sales
         Ed Homonoff, Sales Manager
         Fiber Innovation Technology, LLC (F.I.T.)

12:00 Noon “2010 ECONOMIC UPDATE”
         Dr. Darrell Parker, Dean
         USC Upstate School of Business

12:45 p.m. LUNCH - (Speakers will be available at lunch for Q & A)

1:30 p.m. ADJOURN

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For details contact Lillian Link (704) 215-4543
llink@southerntextile.org