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NTA Members Meet With Senior DoD Textile Officials
BOSTON, April 27, 2005 --American textile industry executives met April 26 in Charlotte, North Carolina with senior officials from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for a briefing on government procurement of textile, clothing and individual equipment items. The program was sponsored by the National Textile Association (NTA). DoD purchased over $2.6 billion of textiles, apparel and individual equipment in 2004 and is expected to purchase approximately the same amount in 2005. Under the regulations of the Berry Amendment governing military procurement, all items are required to be U.S.-made.
Approximately 50 NTA members attended the briefing session, which was sponsored by the association’s Government Textile Committee. The program included presentations by senior officials from the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and the Defense Logistics Agency’s central procurement facility, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia.
The NTA committee serves as the textile industry’s spokesman with DoD clothing and textile issues, and works cooperatively with DoD agencies on textile items, supply issues and the overall procurement process.
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NTA is the largest trade association representing the U.S. Textile Industry, and consists of more than 100 companies that spin yarns; manufacture fabrics; dye, finish and print fabrics; and cut and sew top-of-the-bed textile products. For more information about NTA, see our website www.nationaltextile.org.