Become a Member 

Membership in STA offers the opportunity to network with peers in all sectors of the textile industry through personal contact and association. Membership is on an individual basis and is not transferable. The nominal annual dues are $125 payable for the fiscal year beginning July 1. 

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STA Activities Overview

• 7 Meetings annually.
  
• 253 companies represented among membership which include manufacturers, suppliers and academia.
  
• Over 1,000 attendees.
  
• 58 Textile companies and 195 suppliers represented among membership.
  
• Focus on Technical Sharing, Networking, and Professional Development.
  
  

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 Devin Steele at (704) 737-6524 or Devin@southerntextile.org.

To pay for membership online, please click here. A 3.25% processing fee applies to credit card payments; to avoid this fee, payments may be made by check or ACH.

Benefits of Membership

If you are interested in joining STA but don't want to pay online, please print this form:

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.
  

​Complete the form, include a $125 check or supply credit card information and mail to:

STA

PO Box 65

Belmont, NC 28012 Phone: (704) 813-7390 • Email: shamilton@southerntextile.org