History of the National Textile Association

Annual Meetings

October 21-23, 2007

  • U.S. Trade Policy: There is Hope
  • NTA 153rd Annual Meeting
  • Grandover Resort Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Special Guest: Scott Quesenberry, Special Textile Negotiator
  • Special Guest: Matt Priest, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce
  • Special Guest: Major General Arthur B. Morrill, Vice Director, Defense Legisitics Agency

    September 17-19, 2006

  • Keeping Your Balance as the World Turns Faster
  • NTA 152nd Annual Meeting
  • Hotel Viking, Newport, Rhode Island
  • Special Guest: Jim Leonard, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce
  • Special Guest: Mui Erkun, Chief of Staff of the Chief Procurement Officer, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security

    November 6-8, 2005

  • Specific Strategies for Success
  • NTA 151st Annual Meeting
  • Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, Florida
  • Special Guest: Jim Leonard, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce

    September 19-21, 2004

  • U.S. Textiles Playing Ball in the World Market
  • NTA 150th Annual Meeting
  • Otesaga Resort Hotel, Cooperstown, New York
  • Award: NTA Silver Medal to Henry A. Truslow III
  • Special Guest: Jim Leonard, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce
  • U.S. House of Representatives Proclamation On the 150th Anniversary of the Founding of NTA.

    November 9-11, 2003

  • Free Trade For US
  • NTA 149th Annual Meeting
  • Ponte Vedra Inn and Club, Ponte Vedra, Florida
  • Special Guest: Don Evans, Secretary of Commerce (by phone)
  • Special Guest: Jim Leonard, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce
  • Special Guest: David Spooner, Special Textile Negotiator, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

    September 22-24, 2002

  • Safe Harbor Markets, Do They Exit?
  • NTA 148th Annual Meeting
  • Black Point Inn, Prouts Neck, Scarborough, Maine
  • Merger of Northern Textile Association and Knitted Textile Association to form National Textile Association.
  • Massachusetts Governor Jane Swift Proclaims National Textile Association Day
  • Special Guest: Representative Thomas Allen [D-ME]
  • Special Guest: Jim Leonard, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce
  • Special Guest: Grant Aldonas, Undersecretary of Commerce
  • Special Guest: Rear Admiral Walter Massenburg

    September 30-October 2, 2001

  • How to Do Business in the Caribbean and Central American Region
  • NTA 147th Annual Meeting
  • Ponte Vedra Inn and Club, Ponte Vedra, Florida
  • Ella Heintz honored for 25 years of loyalty and service to NTA.

    September 17-19, 2000

  • Playing to Win Globally
  • NTA 146th Annual Meeting Ocean Edge, Brewster, Massachusetts

    October 17-19, 1999

  • The Search For Value-Added
  • NTA 145th Annual Meeting
  • Wild Dunes Hotel and Resort, Isle of Palms, South Carolina
  • Special guests: Senator Fritz Hollings
  • Award: NTA Lifetime Achievement Award to Roger Milliken and $10,000 given to the Institute of Textile Technology in the name of Mr. Milliken.
  • Extremely bad weather (Hurricane Irene) caused many registrants to arrive late or not at all.

    Ocotber 4-6, 1998

  • Who, Where, How: The Future of the Customer
  • NTA 144th Annual Meeting
  • Mt. Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
  • Special guest: The Honorable Troy H. Cribb, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Textiles Apparel and Consumer Goods
  • Special guest: Ambassador Don Johnson, Chief Textile Negotiator

    September 14-16, 1997

  • Healthy Products, Healthy Industry
  • NTA 143rd Annual Meeting
  • The Equinox Hotel, Manchester, Vermont
  • Special guest: The Honorable Troy H. Cribb, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Textiles Apparel and Consumer Goods

    September 16-18, 1996

  • Opportunities in Our Hemisphere
  • NTA 142nd Annual Meeting
  • Woodstock Inn, Woodstock, Vermont
  • Special guest: The Honorable Troy H. Cribb, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Textiles Apparel and Consumer Goods
  • Special guest: Ambassador Rita Hayes, Chief Textile Negotiator

    October 1-3, 1995

  • The Creative Process
  • NTA 141st Annual Meeting
  • Doubletree Islander Hotel, Newport, Rhode Island
  • Special guest: Senator John Chafee
  • Special guest: The Honorable Rita Hayes, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Textiles Apparel and Consumer Goods
  • Contribution of $3,500 from NTA to the Arthur M. Spiro Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at Clemson University.

    September 18-20, 1994

  • The Challenge of Leadership
  • NTA 140th Annual Meeting
  • Omni Sagamore Resort, Bolton Landing, New York

    September 19-21, 1993

  • Partnership
  • NTA 139th Annual Meeting
  • The Gideon Putnam Hotel, Saratoga Springs, New York

    September 20-22, 1992

  • Strategies for World-Class Manufacturing Excellence
  • NTA 138th Annual Meeting
  • Woodstock Inn and Resort, Woodstock, Vermont

    October 6-8, 1991

  • Hitting to the Opposite Field: The Global Marketplace
  • NTA 137th Annual Meeting
  • The Otesaga Hotel, Cooperstown, New York

    September 23-25, 1990

  • Solutions for the 90s
  • NTA 136th Annual Meeting
  • The Equinox, Manchester, Vermont

    September 24-26, 1989

  • Foundation for the Future
  • NTA 135th Annual Meeting
  • Wychmere Harbor Club, Harwichport, Massachusetts

    September 18-21, 1988

  • Harvesting Our Manufacturing Competitiveness
  • NTA 134th Annual Meeting
  • The Equinox, Manchester Village, Vermont

    September 27-30, 1987

  • American Textiles -- Beating the Odds
  • NTA 133rd Annual Meeting
  • Marriotts Seaview Country Club Resort, Absecon, New Jersey

    October 6-8, 1986

  • Adapting to Change: Charting a New Course
  • NTA 132nd Annual Meeting
  • Sheraton-Islander, Goat Island, Newport, Rhode Island.

    September 29-October 1, 1985

  • Adaption to Change...Managing for Profits
  • NTA 131st Annual Meeting
  • Maine

    September 30-October 2, 1984

  • Productivity Through People: The Utilzation of Human Resources
  • NTA 130th Annual Meeting
  • Le Chateau Champlain, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA

    October 5-8, 1983

  • Moderization the Key to Tomorrow
  • NTA 129th Annual Meeting
  • Samoset Resort, Rockport, Maine

    September 28-October 1, 1982

  • Planning for Recovery
  • NTA 128th Annual Meeting
  • Mountain View House, Whitefield, New Hampshire

    May 17-19, 1981

  • NTA 127th Annual Meeting
  • Sheraton Sturbridge Inn, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
  • Guest Speaker: Bob Coleman, Riegel Textile Corp.

    September 21-23, 1980

  • NTA 126th Annual Meeting

    June 11-13, 1979

  • NTA 125th Annual Meeting
  • Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Award: NTA Silver Medal to Senator Fritz Hollings

    1978

  • NTA 124th Annual Meeting

    October 19-22, 1977

  • NTA 123rd Annual Meeting
  • The Key Biscayne Hotel and Villas, Key Biscayne, Florida

    September 12-14, 1976

  • Managing Change
  • NTA 122nd Annual Meeting
  • Wentworth-By-the-Sea, Portsmouth, New Hampshire