Made in the USA: Albemarle Firm Produces Army T-Shirt
By Jim Lisk
STANLY NEWS AND PRESS (ALBEMARLE, N.C.)
ALBEMARLE, N.C. — Every week, the 40 employees of Jensen Activewear produce 22,200 T-shirts and ship them out the door to the men and women of the U.S. Army serving in Iraq.
Currently, the T-shirts are shipped to a distribution center in Suffolk, Va., but there was a time recently when shipments went directly to the Charlotte airport and straight to Iraq from there.
Now nearing the end of its first five-year contract with the Army, plant manager Archie Blalock hopes to land another contract in September.
“We have an experienced work force and have very little turnover,” said Blalock, who started the company as Klip-N-Sew in Millingport in 1989, moved to the current location in 1992, and then sold to Jensen Activewear in 2000.
“We have almost no turnover with our employees,” Blalock said.
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