At Your Service

• Cutting Room
  • Gerber Accu -Mark Pattern Grading and Marker-Making System
  • 3 Gerber System 91 Computerized Cutting Machines
  • Standard knife cutting
• Die Cutting – 20" X 40" clickers and 40" X 68" beam press
• Hot/Cold Strip Cutting
• Slitting equipment
• Shearing equipment
• Sewing machines
  • full feature electronic single needle, double needle, long arm, cylinder arm, bar tackers—programmable - heavy, medium, and light duty - 800 machines in total.
• Complete leather working equipment
• Stamping/embossing
• Riveting & grommet equipment
• Embroidery/screen printing
• Product assembly, warehousing, shipping

Technical Service Capabilities

• Full staff of GSD-certified industrial engineers
• New Product Development Department
• New Product Manager – 20 years of experience in the development of sophisticated lines of military gear, sewn/fabricated industrial products, and consumer products.
• Sample Shop – we have complete capabilities to produce finished samples of any military gear, sewn/fabricated industrial products, or consumer products.
• Fully-equipped mechanical shop capable of designing and manufacturing equipment, labor-saving devices, work aids, tacker clamps, etc.

Production Facilities and Capabilities

• Three state-of-the-art plants in South Georgia employing highly skilled sewing machine operators, in addition to other related production workers.
• 135,000 sq ft of manufacturing space
• Complete in-line statistical Quality Assurance Program yielding an Average Outgoing Quality Level of 99.2%.
• Computerized scheduling
• Vestibule Training Program staffed with Training Supervisors and instructors

Human Capital

• All SLW associates undergo extensive orientation and job- skills training and are tracked with an on-the-floor 4 – 16 week training curve program.
• All SLW associates undergo continuous quality assurance, safety and new-product training.
• Open Book Management
  • Everybody sees the numbers and knows what they mean.
  • Everybody is involved and pulling in the same direction.
  • Everybody shares in the reward and responsibility for the results.