Posts Tagged ‘textiles’

National Spinning Company announces appointment to Board of Directors

Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

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June 1, 2016.  Washington, NC and New York, NY.

National Spinning Co., Inc. is pleased to announce the election of Behnam Pourdeyhimi to its Board of Directors by unanimous consent at its recent quarterly meeting.

Dr. Pourdeyhimi is the Klopman Distinguished Professor of Textile Materials and the Associate Dean for Industry Research and Extension at North Carolina State University, where he also serves as Director of The Nonwovens Institute at North Carolina State University.  He received his Ph.D. from Leeds University in 1982 and has held former positions at Cornell University, the University of Maryland, and Georgia Tech.

Dr. Pourdeyhimi is well known and respected in the fields of textiles, fiber science, nonwovens, biomaterials, and more.  In addition to his own research and teaching, he has been a consultant to over 30 major research institutions and corporations.

In announcing Pourdeyhimi’s election to National Spinning’s board, Chairman James Chesnutt noted, “We could not be more excited to add Behnam to our board.  His input will be invaluable as we continue to expand our footprint in nonwovens and as our legacy yarn business evolves.” Chesnutt added, “Behnam’s breadth of experience and contacts will serve all our operating divisions well.”

National Spinning, an employee-owned company based in North Carolina and founded in 1921, is best known as a yarn spinner and dyer, supplying yarn for apparel, home furnishings, consumer, protective, and industrial uses.  The Hampton Art subsidiary (Washington, NC) supplies wholesale consumer craft items including decorative rubber stamps, paper products, wood products, and glass beads.  The Carolina Nonwovens subsidiary (Maiden, NC) supplies air-laid and needled thermo-bonded pads and rolls for acoustic and thermal insulation, mattress components, and more. The corporate division leases commercial space in Washington, NC.

For further information, please contact info@natspin.com.

Not too late to apply for NCSU National Spinning/Leff Scholarship

Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

National Spinning endows the National Spinning/Joseph Leff Scholarship at North Carolina State University’s College of Textiles in memory of our late chairman.  Scholarships are awarded to qualifying students majoring in textiles at NCSU in the following order of priority.

1. Sons or daughters of current National Spinning Co., Inc. employees, or current employees of the company.

2. Other family members of current employees (such as nieces, grandchildren, spouses).

3. Students whose homes are short distances from National Spinning plant locations.

4. If no student meets the criteria above, other qualifying students will be considered for eligibility.

Below is a list of current and past recipients.

Emily Price (current)

Mitchell Gwynn (current)

Jeremy Overton

Council Taylor

Brittany Knox

Jennifer Forrest

Kaitlin Williams

Allison Lewis

Hans Peebles

Dale Greeson

 

 

 

National Spinning/Joseph Leff Scholarship at NCSU

Thursday, December 18th, 2014

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National Spinning continues to sustain the Joseph Leff Scholarship for a full-time student majoring in textiles at North Carolina State University.

This scholarship, named in honor of our late Chairman, is intended for children and grandchildren of current National Spinning Co., Inc. employees interested in entering the exciting field of textiles.  It offers substantial tuition support. If there are no candidates that meet this qualification, consideration is given to other relatives of National Spinning employees and/or students who live in towns near National Spinning  manufacturing plants.

Textile graduates have many exciting employment opportunities in the US and beyond.  Textiles are used in everything from clothing to protective gear, health care, personal hygiene, automobiles, construction, engineered materials, home furnishings, and more. Today’s textile industry is “high tech”, innovative, and critical to meeting the challenges of our world.

The robust world of textiles encompasses design, science, and business. If you can imagine a career involved in anything from color chemistry to industrial design, robotics, fashion and more, then you owe it to yourself to consider studying textiles at NC State and exploring this scholarship!

To learn more about this opportunity, please contact National Spinning.

NatSpin in the news

Monday, January 20th, 2014

We are pleased to announce that recently we have been featured in pieces published by the Voice of America and the American Sheep Industry. Click on the links to view this and check back on our site regularly for updates.