NTA 152nd Annual Meeting

PROGRAM

Mui Erkun The chief of staff to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Chief Procurement Officer will address the NTA membership on our government's newest department which has an annual budget of $40 billion. In fiscal year 2005, DHS had procurements of over $17 billion to support several agencies including Border and Transportation Security, Emergency Preparedness and Response and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Our A Sector by Sector Analysis How the U.S. Textile Industry Will Adapt will feature panelists expert in such topics as:

  • Apparel and Military Textiles-- Joanne Bagley, President, Kenyon Industries
  • Bed and Bath-- Ted Matthews, VP-Corp. Communications, Springs Industries
  • Technical Textiles-- Gerald J. Mauretti, President, Engineered Yarns Company
  • Upholstery Fabrics-- TBA
  • Jonathan A. Stevens, President, Ames Textile Corporation/Game Time Fabrics; Chairman, National Textile Association, will moderate.

    CONTACTS

    Leaders from every business and geographic sector of the U.S. textile industry attend this event every year. This year's registrants include senior executives from:
  • upholstery fabrics
  • technical textiles
  • textile finishing
  • wool textiles
  • knitted textiles
  • narrow elastic fabrics
  • textile machinery
  • textile consulting
  • financial services
  • education
  • military
  • government

    • ACTIVITIES

    Golf at Newport National Golf Course

    The Orchard Course, which opened in June 2002 to rave national and regional reviews. Designed by legendary golf architect Arthur Hills and his associate Drew Rogers, the course is located on almost 200 acres of former shrub and tree nurseries and offers sweeping views of The Sakonnet Passage, Atlantic Ocean and Narragansett Bay. The Orchard Course, which measures 7,244 yards from the championship tees, has been nominated for “Best New Private Course” in Golf Digest’s Annual (2003) Survey of America’s Best New Courses. In 2004, it was named the #1 course in Rhode Island with public access by GolfWeek.

    We hope you will join us at the 152nd NTA Annual Meeting.

    Sincerely yours,
    The NTA 152nd Annual Meeting Arrangements Committee
  • Jonathan A. Stevens, President, Ames Textile Corporation
  • James F. Robbins, President and CEO, Elastic Fabrics of America
  • Roger L. Berkley, President and CEO, Weave Corporation
  • Frank C. Montie, Vice President -- Military, Brookwood Laminating Inc.